Patents by Inventor Ryousuke Suzuki

Ryousuke Suzuki 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: 11256771
    Abstract: A display device notifies a server device of identification information for specifying an electronic file to be displayed. The server device specifies the electronic file and page information based on the notified identification information to transmit the electronic file and the page information to the display device. The display device displays, as an initial screen, a specified page of the received electronic file based on the received electronic file and page information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11055044
    Abstract: An image formation device configured such that printing of only some pages of print data including multiple pages is able to be designated. The device includes a first storage configured to hold print data in a page description language (PDL) format in a storage unit such that after printing has been performed not to include a specific page, further printing including the specific page is executable, and a second storage configured to hold print data in the PDL format in the storage unit such that after printing has been performed not to include the specific page, further printing including the specific page is not executable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • 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: 10606537
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus used in an image forming system including an operation panel, a printer engine, and a hard disk drive (HDD) for storing print data for forming an image according to a print instruction, out of print data received from an external apparatus, stores a particular reservation print job in the HDD, and upon receiving a print job of the same user as that of the particular reservation job, reserves the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10474404
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal obtains a list related to document data from the image forming apparatus, receives, from a user, a selection of document data via the list to create selected document data, transmits information indicating the selected document data to the image forming apparatus, causes a display device to display a preview image based on the preview image data, accepts print setting information and a print instruction of the document data corresponding to the preview image, and transmits the print setting information and the print instruction of the document data to the image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal sets the print setting information and transmits the print instruction of the selected document data to the image forming apparatus without receiving the selected document data from the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10394509
    Abstract: A display list generation apparatus includes an interpretation unit configured to interpret page description language (PDL) data and store an interpretation result of the PDL data in a first storage unit, a copying unit configured to copy the interpretation result stored in the first storage unit, in a second storage unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a display list from the interpretation result stored in the first storage unit in a case where a data size of the interpretation result exceeds a predetermined threshold and generate a display list from the copy of the interpretation result stored in the second storage unit in a case where the data size of the interpretation result does not exceed the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190114126
    Abstract: An image formation device configured such that printing of only some pages of print data including multiple pages is able to be designated. The device includes a first storage configured to hold print data in a page description language (PDL) format in a storage unit such that after printing has been performed not to include a specific page, further printing including the specific page is executable, and a second storage configured to hold print data in the PDL format in the storage unit such that after printing has been performed not to include the specific page, further printing including the specific page is not executable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10013220
    Abstract: A job processing system includes a job processing apparatus, a mobile information terminal, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmit a job to the job processing apparatus, which stores the job. Information of the stored job is transmitted to the mobile information terminal. The job processing apparatus authenticates a user who logs in the job processing apparatus. The received job information is displayed by the mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal selects a job to be executed by the job processing apparatus via a plurality of information pieces of displayed jobs. In response to that a user is authenticated by the authentication unit, the instruction unit instructs the job processing apparatus to execute the selected job in association with identification information of the user. The job processing apparatus executes the job instructed and associated with the identification information in response to that the user is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180107756
    Abstract: A display device notifies a server device of identification information for specifying an electronic file to be displayed. The server device specifies the electronic file and page information based on the notified identification information to transmit the electronic file and the page information to the display device. The display device displays, as an initial screen, a specified page of the received electronic file based on the received electronic file and page information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180101346
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of communication with a mobile terminal. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet and at least one controller including a processor that executes a program stored in a memory or a circuit that implements a function, the at least one controller being configured to function as a first obtaining unit that obtains print data, a second obtaining unit that obtains, based on the obtained print data, a preview image to be transmitted to the mobile terminal, a third obtaining unit that obtains print setting information and a print instruction received from the mobile terminal, and an execution unit that causes the image forming device to form an image on a sheet based on the print setting information and the print data in accordance with the print instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180081610
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus used in an image forming system including an operation panel, a printer engine, and a hard disk drive (HDD) for storing print data for forming an image according to a print instruction, out of print data received from an external apparatus, stores a particular reservation print job in the HDD, and upon receiving a print job of the same user as that of the particular reservation job, reserves the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9880794
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus in which a print job including drawing data and a print setting is stored, and a method of controlling the same, when an image of a logical page unit generated based on the drawing data included in the print job is received from the printing apparatus, the received image of the logical page unit is stored. When the print setting included in the print job is changed, the stored image of the logical page unit of the print job is used to generate an image of a physical page unit based on the changed print setting, and that generated image of the physical page unit is preview-displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9811769
    Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 performs print processing for a PDF file received via a communication unit 105. The printing apparatus 100 includes a CPU 101 and a HDD 104 storing the PDF file. The CPU 101 controls the HDD 104, secures a storage area corresponding to a maximum size of the PDF file that can be processed by the printing apparatus 100 each time reception of the PDF file is started, and sequentially stores PDF files received for each secured storage area. The CPU 101 updates a size of the secured storage area from the maximum size of the PDF file that can be processed by the printing apparatus 100 to an actual size of the PDF file having been received completely. The CPU 101 performs control so that the PDF files stored in the HDD 104 are processed in an order of reception start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9760274
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to generate image data by capturing an image, an identification unit configured to identify a plurality of users based on the image data, a determination unit configured to determine a priority of the plurality of users, and a display unit configured to display a user interface for at least one user among the plurality of users according to the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170115936
    Abstract: A job processing system includes a job processing apparatus, a mobile information terminal, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmit a job to the job processing apparatus, which stores the job. Information of the stored job is transmitted to the mobile information terminal. The job processing apparatus authenticates a user who logs in the job processing apparatus. The received job information is displayed by the mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal selects a job to be executed by the job processing apparatus via a plurality of information pieces of displayed jobs. In response to that a user is authenticated by the authentication unit, the instruction unit instructs the job processing apparatus to execute the selected job in association with identification information of the user. The job processing apparatus executes the job instructed and associated with the identification information in response to that the user is authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170039011
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to process print data even in the case where a server does not support the format or the protocol of the print data transmitted to a printing apparatus without being passed through the server. The present invention is a printing system including at least a server that holds and manages received print data, and an information processing apparatus that transmits print data to a printing apparatus without passing the print data through the server, and the printing apparatus includes: a print data saving unit configured to save print data received from the information processing apparatus; and an identifier transmission unit configured to transmit an identifier for identifying the saved print data to the server, and the server includes a management unit configured to manage print data saved in the printing apparatus by using the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170004391
    Abstract: A printing apparatus 100 performs print processing for a PDF file received via a communication unit 105. The printing apparatus 100 includes a CPU 101 and a HDD 104 storing the PDF file. The CPU 101 controls the HDD 104, secures a storage area corresponding to a maximum size of the PDF file that can be processed by the printing apparatus 100 each time reception of the PDF file is started, and sequentially stores PDF files received for each secured storage area. The CPU 101 updates a size of the secured storage area from the maximum size of the PDF file that can be processed by the printing apparatus 100 to an actual size of the PDF file having been received completely. The CPU 101 performs control so that the PDF files stored in the HDD 104 are processed in an order of reception start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Ryousuke Suzuki