Patents by Inventor Koichi Kuno

Koichi Kuno 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096101
    Abstract: A server includes a control unit. The control unit determines whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by a camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui SUGIE, Koichi SUZUKI, Naoki UENOYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Hirohiko MORIKAWA, Genshi KUNO
  • Patent number: 11770486
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to present a document placement position more simply. A program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to perform document scan processing to function as: a creation unit configured to create, based on first information relating to a document table of the image processing apparatus, second information indicating a position of a scan origin on the document table, and third information indicating a document size designated by a user, a GUI screen including information for guiding a position at which the document is placed on the document table; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the created GUI screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20220400183
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to present a document placement position more simply. A program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to perform document scan processing to function as: a creation unit configured to create, based on first information relating to a document table of the image processing apparatus, second information indicating a position of a scan origin on the document table, and third information indicating a document size designated by a user, a GUI screen including information for guiding a position at which the document is placed on the document table; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the created GUI screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 11212407
    Abstract: A control method for an apparatus for controlling a reading apparatus that performs reading in a transmission mode includes a read controlling step, a generating step and a processing step. In a read controlling step, the reading apparatus is controlled to read at least one film in the transmission mode based on a reading instruction from operating system standard software. In a generating step, a display image is generated, in which at least one frame image is arranged, based on a read image obtained by the reading in the read controlling step. In a processing step, a processing for displaying the display image generated in the generating step by using the operating system standard software, is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20210168255
    Abstract: A control method for an apparatus for controlling a reading apparatus that performs reading in a transmission mode includes a read controlling step, a generating step and a processing step. In a read controlling step, the reading apparatus is controlled to read at least one film in the transmission mode based on a reading instruction from operating system standard software. In a generating step, a display image is generated, in which at least one frame image is arranged, based on a read image obtained by the reading in the read controlling step. In a processing step, a processing for displaying the display image generated in the generating step by using the operating system standard software, is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Koichi KUNO
  • Patent number: 10944877
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus adds a first image that includes a predetermined image feature, to a read image of the document based on a detection result in the detecting, and transmits a second image of the predetermined image size specified in the read instruction, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document included in the second image transmitted in the transmitting. The image processing apparatus adds the first image such that in the second image the first image is provided on the outside of the read image of the document, based on at least one of a width and a height of the document detected in the detection. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document based on the predetermined image feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20200314258
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus adds a first image that includes a predetermined image feature, to a read image of the document based on a detection result in the detecting, and transmits a second image of the predetermined image size specified in the read instruction, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document included in the second image transmitted in the transmitting. The image processing apparatus adds the first image such that in the second image the first image is provided on the outside of the read image of the document, based on at least one of a width and a height of the document detected in the detection. The information processing apparatus obtains the read image of the document based on the predetermined image feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 10412244
    Abstract: A function which can be executed by an application is determined from information obtained from data obtained within a standard rule, thereby implementing a function within the standard rule. More specifically, processing executed by a scanner is recorded in EXIF information, and the application determines a function to be executed, based on the EXIF information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 10178249
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of preventing data from being lost even in the case where upload of the data has failed and of preventing saved data from being deleted without a user knowing it. The present invention is a system that saves data in a storage server and the system includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not upload of the data to the storage server has succeeded; a saving unit configured to temporarily save the data in the case where the upload has failed; a notification unit configured to notify a user of that the temporarily saved data exists in the case where the saving unit temporarily saves the data; a retry unit configured to try reupload of the temporarily saved data to the storage server; and a deletion unit configured to delete the temporarily saved data in the case where the reupload has succeeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20180367685
    Abstract: A function which can be executed by an application is determined from information obtained from data obtained within a standard rule, thereby implementing a function within the standard rule. More specifically, processing executed by a scanner is recorded in EXIF information, and the application determines a function to be executed, based on the EXIF information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20170302807
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of preventing data from being lost even in the case where upload of the data has failed and of preventing saved data from being deleted without a user knowing it. The present invention is a system that saves data in a storage server and the system includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not upload of the data to the storage server has succeeded; a saving unit configured to temporarily save the data in the case where the upload has failed; a notification unit configured to notify a user of that the temporarily saved data exists in the case where the saving unit temporarily saves the data; a retry unit configured to try reupload of the temporarily saved data to the storage server; and a deletion unit configured to delete the temporarily saved data in the case where the reupload has succeeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 9607218
    Abstract: A plurality of regions corresponding to respective attributes in an image are detected, and a target region serving as a thumbnail image out of the plurality of regions is determined. Thumbnail image data is generated from data corresponding to the determined target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20160048729
    Abstract: A plurality of regions corresponding to respective attributes in an image are detected, and a target region serving as a thumbnail image out of the plurality of regions is determined. Thumbnail image data is generated from data corresponding to the determined target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20150286687
    Abstract: A place name search apparatus that searches a place name database for a place name, which includes place name data that defines place name information representing a place name, effective period information representing a period during which the place name is effective, and region information representing a region covered by the place name, includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information and date/time information and a search unit that searches the place name database for place name data including region information including the acquired position information and effective period information corresponding to the acquired date/time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Publication number: 20110002016
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an image reading apparatus, an image reading method, and a program, in which in the case of reading both of a reflecting original and a transmitting original by one image reading apparatus, an average scanning time in the scan of a plurality of number of times can be shortened without increasing costs. In the image reading apparatus, whether the read original is the reflecting original or the transmitting original is discriminated based on a part of data read as a reflecting original by a reflecting original reading unit. If it is determined that the original is the transmitting original, the original is read as a transmitting original by a transmitting original reading unit. If it is determined that the original is the reflecting original, the data which has been read before is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 7216945
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nojima, Osamu Sato, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Akio Kato, Masahiko Kubota, Koichi Kuno, Hiroyuki Tamaki, Taku Higashiyama
  • Publication number: 20040252143
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nojima, Osamu Sato, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Akio Kato, Masahiko Kubota, Koichi Kuno, Hiroyuki Tamaki, Taku Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 6789863
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit for effecting recording on a recording medium, and a conveying unit for conveying the recording medium. The recording apparatus further includes a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and a controller for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. In addition, a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus includes executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nojima, Osamu Sato, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Akio Kato, Masahiko Kubota, Koichi Kuno, Hiroyuki Tamaki, Taku Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 6630293
    Abstract: A method for producing a silver salt of an organic acid, which comprises steps of reacting (1) a solution containing silver ions in water or in a mixture of an organic solvent and water, with (2) a solution or suspension containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid in water, in a mixture of an organic solvent and water, or in an organic solvent to prepare a silver salt of an organic acid, and removing a byproduct salt by a desalting operation, wherein a dispersing agent having a molecular weight of 3000 or less is added and dispersed during a time period of from before the reaction to before the desalting operation. There is provided a method for producing a silver salt of an organic acid, which can provides low fog, high sensitivity and high concentration of blackening when it is used for photothermographic materials, and is suitable for the production of photothermographic materials having low haze and less image degradation after storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kuno, Naoyuki Kawanishi, Yoichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20020063742
    Abstract: This specification discloses a recording apparatus comprising recording means for effecting recording on a recording medium, and conveying means for conveying the recording medium, the recording apparatus further comprising a power input terminal adapted to be switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile, and control means for executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal. The specification also discloses a method of controlling the above-described recording apparatus, comprising executing the operation sequence of the recording apparatus in accordance with the ON/OFF state of the power input terminal switched ON/OFF by the ignition key switch of an automobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Nojima, Osamu Sato, Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Akio Kato, Masahiko Kubota, Koichi Kuno, Hiroyuki Tamaki, Taku Higashiyama