Patents by Inventor Hiromi Omi

Hiromi Omi 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).

  • Patent number: 10277544
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to transmit transmission target data to another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the transmission target data together with a live view image on a display screen, and a receiving unit configured to receive an association operation for associating any one of the objects with any one of photographic subjects included in the live view image on the display screen. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify another information processing apparatus associated beforehand with the photographic subject to be subjected to the association operation received by the receiving unit as a transmission destination to which the transmission target data corresponding to the object associated with the photographic subject is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Makoto Hirota, Yasuo Okutani, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi, Rei Ishikawa, Masayuki Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20160050173
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to transmit transmission target data to another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the transmission target data together with a live view image on a display screen, and a receiving unit configured to receive an association operation for associating any one of the objects with any one of photographic subjects included in the live view image on the display screen. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify another information processing apparatus associated beforehand with the photographic subject to be subjected to the association operation received by the receiving unit as a transmission destination to which the transmission target data corresponding to the object associated with the photographic subject is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Makoto Hirota, Yasuo Okutani, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi, Rei Ishikawa, Masayuki Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20150067492
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for representing at least one candidate for a character string to be input based on at least one input character includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain situation information which represents the situation in which the information processing apparatus exists based on the information detected by the at least one sensor. The information processing apparatus further includes a prediction unit configured to predict at least one character string to be input based on the at least one character input by a user operation, a storage unit configured to store two or more character strings with each of the two or more character strings being associated with situation information which represents the situation in which the character string is used and a representation unit configured to represent at least one character string predicted by the prediction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eriko Ozaki, Makoto Hirota, Shinya Takeichi, Yasuo Okutani, Hiromi Omi
  • Patent number: 8922846
    Abstract: A reading apparatus reads an object placed faceup on a reading plate by using an imaging unit attached above the reading plate, and determines whether a user has reversed the read object by using information about the read object. If the read object is determined to have been reversed, the reading apparatus reads the reversed object by using the imaging unit and associates respective pieces of data of the two read objects with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Publication number: 20130258423
    Abstract: A reading apparatus reads an object placed faceup on a reading plate by using an imaging unit attached above the reading plate, and determines whether a user has reversed the read object by using information about the read object. If the read object is determined to have been reversed, the reading apparatus reads the reversed object by using the imaging unit and associates respective pieces of data of the two read objects with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Patent number: 8166395
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having the action modes, including an operating mode for performing an operation on the apparatus and an explaining mode for presenting an explanation corresponding to the operation on the apparatus presents the explanation for an operation input made in the explaining mode and stores the operation input. And it makes a movement from the explaining mode to the operating mode as well as executes the action according to the operation input stored in storage unit in accordance with a preset first operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Masayuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7849413
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which allows a user interface implemented in a description language such as XML or the like to re-use a widget. A user interface description document can describe a command to allocate a widget with reference to a widget description document that describes the definition of the widget of the user interface. When the user interface description document describes the command, the information processing apparatus refers to the widget description document and generates structured data which expresses the contents that integrate the user interface description document and widget description document. The apparatus displays the user interface based on the generated structured data, and executes an operation in response to an input event from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Hirota, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi
  • Patent number: 7761731
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects an error which occurred in a system and stores a system status that the error occurred in association with error information indicating the error. The information processing apparatus outputs guidance information according to a system status, a system status stored in the storage unit, and error information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Patent number: 7630901
    Abstract: In a multimodal input method, input information input from at least two input sources is received, control of the recognition of input from a second input source is performed based on the number of inputs from a first input source, and a recognition result is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Patent number: 7421394
