Patents by Inventor Miho Funabashi

Miho Funabashi 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).

  • Image scanning apparatus and control method for image scanning apparatus
    Patent number: 10554844
    Abstract: An image scanning apparatus determines whether there is an influence of external light from the outside of the image scanning apparatus on scanning; decides a correction value corresponding to each of a plurality of sensors based on received light amounts of at least some of the plurality of sensors; and corrects, using the correction value corresponding to each of the plurality of sensors and decided, data corresponding to a received light amount of each of the plurality of sensors when scanning the original, wherein if it is determined that there is the influence of the external light, the image scanning apparatus decides the correction value corresponding to a first sensor and the correction value corresponding to a second sensor arranged at a position that is readily influenced by the external light based on the received light amount of the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosogoshi, Miho Funabashi, Norikazu Honda, Masataka Iura, Yuichi Yanagiwara
  • IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190281179
    Abstract: An image scanning apparatus determines whether there is an influence of external light from the outside of the image scanning apparatus on scanning; decides a correction value corresponding to each of a plurality of sensors based on received light amounts of at least some of the plurality of sensors; and corrects, using the correction value corresponding to each of the plurality of sensors and decided, data corresponding to a received light amount of each of the plurality of sensors when scanning the original, wherein if it is determined that there is the influence of the external light, the image scanning apparatus decides the correction value corresponding to a first sensor and the correction value corresponding to a second sensor arranged at a position that is readily influenced by the external light based on the received light amount of the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosogoshi, Miho Funabashi, Norikazu Honda, Masataka Iura, Yuichi Yanagiwara