Patents by Inventor Ryosuke Sato

Ryosuke Sato 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).

  • Method for controlling communication apparatus, and program
    Patent number: 9477432
    Abstract: A communication apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that communicates with a partner apparatus by a first wireless communication method, and a second wireless communication unit that communicates with the partner apparatus by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, acquires an application identifier from the partner apparatus by the first wireless communication method, executes an application corresponding to the identifier acquired by the identifier acquiring unit, and notifies, using the first wireless communication method, the partner apparatus of network setting information in the second wireless communication method. The communication apparatus communicates with the partner apparatus via a network, the setting information of which has been notified through the notification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160248973
    Abstract: A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information that causes the communication apparatus to decide whether a different communication apparatus has a function to disconnect a power source according to an instruction from the communication apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information that shows an operation mode of the different communication apparatus, and a notification unit configured to notify a user that, in a case where the wireless communication with the different communication apparatus is disconnected, the different communication apparatus is instructed to disconnect the wireless communication and disconnect the power source of the different communication apparatus according to the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160234768
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes first communication means for performing a wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a first communication method, second communication means for performing the wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method, and sending means for sending a request message for requesting, by using the first communication means, a connection parameter for connecting to another communication apparatus via the second communication means, the request message including information about a communication service executable by the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus and program
    Patent number: 9369629
    Abstract: A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information that causes the communication apparatus to decide whether a different communication apparatus has a function to disconnect a power source according to an instruction from the communication apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information that shows an operation mode of the different communication apparatus, and a notification unit configured to notify a user that, in a case where the wireless communication with the different communication apparatus is disconnected, the different communication apparatus is instructed to disconnect the wireless communication and disconnect the power source of the different communication apparatus according to the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160162224
    Abstract: A communication apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that communicates with a partner apparatus by a first wireless communication method, and a second wireless communication unit that communicates with the partner apparatus by a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, acquires an application identifier from the partner apparatus by the first wireless communication method, executes an application corresponding to the identifier acquired by the identifier acquiring unit, and notifies, using the first wireless communication method, the partner apparatus of network setting information in the second wireless communication method. The communication apparatus communicates with the partner apparatus via a network, the setting information of which has been notified through the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Communication apparatus, relay apparatus, wireless communication system, control method of communication apparatus, control method of relay apparatus, and storage medium
    Patent number: 9313202
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, which is connected to a relay apparatus, and transmits data to a server apparatus connected via the relay apparatus, includes a determination unit which determines whether the communication apparatus or the relay apparatus holds authentication information used in authentication processing required to access the server apparatus, a decision unit which decides, according to the determination result, a transmission method required to transmit the data by controlling an authentication processing unit of the apparatus that holds the authentication information to execute the authentication processing, and a transmission unit which transmits the data by the decided transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Information processing apparatus and communication processing method thereof
    Patent number: 9307068
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a first communication interface for individually communicating with a plurality of communication terminals without involvement of a public network and a second communication interface for communicating with involvement of a public network, wherein the apparatus provides services, via the first communication interface or via the first communication interface and the second communication interface, to a plurality of communication terminals that perform communication via the first communication interface, manages information regarding a communication interface used by each service and information regarding the service provided, and controls communication performed with the first and the second communication interfaces based on the managed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Communication apparatus, control method for the same, communication system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 9288740
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of relaying communication between an external apparatus and a communication terminal, determines whether or not a wireless network that enables connection to the external apparatus exists, and decides on a communication mode between the external apparatus and the communication terminal according to a wireless network that was determined as being connectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160066248
    Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with a first other apparatus connectable to a second other apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain status information which indicates that a relay function of the first other apparatus is valid or not using the communication unit; and a request unit configured to request, using the communication unit based on the status information, the first other apparatus to start the relay function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Edging system of spectacle lens, method for manufacturing spectacle lens, and lens edger
    Patent number: 9205526
    Abstract: In a lens edging system using a lens edger 22 and an edging control terminal 23, the lens edger 22 includes a calculation switching section 22 configured to switch a setting of a calculating section so as to select either one of a first calculating section 22d and a second calculating section 23b for calculating edging shape data, and a data acquisition section 22f configured to acquire the edging shape data calculated by the second calculating section 23b from the edging control terminal 23, wherein when the calculation switching section 22g switches the setting of a calculating section so as to select the second calculating section 23b for calculating the edging shape data, the edging shape data calculated by the second calculating section 23b is acquired by a data acquisition section 22f, and a lens edging section 22a performs edging using the acquired edging shape data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Samukawa, Takashi Daimaru, Ryosuke Sato
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150289194
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of relaying communication between an external apparatus and a communication terminal, determines whether or not a wireless network that enables connection to the external apparatus exists, and decides on a communication mode between the external apparatus and the communication terminal according to a wireless network that was determined as being connectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Sheet conveying device with sheet edge guide downstream of buffer unit
    Patent number: 9079432
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device that more appropriately corrects a positional deviation for a sheet and reduces the time required for a correction of the positional deviation. The sheet conveying device includes a guide unit, for guiding the edges of the sheet that is conveyed and for correcting a positional deviation, and a buffer unit located upstream of the guide unit to form a slack for the sheet, so that one part of the slack formed by the buffer unit is guided by the guide unit. The buffer unit includes an upstream roller pair and a downstream roller pair, and a slack for the sheet is formed between the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Sheet conveyance apparatus and recording apparatus
    Patent number: 9004336
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller pair that has a roller with a uniform diameter in a sheet width direction and that is configured to pinch and convey a sheet, and a guide unit that is provided on an upstream side of the conveyance roller pair and that is configured to regulate a position of an edge of the sheet, wherein the conveyance roller pair conveys the sheet in a state in which the sheet is bended by the guide unit so that on a roller side with a uniform diameter in a sheet width direction, the sheet convexly bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sato, Kenji Shigeno, Kengo Nieda
  • COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150023242
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a communication apparatus that can notify other communication apparatuses that do not receive a multicast signal, of information on a function provided by the communication apparatus when the communication apparatus sends the multicast signal to notify the information on the function provided by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention sends a unicast packet containing the information about the function together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus which does not receive the multicast packet, but does not send the unicast packet together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus determined as receiving the multicast packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Communication apparatus and method for controlling communication apparatus
    Patent number: 8903987
    Abstract: A first communication apparatus for use in a network established by a plurality of communication apparatuses to implement a predetermined system function includes a sending unit configured to send, to the network, information on an apparatus function for implementing the predetermined system function to accommodate a communication apparatus having the apparatus function in the network, and an execution unit configured to execute processing for accommodating a second communication apparatus having the apparatus function sent by the sending unit in the network according to a request from the second communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • Apparatus, control method, and storage medium for acquiring and storing position information in association with image data
    Patent number: 8891823
    Abstract: A position information acquiring apparatus comprises: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire first position information of the position information acquiring apparatus upon image capturing; a first storage unit configured to store image data generated by the image capturing and the first position information in a memory in association with each other; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire second position information of the position information acquiring apparatus upon image capturing; and a second storage unit configured to store the second position information in the memory in association with the image data when the second position information higher in accuracy than the first position information is acquired after the first storage unit stores the image data and the first position information in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryosuke Sato
  • EDGING SYSTEM OF SPECTACLE LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTACLE LENS, AND LENS EDGER
    Publication number: 20140302749
    Abstract: In a lens edging system using a lens edger and an edging control terminal, the lens edger includes a calculation switching section configured to switch a setting of a calculating section so as to select either one of a first calculating section and a second calculating section for calculating edging shape data, and a data acquisition section configured to acquire the edging shape data calculated by the second calculating section from the edging control terminal, wherein when the calculation switching section switches the setting of a calculating section so as to select the second calculating section for calculating the edging shape data, the edging shape data calculated by the second calculating section is acquired by a data acquisition section, and a lens edging section performs edging using the acquired edging shape data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiko Samukawa, Takashi Daimaru, Ryosuke Sato
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8851770
    Abstract: A control unit includes a memory storing correction data obtained by associating information acquired by a first acquisition unit (rotary encoder) with information acquired by a second acquisition unit (direct sensor) with respect to, at least one rotation of a conveying roller. When a plurality of images are sequentially printed on a first surface and a second surface of a continuous sheet, the control unit reads the correction data corresponding to the rotation information acquired by the first acquisition unit from the memory and corrects at least one of driving control of a print head and driving control of the roller. The correction data used in printing on the first surface of the sheet is different from that used in printing on the second surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ikeda, Masahito Yoshida, Koichiro Kawaguchi, Kenji Shigeno, Toshiki Takeuchi, Masato Izumi, Ryosuke Sato, Kengo Nieda
  • Printing apparatus and inspection method
    Patent number: 8820876
    Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus and an inspection method which can reduce a position deviation of an inspection pattern upon reading the inspection pattern to perform an accurate inspection. A sheet conveyance misalignment in a continuous sheet is corrected in a corrective unit. The inspection pattern is printed on the corrected sheet by a print head of an inkjet type, and the sheet on which the inspection pattern is printed is dried. A sheet conveyance misalignment in the dried sheet is again corrected in the corrective unit, and the inspection pattern of the corrected sheet is read to perform a color shading inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akimitsu Hoshi, Ryosuke Sato
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 8794756
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a upstream roller pair arranged on the upstream side of a printing head with respect to a direction in which a sheet is conveyed; and a downstream roller pair arranged on the downstream side of the printing head with respect to the direction, wherein each of the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair includes a first roller and a second roller configured to hold the sheet therebetween. In both of the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair, a rotation shaft of the second roller is provided to be situated on the downstream side of a rotation shaft of the first roller with respect to the direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Toriihara, Kengo Nieda, Toshiki Takeuchi, Koichiro Kawaguchi, Ryosuke Sato