Patents by Inventor Satoshi Okuma

Satoshi Okuma 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: 20240103786
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of sheet feeding units, a job reception unit configured to receive a print job, an instruction reception unit configured to receive a reservation instruction for reserving at least one sheet feeding unit of the plurality of sheet feeding units, an identification unit configured to identify a sheet feeding unit from among the plurality of sheet feeding units based on a setting of the received print job, and a notification unit configured to notify, in response to an execution instruction of a print job in which a sheet feeding unit for which the instruction reception unit has received the reservation instruction is identified, and in which a specific setting is not made, a user of information indicating that the sheet feeding unit is reserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHIRO TAKAHASHI, SATOSHI OKUMA, NORITSUGU OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230319194
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to an image processing apparatus and a message communication service via a network includes a transmission unit configured to perform transmission based on data received from the image processing apparatus in such a way as to post a notification concerning the received data on a message communication space of the message communication service in which a user registered while being associated with the image processing apparatus is participating, and an execution unit configured to, in a case where the information processing apparatus has received, from the message communication service, data transmitted as a response from the user to the message communication space after the notification is posted, execute processing that is based on the data transmitted as a response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: SATOSHI OKUMA, KIICHI HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230171359
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a reading device configured to perform reading processing for reading an original, and one or more controllers configured to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing, and an acquisition unit that acquires operation rate information about the reading device based on the number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing and a predetermined number of processing operations of the reading processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Noritsugu Okayama
  • Publication number: 20230148210
    Abstract: A sheet feeder apparatus includes a width detector for a sheet placed on a sheet placement portion, a conveyor for conveying sheets while separating the sheets one by one, a first detector for detecting a sheet having a first width at a plurality of first positions, a second detector for detecting a sheet having a second width that is not detected by the first sheet detector at a plurality of second positions, and a controller for determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection of the sheet performed by the first detector if the width of the sheet is the first width, and determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection performed by the second detector if the width of the sheet is the second width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi MATSUMURA, Satoshi Okuma
  • Patent number: 11632480
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is capable of managing information about operations preceding start of usage of a function while associating with information about operations performed between the start and end of usage of the function. The information processing apparatus includes an operation panel, a display control unit, and a recording unit. The operation panel has a display function and accepts an operation from a user. The display control unit controls the operation panel so as to display an operation object that causes to execute a predetermined function on a screen of the operation panel. The recording unit records information about events concerning operations performed between start and end of the predetermined function and information about an event preceding the start of the predetermined function into a storage unit while associating them to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Daisuke Shibata, Jun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11601564
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a reading device configured to perform reading processing for reading an original, and one or more controllers configured to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing, and an acquisition unit that acquires operation rate information about the reading device based on the number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing and a predetermined number of processing operations of the reading processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Noritsugu Okayama
  • Patent number: 11572242
    Abstract: A sheet feeder apparatus includes a width detector for a sheet placed on a sheet placement portion, a conveyor for conveying sheets while separating the sheets one by one, a first detector for detecting a sheet having a first width at a plurality of first positions, a second detector for detecting a sheet having a second width that is not detected by the first sheet detector at a plurality of second positions, and a controller for determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection of the sheet performed by the first detector if the width of the sheet is the first width, and determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection performed by the second detector if the width of the sheet is the second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Matsumura, Satoshi Okuma
  • Publication number: 20220174167
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a reading device configured to perform reading processing for reading an original and one or more controllers configured to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing, and an acquisition unit that acquires operation rate information about the reading device based on the number of processing Operations per unit time period of the reading processing and a predetermined number of processing operations of the reading processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Noritsugu Okayama
  • Patent number: 11270855
    Abstract: The movable contact body for a switch includes at least one movable contact having an upwardly convex leaf-spring shape, a cover member disposed so as to cover an upper surface of the movable contact, and a holding member disposed so as to face a lower surface of the movable contact, the holding member having a contact through-hole through which a top portion of the movable contact can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Isoda, Satoshi Okuma, Soichiro Amano, Ken Ito
  • Publication number: 20220009736
    Abstract: A sheet feeder apparatus includes a width detector for a sheet placed on a sheet placement portion, a conveyor for conveying sheets while separating the sheets one by one, a first detector for detecting a sheet having a first width at a plurality of first positions, a second detector for detecting a sheet having a second width that is not detected by the first sheet detector at a plurality of second positions, and a controller for determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection of the sheet performed by the first detector if the width of the sheet is the first width, and determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection performed by the second detector if the width of the sheet is the second width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi Matsumura, Satoshi Okuma
