Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Kadowaki
Toshihiro Kadowaki 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).
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Patent number: 9350885Abstract: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprises a specifying unit for specifying desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Kajita, Toshihiro Kadowaki, Seishi Ejiri, Soichi Yamamuro, Masaya Kondo, Takekazu Kumagai, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masaru Saruwatari, Masaki Toyama
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Patent number: 9131080Abstract: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprises a specifying unit for specifying desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Kajita, Toshihiro Kadowaki, Seishi Ejiri, Soichi Yamamuro, Masaya Kondo, Takekazu Kumagai, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masaru Saruwatari, Masaki Toyama
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Publication number: 20130242358Abstract: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprises a specifying unit for specifying desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Kajita, Toshihiro Kadowaki, Seishi Ejiri, Soichi Yamamuro, Masaya Kondo, Takekazu Kumagai, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masaru Saruwatari, Masaki Toyama
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Patent number: 8503000Abstract: To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 8223356Abstract: An image reading device reads an original document image and generates original document data, and sends a job made up of the generated original document data and first information necessary for processing to be performed at a service providing device based on this original document data, to the service providing device, and further, notifies an information processing device or the user of the information processing device, of the job identification information of the job that has been sent. The information processing device acquires the job identification information notified thereto and sends, to the service providing device, second information necessary for the processing to be performed at the service providing device relating to the job corresponding to the job identification information. This improves the operational functionality in the case of sending read image data directly from an image reading device to a service providing device on the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 8194260Abstract: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20120105892Abstract: To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: TOSHIHIRO KADOWAKI
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Patent number: 8159686Abstract: To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20110286029Abstract: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 8064074Abstract: An image reading apparatus which can improve the operability in making various settings required for direct transmission of read image data to services on the Internet. The image reading apparatus is connected to at least one external service, which provides at least one service for image data output from the image reading apparatus via a network. Personalized service list information for personalizing the service is acquired so that the operator can use the service. A setting screen, a setting procedure, and contents of setting for the operator are personalized according to the acquired service list information. Various settings based on the setting screen, setting procedure, and contents of setting personalized for the operator are transmitted via the network to the external service, together with the image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20110222090Abstract: To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: TOSHIHIRO KADOWAKI
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Patent number: 8014019Abstract: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7944570Abstract: To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20110075224Abstract: An image reading apparatus which can improve the operability in making various settings required for direct transmission of read image data to services on the Internet. The image reading apparatus is connected to at least one external service, which provides at least one service for image data output from the image reading apparatus via a network. Personalized service list information for personalizing the service is acquired so that the operator can use the service. A setting screen, a setting procedure, and contents of setting for the operator are personalized according to the acquired service list information. Various settings based on the setting screen, setting procedure, and contents of setting personalized for the operator are transmitted via the network to the external service, together with the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: TOSHIHIRO KADOWAKI
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Patent number: 7876462Abstract: An image reading apparatus which can improve the operability in making various settings required for direct transmission of read image data to services on the Internet. The image reading apparatus is connected to at least one external service, which provides at least one service for image data output from the image reading apparatus via a network. Personalized service list information for personalizing the service is acquired so that the operator can use the service. A setting screen, a setting procedure, and contents of setting for the operator are personalized according to the acquired service list information. Various settings based on the setting screen, setting procedure, and contents of setting personalized for the operator are transmitted via the network to the external service, together with the image data.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Publication number: 20100220366Abstract: An image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer unit for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprising a specifying unit for specifying a desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Kajita, Toshihiro Kadowaki, Seishi Ejiri, Soichi Yamamuro, Masaya Kondo, Takekazu Kumagai, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masaru Saruwatari, Masaki Toyama
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Patent number: 7746495Abstract: An image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer unit for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprising a specifying unit for specifying a desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Kajita, Toshihiro Kadowaki, Seishi Ejiri, Soichi Yamamuro, Masaya Kondo, Takekazu Kumagai, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Masaru Saruwatari, Masaki Toyama
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Publication number: 20090310148Abstract: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7612904Abstract: When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7589848Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a retaining unit to retain one or more print jobs, an input unit configured to input (a) a joining instruction that specifies a plurality of print jobs among the print jobs retained by the retaining unit and that instructs joining of the plurality of specified print jobs into one joint print job, and (b) a joint print attribute for the one joint print job, and an applying unit to apply the joint print attribute to execute printing for the one joint print job based on the plurality of print jobs specified by the joining instruction input by the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiro Kadowaki