Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Oomura
Hiroshi Oomura 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).
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Patent number: 8935185Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a decision unit configured to determine whether or not print image data includes copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data. Based on a decision result of the decision unit regarding whether or not the print image data includes the copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data, a processing unit of the image processing apparatus is configured to determine whether first compression processing is to be performed or second compression processing is to be performed and apply the decided compression processing to the print image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Tatsuro Uchida
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Patent number: 8659792Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs a density adjustment process for generating an image containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image for warning against the use of copy products. To help users to easily adjust the density of a latent image portion and a background portion in the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, the image processing apparatus determines a density relationship of the latent image portion and the background portion by performing a plurality of adjustment operations, in combination, different in the amount of adjustment relating to the range of variable density in at least one of the latent image portion and the background portion, and sets, based on the density relationship, the density data of each of the latent image portion and the background portion in the data of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Tatsuro Uchida, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Patent number: 8587811Abstract: In an environment in which many types of drivers are installed, it is cumbersome for a user to select a desired printer from a printer list displayed on a screen, after the user has issued a printing instruction from an application. In an information processing apparatus in the present invention, data which is received from an application in response to an instruction from a user is spooled as intermediate data, printers which are connected to the apparatus itself are retrieved after the instruction from the user, an installation process and creation of a print queue are performed for a printer driver which is compatible with a printer selected from found printers, the intermediate data is passed to the printer driver, and a printing process is performed. Then, a deletion candidate is decided in the created print queues, and the print queue which is the deletion candidate is deleted.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Oomura
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Patent number: 8264721Abstract: A server apparatus configured to manage log information corresponding to job information transmitted from a host computer to a printer includes a storage unit storing the log information received in a temporary storage area, an issue unit configured to issue identification information identifying the log information, a generation unit configured to generate authentication information based on the identification information and authenticate the identification information, a transmission unit configured to transmit the identification to the host computer, a reception unit configured to receive, from the image processing apparatus, identification information and authentication information extracted by the image processing apparatus from job information received by the image processing apparatus from the host computer, a determination unit configured to determine whether log information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the temporary storage area, and a notification unit configured to nType: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Oomura, Shigemi Saito
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Patent number: 8243300Abstract: A printing system can suppress an increase in the processing load of a printer, and facilitate print management. To accomplish this, a printing system includes an authentication unit with which a printer authenticates a user based on account information the user inputs using a host device, a token generating unit with which the printer generates, after the user has been authenticated by the authentication unit, a token containing print function restriction information by referring to information in which the user, and application and the print function restriction are associated with one another, and transmits the token to the host device, a command generating unit with which the host device receives the token to generate a command containing the print function restriction information, and transmits the command to the printer, and a printing unit with which the printer receives the command and executes printing subject to print function restrictions.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Oomura
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Patent number: 8189212Abstract: A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Publication number: 20110279838Abstract: A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Patent number: 8049928Abstract: The invention enables people to easily identify a printout image even in the case where the printout image is printed with a tint block image added thereon. More specifically, a physical page that is a printable area of printing paper is divided into areas, an intended document/image is printed in each of these divided areas (logical pages), and a tint block image is printed only in an area that is in this physical page but does not belong to any of the logical pages. Using a fact that a margin is produced in the so-called N-up printing, the tint block image is printed in this margin. Thereby, the tint block image can be printed in a location that will not interfere with whatever printout image to be printed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Masanori Aritomi
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Patent number: 8009304Abstract: A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Publication number: 20110176177Abstract: A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Patent number: 7940403Abstract: A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set. When the monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which the color copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set, and if the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern color is output with its color unchanged, the color is not converted into 100% black. Considering this, when a forced monochrome mode is selected, even if the user's setting for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is color, the color is changed to monochrome (black) before output.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Publication number: 20110080619Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a decision unit configured to determine whether or not print image data includes copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data. Based on a decision result of the decision unit regarding whether or not the print image data includes the copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data, a processing unit of the image processing apparatus is configured to determine whether first compression processing is to be performed or second compression processing is to be performed and apply the decided compression processing to the print image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Tatsuro Uchida
