Patents by Inventor Shin Genta

Shin Genta 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: 12023913
    Abstract: An image printing apparatus and a method of controlling the same are capable of appropriately correcting the conveyance amount in each of a plurality of conveyance paths. In a case of conveying a print medium along a first conveyance path, a controller controls the driving of a conveyance motor based on first information. In a case of conveying the print medium along a second conveyance path, the controller controls the driving of the conveyance motor based on second information, which is different from the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Serena Yoshikawa, Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Taichi Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 12017463
    Abstract: A printing control apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control so that a distribution ratio based on which color separation data separated as having a predetermined color is distributed into data for a first nozzle array and a distribution ratio based on which color separation data is distributed into data for a second nozzle array are different depending on a tone value in the color separation data, and a generation unit configured to generate printing data to be used for printing by the first nozzle array based on the distributed data for the first nozzle array and generate printing data to be used for printing by the second nozzle array based on the distributed data for the second nozzle array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABU SHIKI KAIS HA
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Naoko Baba, Jumpei Jogo, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Taichi Yokokawa, Serena Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20240198676
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing-medium conveyance unit, a printhead, and a control unit. The printhead has a first array of ejection ports ejecting a first ink and a second array of ejection ports ejecting a second ink, with the ports arranged in a printing-medium conveyance direction and the arrays arranged in a predetermined direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The control unit performs control to print an image of a foundation layer and images in stack and non-stack regions on the printing medium by having the conveyance unit convey the printing medium while scanning the printhead. The control unit performs control so that in printing in the non-stack region, the image of the foundation layer is printed using an ejection-port group in the first array at the same position as an ejection-port group in the second array for printing the image in the non-stack region, in an ejection-port arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: SHINGO NISHIOKA, TAKAYOSHI KIKUCHI, HAJIME NAGAI, SHIN GENTA, AYUMI YASUDA, KEIJI KURIYAMA, SERENA YOSHIKAWA, SATOSHI WADA, FUMIHIRO GOTO, DAISUKE YOSHITOKU, NAOKO BABA, HIROSHI KAWAFUJI, YOSHIYUKI HONDA, AKIHIRO MOURI, SHUNSUKE KAKEI
  • Publication number: 20240202478
    Abstract: To print high-definition images, an embodiment of the present invention provides a printing apparatus including: a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium by applying a first liquid containing a colorant and a second liquid containing a component that causes the colorant to aggregate; a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to print a first pattern and a second pattern differing from the first pattern in a manner of application of the first liquid and the second liquid; and an identification unit configured to identify a characteristic of the printing medium based on a first density of the first pattern and a second density of the second pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: KEIJI KURIYAMA, HIDEHIKO KANDA, SATOSHI WADA, FUMIHIRO GOTO, HAJIME NAGAI, SHINGO NISHIOKA, SHIN GENTA, SERENA YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11794495
    Abstract: An object is to provide a full-line inkjet printing apparatus and a printing method that can suppress occurrence of image degradation in the case where a conveyance roller conveys a print medium and multipass printing is performed. The maximum conveyance amount in a return route is set to be smaller than a distance between the conveyance roller and a print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakajima, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Shin Genta, Satoshi Azuma, Shingo Nishioka, Sae Mogi, Taku Yokozawa, Noboru Kunimine, Akiko Aichi, Hiroshi Taira, Hiroto Kango, Hiroshi Kawafuji
  • Patent number: 11772380
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to optimize the time necessary for filling and the ink consumption. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus having: a storage unit; a print head having an ejection port from which ink supplied from the storage unit is ejected; an ink supply path that connects the storage unit and the print head; a suction unit configured to perform suction at the ejection port; and a supply control unit configured to supply ink stored in the storage unit to the ink supply path and the print head by performing suction at the ejection port by the suction unit, and the printing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to ink discharge from the ink supply path and the supply control unit determines the number of times of suction by the suction unit based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Masataka Kato, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230150270
    Abstract: A printing apparatus performs control so that out of N scans for printing an image in a predetermined region on a print medium, a total application amount of a reactive liquid printed by first N/2 scans and a total application amount of the reactive liquid printed by second N/2 scans may be different between a case where an application amount of the reactive liquid per unit area which corresponds to the predetermined region is a first amount and a case where the application amount of the reactive liquid per unit area is a second amount larger than the first amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko Baba, Satoshi Wada, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Yuji Konno, Takeshi Yazawa, Shin Genta, Shingo Nishioka, Jumpei Jogo, Takayuki Ushiyama, Keiji Kuriyama, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa, Yumi Shimokodachi
  • Publication number: 20230150271
    Abstract: A printing control apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control so that a distribution ratio based on which color separation data separated as having a predetermined color is distributed into data for a first nozzle array and a distribution ratio based on which color separation data is distributed into data for a second nozzle array are different depending on a tone value in the color separation data, and a generation unit configured to generate printing data to be used for printing by the first nozzle array based on the distributed data for the first nozzle array and generate printing data to be used for printing by the second nozzle array based on the distributed data for the second nozzle array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Naoko Baba, Jumpei Jogo, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Taichi Yokokawa, Serena Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20230137887
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a storage medium that execute density characteristics acquisition processing at an appropriate timing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20230086371
