Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ogawa

Nobuhiro Ogawa 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: 11726732
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image output apparatus stores print setting information corresponding to a print job for which print is commanded, as history information in a storage unit thereof, and displays, in a case where print using the history information is commanded, information regarding an image output apparatus that is available for use by the information processing apparatus does not correspond to part of setting values included in the history information, and a print result of print processing to be executed by the image output apparatus using the history information satisfies a predetermined condition, a print setting screen in which the information regarding the image output apparatus is reflected in an item corresponding to the part of the setting values and setting values of the history information are reflected in other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11645023
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain status information indicating status of an image output apparatus from the image output apparatus and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen for setting print setting on a display unit. In a case where the obtaining unit fails to obtain the status information and a set value set on the setting screen is changed, the display control unit displays a predetermined warning display on the setting screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11586398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicable with an image output apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store first status information concerning whether it is possible to execute a function in the image output apparatus, which is acquired from the image output apparatus; and a display unit configured to display a list of image output apparatuses as management targets based on the first status information stored in the storage unit and second status information concerning a communication state between the information processing apparatus and the image output apparatus. If a condition based on the first status information and the second status information is satisfied, the display unit displays, as a candidate to be deleted from the management targets, an image output apparatus corresponding to the first status information and the second status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11564197
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an obtaining unit, and a display unit. The specifying unit specifies a first position of a communication apparatus viewed from the information processing apparatus by wireless communication with the communication apparatus. The obtaining unit obtains information representing a second position of a target viewed from the communication apparatus. The target is held by the communication apparatus, from the communication apparatus by the wireless communication. The display unit displays information representing a third position of the target viewed from the information processing apparatus based on the first position specified by the specifying unit and the second position represented by the information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11500596
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire resource information concerning a remaining amount of a consumable from an image output apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate notification information indicating a quantity or amount of the consumable based on the resource information acquired from the image output apparatus; and a notification unit configured to make a notification of the notification information generated by the generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires the resource information of a plurality of types of consumables from each of a first image output apparatus and a second image output apparatus. The generation unit generates the corresponding notification information for each of the plurality of types based on the acquired resource information. The notification unit makes a notification of the notification information for each of the plurality of types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220137902
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain status information indicating status of an image output apparatus from the image output apparatus and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen for setting print setting on a display unit. In a case where the obtaining unit fails to obtain the status information and a set value set on the setting screen is changed, the display control unit displays a predetermined warning display on the setting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220137906
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image output apparatus stores print setting information corresponding to a print job for which print is commanded, as history information in a storage unit thereof, and displays, in a case where print using the history information is commanded, information regarding an image output apparatus that is available for use by the information processing apparatus does not correspond to part of setting values included in the history information, and a print result of print processing to be executed by the image output apparatus using the history information satisfies a predetermined condition, a print setting screen in which the information regarding the image output apparatus is reflected in an item corresponding to the part of the setting values and setting values of the history information are reflected in other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11173931
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of the degree of comfort in another area to be learned by a user, the information processing apparatus including: a comfort degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of comfort of a particular user on the basis of sensor data of another user; and an output control unit that controls such that information regarding the degree of comfort is output to a terminal of the particular user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Okamori, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Shigeru Sugaya, Yuuji Ogihara
  • Patent number: 11172094
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory configured to store a program, wherein the program when executed by the processor causes the information processing apparatus to perform operations, the operation comprising acquiring information of a sheet type used by an image output apparatus; providing a setting screen configured to accept setting operation for sheet types supported by the image output apparatus; and on the setting screen, among the sheet types supported by the image output apparatus, displaying the used sheet type indicated by the acquired sheet type information with priority over other sheet types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210303219
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus communicable with an image output apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store first status information concerning whether it is possible to execute a function in the image output apparatus, which is acquired from the image output apparatus; and a display unit configured to display a list of image output apparatuses as management targets based on the first status information stored in the storage unit and second status information concerning a communication state between the information processing apparatus and the image output apparatus. If a condition based on the first status information and the second status information is satisfied, the display unit displays, as a candidate to be deleted from the management targets, an image output apparatus corresponding to the first status information and the second status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210191673
