Patents by Inventor Katsuichi Shimizu

Katsuichi Shimizu 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: 6393164
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus having reader for photoelectrically reading an original and generating image information, a first transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader, after compressing treatment, to an outside apparatus, a second transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader without compressing treatment to an outside apparatus, and selecter for selecting either said first or second transmitters according to the destination of said image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Tadashi Yoshida, Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Nao Nagashima, Asao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6329979
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission of image information is possible therebetween. Said reader includes an operating unit which cooperates with the printer to perform many functions such as the image operating function, the image transfer function, the presetting function and the image quality processing function, in addition to a function of a conventional copier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Masanori Yamada, Katsuichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20010043761
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus having reader for photoelectrically reading an original and generating image information, a first transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader, after compressing treatment, to an outside apparatus, a second transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader without compressing treatment to an outside apparatus, and selecter for selecting either said first or second transmitters according to the destination of said image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: KATSUICHI SHIMIZU, TADASHI YOSHIDA, SHINOBU ARIMOTO, KATSUYOSHI MAESHIMA, NAO NAGASHIMA, ASAO WATANABE
  • Patent number: 6307540
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission of image information is possible therebetween. Said reader includes an operating unit which cooperates with the printer to perform many functions such as the image operating function, the image transfer function, the presetting function and the image quality processing function, in addition to a function of a conventional copier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Masanori Yamada, Katsuichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6101263
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus having reader for photoelectrically reading an original and generating image information, a first transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader, after compressing treatment, to an outside apparatus, a second transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader without compressing treatment to an outside apparatus, and selecter for selecting either said first or second transmitters according to the destination of said image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Tadashi Yoshida, Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Nao Nagashima, Asao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5977954
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission of image information is possible therebetween. Said reader includes an operating unit which cooperates with the printer to perform many functions such as the image operating function, the image transfer function, the presetting function and the image quality processing function, in addition to a function of a conventional copier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Masanori Yamada, Katsuichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5872869
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus having reader for photoelectrically reading an original and generating image information, a first transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader, after compressing treatment, to an outside apparatus, a second transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader without compressing treatment to an outside apparatus, and selecter for selecting either said first or second transmitters according to the destination of said image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Tadashi Yoshida, Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Nao Nagashima, Asao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5864407
    Abstract: An image processing system of the invention has a reader which reads out an image of an original, a page memory which stores image information of the original in the form of electric signals, a disk memory which stores part or all of the image information in the disk memory and also stores image processing information, an image processing section, a digitizer for the operator to input the image processing information, a CRT which displays input information or corrections in convesation language, a DMA controller, and a printer. The image processing system of the invention is capable of DMA transfer without the intermediacy of a CPU. Fewer addresses are required for readout of the image information from the memory, and high speed image processing is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Takehiko Shibata, Yoshikazu Yokomizo, Akira Suzuki, Koichi Murakami, Tadashi Yoshida, Masaharu Tsukada, Nao Nagashima, Ken Miyagi
  • Patent number: 5631723
    Abstract: A specified original that is not supposed to be copied is marked with a pattern that is formed by infrared reflected light. A copying apparatus includes a detecting unit for detecting the pattern and determines that an original is the specified original in accordance with the detection by the detecting unit. A copying operation is controlled in accordance with the determination of whether the original is the specified original that is not supposed to be copied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuichi Shimizu, Yutaka Komiya, Kazuo Yoshinaga, Toshio Hayashi, Takehiko Nakai, Tsutomu Utagawa, Tetsuya Nagase, Nobuatsu Sasanuma
  • Patent number: 5481334
    Abstract: A specified original that is not supposed to be copied is marked with a pattern that is formed by infrared reflected light. A copying apparatus includes a detecting unit for detecting the pattern and determines that an original is the specified original in accordance with the detection by the detecting unit. A copying operation is controlled in accordance with the determination of whether the original is the specified original that is not supposed to be copied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuichi Shimizu, Yutaka Komiya, Kazuo Yoshinaga, Toshio Hayashi, Takehiko Nakai, Tsutomu Utagawa, Tetsuya Nagase, Nobuatsu Sasanuma
  • Patent number: 5448338
    Abstract: A printing or copying apparatus of a type provided with a recording medium, operable device for forming an image on the recording medium, device for operating a first signal required for the timing operation of the operable device, keys for instructing to start or stop the execution of image formation, first control device controlling the operable device in accordance with the first signal, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the operable device for image formation, and second control device for controlling the first control device in accordance with the key instructing device for controlling the execution of image formation and for controlling at least one of the operable devices, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the first control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Masuda, Katsuichi Shimizu, Toshiaki Yagasaki, Hisashi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 5420666