    Abstract: This invention has as its object to save labor time required for correction and adjustments when an error has occurred during either the recognition of input data or the process of the recognition result of an information processing apparatus which recognizes input data and outputs the recognition result. The information processing method described in this embodiment includes a recording step of recording input data (step S708), a recognition step of recognizing the input data (step S707), a determination step of determining whether or not the input data can be recognized in the recognition step (step S709), and an output step of outputting, when it is determined in the determination step that the input data can be recognized, data generated based on a recognition result in the recognition step (step S713), and outputting, when it is determined in the determination step that the input data cannot be recognized, output data generated based on the input data which is recorded in the recording step (step S710).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Makoto Hirota
  • Publication number: 20080065391
    Abstract: An input operation support apparatus which improves user friendliness and comfort by properly controlling a voice guide output along with an operation input from the user is provided. In the input operation support apparatus having a speech output unit which outputs a voice message corresponding to an input operation to an operation unit, a detection unit detects an input operation to the operation unit. When the detection unit detects the second input operation within a predetermined time after the first input operation, a control unit restricts output of a voice message corresponding to the second input operation from the speech output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Publication number: 20080028327
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which allows a user interface implemented in a description language such as XML or the like to re-use a widget. A user interface description document can describe a command to allocate a widget with reference to a widget description document that describes the definition of the widget of the user interface. When the user interface description document describes the command, the information processing apparatus refers to the widget description document and generates structured data which expresses the contents that integrate the user interface description document and widget description document. The apparatus displays the user interface based on the generated structured data, and executes an operation in response to an input event from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Hirota, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Hiromi Omi
  • Publication number: 20070260941
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects an error which occurred in a system and stores a system status that the error occurred in association with error information indicating the error. The information processing apparatus outputs guidance information according to a system status, a system status stored in the storage unit, and error information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi
  • Publication number: 20070109261
    Abstract: On a display screen of an information processing apparatus, input unit information (an image or a color) which represents an input unit used to move a focus to an item capable of being focused on is displayed along with the item capable of being focused on so as to enhance the usability of the information processing apparatus for users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Masayuki Yamada, Toshiaki Fukada
  • Publication number: 20070043552
    Abstract: This invention has as its object to save labor time required for correction and adjustments when an error has occurred during either the recognition of input data or the process of the recognition result of an information processing apparatus which recognizes input data and outputs the recognition result. The information processing method described in this embodiment includes a recording step of recording input data (step S708), a recognition step of recognizing the input data (step S707), a determination step of determining whether or not the input data can be recognized in the recognition step (step S709), and an output step of outputting, when it is determined in the determination step that the input data can be recognized, data generated based on a recognition result in the recognition step (step S713), and outputting, when it is determined in the determination step that the input data cannot be recognized, output data generated based on the input data which is recorded in the recording step (step S710).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Makoto Hirota
  • Publication number: 20060290709
    Abstract: In an information processing method for processing a user's instruction on the basis of a plurality of pieces of input information which are input by a user using a plurality of types of input modalities, each of the plurality of types of input modalities has a description including correspondence between the input contents and semantic attributes. Each input content is acquired by parsing each of the plurality of pieces of input information which are input using the plurality of types of input modalities, and semantic attributes of the acquired input contents are acquired from the description. A multimodal input integration unit integrates the acquired input contents on the basis of the acquired semantic attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Makoto Hirota, Kenichirou Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20060224961
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having the action modes, including an operating mode for performing an operation on the apparatus and an explaining mode for presenting an explanation corresponding to the operation on the apparatus presents the explanation for an operation input made in the explaining mode and stores the operation input. And it makes a movement from the explaining mode to the operating mode as well as executes the action according to the operation input stored in storage unit in accordance with a preset first operation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Masayuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060117265
    Abstract: One or a plurality of first components are selected, instructions to convert the first component into a second component which is different from the type of the first component are provided, the data corresponding to the first component is converted into the data corresponding to the second component, and the second component, to which the data converted is related, is displayed. Accordingly, the operation load put on an author operating an authoring tool can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Omi, Masayuki Yamada, Makoto Hirota
  • Publication number: 20050288934
    Abstract: In a multimodal input method, input information input from at least two input sources is received, control of the recognition of input from a second input source is performed based on the number of inputs from a first input source, and a recognition result is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromi Omi