Patents by Inventor Taketomo Naruse

Taketomo Naruse 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: 11792337
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Publication number: 20230147163
    Abstract: An object is to manage the remaining amount of liquid of a specific liquid container. A control method executed in an information processing apparatus including an image-capturing unit is characterized by: obtaining a captured image of a liquid container which is acquired by capturing an image using the image-capturing unit; obtaining a first identifier for uniquely identifying the liquid container from the captured image; identifying a remaining amount of liquid in the liquid container, based on the captured image; and transmitting the first identifier and the remaining amount of liquid to an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Publication number: 20220217242
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Patent number: 11316988
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Patent number: 11210036
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
  • Patent number: 10937422
    Abstract: When a voice instruction received by a voice control device is an instruction to cause an output apparatus to execute output, a candidate of the output apparatus is notified. The voice control device receives, by voice, a designation of the output apparatus from the candidate of the output apparatus. The output apparatus corresponding to the received designation executes the output based on the voice instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Patent number: 10908546
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus manages information on a consumable item by a management chip and includes a control unit configured to control the management chip, and the management chip includes: a chip-side storage unit whose storage area is made up in units of blocks; a simultaneous writing unit configured to simultaneously write information on the consumable item in units of the blocks in the chip-side storage unit; and a predetermined unit writing unit configured to write information on the consumable item in predetermined units smaller than the block unit in the chip-side storage unit, and the control unit performs control so as to write information on the consumable item by the simultaneous writing unit at timing at which there is time constraint and performs control so at to write information on the consumable item by the predetermined unit writing unit at timing at which there is no time constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Akiyoshi Sahara, Takayuki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20210021721
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Patent number: 10834274
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Publication number: 20200218189
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus manages information on a consumable item by a management chip and includes a control unit configured to control the management chip, and the management chip includes: a chip-side storage unit whose storage area is made up in units of blocks; a simultaneous writing unit configured to simultaneously write information on the consumable item in units of the blocks in the chip-side storage unit; and a predetermined unit writing unit configured to write information on the consumable item in predetermined units smaller than the block unit in the chip-side storage unit, and the control unit performs control so as to write information on the consumable item by the simultaneous writing unit at timing at which there is time constraint and performs control so at to write information on the consumable item by the predetermined unit writing unit at timing at which there is no time constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Akiyoshi Sahara, Takayuki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20200174714
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
  • Patent number: 10627764
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus manages information on a consumable item by a management chip and includes a control unit configured to control the management chip, and the management chip includes: a chip-side storage unit whose storage area is made up in units of blocks; a simultaneous writing unit configured to simultaneously write information on the consumable item in units of the blocks in the chip-side storage unit; and a predetermined unit writing unit configured to write information on the consumable item in predetermined units smaller than the block unit in the chip-side storage unit, and the control unit performs control so as to write information on the consumable item by the simultaneous writing unit at timing at which there is time constraint and performs control so at to write information on the consumable item by the predetermined unit writing unit at timing at which there is no time constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Akiyoshi Sahara, Takayuki Ochiai
  • Patent number: 10599369
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
  • Publication number: 20200014806
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Patent number: 10491762
    Abstract: An apparatus that executes a job, broadcasts a wireless signal prior to establishing a connection by wireless communication with an external apparatus. The wireless signal includes information relating to the apparatus, by which it can be identified whether execution of a job by the apparatus is possible, in a predetermined packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Publication number: 20190235799
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
  • Patent number: 10310777
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito
  • Publication number: 20190156823
    Abstract: When a voice instruction received by a voice control device is an instruction to cause an output apparatus to execute output, a candidate of the output apparatus is notified. The voice control device receives, by voice, a designation of the output apparatus from the candidate of the output apparatus. The output apparatus corresponding to the received designation is to execute the output based on the voice instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Taketomo Naruse
  • Publication number: 20190049887
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus manages information on a consumable item by a management chip and includes a control unit configured to control the management chip, and the management chip includes: a chip-side storage unit whose storage area is made up in units of blocks; a simultaneous writing unit configured to simultaneously write information on the consumable item in units of the blocks in the chip-side storage unit; and a predetermined unit writing unit configured to write information on the consumable item in predetermined units smaller than the block unit in the chip-side storage unit, and the control unit performs control so as to write information on the consumable item by the simultaneous writing unit at timing at which there is time constraint and performs control so at to write information on the consumable item by the predetermined unit writing unit at timing at which there is no time constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Akiyoshi Sahara, Takayuki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20190018624
    Abstract: An audio control device receives a print instruction by audio and causes a print apparatus connected to an external access point to execute a print process in accordance with the print instruction received by audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Taketomo Naruse, Ryohei Saito