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image and a matrix circuit having connected thereto a plurality of keys including an initiating key for instructing the start of image formation and a stop key for interrupting image formation. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller for controlling image formation by the image forming mechanism in accordance with a control sequence and a memory containing a program for sensing key input of the matrix circuit. Prior to the start of image formation, the controller executes the program for sensing key input of the matrix circuit and executes the control sequence in response to the sensing input of the initiating key. During image formation, the controller executes the program for sensing key input of the matrix circuit such that sensing whether the stop key has been input is executed without sensing whether the initiating key has been input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Ariga, Hiroyuki Miyake, Katsuichi Shimizu, Hirotoshi Kishi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takahiko Amanuma, Kazumi Umezawa, Seiji Sagara, Kenji Kurita
  • Patent number: 5369733
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission of image information is possible therebetween. The reader includes an operating unit which cooperates with the printer to perform many functions such as the image operating function, the image transfer function, the presetting function and the image quality processing function, in addition to a function of a conventional copier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Arimoto, Masanori Yamada, Katsuichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5276533
    Abstract: This invention provides an image processing system comprising devices for producing image signals by scanning an original image, process units for generating video signals by processing the image signals, detector for detecting the coordinates of the original image and controller for storing the coordinate signals from the detecting means and for controlling the process units according to thus stored signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Nao Nagashima, Shinobu Arimoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5223899
    Abstract: A document scanning apparatus includes a first scanner for reciprocating an optical member and for exposing an original document put on a document platen, and a second scanner for feeding an original document to an exposure position and for exposing the original document at the exposure position. A selector selects either the first scanner in a stationary exposure mode or the second scanner in a dynamic exposure mode. In the stationary exposure mode, a controller causes forward movement of the reciprocating optical member to stop and the reciprocating member to move backward in accordance with a detection signal signifying that the trailing edge of a recording sheet has passed a predetermined position in the transport path for the recording sheet. In the dynamic exposure mode, the controller controls the second scanner to feed successive original documents in accordance with the same detection signal for the trailing edge of the recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Ariga, Hiroyuki Hattori, Katsuichi Shimizu, Hirotoshi Kishi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takahiko Amanuma, Kazumi Umezawa, Seiji Sagara, Kenji Kurita
  • Patent number: 5182597
    Abstract: A printing or copying apparatus of a type provided with a recording medium, operable device for forming an image on the recording medium, device for operating a first signal required for the timing operation of the operable device, keys for instructing to start or stop the execution of image formation, first control device controlling the operable device in accordance with the first signal, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the operable device for image formation, and second control device for controlling the first control device in accordance with the key instructing device for controlling the execution of image formation and for controlling at least one of the operable devices, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the first control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Masuda, Katsuichi Shimizu, Toshiaki Yagasaki, Hisashi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 5168307
    Abstract: A printing or copying apparatus of a type provided with a recording medium, operable device for forming an image on the recording medium, device for operating a first signal required for the timing operation of the operable device, keys for instructing to start or stop the execution of image formation, first control device controlling the operable device in accordance with the first signal, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the operable device for image formation, and second control device for controlling the first control device in accordance with the key instructing device for controlling the execution of image formation and for controlling at least one of the operable devices, and which comprises a memory for storing a program for operation control of the first control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Masuda, Katsuichi Shimizu, Toshiaki Yagasaki, Hisashi Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 5117260
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus provided with a plurality of operation devices for recording or reproducing an image. Using operation control signals, a controller controls the operation devices in accordance with selected information signals. Appropriate ones of the information signals are selected in accordance with the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Ariga, Hiroyuki Hattori, Katsuichi Shimizu, Hirotoshi Kishi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Takahiko Amanuma, Kazumi Umezawa, Seiji Sagara, Kenji Kurita
  • Patent number: 5109434
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus having reader for photoelectrically reading an original and generating image information, a first transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader, after compressing treatment, to an outside apparatus, a second transmitter for transmitting the image information from said reader without compressing treatment to an outside apparatus, and a selecter for selecting either said first or second transmitter according to the destination of said image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuichi Shimizu, Tadashi Yoshida, Shinobu Arimoto, Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Nao Nagashima, Asao Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5040079
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an image forming system comprising device for producing an image signal by scanning an original image, memory for storing the image signal, unit for receiving the image signal and reproducing an image on a material, and select for selecting a read address of the memory in a main scan direction and selecting a feed timing of the material in a sub-scan direction to form the image while shifting the original image to a desired position on the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuichi Shimizu