Patents by Inventor Keisuke Niimoto

Keisuke Niimoto 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: 12147718
    Abstract: A processing system includes a processing apparatus that performs processing by using consumables, and a server system that manages a service related to the consumables. The processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first information about a consumption amount of a currently used consumable, a first updating unit that, based on the acquired first information, updates second information about a cumulative consumption amount of the consumable used by the processing apparatus stored in a first storage unit, and a transmission unit that transmits the updated second information to the server system. The server system includes a reception unit that receives the second information from the processing apparatus, and a first determination unit that determines whether to provide a service based on the second information received by the reception unit and the second information previously received from the processing apparatus which is stored in a second storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 11531506
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus detects a change in job information which is information related to an execution of the job, and generates a log related to the processing of the job. In a condition that the job includes a plurality of pages, in a case where the change in the job information is not detected, one log is generated with the job as a unit, and in a case where the change in the job information is detected, a log is generated even during the job based on job information before the change. In a case where the change in the job information is detected at a first point in time, a log is generated as of the first point in time, and in a case where the change from the first point in time in the job information is detected at a second point in time which is a point later than the first point in time, a log from the first point in time to the second point in time is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20220050650
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to perform processing according to a job includes a detection unit configured to detect a change in job information which is information related to the job, and a generation unit configured to generate a log related to the processing of the job. in a condition that the job includes a plurality of pages, in a case where the change in the job information is not detected by the detection unit, the generation unit generates one log with the job as a unit and in a case where the change in the job information is detected by the detection unit, the generation unit generates a log even during the job based on job information before the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 10999474
    Abstract: An electronic device is capable of communicating with a management server through a network, the management server being capable of transmitting information to a plurality of service providing servers. The electronic device includes: a communication unit configured to connect the electronic device to the network; a management unit configured to be capable of managing permission state information in a state where the electronic device is not connected to the network by the communication unit, the permission state information indicating whether transmission of device information from the electronic device is permitted by a user; and a processing unit configured to perform a process for transmitting the device information to the management server in a state where the electronic device is connected to the network by the communication unit in a case where the permission state information indicates that the transmission of the device information is permitted by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Niimoto, Kiyoshi Katano
  • Patent number: 10831425
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that transmits log information, including: a log information generation unit configured to generate the log information in accordance with a job; a storage control unit configured to cause a log information storage unit to store the generated log information; a log information deletion unit configured to delete log information stored in the log information storage unit so that the number of pieces of log information stored in the log information storage unit does not exceed a storage upper limit; and a log loss information addition unit configured to add log loss information to log information to be stored in the log information storage unit in a case where the log information is deleted by the log information deletion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20200045204
    Abstract: An electronic device is capable of communicating with a management server through a network, the management server being capable of transmitting information to a plurality of service providing servers. The electronic device includes: a communication unit configured to connect the electronic device to the network; a management unit configured to be capable of managing permission state information in a state where the electronic device is not connected to the network by the communication unit, the permission state information indicating whether transmission of device information from the electronic device is permitted by a user; and a processing unit configured to perform a process for transmitting the device information to the management server in a state where the electronic device is connected to the network by the communication unit in a case where the permission state information indicates that the transmission of the device information is permitted by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Keisuke Niimoto, Kiyoshi Katano
  • Publication number: 20190286399
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that transmits log information, including: a log information generation unit configured to generate the log information in accordance with a job; a storage control unit configured to cause a log information storage unit to store the generated log information; a log information deletion unit configured to delete log information stored in the log information storage unit so that the number of pieces of log information stored in the log information storage unit does not exceed a storage upper limit; and a log loss information addition unit configured to add log loss information to log information to be stored in the log information storage unit in a case where the log information is deleted by the log information deletion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 10359980
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that transmits log information, including: a log information generation unit configured to generate the log information in accordance with a job; a storage control unit configured to cause a log information storage unit to store the generated log information; a log information deletion unit configured to delete log information stored in the log information storage unit so that the number of pieces of log information stored in the log information storage unit does not exceed a storage upper limit; and a log loss information addition unit configured to add log loss information to log information to be stored in the log information storage unit in a case where the log information is deleted by the log information deletion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20190004759
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that transmits log information, including: a log information generation unit configured to generate the log information in accordance with a job; a storage control unit configured to cause a log information storage unit to store the generated log information; a log information deletion unit configured to delete log information stored in the log information storage unit so that the number of pieces of log information stored in the log information storage unit does not exceed a storage upper limit; and a log loss information addition unit configured to add log loss information to log information to be stored in the log information storage unit in a case where the log information is deleted by the log information deletion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 8310725
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20120268760
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 8237987
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20100033738
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto