Patents by Inventor Toru Kohata

Toru Kohata 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: 20250227159
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an information processing apparatus in which an application has been installed. A host computer transmits a device token for identifying the application, acquired from a push notification management server, to a push notification request management server that issues a push notification to the host computer, based on the device token. The host computer acquires the latest device token from the push notification management server. The host computer transmits the latest device token to the push notification request management server in a case where the device token transmitted last time and the latest device token do not match, and does not transmit the latest device token to the push notification request management server in a case where the tokens match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventor: TORU KOHATA
  • Patent number: 12260138
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 12190133
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive, as a request for a remaining amount of a consumable item and a color for remaining amount display of the consumable item in the apparatus, information relating to a transmission source of the request, and a transmitter configured to transmit the remaining amount and the color to the transmission source in response to the request. The transmitter is configured to acquire a background color of the remaining amount display in response to the request, and when the background color acquired and a first display color set in advance as the color of the remaining amount display are determined to be close to each other according to a prescribed standard, transmit a second display color different from the first display color and the remaining amount to the transmission source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 12175143
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus communicates with a device via a USB connection in an application on which a function of the device can be executed by using a printer driver and communicates with the device via a network connection in the application. A control unit performs control to communicate with the device in the application by changing communication with the device from communication via the USB connection into communication via the network connection, in a case where the communication with the device via the USB connection cannot be performed in the application and the communication with the device via the network connection can be performed in a predetermined function of an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20240231721
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20240176561
    Abstract: The information processing apparatus, the apparatus includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a device via a predetermined function of an OS in an application on which a function of the device can be executed; a second communication unit which communicates with the device without going through the predetermined function of the OS in the application; and a control unit which controls the second communication unit so as to communicate with the device using a form of communication with the device by which communication by the first communication unit is possible in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20240134583
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 11893293
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20230325211
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive, as a request for a remaining amount of a consumable item and a color for remaining amount display of the consumable item in the apparatus, information relating to a transmission source of the request, and a transmitter configured to transmit the remaining amount and the color to the transmission source in response to the request. The transmitter is configured to acquire a background color of the remaining amount display in response to the request, and when the background color acquired and a first display color set in advance as the color of the remaining amount display are determined to be close to each other according to a prescribed standard, transmit a second display color different from the first display color and the remaining amount to the transmission source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: TORU KOHATA
  • Publication number: 20230148058
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 11579825
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 11481161
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus includes acquiring information on a first printing apparatus, displaying a first selection screen including a first display item regarding the first print apparatus on a display unit based on the acquired information on the first printing apparatus, and receiving, on the first selection screen, an instruction for registering the first printing apparatus onto the print control software. Based on the reception of the instruction for registering the first printing apparatus on the print control software, the first printing apparatus is registered onto the print control software and on OS-standard print software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20220308811
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 11392336
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20210334050
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a printing system capable of supporting a plurality of printable areas for one paper size. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in an information processing apparatus including: first printing control software; and second printing control software that converts first format print data output by the first printing control software into second format print data, and the control method includes: a first creation step of creating raster data based on the first format print data; a medium determination step of performing determination of whether a printing-target medium is a medium that needs a margin larger than a regular size; and a margin insertion step of performing margin insertion processing for raster data created at the first creation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20210173595
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus includes acquiring information on a first printing apparatus, displaying a first selection screen including a first display item regarding the first print apparatus on a display unit based on the acquired information on the first printing apparatus, and receiving, on the first selection screen, an instruction for registering the first printing apparatus onto the print control software. Based on the reception of the instruction for registering the first printing apparatus on the print control software, the first printing apparatus is registered onto the print control software and on OS-standard print software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 10956097
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus includes acquiring information on a first printing apparatus, displaying a first selection screen including a first display item regarding the first print apparatus on a display unit based on the acquired information on the first printing apparatus, and receiving, on the first selection screen, an instruction for registering the first printing apparatus onto the print control software. Based on the reception of the instruction for registering the first printing apparatus on the print control software, the first printing apparatus is registered onto the print control software and on OS-standard print software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20200174715
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus includes acquiring information on a first printing apparatus, displaying a first selection screen including a first display item regarding the first print apparatus on a display unit based on the acquired information on the first printing apparatus, and receiving, on the first selection screen, an instruction for registering the first printing apparatus onto the print control software. Based on the reception of the instruction for registering the first printing apparatus on the print control software, the first printing apparatus is registered onto the print control software and on OS-standard print software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Patent number: 8749826
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit configured to determine whether a communication protocol corresponding to a print queue selected by a user can acquire information from an image forming apparatus when processing a print job; a switching unit configured, when the determination unit has determined that the communication protocol corresponding to the print queue cannot acquire the information from the image forming apparatus, to switch the print queue corresponding to the communication protocol of a determination target of the determination unit to a print queue corresponding to a communication protocol capable of acquiring the information from the image forming apparatus; and an execution unit configured to process the print job using the print queue switched by the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Kohata
  • Publication number: 20120212781
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit configured to determine whether a communication protocol corresponding to a print queue selected by a user can acquire information from an image forming apparatus when processing a print job; a switching unit configured, when the determination unit has determined that the communication protocol corresponding to the print queue cannot acquire the information from the image forming apparatus, to switch the print queue corresponding to the communication protocol of a determination target of the determination unit to a print queue corresponding to a communication protocol capable of acquiring the information from the image forming apparatus; and an execution unit configured to process the print job using the print queue switched by the switching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kohata