Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Hosoda

Yasuhiro Hosoda 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: 20240012593
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that permits login of a user by transmitting authentication information on the user to a server that provides an authentication service and based on response results from the server performs output control by selecting a user interface based on a predetermined condition, which is one of a first user interface prepared in advance and a second user interface obtained by rendering by a browsing function, both for causing the user to input the authentication information. Here, the information processing apparatus transmits first authentication information input by using the first user interface to the server and receives first response results for the transmission from the server. Further, the information processing apparatus transmits second authentication information input by using the second user interface to the server and receives second response results for the transmission from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: YASUHIRO HOSODA
  • Patent number: 11838482
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus having security against cyberattacks by establishing an authentication factor for a remote access user that is different from an authentication factor employed in multi-factor authentication of local access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20230249482
    Abstract: A transport device includes a feeding portion feeding a printing medium, a winding portion winding the printing medium fed from the feeding portion, and a coupling portion coupling the printing medium on a feeding side extending from the feeding portion and the printing medium on a winding side extending from the feeding portion between the feeding portion and the winding portion, wherein the coupling portion includes a cutting table supporting the printing medium, a first fixing roll temporarily fixing the printing medium on the feeding side to the cutting table, and a second fixing roll temporarily fixing the printing medium on the winding side to the cutting table, and the first fixing roll and the second fixing roll temporarily fix each printing medium in a state in which a boundary between the printing medium on the feeding side and the printing medium on the winding side is exposed upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro HOSODA
  • Patent number: 11707899
    Abstract: A vulcanization mold is for a tire in which a plurality of sipes are arranged in a tire circumferential direction. The vulcanization mold includes a tread mold having a plurality a blades, for forming the sipes, provided on a tread forming surface. The tread mold is composed of a plurality of segments divided in the tire circumferential direction such that the segments are movable in a tire radial direction, and the number of divisions of the segments is 17 or more and 29 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11700343
    Abstract: A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal receives a packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus, it determines whether or not a login condition for transmitting a login request is satisfied based on a received signal strength of the packet, and it transmits the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it determines that the login condition is satisfied, and does not transmit the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determines that the login condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hosoda, Fumio Mikami, Hiroki Matsushima, Yukimasa Sato, Kyohei Takeda, Tomoko Adachi
  • Publication number: 20230127491
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an operation panel, the information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, on the operation panel, a plurality of first display objects to receive authentication information, and a reception unit configured to receive the authentication information, based on first display objects selected from among the plurality of first display objects by an operation of an indicator that touches on the operation panel and moves while maintaining the touching state on the operation panel, wherein, in a case where the display control unit receives the operation, the display control unit performs display indicating receipt of the operation without performing display indicating selection performed on the plurality of first display objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20230058858
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire 2 is provided. A shoulder land portion 30s is formed on a tread 4 of the tire 2. Holes 46 are provided in the shoulder land portion 30s. Each hole 46 is provided at a position at which the hole 46 is not in contact with a normal line of an inner surface of the tire passing through an end of a tread surface 22, and a depth D of the hole 46 is not larger than a depth G of the shoulder circumferential groove 28s. The hole 46 includes an opening-side portion 92 and a hole bottom-side portion 96 connected to the opening-side portion 92 and provided radially inward of the opening-side portion 92. A width of a boundary 98 between an outer hole bottom-side portion 96A and an inner hole bottom-side portion 96B in the hole bottom-side portion 96 is 1.5 to 2.5 times a width of a radially inner end portion of the opening-side portion 92.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro HOSODA
  • Patent number: 11503185
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising a display and a reader that reads an IC card. The image forming apparatus performs settings for user authentication and displays on the display a menu screen for selecting a function of the image forming apparatus. In a case where in user authentication by the IC card and automatic registration of user information are set in the settings, a user of an IC card is able to log in the image forming apparatus using information of the IC card when the reader detects the IC card of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11418659
    Abstract: A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes executing first input processing to receive a first input instruction of characters to the input region for input characters while the input region is being displayed, executing second input processing to receive a second input instruction of characters to the input region while the input region is not being displayed. Whether to execute the first input processing or the second input processing is determined according to a user operation for input of at least any of letters, numerals, and symbols in the input region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20220239799
