Patents by Inventor Masahiro Mutsuno

Masahiro Mutsuno 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: 11947853
    Abstract: A print system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus, the printing apparatus obtains, from a print job, image data to be used for printing, registers in the inspection apparatus the image data as a reference image, in response to completion of registration of the reference image in the inspection apparatus, executes printing on a sheet based on the print job, and notifies the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting the sheet on which printing has been performed. The inspection apparatus registers the image data received from the printing apparatus as the reference image, and in response to the instruction for inspecting, inspects the sheet on which the printing has been performed in the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20240070841
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus executes inspection to determine whether an image defect occurs in image data as an inspection target acquired by a reading unit by reading a printed matter printed on a recording sheet, acquires a type of the recording sheet used for the inspection according to an operation for inputting instructions to execute image diagnosis, performed on an instruction unit when an inspection result indicates existence of an image defect, and diagnoses content of the image defect by reading a chart for detecting an image defect, printed on a recording sheet of the acquired type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: MASAHIRO MUTSUNO
  • Publication number: 20230412746
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro Mutsuno, Masaki Kashiwagi, Akinori Takeo, Satoshi Totsuka
  • Patent number: 11789394
    Abstract: A print system having an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus configured to receive a print job from the information processing apparatus and execute printing. The information processing apparatus sets so as to insert a chart sheet on which patches for tone correction have been printed for the print job. In a case where the print job includes a setting to insert the chart sheet, the printing apparatus controls whether or not to insert the chart sheet based on a type of sheet to be used in the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 11792344
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Mutsuno, Masaki Kashiwagi, Akinori Takeo, Satoshi Totsuka
  • Publication number: 20230101468
    Abstract: A print system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus, the printing apparatus obtains, from a print job, image data to be used for printing, registers in the inspection apparatus the image data as a reference image, in response to completion of registration of the reference image in the inspection apparatus, executes printing on a sheet based on the print job, and notifies the inspection apparatus of an instruction for inspecting the sheet on which printing has been performed. The inspection apparatus registers the image data received from the printing apparatus as the reference image, and in response to the instruction for inspecting, inspects the sheet on which the printing has been performed in the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20230102352
    Abstract: In printing of a print job to be inspected using a pre-printed sheet having information printed thereon in advance, control is performed so as not to register a reference image based on image data that is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 11597214
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing unit, a determination unit, and a switching unit. The printing unit prints an image on a recording medium. The determination unit compares a prestored reference image and a read image corresponding to a reading result of a printed document in which the image is printed on the recording medium and determines whether a result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition. The switching unit switches a discharge destination of the recording medium based on a result of the determination. The switching unit switches a conveyance path of the recording medium based on whether the determination is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20220373955
    Abstract: A print system having an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus configured to receive a print job from the information processing apparatus and execute printing. The information processing apparatus sets so as to insert a chart sheet on which patches for tone correction have been printed for the print job. In a case where the print job includes a setting to insert the chart sheet, the printing apparatus controls whether or not to insert the chart sheet based on a type of sheet to be used in the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20220174165
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro Mutsuno, Masaki Kashiwagi, Akinori Takeo, Satoshi Totsuka
  • Publication number: 20220126601
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing unit, a determination unit, and a switching unit. The printing unit prints an image on a recording medium. The determination unit compares a prestored reference image and a read image corresponding to a reading result of a printed document in which the image is printed on the recording medium and determines whether a result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition. The switching unit switches a discharge destination of the recording medium based on a result of the determination. The switching unit switches a conveyance path of the recording medium based on whether the determination is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 11305573
    Abstract: In case of simultaneously performing a punching process and a finishing process other than the punching process in an image forming apparatus, in order to prevent an unnecessary (ineffectual) finishing process from being performed, an information processing controller unit of a multifunction peripheral performs control of permitting to set in combination a double-punching center setting and a bookbinding setting, and of prohibiting to set in combination a punch setting, other than the double-punching center setting, and the bookbinding setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 11126491
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes sensors for detecting a plurality of types of errors. The information processing apparatus identifies a type of an error detected by one of the sensors, acquires a result of diagnostic processing corresponding to the identified type of the error, and outputs error information indicating the identified type of the error, and diagnostic information about a component corresponding to the result of the diagnostic processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiko Kobayashi, Kimito Kasahara, Kaori Nishiyama, Naoto Watanabe, Keisuke Aizono, Satoshi Seki, Masahiro Mutsuno, Takuma Yasukawa, Yuki Suetani, Toshiyuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20210252896
    Abstract: In case of simultaneously performing a punching process and a finishing process other than the punching process in an image forming apparatus, in order to prevent an unnecessary (ineffectual) finishing process from being performed, an information processing controller unit of a multifunction peripheral performs control of permitting to set in combination a double-punching center setting and a bookbinding setting, and of prohibiting to set in combination a punch setting, other than the double-punching center setting, and the bookbinding setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20210127027
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro Mutsuno, Masaki Kashiwagi, Akinori Takeo, Satoshi Totsuka
  • Patent number: 10979599
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit, a storage unit, a login state determination unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives a facsimile-received document via a network. The storage unit stores the facsimile-received document received by the receiving unit in a reception box. The login state determination unit determines whether a user to be charged is logged in, a user who does not need to be charged is logged in, or no user is logged in. The control unit controls the storage unit to store the facsimile-received document in the reception box instead of outputting the facsimile-received document when the receiving unit receives the facsimile-received document and if the login state determination unit determines that no user is logged in or a user to be charged is logged in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Totsuka, Akinori Takeo, Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 10963196
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an accepting unit configured to accept one of a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that another print job managed by the management unit is to be executed while leaving an execution of the print job interrupted, and the second setting indicating that execution of the print job is to be canceled, and a control unit configured to, when the first setting is made in a case where a job interruption event occurs during execution of a print job, execute another print job managed by the management unit while leaving the execution of the print job interrupted, or to, when the second setting is made in a case where a job interruption event occurs during execution of a print job, cancel the execution of the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Patent number: 10911626
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processor that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Mutsuno, Masaki Kashiwagi, Akinori Takeo, Satoshi Totsuka
  • Patent number: 10705472
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller that receives a print job, which includes the sheet type and print settings of simplex printing or duplex printing. A sheet stacked on a feeding unit is discharged to a discharge portion with an upper surface of the sheet facing different directions in duplex printing and in simplex printing in a first mode, and the sheet stacked on the feeding unit is discharged to the discharge portion with the upper surface of the sheet facing the same direction in the duplex printing and in the simplex printing in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Saito, Masahiro Mutsuno
  • Publication number: 20190324833
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes sensors for detecting a plurality of types of errors. The information processing apparatus identifies a type of an error detected by one of the sensors, acquires a result of diagnostic processing corresponding to the identified type of the error, and outputs error information indicating the identified type of the error, and diagnostic information about a component corresponding to the result of the diagnostic processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Norihiko Kobayashi, Kimito Kasahara, Kaori Nishiyama, Naoto Watanabe, Keisuke Aizono, Satoshi Seki, Masahiro Mutsuno, Takuma Yasukawa, Yuki Suetani, Toshiyuki Miyake