Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Sugawara

Kazuhiro Sugawara 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: 11930150
    Abstract: A control method for a scanning system that reduces load on an information processing apparatus when transmitting scanned data to a cloud server requiring an access token is provided. The control method includes acquiring, by an information processing apparatus, an access token from an authorization server, transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, the access token and an address of a cloud server in a first transmission, receiving, by an image forming apparatus, the address and the access token transmitted in the first transmission, scanning, by the image forming apparatus, a document based on the reception of the address and the access token, and transmitting, by the image forming apparatus, the image data generated by scanning the document and the access token to the cloud server in a second transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20230188664
    Abstract: A control method for a scanning system that reduces load on an information processing apparatus when transmitting scanned data to a cloud server requiring an access token is provided. The control method includes acquiring, by an information processing apparatus, an access token from an authorization server, transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, the access token and an address of a cloud server in a first transmission, receiving, by an image forming apparatus, the address and the access token transmitted in the first transmission, scanning, by the image forming apparatus, a document based on the reception of the address and the access token, and transmitting, by the image forming apparatus, the image data generated by scanning the document and the access token to the cloud server in a second transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11652948
    Abstract: A communication job record display device that is capable of improving display of a destination in a record of transmission and reception. A display unit displays information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device. An obtaining unit obtains record information about the communication job including destination information. A display controller controls display by the display unit. The display controller changes a destination display method based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220303427
    Abstract: A communication job record display device that is capable of improving display of a destination in a record of transmission and reception. A display unit displays information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device. An obtaining unit obtains record information about the communication job including destination information. A display controller controls display by the display unit. The display controller changes a destination display method based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11388309
    Abstract: A communication job record display device that is capable of improving display of a destination in a record of transmission and reception. A display unit displays information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device. An obtaining unit obtains record information about the communication job including destination information. A display controller controls display by the display unit. The display controller changes a destination display method based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220201136
    Abstract: An information processing system that a user easily masters a relation between an execution process and an utterance instruction. The information processing system includes a display device, a microphone, an output unit, a display control unit, and an execution unit. The display device can display information. The microphone can obtain voice. The output unit outputs word information based on voice in natural language obtained with the microphone. The display control unit additionally displays utterance examples in association with touch objects included in a screen that is currently displayed on the display device. The execution unit executes a predetermined process linked to a touch object based on words included in a corresponding utterance example and the output word information at least.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11327697
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicating with an input-output device that receives an input voice, outputs voice data corresponding to the input voice, and communicates with a server that analyzes the output voice data. The information processing apparatus further includes a voice output unit configured to output a voice, a reception unit configured to receive a user operation for starting the input-output device, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in response to the user operation received by the reception unit, cause the voice output unit to output a waking word for starting the input-output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11130404
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus 200 includes: a projection optical system 30 that projects a virtual image; an environment monitor portion 72 as an object detection part that detects an object present in a detection region and detects a distance from the projection optical system 30 to the object as a target distance; an arrangement change apparatus 462 as a projection distance change part that periodically changes a projection distance of a virtual image from the projection optical system 30; and a main control apparatus 90 and a display control portion 18 as an image addition part that adds a related-information image as a virtual image by the projection optical system 30 to the detected object at timing when the target distance substantially matches the projection distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Norihide Yamada, Junji Hashimura, Osamu Tannai, Toshiyuki Kojima, Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11025787
    Abstract: In a data transmission apparatus, when user information for a user of an external mobile terminal coincides with user information managed by the data transmission apparatus, data transmission is readily performed based on transmission settings received from the mobile terminal. This gives rise to an issue that security cannot be ensured although the use of data transmission is limited. The data transmission apparatus uses a user authentication function to set not to transmit data transmitted from the external mobile terminal. With such a configuration, data transmission can be prevented when a limitation is made on data transmission processing by using user authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210157536
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicating with an input-output device that receives an input voice, outputs voice data corresponding to the input voice, and communicates with a server that analyzes the output voice data. The information processing apparatus further includes a voice output unit configured to output a voice, a reception unit configured to receive a user operation for starting the input-output device, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in response to the user operation received by the reception unit, cause the voice output unit to output a waking word for starting the input-output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10893165