  • Patent number: 11142417
    Abstract: A sheet feeder apparatus includes a width detector for a sheet placed on a sheet placement portion, a conveyor for conveying sheets while separating the sheets one by one, a first detector for detecting a sheet having a first width at a plurality of first positions, a second detector for detecting a sheet having a second width that is not detected by the first sheet detector at a plurality of second positions, and a controller for determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection of the sheet performed by the first detector if the width of the sheet is the first width, and determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection performed by the second detector if the width of the sheet is the second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Matsumura, Satoshi Okuma
  • Publication number: 20210306489
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is capable of managing information about operations preceding start of usage of a function while associating with information about operations performed between the start and end of usage of the function. The information processing apparatus includes an operation panel, a display control unit, and a recording unit. The operation panel has a display function and accepts an operation from a user. The display control unit controls the operation panel so as to display an operation object that causes to execute a predetermined function on a screen of the operation panel. The recording unit records information about events concerning operations performed between start and end of the predetermined function and information about an event preceding the start of the predetermined function into a storage unit while associating them to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Daisuke Shibata, Jun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200328041
    Abstract: The movable contact body for a switch includes at least one movable contact having an upwardly convex leaf-spring shape, a cover member disposed so as to cover an upper surface of the movable contact, and a holding member disposed so as to face a lower surface of the movable contact, the holding member having a contact through-hole through which a top portion of the movable contact can pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroto ISODA, Satoshi OKUMA, Soichiro AMANO, Ken ITO
  • Publication number: 20200290831
    Abstract: A sheet feeder apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a width detector for a sheet placed on a sheet placement portion, a conveyor for conveying sheets while separating the sheets one by one, a first detector for a sheet having a first width at a plurality of first positions, a second detector for a sheet having a second width that is not detected by the first sheet detector, at a plurality of second positions, and a controller for determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection of the sheet performed by the first detector if the width of the sheet is the first width, and determining skewing of a sheet based on a result of the detection performed by the second detector if the width of the sheet is the second width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi Matsumura, Satoshi Okuma
  • Patent number: 10681237
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit configured to accept a first operation for giving an instruction related to a function assigned to hardware and a second operation for giving an instruction related to a function assigned to software, an instruction identification unit configured to identify an instruction content corresponding to the first operation and the second operation based on the first operation and the second operation when the acceptance unit accepts the second operation after accepting the first operation, and a storage unit configured to store, in a storage unit, the instruction content identified by the instruction identification unit, an operation log of the first operation, and an operation log of the second operation in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Okuma
  • Publication number: 20190158685
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit configured to accept a first operation for giving an instruction related to a function assigned to hardware and a second operation for giving an instruction related to a function assigned to software, an instruction identification unit configured to identify an instruction content corresponding to the first operation and the second operation based on the first operation and the second operation when the acceptance unit accepts the second operation after accepting the first operation, and a storage unit configured to store, in a storage unit, the instruction content identified by the instruction identification unit, an operation log of the first operation, and an operation log of the second operation in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi Okuma
  • Patent number: 10262814
    Abstract: A low travel switch assembly and systems and methods for using the same are disclosed. The low travel dome may include a domed surface having upper and lower portions, and a set of tuning members integrated within the domed surface between the upper and lower portions. The tuning members may be operative to control a force-displacement curve characteristic of the low travel dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Keith J. Hendren, Thomas W. Wilson, Jr., John M. Brock, Craig C. Leong, James J. Niu, Satoshi Okuma, Shinsuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10256055
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a push switch includes a substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on an upper surface of the substrate, the second electrode arranged around the first electrode; and a resilient member that is arranged on the second electrode over the first electrode. The substrate includes a recess in a lower surface of the substrate, and the recess is positioned below the first electrode that is arranged on the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohiko Amano, Satoshi Okuma, Ryo Wakuda, Ryo Itakura, Mitsunori Miura
  • Patent number: 9992360
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to generate an operation instruction object related to a workflow based a generation instruction for the operation instruction object, display the operation instruction object on a display unit, and perform control to not display the operation instruction object on the display unit based on a received deletion instruction far the operation instruction object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Okuma
  • Publication number: 20180012712
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a push switch includes a substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on an upper surface of the substrate, the second electrode arranged around the first electrode; and a resilient member that is arranged on the second electrode over the first electrode. The substrate includes a recess in a lower surface of the substrate, and the recess is positioned below the first electrode that is arranged on the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Toyohiko AMANO, Satoshi OKUMA, Ryo WAKUDA, Ryo ITAKURA, Mitsunori MIURA