Patents by Inventor Masakazu Nomoto

Masakazu Nomoto 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: 20060288304
    Abstract: This invention allows the user to select files to be printed from arbitrary folders, easily designate a folder selected in the past, and confirm data files in the folder, thereby improving the operability of selecting a file to be printed. For this purpose, the display window has a folder view display area for displaying the tree structure of folders, and a file view display area for displaying a list of image data files stored in a folder selected in the folder view display area. When a new folder is selected in the folder view display area, a path representing the location position of the folder is added to the folder list. When a file having a print count of “1” or more exists in the file view display area, the file name and print count of the file are added to a file list associated with a folder list. When a selected-folder view display button is clicked, a list of folders registered in the folder list is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Nomoto, Yasushi Mochizuki, Keisuke Nagao
  • Publication number: 20050278636
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to automatically defining a processing area in which image processing is to be performed according to the type of image processing, to thereby improve user friendliness. A starting point and an ending point are designated on an image displayed on a display, and coordinates as information on the designated points are acquired. A type of image processing to be performed on the displayed image is selected from among a plurality of types of image processing, and information on the selected type is acquired. An editing area on the displayed image, in which the displayed image is to be subjected to the selected type of image processing, is defined according to the information on the designated points and the selected type of image processing. The display of the image in the defined editing area can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventor: Masakazu Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20050099644
    Abstract: Even if the user selects a print mode for executing borderless printing, when the borderless printing is improper for a discriminated sheet type, in order to prevent the occurrence of various faults in a printing unit due to the execution of the whole surface printing onto the sheet whose borderless printing is improper by outputting image information with margins on the sheet, a sense result of a media is obtained and whether or not the media type indicates the media which can be borderless-printed is discriminated on the basis of an obtainment result. If it is determined that the media is not the media which can be borderless-printed, the print mode is changed to bordered printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Nomoto, Hiroshi Kai, Hideo Natori, Hideki Honda, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050031392
    Abstract: Even a simple media sensor obtains a print result of the best print quality by applying a user-set printing condition and the determined media group by performing a print processing using the optimum print profile for any supplied paper. To solve the above-mentioned problem, a print data generating process unit sets a printing condition for print data by selecting a print profile for printing corresponding to any group stored in a print profile storage unit based on a media group determined by a paper type determining process unit and a printing condition set by a print setting process unit in an operation performed by a user according to information obtained from a printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Hideo Natori, Hideki Honda, Hiroshi Kai, Masakazu Nomoto
  • Publication number: 20050030334
    Abstract: It is necessary to avoid performing printing which brings about a poor printing result due to a mismatch between a medium fed by a printer and a set medium. For arbitrary paper, a paper type determining process unit 612 determines according to the information plural times detected with different timing during the process on the print data whether or not a mismatch occurred between the type of paper set on a printer and paper set by a print setting process unit 611, and the generation and output of print data by a print data generating process unit 618 is correctly controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kai, Masakazu Nomoto, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Hideo Natori, Hideki Honda
  • Patent number: 6603571
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is adapted to perform a program installation is connected with an electronic device for input/output of a color image and is provided with a memory unit. When the apparatus discriminates that a selected color correction data file is not present in the memory unit, but is installed in another information processing apparatus, the selected color correction data file is transferred from the other information processing apparatus to the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Nomoto