Patents by Inventor Naoto Akimoto

Naoto Akimoto 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: 11327691
    Abstract: A delivery system including an information processing apparatus operated by a user, a printing apparatus and a server that instructs delivery of a consumable of the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus requests screen information for making a contract related to the delivery of the consumable to the server, displays a screen based on the screen information received from the server, and transmit registration information input on the screen to the server. The server creates the screen information and transmits the screen information to the information processing apparatus, makes a contract of the delivery of the consumable to be used in the printing apparatus with the user, based on the registration information, and delivers the consumable to the user when a remaining amount of the consumable is less than a predetermined amount in the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Akimoto, Kensuke Kawajiri
  • Patent number: 11194526
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11080572
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20200302252
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20200225885
    Abstract: A delivery system including an information processing apparatus operated by a user, a printing apparatus and a server that instructs delivery of a consumable of the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus requests screen information for making a contract related to the delivery of the consumable to the server, displays a screen based on the screen information received from the server, and transmit registration information input on the screen to the server. The server creates the screen information and transmits the screen information to the information processing apparatus, makes a contract of the delivery of the consumable to be used in the printing apparatus with the user, based on the registration information, and delivers the consumable to the user when a remaining amount of the consumable is less than a predetermined amount in the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Naoto Akimoto, Kensuke Kawajiri
  • Patent number: 10706339
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20200005103
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20190354323
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10445626
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10409532
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10389798
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that enables to refer to transmission history information in response to settings of use proprieties for transmission methods. A recording unit records a history of a transmission job executed by the communication apparatus as transmission history information that includes a transmitting destination at least. A setting unit sets a use propriety of each of the transmission methods. A determination unit determines whether reference to the transmission history information is permitted in response to the use propriety of each of the transmission methods set by the setting unit and the transmitting destination included in the transmission history information, when a user instructs to refer to the transmission history information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9854387
    Abstract: A system which enables an image forming apparatus to give priority to executing a job sent from a mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal sets an operating mode of the image forming apparatus. When a near-field wireless communication is started by the mobile information terminal coming close to the image forming apparatus, information on the set operating mode is sent to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus provides operating mode shifting control based on the information on the operating mode sent from the mobile information terminal by the near-field wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20170310739
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that enables to refer to transmission history information in response to settings of use proprieties for transmission methods. A recording unit records a history of a transmission job executed by the communication apparatus as transmission history information that includes a transmitting destination at least. A setting unit sets a use propriety of each of the transmission methods. A determination unit determines whether reference to the transmission history information is permitted in response to the use propriety of each of the transmission methods set by the setting unit and the transmitting destination included in the transmission history information, when a user instructs to refer to the transmission history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20170286023
    Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9736223
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that enables to refer to transmission history information in response to settings of use proprieties for transmission methods. A recording unit records a history of a transmission job executed by the communication apparatus as transmission history information that includes a transmitting destination at least. A setting unit sets a use propriety of each of the transmission methods. A determination unit determines whether reference to the transmission history information is permitted in response to the use propriety of each of the transmission methods set by the setting unit and the transmitting destination included in the transmission history information, when a user instructs to refer to the transmission history information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20160239731
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which reads an image of a document and prints the read image on a sheet includes a detecting unit, an obtaining unit, and a controller. The detecting unit detects a size of the document. The obtaining unit obtains a size of the sheet. The controller performs control such that, in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is not a predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the document detected by the detecting unit is read, and in a case where the size of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit is the predetermined size, an image in a reading region based on the size of the sheet is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9323202
    Abstract: A printing apparatus notifies a user of a message that jamming may be attributed to a protective member yet to be removed, without providing any sensor for detecting the protective member. A method for controlling a printing apparatus that conveys a sheet includes detecting sheet jamming, determining a number of discharged sheets, and notifying the user to remove the protective member present on a conveyance path if the sheet jamming is detected and the number of discharged sheets is determined to be less than a predetermined number, and notifying the user of the sheet jamming if the sheet jamming is detected and the number of discharged sheets is determined to be equal to or greater than the predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9280112
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a storing unit, a printing unit, a receiving unit, and a controlling unit. The storing unit stores a size of a sheet. The printing unit prints an image on the sheet based on a specified print job sheet size. The receiving unit is configured to receive, from a user and before the printing, an instruction for notifying the user of an error where the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size. If the receiving unit receives the instructions and the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size, the user is notified of the error and the printing unit executes printing. If the receiving unit does not receive the instruction and the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size, the printing unit executes printing without notifying the user of the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9264576
    Abstract: There are provided a communicating apparatus capable of connecting a message recording device and performing facsimile communication, and a control method for the communicating apparatus. In a mode in which the message recording device responds to an incoming call, if it is detected that an incoming call has disappeared, counting by a repeat incoming call timer starts. If a next incoming call is detected before a time-out of the repeat incoming call timer occurs, counting by a message recording monitoring timer for counting a message recording response time starts. If the message recording device does not capture a line before a time-out of the message recording monitoring timer occurs, and the incoming call has not disappeared, facsimile signal reception processing starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20160011555
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a storing unit, a printing unit, a receiving unit, and a controlling unit. The storing unit stores a size of a sheet. The printing unit prints an image on the sheet based on a specified print job sheet size. The receiving unit is configured to receive, from a user and before the printing, an instruction for notifying the user of an error where the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size. If the receiving unit receives the instructions and the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size, the user is notified of the error and the printing unit executes printing. If the receiving unit does not receive the instruction and the specified print job sheet size does not match the stored sheet size, the printing unit executes printing without notifying the user of the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Naoto Akimoto