    Abstract: A recording apparatus that causes less degradation of image quality due to blurring caused by dot misalignment between an ink containing a coloring material and a reaction liquid includes a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium by applying an ink containing a coloring material and a reaction liquid containing a component that aggregates the coloring material, an acquisition unit configured to acquire multi-valued ink data to apply the ink, and a generating unit configured to generate first multi-valued reaction liquid data based on the multi-valued ink data and, when a tone value of a pixel of interest in the first multi-valued reaction liquid data is lower than a tone value of any one of a plurality of surrounding pixels around the pixel of interest, generate second multi-valued reaction liquid data by increasing the tone value of the pixel of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jumpei Jogo, Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 11553111
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a storage medium that execute density characteristics acquisition processing at an appropriate timing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20220388321
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises a carriage including a print head that discharges ink, the carriage reciprocally moving relative to a print medium, a wiping unit configured to wipe a discharge port surface, and a control unit configured to control a movement operation of the carriage and a wiping operation of the wiping unit such that when a deceleration when stopping the carriage is a first deceleration, a time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping unit starts wiping is set to a first time, and when the deceleration when stopping the carriage is a second deceleration lower than the first deceleration, the time from when the carriage stops to when the wiping unit starts wiping is set to a second time shorter than the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Masataka Kato, Shin Genta, Kazuki Narumi, Tomoki Yamamuro, Takaaki Shima, Keita Ishimi
  • Patent number: 11383536
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce smears on a back surface of a print result medium by reducing accumulation of ink in a platen while reducing generation of mist. To achieve this, an ink receiving portion of a platen is provided away from a support surface by a predetermined distance, is formed in a mesh shape by laying multiple linear members, and is formed as a guide member that guides the ink received in the ink receiving portion to an ink guide holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Genta, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakajima, Masataka Kato, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Satoshi Azuma, Shingo Nishioka, Sae Mogi
  • Publication number: 20220126584
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to optimize the time necessary for filling and the ink consumption. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus having: a storage unit; a print head having an ejection port from which ink supplied from the storage unit is ejected; an ink supply path that connects the storage unit and the print head; a suction unit configured to perform suction at the ejection port; and a supply control unit configured to supply ink stored in the storage unit to the ink supply path and the print head by performing suction at the ejection port by the suction unit, and the printing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to ink discharge from the ink supply path and the supply control unit determines the number of times of suction by the suction unit based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Masataka Kato, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11298953
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ink tank that stores ink, a supply tube that supplies the ink from the ink tank, and a printing head that includes therein a pressure chamber arranged with an ejection port to eject the ink and performs reciprocal moving. The printing head includes a first liquid chamber that includes a connection portion with the supply channel, a second liquid chamber that communicates with the first liquid chamber by way of the pressure chamber, and a volume variable unit that changes an inner volume of the second liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sae Mogi, Kazuo Suzuki, Shin Genta, Hiroshi Taira
  • Publication number: 20220097422
    Abstract: Provided are an image printing apparatus and a method of controlling the same which are capable of appropriately correcting the conveyance amount in each of a plurality of conveyance paths. In a case of conveying a print medium along a first conveyance path, a controller controls the driving of a conveyance motor based on first information. In a case of conveying the print medium along a second conveyance path, the controller controls the driving of the conveyance motor based on second information, which is different from the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Serena Yoshikawa, Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Taichi Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20220080747
    Abstract: An object is to provide a full-line inkjet printing apparatus and a printing method that can suppress occurrence of image degradation in the case where a conveyance roller conveys a print medium and multipass printing is performed. The maximum conveyance amount in a return route is set to be smaller than a distance between the conveyance roller and a print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masataka Kato, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakajima, Mitsutoshi Nagamura, Shin Genta, Satoshi Azuma, Shingo Nishioka, Sae Mogi, Taku Yokozawa, Noboru Kunimine, Akiko Aichi, Hiroshi Taira, Hiroto Kango, Hiroshi Kawafuji
  • Patent number: 11247471
    Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to optimize the time necessary for filling and the ink consumption. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus having: a storage unit; a print head having an ejection port from which ink supplied from the storage unit is ejected; an ink supply path that connects the storage unit and the print head; a suction unit configured to perform suction at the ejection port; and a supply control unit configured to supply ink stored in the storage unit to the ink supply path and the print head by performing suction at the ejection port by the suction unit, and the printing apparatus has an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to ink discharge from the ink supply path and the supply control unit determines the number of times of suction by the suction unit based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Narumi, Masataka Kato, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Shin Genta, Tomoki Yamamuro, Hiroto Kango, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11198309
    Abstract: A recording apparatus discharges an ink in a first color to a position at which an accumulated state on an ink absorber is to be detected. After that, a light is emitted onto the position from a light emitting unit, and reflected light is received by a light receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamamuro, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Yasunori Fujimoto, Masataka Kato, Kazuki Narumi, Shin Genta, Kazuhiko Sato, Kazuo Suzuki, Hiroto Kango
  • Publication number: 20210321018
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a storage medium that execute density characteristics acquisition processing at an appropriate timing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Naoko Baba, Yuji Konno, Yoshitomo Marumoto, Shin Genta, Takayuki Ushiyama, Yumi Shimokodachi, Serena Yoshikawa, Taichi Yokokawa