Patents by Inventor Takumi Iko

Takumi Iko 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: 11376871
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a discharge unit configured to discharge a printed material on which the printing unit has performed printing and configured not to completely discharge but to hold the printed material; a detection unit configured to detect removal of the printed material that has been held by the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control notification by a notification unit to a user. In response to detection by the detection unit of the removal of the printed material, the control unit is configured to control the notification unit to notify a user that the printed material has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Patent number: 11076110
    Abstract: An apparatus, when it is determined that a resolution of a captured image is higher than or equal to a predetermined resolution, transmits, to an external apparatus, a first request for an image of a resolution corresponding to a resolution higher than or equal to the predetermined resolution, and when it is determined that the resolution of the captured image is not higher than or equal to the predetermined resolution, transmits, to the external apparatus, a second request for an image of a resolution corresponding to a resolution lower than the predetermined resolution, performs control to sequentially receive images that are sequentially captured by the external apparatus, and performs control to combine the images that are captured by the external apparatus with the images that are sequentially generated by the image capturing, and sequentially display the combined images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Publication number: 20210070071
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a discharge unit configured to discharge a printed material on which the printing unit has performed printing and configured not to completely discharge but to hold the printed material; a detection unit configured to detect removal of the printed material that has been held by the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control notification by a notification unit to a user. In response to detection by the detection unit of the removal of the printed material, the control unit is configured to control the notification unit to notify a user that the printed material has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Patent number: 10913260
    Abstract: A print control device provides a print control unit that switches, in accordance with a layout of a plurality of images, between printing cutting marks using color inks or transparent ink, and performs printing of images using color inks on a printing paper and then transfers an overcoat onto the printing paper. The print control unit also controls such that in a case of a layout with margin areas for printing the cutting marks on the printing paper, the cutting marks are formed by the color inks, and in a case of a layout with no margin areas for printing the cutting marks, the cutting marks are formed by the overcoat, and forms an overcoat that functions as the cutting marks by changing a pattern of the overcoat in an area in which the cutting mark is to be formed from a pattern of the overcoat in another area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi Iko, Sayaka Harada
  • Publication number: 20200070495
    Abstract: A print control device includes a print control unit configured to control, when laying out and performing printing of a plurality of images on a single piece of printing paper, printing of cutting marks serving as an aid for cutting off the plurality of images from the printing paper, wherein the print control unit is configured to switch, in accordance with a layout of the plurality of images, whether the cutting marks are to be printed using color inks, or to be printed using transparent ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi Iko, Sayaka Harada
  • Publication number: 20190335112
    Abstract: An apparatus, when it is determined that a resolution of a captured image is higher than or equal to a predetermined resolution, transmits, to an external apparatus, a first request for an image of a resolution corresponding to a resolution higher than or equal to the predetermined resolution, and when it is determined that the resolution of the captured image is not higher than or equal to the predetermined resolution, transmits, to the external apparatus, a second request for an image of a resolution corresponding to a resolution lower than the predetermined resolution, performs control to sequentially receive images that are sequentially captured by the external apparatus, and performs control to combine the images that are captured by the external apparatus with the images that are sequentially generated by the image capturing, and sequentially display the combined images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Patent number: 10015262
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, which is connected to an external apparatus via a network, comprising first and second data communication units, wherein when the first data communication unit establishes a connection to an external apparatus via a network formed by a relay apparatus, the apparatus participates in the network formed by the relay apparatus, and when the second data communication unit, which forms a network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus, establishes a connection to the external apparatus, the apparatus forms the network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus using parameters of the network stored when the connection to that external apparatus is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Patent number: 10003949
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication, a second communication unit that communicates with the external apparatus using a second wireless communication, and a control unit, wherein in a case where the communication with the external apparatus is performed using the first wireless communication in response to an acceptance of an instruction, the control unit controls the first communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus with an identifier that is different for each connection, and wherein in a case where the communication with the external apparatus is performed using the first wireless communication in response to the communication with the external apparatus by the second communication unit, the control unit controls the first communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus with a predetermined identifier for each connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Publication number: 20160105796
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication, a second communication unit that communicates with the external apparatus using a second wireless communication, and a control unit, wherein in a case where the communication with the external apparatus is performed using the first wireless communication in response to an acceptance of an instruction, the control unit controls the first communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus with an identifier that is different for each connection, and wherein in a case where the communication with the external apparatus is performed using the first wireless communication in response to the communication with the external apparatus by the second communication unit, the control unit controls the first communication unit to communicate with the external apparatus with a predetermined identifier for each connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Publication number: 20150201330
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus. A forming unit forms a wireless network in which the communication apparatus functions as a relay apparatus and in which a communication partner apparatus is able to join using a network identifier of the wireless network. An encryption unit encrypts communication in the wireless network. A setting unit sets whether or not to apply the encryption of the communication with the encryption unit in accordance with an instruction from a user. The forming unit forms a wireless network that has a different network identifier depending on whether or not the encryption of the communication is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Takumi Iko
  • Publication number: 20140201380
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, which is connected to an external apparatus via a network, comprising first and second data communication units, wherein when the first data communication unit establishes a connection to an external apparatus via a network formed by a relay apparatus, the apparatus participates in the network formed by the relay apparatus, and when the second data communication unit, which forms a network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus, establishes a connection to the external apparatus, the apparatus forms the network in which the communication apparatus serves as a relay apparatus using parameters of the network stored when the connection to that external apparatus is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Takumi Iko