Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Iida

Toshihiko Iida 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: 20240094802
    Abstract: An information processing system includes at least one processor configured to: acquire a captured image including an image of a thumb of a user; and switch an operation mode for a virtual object disposed within a virtual space to a specific mode for positionally changing the virtual object if the captured image includes an image of a nail of the thumb or an image that enables estimation of presence of the nail of the thumb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Morikawa, Kiyoshi Iida, Toshihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11922084
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus, a set of print setting values, an identifier of the set, and a user identifier, register the received set of print setting values in association with the received identifier of the set and the received user identifier, and receive, from an information processing apparatus, a first request for obtaining the registered identifier of the set. The received first request includes the user identifier of a user that operates the information processing apparatus that has transmitted the first request. The controller also transmits, to the information processing apparatus that has transmitted the first request, the identifier of the set registered in association with the user identifier included in the first request, wherein the information processing apparatus that has received the identifier of the set displays a print setting screen using the received identifier of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kaneda, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida, Yasunori Kanai
  • Publication number: 20240069822
    Abstract: When the number of real-time events received from the same device exceeds a threshold value within a predetermined period of time, the monitoring server transmits a data sending request for stopping transmission of real-time events but transmitting regular events to the device. When it is determined, based on the regular events received from the device that has been stopped from transmitting real-time events, that the abnormality in the device has been resolved, a data sending request for restarting to transmit real-time events is transmitted to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kimio Hayashi, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida
  • Publication number: 20230401015
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a print unit configured to perform print processing by using a color profile; a receiving unit configured to receive a message including a predetermined operation command related to a color profile, the message being sent from a management server system which executes color management between or among a plurality of image forming apparatuses, and being constructed in a common message format in the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing related to the color profile according to the predetermined operation command included in the message received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: TOSHIHIKO IIDA
  • Patent number: 11836398
    Abstract: Instruction information on quality inspection of a printed matter is acquired, and it is determined whether the instruction information identifies an inspection target by identification information of an object or by coordinate information. An inspection position is identified in accordance with the determination result, and quality inspection of the printed matter is performed by using the identified inspection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Kimio Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11792332
    Abstract: A production control apparatus is provided. The production control apparatus receives a print product production instruction, determines, in accordance with the production instruction, a production apparatus to be used for print product production, determines a first inspection item according to quality requirement data received together with the production instruction and a second inspection item according to the production apparatus respectively, and regarding the print product produced by using the production apparatus, inspects the determined first inspection item and the second inspection item respectively, and obtains an inspection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Patent number: 11789680
    Abstract: A workflow control method is provided for processing, by an information processing apparatus, submission data in each process of a workflow to produce a print product. In the method, the submission data is accepted by the information processing apparatus. If new submission data to original submission data is submitted, it is determined whether a current processing step for the original submission data is a specific process or a process after that. If it is determined that the current processing step is the specific process or the process after that, the new submission data is not accepted, and otherwise, the new submission data is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida, Kimio Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11783148
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus receives a print job. If the print job includes instruction information for giving an instruction on a sheet setting for a sheet feed unit, the image forming apparatus makes the sheet setting for the sheet feed unit based on the instruction information. The image forming apparatus executes printing based on the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Patent number: 11662961
    Abstract: Delivery form information on a print product is acquired, position information indicating a position of quality inspection on the print product is generated in accordance with the acquired delivery form information, and quality report data including the position information is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida, Kimio Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230109812
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive order data for a printed product, and content data for the order data, and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner as to perform production of the printed product. The order data for the printed product and the content data for the order data are received at different timings. The receiving unit further receives finalized information about the content data. The control unit performs control in such a manner as to perform production of the printed product based on the order data, the content data and the finalized information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Kimio Hayashi, Toshihiko Iida
  • Publication number: 20220391956
    Abstract: An order management system is provided. The system receives a quotation request for a print product, and based on a product specification and a desired delivery included in the quotation request and a production capacity of an apparatus for producing the print product, creates a quotation including a submission deadline; transmits to an orderer the created quotation, receives an order; and updates the production capacity based on the quotation corresponding to the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Publication number: 20220382498
    Abstract: A workflow control method is provided for processing, by an information processing apparatus, submission data in each process of a workflow to produce a print product. In the method, the submission data is accepted by the information processing apparatus. If new submission data to original submission data is submitted, it is determined whether a current processing step for the original submission data is a specific process or a process after that. If it is determined that the current processing step is the specific process or the process after that, the new submission data is not accepted, and otherwise, the new submission data is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida, Kimio Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220283762
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided, which performs: acquiring an inspection result obtained by inspecting quality of a print product; receiving quality request data including an evaluation criterion; specifying a quality level of the print product based on the evaluation criterion included in the quality request data and the inspection result; creating quality report data including the inspection result and the quality level; and transmitting the quality report data to a predetermined external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kimio Hayashi, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida
  • Patent number: 11409476
    Abstract: Quality request data of a printed product including information regarding a print quality request of a printed product, and information regarding a tolerable variation of a print quality request of a plurality of printed products is received, and whether quality of a printed product is satisfied is determined based on information regarding a print quality request of a printed product, and information regarding a tolerable variation of a print quality request of a plurality of printed products that is included in the quality request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida
  • Patent number: 11354551
    Abstract: A printing apparatus has a sheet holding unit having a detection unit for detecting a size of a sheet which is held and a storage unit configured to store sheet information including at least a size of a sheet as information representing a sheet. The apparatus sets first sheet information selected by a user in association with the sheet holding unit from a plurality of items of sheet information stored in the storage unit and notifies the user of a mismatch in a case where a size of a sheet that the first sheet information set in the setting indicates, and a size of a sheet detected by the detection unit are mismatched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Koichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220156020
    Abstract: Instruction information on quality inspection of a printed matter is acquired, and it is determined whether the instruction information identifies an inspection target by identification information of an object or by coordinate information. An inspection position is identified in accordance with the determination result, and quality inspection of the printed matter is performed by using the identified inspection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto, Kimio Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220156019
    Abstract: Delivery form information on a print product is acquired, position information indicating a position of quality inspection on the print product is generated in accordance with the acquired delivery form information, and quality report data including the position information is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshiji Kanamoto, Toshihiko Iida, Kimio Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11336774
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to, on the basis of submitted data, generate a quality report for a printed material inspected by an inspection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a first specifying unit that, when the submitted data is a new version and an old version of the submitted data is present, specifies a difference by comparing the new version of the submitted data with the old version of the submitted data; a second specifying unit that, on the basis of the difference, specifies an inspection for which an inspection result will be affected by the difference; and a creation unit that creates a quality report which makes it possible to distinguish, among inspection results received from the inspection apparatus, an inspection result for the inspection that will be affected from another inspection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Publication number: 20220086286
    Abstract: A production control apparatus is provided. The production control apparatus receives a print product production instruction, determines, in accordance with the production instruction, a production apparatus to be used for print product production, determines a first inspection item according to quality requirement data received together with the production instruction and a second inspection item according to the production apparatus respectively, and regarding the print product produced by using the production apparatus, inspects the determined first inspection item and the second inspection item respectively, and obtains an inspection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iida, Yoshiji Kanamoto
  • Patent number: 11275536
    Abstract: Part of a received job ticket is analyzed, and an acquisition request for a print file is transmitted to an external apparatus based on a result of the analysis. The job ticket is analyzed, and printing is controlled based on a result of the analysis and the print file acquired from the external apparatus based on the acquisition request to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko Iida