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus having security against cyberattacks by establishing an authentication factor for a remote access user that is different from an authentication factor employed in multi-factor authentication of local access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20220060601
    Abstract: A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal receives a packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus, it determines whether or not a login condition for transmitting a login request is satisfied based on a received signal strength of the packet, and it transmits the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it determines that the login condition is satisfied, and does not transmit the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determines that the login condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hosoda, Fumio Mikami, Hiroki Matsushima, Yukimasa Sato, Kyohei Takeda, Tomoko Adachi
  • Patent number: 11218617
    Abstract: A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal receives a packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus, it determines whether or not a login condition for transmitting a login request is satisfied based on a received signal strength of the packet, and it transmits the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it determines that the login condition is satisfied, and does not transmit the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determines that the login condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hosoda, Fumio Mikami, Hiroki Matsushima, Yukimasa Sato, Kyohei Takeda, Tomoko Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210385355
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising a display and a reader that reads an IC card. The image forming apparatus performs settings for user authentication and displays on the display a menu screen for selecting a function of the image forming apparatus. In a case where in user authentication by the IC card and automatic registration of user information are set in the settings, a user of an IC card is able to log in the image forming apparatus using information of the IC card when the reader detects the IC card of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11163502
    Abstract: A printing apparatus has a function of issuing a notification in a case where an expiration date of a certificate is close and a function of updating the certificate so as to reduce the work a user is required to perform for updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11036445
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines one protocol from among a plurality of protocols to be used for acquisition and printing of a print job, based on at least two pieces of acquired information, and performs processing to acquire and print the print job using the determined protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20210107245
    Abstract: A vulcanization mold is for a tire in which a plurality of sipes are arranged in a tire circumferential direction. The vulcanization mold includes a tread mold having a plurality a blades, for forming the sipes, provided on a tread forming surface. The tread mold is composed of a plurality of segments divided in the tire circumferential direction such that the segments are movable in a tire radial direction, and the number of divisions of the segments is 17 or more and 29 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro HOSODA
  • Patent number: 10901662
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is equipped with a direct wireless communication function for executing a direct wireless communication with an external apparatus without a relay apparatus. Executed instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations includes specifying a user who logs into the communication apparatus, and executing a direct wireless communication function. An SSID of a plurality of SSIDs including at least an SSID of a first type corresponding to the user who logs into the communication apparatus and an SSID of a second type being different from the SSID of the first type is able to be used in the direct wireless communication function. In a case that the SSID of the first type is used in the direct wireless communication function, an SSID corresponding to the specified user is used in the executed direct wireless communication function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20200380103
    Abstract: In a case where at least two login functions of a face authentication login function and a simple login function are enabled in an apparatus, the apparatus performs login processing based on a face authentication result indicating that a condition for allowing a user to log in to the apparatus is satisfied and displays a screen after login, and the apparatus displays a button corresponding to each of one or more candidates obtained from the face authentication result on a login screen based on the face authentication result indicating that the condition for allowing the user to log in to the apparatus is not satisfied, performs login processing upon selection of a button, and displays a screen after login.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20200233619
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines one protocol from among a plurality of protocols to be used for acquisition and printing of a print job, based on at least two pieces of acquired information, and performs processing to acquire and print the print job using the determined protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20200183626
    Abstract: A communication apparatus is equipped with a direct wireless communication function for executing a direct wireless communication with an external apparatus without a relay apparatus. Executed instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations includes specifying a user who logs into the communication apparatus, and executing a direct wireless communication function. An SSID of a plurality of SSIDs including at least an SSID of a first type corresponding to the user who logs into the communication apparatus and an SSID of a second type being different from the SSID of the first type is able to be used in the direct wireless communication function. In a case that the SSID of the first type is used in the direct wireless communication function, an SSID corresponding to the specified user is used in the executed direct wireless communication function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda