Patents by Inventor Tapani J. Otala

Tapani J. Otala 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: 20140055474
    Abstract: Content in a content-aware mesh may be accessed and/or manipulated. In one embodiment, a node may receive access to each of a plurality of images that are distributed among at least two nodes of a mesh. The at least two nodes may not be part of the same service. Accessing to each of the images may be performed without the node locally storing all of the images. The node may display an image of the plurality of images via a uniform interface without indication as to which of the nodes the image is stored on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tapani J. Otala, Matthew K. Albright, Alexander G. Smith, Mayank Saraogi, Venkatesan Esakki, Mark C. Hamburg, Eric A. Scouten, Kevin M. Goldsmith, Peter J. Baust, Sumner B. Paine
  • Patent number: 6954229
    Abstract: A system for outputting camera-formatted data to a digital camera interface, wherein the camera-formatted data corresponds to application-formatted data from an application program. A print operation for the application program is started. A camera driver corresponding to the digital camera is selected as an output device driver for the print operation. Application-formatted data is printed from the application program to the selected camera driver, and camera-formatted data is formed based on the application-formatted data and according to a digital camera format. The camera-formatted data is output from the camera driver to the digital camera interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tapani J. Otala
  • Patent number: 6154208
    Abstract: A system, for use with an operating system that includes an interface module which interfaces between an application program and a device driver, creates a proxy image in order to transmit information relating to an output image through the interface module. The system includes generating, in the application program, an output image having a first format which cannot be transmitted through the interface module, and creating a proxy image having a second format which can be transmitted through the interface module, the proxy image including information relating to the output image. The proxy image is then transmitted through the interface module to the device driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tapani J. Otala