Patents by Inventor Hiroki Shono

Hiroki Shono has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for controlling image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7953807
    Abstract: A situation such that E-mail such as spam mail with contents which the user of a printing apparatus does not desire is sent to the printing apparatus and a user's undesirable print is executed is prevented. For this purpose, whether an E-mail address of a transmitting source of the E-mail has been registered in an address book or not is discriminated. If it is not registered in the address book, this E-mail data is abandoned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Shono
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080016171
    Abstract: A situation such that E-mail such as spam mail with contents which the user of a printing apparatus does not desire is sent to the printing apparatus and a user's undesirable print is executed is prevented. For this purpose, whether an E-mail address of a transmitting source of the E-mail has been registered in an address book or not is discriminated. If it is not registered in the address book, this E-mail data is abandoned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Shono
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for controlling image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7287059
    Abstract: A situation such that E-mail such as spam mail with contents which the user of a printing apparatus does not desire is sent to the printing apparatus and a user's undesirable print is executed is prevented. For this purpose, whether an E-mail address of a transmitting source of the E-mail has been registered in an address book or not is discriminated. If it is not registered in the address book, this E-mail data is abandoned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Shono
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for controlling image processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20030084110
    Abstract: A situation such that E-mail such as spam mail with contents which the user of a printing apparatus does not desire is sent to the printing apparatus and a user's undesirable print is executed is prevented. For this purpose, whether an E-mail address of a transmitting source of the E-mail has been registered in an address book or not is discriminated. If it is not registered in the address book, this E-mail data is abandoned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Hiroki Shono