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image processing apparatus having a scanner that scans an original document. The image processing apparatus generates image data after the scanner scans the original document, converts the generated image data into a file, sets a file name of the file, performs a transmitting process for transmitting the file with the set file name, registers an operation object for transmitting the file, in association with a name of the registered operation object, and causes a display to display the registered operation object. When the file is to be transmitted according to an operation of the displayed operation object, image forming apparatus refers to the name of the operation object and sets a file name using the name in the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10855856
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of an image processing apparatus, control method and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. At least one embodiment of an image processing apparatus receives setting information related to a transmission of an image from an external apparatus, sets whether to display a confirmation screen related to the setting information on an operation unit, and controls to differentiate whether or not the confirmation screen related to the setting information is displayed on the operation unit after the setting information is received in accordance with whether or not the setting of displaying the confirmation screen is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200366683
    Abstract: A data transmission apparatus having a setting unit to set a data transmission destination and a transmitting unit to transmit data to the set data transmission destination includes receiving, obtaining, and determining units. The receiving unit receives information indicating a country where an apparatus at the set data transmission destination is installed. The obtaining unit obtains information indicating a country where the data transmission apparatus is installed. The determining unit determines whether the country indicated by the information received by the receiving unit and the country indicated by the information obtained by the obtaining unit belong to the same region that includes a plurality of countries. If the determining unit determines that both the countries belong to the same region, the transmitting unit transmits the data, and if both the countries do not belong to the same region, the transmitting unit does not transmit the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200137260
    Abstract: A communication job record display device that is capable of improving display of a destination in a record of transmission and reception. A display unit displays information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device. An obtaining unit obtains record information about the communication job including destination information. A display controller controls display by the display unit. The display controller changes a destination display method based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200128141
    Abstract: In a data transmission apparatus, when user information for a user of an external mobile terminal coincides with user information managed by the data transmission apparatus, data transmission is readily performed based on transmission settings received from the mobile terminal. This gives rise to an issue that security cannot be ensured although the use of data transmission is limited. The data transmission apparatus uses a user authentication function to set not to transmit data transmitted from the external mobile terminal. With such a configuration, data transmission can be prevented when a limitation is made on data transmission processing by using user authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10609228
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method that prevents an image based on a file attached to an electronic mail from being repeatedly printed includes receiving an electronic mail from a mail server, printing an image based on the file attached to the received electronic mail, and deleting the electronic mail from the mail server after the image is printed. If the electronic mail cannot be deleted from the mail server, identification information corresponding to the undeleted electronic mail is stored, and the image based on the file attached to the electronic mail corresponding to identification information coinciding with the stored identification information is not printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200055399
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus 200 includes: a projection optical system 30 that projects a virtual image; an environment monitor portion 72 as an object detection part that detects an object present in a detection region and detects a distance from the projection optical system 30 to the object as a target distance; an arrangement change apparatus 462 as a projection distance change part that periodically changes a projection distance of a virtual image from the projection optical system 30; and a main control apparatus 90 and a display control portion 18 as an image addition part that adds a related-information image as a virtual image by the projection optical system 30 to the detected object at timing when the target distance substantially matches the projection distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Norihide YAMADA, Junji HASHIMURA, Osamu TANNAI, Toshiyuki KOJIMA, Kazuhiro SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20190089862
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image processing apparatus having a scanner that scans an original document. The image processing apparatus generates image data after the scanner scans the original document, converts the generated image data into a file, sets a file name of the file, performs a transmitting process for transmitting the file with the set file name, registers an operation object for transmitting the file, in association with a name of the registered operation object, and causes a display to display the registered operation object. When the file is to be transmitted according to an operation of the displayed operation object, image forming apparatus refers to the name of the operation object and sets a file name using the name in the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10120623
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is capable of flexibly coping with charging in various protocols. A user information storage unit allows registering relating user information related with a protocol. A reception unit receives a print job that includes the relating user information and that is requested to execute according to a protocol from an external apparatus. A determination unit determines whether the relating user information in the print job is registered in the user information storage unit. A storing unit stores the print job without starting to print when the determination unit determines that the relating user information included in the print job is not registered. A registration unit registers the relating user information included in the print job to the user information storage unit, when printing of the print job stored is started according to an instruction from a user who logged in to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Dohi, Kazuhiro Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10070000
    Abstract: When receiving an electronic mail from a mail server, an MFP generates received information regarding the received electronic mail and prints an image attached to the electronic mail on a sheet together with the generated received information. A user sets in advance a sheet size used for reception print via a setting screen for a reception print size. When the sheet size is set, the MFP determines whether a length of a side parallel to an order of a character string of the received information to be printed is a predetermined length or longer and performs control to prevent a size determined as not having the predetermined length or longer from being set as a sheet size to be used for printing the image attached to the electronic mail together with the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sugawara