Patents by Inventor Morikazu Ito

Morikazu Ito 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: 11922242
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a mechanism capable of performing thickening processing of an object irrespective of the color of a line even in a case where the black over print is valid. One embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control whether or not to perform thickening processing to thicken an object in an upper layer and an object in a lower layer based on a raster operation code designating drawing processing in a case where the object in the upper layer and the object in the lower layer overlap, wherein the control unit: does not perform the thickening processing in a case where a value of the raster operation code is MERGEPEN and a color of the object in the upper layer is not a black color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Takahiro Soma
  • Patent number: 11474754
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that is capable of preventing an unnecessary notification from being provided. A wireless communication apparatus designated by a user is registered. When radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication are received, a notification is provided for confirming with a user whether or not to give an instruction to a wireless communication apparatus as a transmission source of the received radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication. It is determined whether or not the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, and when it is determined that the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, the notification is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20220215212
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a mechanism capable of performing thickening processing of an object irrespective of the color of a line even in a case where the black over print is valid. One embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control whether or not to perform thickening processing to thicken an object in an upper layer and an object in a lower layer based on a raster operation code designating drawing processing in a case where the object in the upper layer and the object in the lower layer overlap, wherein the control unit: does not perform the thickening processing in a case where a value of the raster operation code is MERGEPEN and a color of the object in the upper layer is not a black color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Takahiro Soma
  • Patent number: 11055040
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 10915280
    Abstract: A printer that executes printing based on a print job receives from a computer a first print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from a plurality of sheet holding units, a different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and a second print job for printing one copy, displays that a received print job is a print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from the plurality of sheet holding units, the different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and receives, from a user, an instruction to change the number of copies of the received print job. The number of copies to be printed by executing the received second print job can be changed based on the instruction, and the number of copies to be printed by executing the received first print job cannot be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Kazuhide Hasegawa, Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200310719
    Abstract: A printer that executes printing based on a print job receives from a computer a first print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from a plurality of sheet holding units, a different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and a second print job for printing one copy, displays that a received print job is a print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from the plurality of sheet holding units, the different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and receives, from a user, an instruction to change the number of copies of the received print job. The number of copies to be printed by executing the received second print job can be changed based on the instruction, and the number of copies to be printed by executing the received first print job cannot be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Kazuhide Hasegawa, Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10719282
    Abstract: A printer that executes printing based on a print job includes a memory containing instructions, and at least one processor for executing the instructions to operate as a first receiving unit configured to receive from a computer a print job instructing the printer to print a plurality of copies using a plurality of feeding trays, with a different feeding tray instructed to be used for each of the copies, a display unit configured to display the number of copies of the print job, and a second receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from a user to change the displayed number of copies of the print job. In addition, instructions are executed to operate as a cancelling unit configured to cancel, based on the changed number of copies, the print job, the number of copies of which has been instructed to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Kazuhide Hasegawa, Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10667085
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicates receives wirelessly and directly, from a device, advertising packets of a plurality of different formats that comply with a predetermined communication standard and are transmitted from the device, and estimates a proximity level between the device having transmitted the advertising packets and the information processing apparatus by sampling the radio field intensities of the advertising packets of the plurality of different formats. The advertising packets include a first advertising packet of a first format and a second advertising packet of a second format, wherein a number of sampling of the radio field intensities of the first advertising packet is less than that of the radio field intensities of the second advertising packet per unit of time. A sampled radio field intensity of the first advertising packet influences the estimate more than a sampled radio field intensity of the second advertising packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20200081662
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that is capable of preventing an unnecessary notification from being provided. A wireless communication apparatus designated by a user is registered. When radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication are received, a notification is provided for confirming with a user whether or not to give an instruction to a wireless communication apparatus as a transmission source of the received radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication. It is determined whether or not the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, and when it is determined that the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, the notification is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20200065039
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 10514869
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that is capable of preventing an unnecessary notification from being provided. A wireless communication apparatus designated by a user is registered. When radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication are received, a notification is provided for confirming with a user whether or not to give an instruction to a wireless communication apparatus as a transmission source of the received radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication. It is determined whether or not the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, and when it is determined that the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, the notification is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 10503449
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20190215651
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus operable to perform communication in accordance with a predetermined communication standard, receives wirelessly and directly, from a device, advertising packets of a plurality of different formats that comply with the predetermined communication standard and are transmitted from the device, and estimates a proximity level between the device having transmitted the advertising packets and the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus uses radio field intensities of the received advertising packets of the plurality of different formats to estimate the proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20190107983
    Abstract: An instruction to execute a print job in which a feeding stage of an image forming apparatus has been designated for each copy is accepted. The execution of the accepted print job is controlled. In addition, if the execution of the print job is a hold printing operation in the image forming apparatus, an operation to change a copy count via an interface screen is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Morikazu Ito, Kazuhide Hasegawa, Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180341436
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that is capable of preventing an unnecessary notification from being provided. A wireless communication apparatus designated by a user is registered. When radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication are received, a notification is provided for confirming with a user whether or not to give an instruction to a wireless communication apparatus as a transmission source of the received radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication. It is determined whether or not the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, and when it is determined that the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, the notification is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20180321886
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a print job, a prediction unit that performs prediction processing for obtaining a prediction value of a time relating to printing the print job, a determination unit that determines whether a time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds a threshold value, and a cancellation unit that causes, based on a determination that the time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds the threshold value, the prediction unit to cancel the prediction processing currently performed for the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 10048904
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a print job, a prediction unit that performs prediction processing for obtaining a prediction value of a time relating to printing the print job, a determination unit that determines whether a time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds a threshold value, and a cancellation unit that causes, based on a determination that the time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds the threshold value, the prediction unit to cancel the prediction processing currently performed for the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 9888144
    Abstract: A printing apparatus provided with an authentication function to request user information for an external apparatus has a direct wireless communication function, and does not request user information for the external apparatus under a condition that a user is logged into the printing apparatus and the external apparatus connects to the printing apparatus with the wireless communication using the direct wireless communication function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20170276776
    Abstract: A table defining relationships between radio field intensities of radio waves received from an external apparatus and distances to the external apparatus is held. Radio field intensities of radio waves received from the external apparatus are stored. A first radio field intensity and a second radio field intensity are respectively calculated as representative values of high radio field intensities and low radio field intensities from the stored radio field intensities. A distance to the external apparatus is obtained based on the held table and one or both of the first radio field intensity and the second radio field intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20170123740
    Abstract: A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Morikazu Ito