Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
Yoshinobu Shiraiwa 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: 9186913Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which prints a protective coat, on the basis of input image data, onto a recording sheet on which an image is printed with a dye ink, the printing apparatus comprising: an area dividing unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of areas; a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into print control data by using conversion information provided to convert the input image data into the print control data; and a printing unit configured to print the protective coat on the basis of the print control data acquired by the conversion unit, wherein the conversion unit is configured to include a plurality of pieces of the conversion information and convert the input image data into the print control data by using a piece of the conversion information different for each area divided by the area dividing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Hozumi, Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Publication number: 20140333707Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which prints a protective coat, on the basis of input image data, onto a recording sheet on which an image is printed with a dye ink, the printing apparatus comprising: an area dividing unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of areas; a conversion unit configured to convert the input image data into print control data by using conversion information provided to convert the input image data into the print control data; and a printing unit configured to print the protective coat on the basis of the print control data acquired by the conversion unit, wherein the conversion unit is configured to include a plurality of pieces of the conversion information and convert the input image data into the print control data by using a piece of the conversion information different for each area divided by the area dividing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasushi Hozumi, Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 8493450Abstract: The invention provides a system capable of printing in a simple manner by detecting the connection of a printer and shifting to a print mode in response to the detection of the printer.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 8472067Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 8454252Abstract: An integrated ink-and-paper cassette (1) mountable to a thermal transfer printer (40) includes an ink-sheet supply unit housing (20) between an opening (30) for ejecting the recording sheet (13) and an ink-sheet take-up unit housing (21). Also, an upper case (10) mainly defining a recording sheet housing (22) is welded to a lower case (11) defining ink-sheet housings when assembled with the upper case (10), in the vicinity of a conveyance path of the ink sheet (12) at which a load is likely applied.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Minoru Tanabe, Kenji Ito
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Patent number: 8274676Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Publication number: 20090080959Abstract: An integrated ink-and-paper cassette (1) mountable to a thermal transfer printer (40) includes an ink-sheet supply unit housing (20) between an opening (30) for ejecting the recording sheet (13) and an ink-sheet take-up unit housing (21). Also, an upper case (10) mainly defining a recording sheet housing (22) is welded to a lower case (11) defining ink-sheet housings when assembled with the upper case (10), in the vicinity of a conveyance path of the ink sheet (12) at which a load is likely applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Minoru Tanabe, Kenji Ito
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Publication number: 20070223046Abstract: The invention provides a system capable of printing in a simple manner by detecting the connection of a printer and shifting to a print mode in response to the detection of the printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: YOSHINOBU SHIRAIWA
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Publication number: 20070146792Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 7218422Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 7163286Abstract: The invention provides a recording sheet containing package containing a recording sheet to be used in a recording apparatus, achieving convenient handling by the user, being inexpensive, realizable light-weight and compact for easy carrying and easily disposed after the use without giving significant influence to the environment. The recording sheet containing package is constituted of two components which are a recording apparatus fitting portion 21 to be fitted with a mounting portion of the recording apparatus for enabling simple and satisfactory mounting, and a packaging member covering a circumference of a recording sheet P thereby preventing the recording sheet from smear or manual contact.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Etsuro Suzuki, Gen Kitamura, Hisashi Kon, Noriyuki Arai
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Patent number: 7158144Abstract: An image processing method converts data dependent on a first illuminating light into data dependent on a second illuminating light by, storing conversion conditions for plural illuminating light sources of different color rendering properties, generating data indicating the proportion of synthesis of the stored conversion conditions of the plural light sources, corresponding to the second illuminating light, generating a first conversion condition from the stored conversion conditions for the plural illuminating light sources according to the data indicating the proportion of synthesis, generating a second conversion condition for color temperature conversion based on color temperature information from the second illuminating light, and converting data dependent on the first illuminating light into data dependent on the second illuminating light using the first and second conversion conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1998Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Toshiyuki Mizuno, Yumiko Ohsaki
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Patent number: 7098944Abstract: In converting image sensing data into image data, a plurality of image sensing data meeting a predetermined condition are processed as a group of image sensing data. An image reproduction parameter is obtained from this image sensing data group, and each image sensing data of the image sensing data group is converted into image data by using the image reproduction parameter. Accordingly, an image reproduction parameter for obtaining an optimum reproduced image can be accurately set from the image sensing data group. Also, since a reproduction luminance level (range) is determined from the image sensing data group, the correlation between the luminances of image planes is not lost. This allows an easy comparison of reproduced images and prevents the boundaries of luminances from becoming unnatural when the reproduced images are synthesized.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Yoshiro Udagawa, Kenji Takahashi, Eiichiro Ikeda, Yumiko Hidaka
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Patent number: 7081909Abstract: To perform printing control to obtain printed products having different sizes in accordance with printing regions divided in the widthwise direction of a printing medium having a fixed width, a printing control method of performing heat transfer printing on a printing medium by using a heat transfer sheet checks whether to perform printing on the printing medium having a fixed width by dividing the printing region in the widthwise direction of the printing medium (S602). If printing is to be performed by dividing the printing region in the widthwise direction of the printing medium (YES in S602), the method controls printing for consecutive pages by making printing information of the consecutive pages to correspond to the printing regions divided in the widthwise direction of the printing medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 7057751Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 7033095Abstract: Disclosed herein is printing paper containing a center portion having a curved edge connecting adjacent sides to each other at four corners and outside portions connected to the center portion at at least one straight line portion of said sides, wherein the center portion and the outside portions are connected to each other through a structure by which the printing paper can be cut.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 6954213Abstract: An image processing apparatus is constructed by a setting circuit for manually setting a first color processing parameter, a first color processing circuit for performing a first color process by using the first color processing parameter, a storing circuit for storing a second color processing parameter set in correspondence to the first color processing parameter as a reference value, and a second color processing circuit for performing a second color process different from the first color process by using the second color processing parameter, wherein in case of making the second color processing circuit function, the first color processing parameter is set to the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2000Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yumiko Hidaka, Toshiyuki Mizuno, Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Publication number: 20050162695Abstract: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary image data from the information recording medium in accordance with the image-reproduction instruction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 6891556Abstract: In order to print an image at a high speed without using any large-capacity power supply unit, the image to be printed is segmented into grayscale-specific areas before printing, and the cumulative number of printing elements required to print the respective grayscale-specific areas is counted to predict a necessary power. On the basis of the prediction result, the image is then printed by selecting the highest convey speed from convey speeds at which upper limit powers used and rated average power consumption are determined. This makes it possible to provide an image printing method and apparatus which can realize high-speed image printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Sasaki, Hiroshi Kyogoku, Yoshinobu Shiraiwa
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Patent number: 6867879Abstract: A plurality of image data to print a panorama image is selected from a plurality of image data photographed by a digital camera. The selected plurality of image data is read out and a panorama image composition processing is executed. The panorama image is printed on the basis of the image data which was panorama image composition processed and is printed as a panorama image without transmitting through a personal computer.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1999Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Sasaki, Hiroshi Kyogoku, Yoshinobu Shiraiwa, Kenji Takahashi, Shinya Hirai