Patents by Inventor Junichi Goda

Junichi Goda 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: 11953840
    Abstract: A first exposure head forms an image corresponding to a first color based on a first synchronization signal. A second exposure head forms the image corresponding to a second color based on a second synchronization signal. A period of the first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a second surface of a sheet is shorter than a period of first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a first surface of the sheet. A period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the second surface is shorter than a period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20230305420
    Abstract: A first exposure head forms an image corresponding to a first color based on a first synchronization signal. A second exposure head forms the image corresponding to a second color based on a second synchronization signal. A period of the first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a second surface of a sheet is shorter than a period of first synchronization signal in a case where the first exposure head is to form the image for a first surface of the sheet. A period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the second surface is shorter than a period of the second synchronization signal in a case where the second exposure head is to form the image for the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: JUNICHI GODA
  • Patent number: 11551343
    Abstract: An apparatus acquires a plurality of candidate correct answer images for generating a correct answer image that is used for image quality evaluation, and detects a candidate correct answer image to be excluded from the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images, based on differences between the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11489973
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a printed material of a verification image in a case where a condition is satisfied, an obtainment unit configured to obtain a verification result based on a comparison between a read image of the printed material of the verification image and a correct answer image, and a control unit configured to control printing based on the verification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11487977
    Abstract: A correct image and print settings are registered in association with each other, the registered correct image is selected based on print settings of a verification target image, and verification is performed by comparing the verification target image with the selected correct image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20220329701
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11422754
    Abstract: A device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to: attach identification information to a correct image candidate, which is a candidate for a correct image to be used in image quality determination; instruct printing of the correct image candidate to which the identification information is attached; and display the identification information attached to the correct image candidate in association with a preview image of the correct image candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11418656
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11379589
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having at least a first controller and a second controller. The second controller includes a CPU and a first storage for storing, in a non-volatile manner, a first program to be executed by the CPU. When the information processing apparatus is started up, the first controller verifies a presence or absence of alteration of the first program stored in the first storage, and causes the CPU to start up after confirming by the verification that the first program has not been altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11372581
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit to execute a program, a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and an output unit. The first storage unit stores a first program to be executed by the control unit. The second storage unit stores a second program to be executed by the control unit. The output unit receives, from the control unit, a read command for reading the second program from the second storage unit. The output unit output, to the second storage unit, a corresponding command corresponding to the received read command and corresponding to an operation mode having been set to the output unit. Before transmitting, to the output unit, the read command for reading the second program from the second storage unit, the control unit sets the operation mode of the output unit according to the first program stored in the first storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11343383
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and read images excluding a defective image are displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use a displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the accepted image is registered as a correct answer image to be used for verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Patent number: 11163711
    Abstract: To accomplish this, this memory access system monitors a use-memory-bandwidth which indicates a total of memory bandwidths used between a memory and a plurality of masters, and determines whether the use-memory-bandwidth is equal to or larger than the first threshold. Based on the above-described determination result, this memory access system also restricts access to the memory by a master of low priority out of the plurality of masters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Yasushi Shinto
  • Publication number: 20210303844
    Abstract: A verification apparatus comprises setting a feature point of a reference image as a verification target image, and a reference region of a predetermined pattern formed in advance on a recording medium on which the verification target image is to be formed; extracting the set feature point from a read image obtained by reading a formed image; specifying, based on a positional relationship between the set feature point and the reference region, from an image position of the extracted feature point, a first region on the read image, which indicates a region where the predetermined pattern should have been formed, and a second region other than the first region of the read image; and performing verification for the first region by a first algorithm, and verification for the second region by a second algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210241447
    Abstract: An apparatus acquires a plurality of candidate correct answer images for generating a correct answer image that is used for image quality evaluation, and detects a candidate correct answer image to be excluded from the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images, based on differences between the acquired plurality of candidate correct answer images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210234969
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a printed material of a verification image in a case where a condition is satisfied, an obtainment unit configured to obtain a verification result based on a comparison between a read image of the printed material of the verification image and a correct answer image, and a control unit configured to control printing based on the verification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20210201097
    Abstract: A correct image and print settings are registered in association with each other, the registered correct image is selected based on print settings of a verification target image, and verification is performed by comparing the verification target image with the selected correct image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20210127017
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and read images excluding a defective image are displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use a displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the accepted image is registered as a correct answer image to be used for verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori Ichikawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20210127018
    Abstract: An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and the read image is displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use the displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the image that the instruction to use is accepted is registered as the correct answer image. A printed image is verified by comparing the printed image with the registered correct answer image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda
  • Publication number: 20210096789
    Abstract: A device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to: attach identification information to a correct image candidate, which is a candidate for a correct image to be used in image quality determination; instruct printing of the correct image candidate to which the identification information is attached; and display the identification information attached to the correct image candidate in association with a preview image of the correct image candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi Goda, Minoru Kambegawa, Yosuke Obayashi, Masanori Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20200311279
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having at least a first controller and a second controller. The second controller includes a CPU and a first storage for storing, in a non-volatile manner, a first program to be executed by the CPU. When the information processing apparatus is started up, the first controller verifies a presence or absence of alteration of the first program stored in the first storage, and causes the CPU to start up after confirming by the verification that the first program has not been altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Junichi Goda