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Patent number: 7920817Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a latent image and a background image. The apparatus includes a selecting unit and a printing-data generating unit. The selecting unit selects either the transparent-printing designation or overlay-printing designation, the transparent-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is superimposed on the printing image, and the overlay-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the printing image is superimposed on the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image. The printing-data generating unit generates printing data based on the printing designation selected by the selecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi
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Publication number: 20110075205Abstract: In an environment in which many types of drivers are installed, it is cumbersome for a user to select a desired printer from a printer list displayed on a screen, after the user has issued a printing instruction from an application. In an information processing apparatus in the present invention, data which is received from an application in response to an instruction from a user is spooled as intermediate data, printers which are connected to the apparatus itself are retrieved after the instruction from the user, an installation process and creation of a print queue are performed for a printer driver which is compatible with a printer selected from found printers, the intermediate data is passed to the printer driver, and a printing process is performed. Then, a deletion candidate is decided in the created print queues, and the print queue which is the deletion candidate is deleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Oomura
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Publication number: 20110038013Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs a density adjustment process for generating an image containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image for warning against the use of copy products. To help users to easily adjust the density of a latent image portion and a background portion in the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, the image processing apparatus determines a density relationship of the latent image portion and the background portion by performing a plurality of adjustment operations, in combination, different in the amount of adjustment relating to the range of variable density in at least one of the latent image portion and the background portion, and sets, based on the density relationship, the density data of each of the latent image portion and the background portion in the data of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Tatsuro Uchida, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Patent number: 7865022Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a decision unit configured to determine whether or not print image data includes copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data. Based on a decision result of the decision unit regarding whether or not the print image data includes the copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image data, a processing unit of the image processing apparatus is configured to determine whether first compression processing is to be performed or second compression processing is to be performed and apply the decided compression processing to the print image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Tatsuro Uchida
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Print system, information processing apparatus, print log information extraction method, and program
Patent number: 7857209Abstract: A print system that reduces a transfer amount and a storage amount of data and thus can realize efficient extraction of character string information. A tracking information storage server 1000 stores tracking data format set in correspondence with each print module name of applications 201 in advance. A job tracking function section 400 acquires a print module name of an application 201, reads a tracking data format that is set in correspondence to the acquired module name, extracts the tracking data from contents of a printout in accordance with the read tracking data format, stores the extracted tracking data in the tracking information storage server 1000, and enables a user to search and read the stored tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Oomura -
Patent number: 7847980Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs a density adjustment process for generating an image containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image for warning against the use of copy products. To help users to easily adjust the density of a latent image portion and a background portion in the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, the image processing apparatus determines a density relationship of the latent image portion and the background portion by performing a plurality of adjustment operations, in combination, different in the amount of adjustment relating to the range of variable density in at least one of the latent image portion and the background portion, and sets, based on the density relationship, the density data of each of the latent image portion and the background portion in the data of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Aritomi, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Hiroshi Oomura, Tatsuro Uchida, Yoshihiro Takagi
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Patent number: 7810739Abstract: The invention provides an air conditioner including a radiant sensor device assembly inside a front panel of an indoor unit, in which a radiant sensor holder for holding a radiant sensor and a radiant sensor holder drive mechanism are assembled into the radiant sensor device assembly, the radiant sensor holder drive mechanism includes four projections provided on a part of the outer periphery of the radiant sensor holder in the radial directions, a drive motor attached to the radiant sensor device assembly so that the direction of a motor shaft extends in the same direction as the axis of rotation of the radiant sensor holder, and a sector-shaped connecting member being attached to the motor shaft and having three pins to be fitted between the four projections on the radiant sensor holder respectively for driving the projections.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Tazawa, Toshihiro Hotta, Kazuhito Kojima, Hiroshi Oomura
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Publication number: 20100239342Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a latent image and a background image. The apparatus includes a selecting unit and a printing-data generating unit. The selecting unit selects either the transparent-printing designation or overlay-printing designation, the transparent-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is superimposed on the printing image, and the overlay-printing designation is used for generating printing data so that the printing image is superimposed on the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image. The printing-data generating unit generates printing data based on the printing designation selected by the selecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Oomura, Yasuhiro Kujirai, Yoshihiro Takagi, Tatsuro Uchida, Masanori Aritomi