Patents by Inventor Yoko Hirosugi

Yoko Hirosugi 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).

  • Patent number: 8368911
    Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same, an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a program for implementing these methods, in which the fact that a setting is to be changed can be reported to a host apparatus through a simple arrangement. The image forming apparatus for attaining this object includes storage unit for storing the latest set value of the apparatus, transmitting unit for transmitting the latest set value, which has been stored in the storage unit, to the host apparatus in response to a request from the host apparatus, and updating unit for receiving a print setting from the host apparatus and updating the latest set value stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoko Hirosugi, Takayuki Ochiai, Takeshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20080123114
    Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same, an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a program for implementing these methods, in which the fact that a setting is to be changed can be reported to a host apparatus through a simple arrangement. The image forming apparatus for attaining this object includes storage unit for storing the latest set value of the apparatus, transmitting unit for transmitting the latest set value, which has been stored in the storage unit, to the host apparatus in response to a request from the host apparatus, and updating unit for receiving a print setting from the host apparatus and updating the latest set value stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoko HIROSUGI, Takayuki Ochiai, Takeshi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20040184043
    Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same, an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a program for implementing these methods, in which the fact that a setting is to be changed can be reported to a host apparatus through a simple arrangement. The image forming apparatus for attaining this object includes storage unit for storing the latest set value of the apparatus, transmitting unit for transmitting the latest set value, which has been stored in the storage unit, to the host apparatus in response to a request from the host apparatus, and updating unit for receiving a print setting from the host apparatus and updating the latest set value stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoko Hirosugi, Takayuki Ochiai, Takeshi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6693731
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a first black generating unit for generating a black component from input image data of signals representative of a plurality of color components, a color correcting unit for correcting the colors of the signals representative of the plurality of color components and a signal representative of the black component and outputting the color corrected signals representative of the plurality of color components, and a second black generating unit for generating a signal representative of a black component from the color corrected signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Ohnuma, Takatoshi Ohta, Yuji Akiyama, Yoko Hirosugi, Takahiro Moro, Masahiro Nagatani, Kazuyoshi Sumiuchi
  • Patent number: 6574010
    Abstract: An image processor includes an input unit which inputs color image data, and a color correction unit which effects under color removal processing and black generation processing on the color image data conforming to the characteristic of a recording medium, and outputs data indicative of a plurality of color components including a black component. The color correction unit effects the under color removal processing and the black generation processing so that the total output level of the data indicative of the plurality of color components including the black component may assume a value conforming to the color image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Ohnuma, Takatoshi Ohta, Yuji Akiyama, Yoko Hirosugi, Takahiro Moro, Masahiro Nagatani, Kazuyoshi Sumiuchi