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire resource information concerning a remaining amount of a consumable from an image output apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate notification information indicating a quantity or amount of the consumable based on the resource information acquired from the image output apparatus; and a notification unit configured to make a notification of the notification information generated by the generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires the resource information of a plurality of types of consumables from each of a first image output apparatus and a second image output apparatus. The generation unit generates the corresponding notification information for each of the plurality of types based on the acquired resource information. The notification unit makes a notification of the notification information for each of the plurality of types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210185633
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an obtaining unit, and a display unit. The specifying unit specifies a first position of a communication apparatus viewed from the information processing apparatus by wireless communication with the communication apparatus. The obtaining unit obtains information representing a second position of a target viewed from the communication apparatus. The target is held by the communication apparatus, from the communication apparatus by the wireless communication. The display unit displays information representing a third position of the target viewed from the information processing apparatus based on the first position specified by the specifying unit and the second position represented by the information obtained by the obtaining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210084191
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory configured to store a program, wherein the program when executed by the processor causes the information processing apparatus to perform operations, the operation comprising acquiring information of a sheet type used by an image output apparatus; providing a setting screen configured to accept setting operation for sheet types supported by the image output apparatus; and on the setting screen, among the sheet types supported by the image output apparatus, displaying the used sheet type indicated by the acquired sheet type information with priority over other sheet types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200382656
    Abstract: Using a signal of a short-range wireless communication emitted from a communication device, information of a relative position between an information processing device and a communication device is acquired. In a case where a display unit is caused to display information related to the communication device, the display unit is caused to display information indicating the relative positional relationship, together with the information related to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20200017132
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of the degree of comfort in another area to be learned by a user, the information processing apparatus including: a comfort degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of comfort of a particular user on the basis of sensor data of another user; and an output control unit that controls such that information regarding the degree of comfort is output to a terminal of the particular user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi OKAMORI, Nobuhiro OGAWA, Shigeru SUGAYA, Yuuji OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190114558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program by which learning data can be transferred to another agent. In a case of transferring learning data to another user, the learning data is divided into learning data of a private type depending on an individual and learning data of a public type excluding it and only learning data of the public type is only transferred. In a case of transferring it to an agent of a new vehicle, it is classified into individual-dependent data, vehicle type-dependent data, and general-purpose data and only the general-purpose data is transferred. Only in a case where a vehicle type of the new vehicle is the same as the vehicle type which has been used at that time, the vehicle type-dependent data is also transferred. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: NOBUHIRO OGAWA, KATSUYOSHI KANEMOTO, ATSUSHI NODA, TAKUYA FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180357668
    Abstract: Provided is an information distribution apparatus which effectively distributes information such as advertisements. An advertisement distribution system predicts seat conditions such as a change in seat occupancy rate with time and distributes advertising information to prospective customers who can visit around the time when the seats are available. By offering more advantageous discount rates, coupons and the like to prospective customers with a short traveling time to a store in a case where seats are already available, it is possible to quickly occupy the seats and recover the seat occupancy rate in a short period of time. On the other hand, a disadvantageous offer is made to prospective customers who arrive after the time when empty seats are predicted since they do not contribute much to the recovery of the seat occupancy rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: KATSUYOSHI KANEMOTO, NAOKI IDE, NOBUHIRO OGAWA, TAKASHI OGATA, SHO TANAKA, KENTA KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9926962
    Abstract: A self-tapping screw includes a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank includes a cylindrical shank immediately below the head and a truncated conical shank following an end of the cylindrical shank. The cylindrical shank is provided with a plurality of first external threads, the truncated conical shank is provided with a plurality of second external threads following the first external threads, and a peak of each of the second external threads is provided with a biting surface having a concave-convex form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CROWN SCREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogawa, Naoki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9917986
    Abstract: A controller includes an acquisition unit that acquires paper type information from each of a plurality of image output devices managed in a management system, a grouping unit that performs grouping of a plurality of managed image output devices based on paper information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display controller that displays the managed image output devices having undergone the grouping performed by the grouping unit on a display unit. If the acquisition unit acquires current-fed-paper-type information, the grouping unit performs the grouping based on the current-fed-paper-type information. If the acquisition unit does not acquire the current-fed-paper-type information, the grouping unit performs the grouping based on calibration-executable paper type information included in the paper type information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogawa, Yoshiko Sueshige
  • Publication number: 20160369844
    Abstract: A slide rail includes: an outer rail; an inner rail, including a space into which a guide pin, which is attached to a to-be-mounted object, is capable of being inserted from one end side of the inner rail, configured to slide in a longitudinal direction of the outer rail; and a locking mechanism configured to fix the inner rail onto the outer rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisashi ITO, Nobuhiro OGAWA, Tatsuya Sudo, HIROSHI TAKAHASHI, Michi AMANAI, Kosuke Nakamura, Haruhiko Sakai