Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Kikuchi

Tomoaki Kikuchi 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: 20190061482
    Abstract: A resin body attachable to a peripheral region of a glass plate includes an information device attachment portion. The resin body may be attachable along a side of the glass plate. The information device attachment portion may include an insertion part through which an information device can be inserted, a fixing part where the information device can be fixed, and a transmission part through which signals from or to the information device can be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Nobuoka, Kazuhiro Nakano, Ryota Nakamura, Yuji Masaki, Fumitaka Terashima, Osamu Kagaya, Masaru Shiina, Kotara Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20190061641
    Abstract: A laminated plate with a bracket includes a laminated plate and a bracket. The laminated plate includes a first plate and a second plate which is laminated to the first plate via an intermediate film. An end of the second plate lies within a plane of the first plate in plan view. The bracket includes an engagement part. The engagement part engages with the end of the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Fumitaka Terashima, Ryota Nakamura, Yuji Masaki, Kazuhiro Nakano, Osamu Kagaya, Masaru Shina, Kotaro Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10051157
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is caused to execute adjustment processing for an image; generate a soft proof image based on the image, a parameter adjusted in the adjustment processing, and characteristic information on a printing apparatus; display the soft proof image on a screen; and store the parameter of the adjusted image for which the adjustment processing is performed while the soft proof image is being displayed on the screen, and information relating to the printing apparatus, in association with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Yoneda, Tomoaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20160352973
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is caused to execute adjustment processing for an image; generate a soft proof image based on the image, a parameter adjusted in the adjustment processing, and characteristic information on a printing apparatus; display the soft proof image on a screen; and store the parameter of the adjusted image for which the adjustment processing is performed while the soft proof image is being displayed on the screen, and information relating to the printing apparatus, in association with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto Yoneda, Tomoaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9497066
    Abstract: A communication apparatus receives a network ID from an access point, connects to a network formed by the access point, establishes communication with an external device via the connected network, allows data communication, receives a device ID from the external device, compares the network ID of the connected network with the received device ID, and determines whether the external device is operating as the access point based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Yuichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20140082207
    Abstract: A communication apparatus receives a network ID from an access point, connects to a network formed by the access point, establishes communication with an external device via the connected network, allows data communication, receives a device ID from the external device, compares the network ID of the connected network with the received device ID, and determines whether the external device is operating as the access point based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kikuchi, Yuichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8373787
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus sets a trimming area for an image file obtained by image sensing. An image processing apparatus acquires the image file to which the trimming area has been added, and displays the acquired image file on a display unit. The image processing apparatus then sets a new trimming area for the displayed image file, and distinguishably displays the trimming area set by the image sensing apparatus and the trimming area set by the image processing apparatus on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20100013950
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus sets a trimming area for an image file obtained by image sensing. An image processing apparatus acquires the image file to which the trimming area has been added, and displays the acquired image file on a display unit. The image processing apparatus then sets a new trimming area for the displayed image file, and distinguishably displays the trimming area set by the image sensing apparatus and the trimming area set by the image processing apparatus on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5721835
    Abstract: It is made possible to maintain the security of one electronic device to which a plurality of other electronic devices are capable of being connected. To accomplish this, a notebook-type personal computer has an internal ROM storing ID information specific to this personal computer. The notebook-type personal computer is folded up and inserted into a docking station through an insertion port so as to be electrically connected to the docking station and rendered capable of executing processing that utilizes the resources of the docking station. The docking station has an internal non-volatile memory storing the IDs of notebook-type personal computers that are allowed to use the docking station. When a notebook-type personal computer is inserted into and connected with the docking station, use of the docking station is not allowed if the ID of this notebook-type personal computer has not been stored in the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Niwa, Yasuhiro Yokota, Shinji Shiraga, Tomoaki Kikuchi, Hiroya Miura, Kenji Morita
  • Patent number: 5671366
    Abstract: An operating system is constructed, and optimized in a given environment, for use in an image processing system that includes a first electronic device capable of operating independently and having a standard input/output unit, and a second electronic device which, when the first electronic device has been connected thereto, extends the functionality of the first electronic device and is capable of being used instead of the standard input/output unit to perform operations. To accomplish this, a foldable notebook-type personal computer is folded up and inserted into a docking station through an insertion port so as to be electrically connected to the docking station. The notebook-type personal computer has a CPU for sensing the resources of the personal computer and the resources of the docking station and starting up the operating system upon selecting the optimum resources sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Niwa, Yasuhiro Yokota, Shinji Shiraga, Tomoaki Kikuchi, Hiroya Miura, Kenji Morita