Patents by Inventor Nobuyasu Ito

Nobuyasu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230367873
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a first storage unit storing a program and a second storage unit storing a backup program of the program includes a verification unit configured to verify tampering of the program stored in the first storage unit, a recovery unit configured to perform recovery by overwriting the backup program stored in the second storage unit with the program stored in the first storage unit in a case where the program is tampered, and a power control unit configured to stop power to the verification unit and the second storage unit upon termination of the verification by the verification unit in a case where the program is not tampered, and stop power to the verification unit and the second storage unit upon termination of the verification by the verification unit and termination of the recovery by the recovery unit in a case where the program is tampered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: NOBUYASU ITO
  • Patent number: 11531580
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which is capable of preventing loss of data in an HDD resulting from an instantaneous power failure. The electronic apparatus is equipped with the HDD that has a nonvolatile storage area and a volatile storage area in which data is temporarily held. A control unit executes a plurality of processes including a held data writing process in which the data held in the volatile storage area is written into the nonvolatile storage area, in a predetermined order according to an off instruction by a user. In a case where a stop of the power supply to the electronic apparatus is detected, the control unit executes the plurality of processes including the held data writing process in a different order from the predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 11516363
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 10911634
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first storage unit having a semiconductor memory, a second storage unit, an acquisition unit that acquires temperature information indicating a temperature in the first storage unit, a comparison unit that compares the temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit with a threshold, and a control unit. Based on the temperature information indicating a temperature below the threshold, the control unit causes the first storage unit to store data. Based on the temperature information indicating a temperature at or above the threshold, the control unit causes the second storage unit to store data without causing the first storage unit to store the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 10754288
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junnosuke Yokoyama, Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20200213468
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first storage unit having a semiconductor memory, a second storage unit, an acquisition unit that acquires temperature information indicating a temperature in the first storage unit, a comparison unit that compares the temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit with a threshold, and a control unit. Based on the temperature information indicating a temperature below the threshold, the control unit causes the first storage unit to store data. Based on the temperature information indicating a temperature at or above the threshold, the control unit causes the second storage unit to store data without causing the first storage unit to store the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20200177755
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20200174876
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which is capable of preventing loss of data in an HDD resulting from an instantaneous power failure. The electronic apparatus is equipped with the HDD that has a nonvolatile storage area and a volatile storage area in which data is temporarily held. A control unit executes a plurality of processes including a held data writing process in which the data held in the volatile storage area is written into the nonvolatile storage area, in a predetermined order according to an off instruction by a user. In a case where a stop of the power supply to the electronic apparatus is detected, the control unit executes the plurality of processes including the held data writing process in a different order from the predetermined order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 10587767
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20190265633
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Junnosuke Yokoyama, Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 10310439
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junnosuke Yokoyama, Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20180288261
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20180184881
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a memory configured to be able to store a parameter set which is a combination of parameters associated with various processes during an endoscope inspection and set for each user, the memory being able to store a number of parameter sets corresponding to a plurality of user accounts, a touch panel configured to selectively display a display screen made up of a plurality of layers and a control section configured to cause the touch panel to display a user setting selection list for calling the parameter set for each user stored in the memory for part of a display region of a main screen that classifies and displays functions with high use frequency during the endoscope inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi URASAKI, Aki MATSUMOTO, Nobuyasu ITO, Shinichiro SAEKI, Kenichiro MATSUSHITA, Hideyuki WADA
  • Patent number: 9998621
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 9825491
    Abstract: There is provided a power feeding apparatus including a remaining battery level reception unit configured to receive a remaining battery level of a respective secondary battery included in a respective power receiving apparatus among a plurality of power receiving apparatuses from the respective power receiving apparatuses, a power feeding time determination unit configured to determine power feeding time for the power receiving apparatuses based on the remaining battery level, and a power feeding unit configured to wirelessly feed power to the power receiving apparatuses for the power feeding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Ito, Takahiro Haraguchi, Akitomo Fukui
  • Publication number: 20170329272
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junnosuke Yokoyama, Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 9798637
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a removable storage device for storing data includes a control unit that determines whether communication is possible with the storage device and, if communication with the storage device is determined not to be possible, prohibit data from being written to the storage device. When the information processing apparatus is started up, the control unit again determines whether communication is possible with the storage device to which the control unit prohibits data writing and permits data writing to the storage device if communication with the storage device is determined to be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 9746811
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junnosuke Yokoyama, Nobuyasu Ito
  • Publication number: 20170244855
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 9671985
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyasu Ito