Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Hashimoto

Yoshinori Hashimoto 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: 12164258
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Publication number: 20240310985
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an operation of changing a position or a size of a master object which is displayed on a screen, another detection unit configured to detect detecting at least one subordinate object, which is displayed on the screen and in a symmetric arrangement relationship with the master object, and a changing unit configured to change the position or the size of the master object and a position or a size of the at least one subordinate object according to the operation while maintaining the symmetric arrangement relationship between the master object and the at least one subordinate object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHINORI HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240257490
    Abstract: A focal position estimation method is a method of estimating a focal position when in focus corresponding to an estimation target image, and includes: an estimation target image acquisition step for acquiring an estimation target image; and a focal position estimation step for estimating a focal position when in focus corresponding to the estimation target image and according to a position in the estimation target image, from the estimation target image acquired in the estimation target image acquisition step, by using a focal position estimation model that is generated through machine learning training and that receives information based on an image as its input and outputs information indicating a focal position when in focus according to a position in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomochika TAKESHIMA, Akari Ito, Takafumi Higuchi, Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240249380
    Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which a computer program is recorded, the computer program, when executed, causing a computer to perform an object resizing method including receiving an input for simultaneously changing the sizes of a plurality of objects linked to one another in an edit region on a screen and changing the sizes of the plurality of objects simultaneously in response to the input while changing the sizes of the plurality of objects based on reference points provided to the respective objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHINORI HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240104296
    Abstract: An object is to improve convenience in a case when a user is conducting a layout operation. An embodiment of the present invention is an object layout program that causes a computer to execute an information processing method including a first displaying step of displaying a graphical user interface having a first region in which to arrange an object and a second region in which to display a list of an object that can be arranged in the first region, a deriving step of deriving a candidate region in which to arrange an object selected by a user in the first region, based on a state of arrangement of an object other than the selected object in the first region, and an arranging step of arranging the selected object in the first region in response to an operation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: YOSHINORI HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240004338
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Patent number: 11809122
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Publication number: 20230266646
    Abstract: A projector includes: an exterior casing having a first wall section; a projection optical part accommodated in the exterior casing and having a lens group projecting image light onto a projection surface; a focus lever moving a position of the lens group; a power switch being pressed to generate a control signal; and a coupling terminal electrically coupled to a cable transmitting an electrical signal. The focus lever, the power switch, and the coupling terminal are arranged at the first wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAJIMA, Yoshinori HASHIMOTO, Toshimitsu WATANABE, Nobuyuki OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 11704081
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain book data; a cutout unit configured to cut out a page based on the book data; a providing unit configured to provide an image based on the book data to a binding portion of the cut-out page; and an output unit configured to output data including the page including the image provided by the providing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norikazu Horiike, Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11695891
    Abstract: An object is to improve convenience for a user to lay out image data by displaying a trimming region when necessary. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a program that causes a computer to function as a display control unit capable of displaying a screen having a first region in which to place an object and a second region surrounding the first region, and configured to switch to displaying or to hiding the second region in the screen according to a setting indicating whether to display or to hide the second region. In a case when the setting indicates hiding the second region, the display control unit displays the second region based on a position of the object in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11562154
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus operates to acquire first information concerning a size of a print region where a barcode is printed, to generate, based on the acquired first information, image data of the barcode to be printed in the print region, and to set a lower limit of the width of each bar forming the barcode. The first information includes width information concerning a width of the print region and height information concerning a height of the print region. The generated image data includes, as a bar forming the barcode, a bar having a width based on the width information and a height based on the height information, and the image data is generated if a minimum width of each bar forming the barcode is equal to or larger than the set lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11526961
    Abstract: An album creation application displays an image arrangement screen and an image selection screen, and image data selected by a user from among an image group is arranged in an image slot selected by the user on the image arrangement screen. Each of the image data, which is arranged in the respective image slots included in album data for which an order is confirmed, is analyzed so as to determine whether or not each of the image data is a target of high quality printing. Based on the analysis result, upsampling for increasing the resolution is selectively performed to the image data included in the album data. The album data is sent to an image printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220334778
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain book data; a cutout unit configured to cut out a page based on the book data; a providing unit configured to provide an image based on the book data to a binding portion of the cut-out page; and an output unit configured to output data including the page including the image provided by the providing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Norikazu Horiike, Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220337722
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve convenience for a user to lay out image data by displaying a trimming region when necessary. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to function as a display control unit capable of displaying a screen having a first region in which to place an object and a second region surrounding the first region, and configured to switch to displaying or to hiding the second region in the screen according to a setting indicating whether to display or hide the second region, wherein even in a case where the setting indicates hiding the second region, the display control unit displays the second region based on a position of the object in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220082990
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Patent number: 11204580
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Patent number: 11140287
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a switching unit, a layout unit, and an output unit and is to perform an object snapping function of laying out a new object in a spread page area by automatically aligning a position of the new object with respect to a layout position of an object already laid out in the spread page area. The selection unit selects an object as a selected object. The switching unit switches enabling and disabling of the object snapping function based on a user operation. The layout unit lays out the selected object in the spread page area by using the object snapping function in a case where the object snapping function is enabled. The output unit outputs album data including the spread page area in which the selected object is laid out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210271829
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus. A first acquisition unit acquires first information concerning a size of a print region where a barcode is printed. A generation unit generates, based on the first information acquired by the first acquisition unit, image data of the barcode to be printed in the print region. The first information includes width information concerning a width of the print region and height information concerning a height of the print region. The generation unit generates the image data including, as a bar forming the barcode, a bar having a width based on the width information and a height based on the height information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20210200139
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image forming apparatus includes a feeding module, an image forming module, and a fixing module. The feeding module feeds a recording material. The image forming module includes a photosensitive drum and forms a developer image on the recording material fed to the image forming module by the feeding module. The fixing module fixes the developer image formed by the image forming module to the recording material. The image forming module includes a scanner frame that supports an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive drum. The feeding module is installed on the scanner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hashimoto, Shogo Miyakawa, Akira Yoshimura, Hiromi Fujinaka, Isao Matsuoka, Shigeru Hoashi, Tomoya Kuruma
  • Patent number: 10976695
    Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a frame having first and second side plates. A cylindrical film is provided between the side plates, and a heater contacts an inner surface of the film. A roller forms a nip in cooperation with the heater through the film, and an image, formed on a recording material, is heated by heat of the heater, while moving in the nip. A holder holds the heater, and is provided in an inside space of the film. With respect to a longitudinal direction, a length of the holder is greater than a distance between the side plates. In addition, a stay, formed of metal, reinforces the holder, and is provided in the inside space of the film. A length of the stay is greater than the distance between the side plates, and a position of the stay with respect to the longitudinal direction is determined by the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriaki Tanaka, Yoshinori Hashimoto