Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Hirai

Yoshiyuki Hirai 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: 20240078062
    Abstract: A printing apparatus is a printing apparatus capable of executing printing using a printing material, including: an obtaining unit capable of obtaining contract information through a network, the contract information indicating a contract related to use of the printing apparatus; a control unit that executes predetermined control for preventing a process of increasing the printing material included in the printing apparatus from being performed in a state where the printing apparatus is connected to no network; and a cancellation unit that cancels the predetermined control in a case where the printing apparatus connects to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 11463599
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured not to execute displaying, based on the operation in the connection setting state being started, a screen for receiving an operation for stopping the operation in the connection setting state on a display unit of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 11301187
    Abstract: In a case where a connection between a communication apparatus operating in a connection setting state and a terminal apparatus has been established during a period in which an initial setting of the communication apparatus is being performed, the communication apparatus displays a predetermined notification screen on a display unit after the initial setting is completed, and, in a case where a connection between the communication apparatus operating in the connection setting state and the terminal apparatus has not been established during a period in which the initial setting is being performed, the communication apparatus does not display the predetermined notification screen on the display unit after the initial setting is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20210271433
    Abstract: In a case where a connection between a communication apparatus operating in a connection setting state and a terminal apparatus has been established during a period in which an initial setting of the communication apparatus is being performed, the communication apparatus displays a predetermined notification screen on a display unit after the initial setting is completed, and, in a case where a connection between the communication apparatus operating in the connection setting state and the terminal apparatus has not been established during a period in which the initial setting is being performed, the communication apparatus does not display the predetermined notification screen on the display unit after the initial setting is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 10926563
    Abstract: The ink jet printing apparatus has: an analysis unit configured to analyze whether there is an error relating to a pattern based on image data read by a reading unit; a classification unit configured to classify whether an error of analysis results by the analysis unit is an error that a user can cope with; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is an error that a user can cope with, display a coping method thereof on the display unit, and to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is not an error that a user can cope with, advance processing to processing other than printing position adjustment processing included in a setup without adjusting a printing position of a print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Yoichiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20210037160
    Abstract: A communication apparatus configured not to execute displaying, based on the operation in the connection setting state being started, a screen for receiving an operation for stopping the operation in the connection setting state on a display unit of the communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 10638003
    Abstract: A printing apparatus performs printing using a plurality of sheets different in size. Stored instructions are executed to act as a display control unit displaying an operation guidance on a display unit for setting a sheet in a sheet tray, and a data acquiring unit acquiring regional information of the printing apparatus. When the data acquiring unit acquires regional information indicating a first region, the display control unit displays an operation guidance including content that notifies a user of a specific operation that is to be performed on the sheet tray so that it is able to hold a sheet having a first sheet size. When the data acquiring unit acquires regional information indicating a second region which is different from the first region, the display control unit displays an operation guidance not including the content that notifies a user of the specific operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tsukada, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20200039262
    Abstract: The ink jet printing apparatus has: an analysis unit configured to analyze whether there is an error relating to a pattern based on image data read by a reading unit; a classification unit configured to classify whether an error of analysis results by the analysis unit is an error that a user can cope with; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is an error that a user can cope with, display a coping method thereof on the display unit, and to, in a case where an error of classification results by the classification unit is not an error that a user can cope with, advance processing to processing other than printing position adjustment processing included in a setup without adjusting a printing position of a print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Yoichiro Makino
  • Patent number: 10372392
    Abstract: A problem is solved by providing a communication apparatus including a displaying unit that displays, on a display unit, a predetermined screen for executing a second communication setting that allows the communication apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a second communication method, which is different from a first communication method, in a case where a cancel instruction is received while the communication apparatus is operating in a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Tokiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190050177
    Abstract: A problem is solved by providing a communication apparatus including a displaying unit that displays, on a display unit, a predetermined screen for executing a second communication setting that allows the communication apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a second communication method, which is different from a first communication method, in a case where a cancel instruction is received while the communication apparatus is operating in a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Hirai, Tokiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190052762
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus having different sheet setting methods depending on sheet sizes, a user needs to select a sheet size for displaying guidance that explains an appropriate sheet setting method. However, in the case of initial sheet setting after arrival, the user is unfamiliar with operation, and thus an appropriate sheet setting guidance should be displayed by preventing the user from making sheet size selection too much.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Tsukada, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 9773198
    Abstract: A printing apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus, includes a storing unit, an acquiring unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The storing unit stores information for specifying first paper types selectable in the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus acquires the information from the printing apparatus and displays the first paper types as selection candidate paper types. The acquiring unit acquires a second paper type. The receiving unit receives a first paper type from the first paper types for printing of an image. The printing unit prints the image where the first paper type corresponding to second paper types is received and any of the second paper types corresponding to the first paper type is acquired, and does not print the image where the first paper type corresponding to second paper types is received and another second paper type different from the second paper types is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20160267363
    Abstract: A printing apparatus to communicate with a terminal apparatus, includes a storing unit, an acquiring unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The storing unit stores information for specifying first paper types selectable in the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus acquires the information from the printing apparatus and displays the first paper types as selection candidate paper types. The acquiring unit acquires a second paper type. The receiving unit receives a first paper type from the first paper types for printing of an image. The printing unit prints the image where the first paper type corresponding to second paper types is received and any of the second paper types corresponding to the first paper type is acquired, and does not print the image where the first paper type corresponding to second paper types is received and another second paper type different from the second paper types is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 9375961
    Abstract: A print control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a receiving unit, and a print control unit. The acquiring unit acquires an attribute of print paper set in a printing apparatus. The receiving unit receives a category, designated by a user, of the attribute of the print paper to be used by the printing apparatus. The print control unit causes the printing apparatus to print an image in accordance with the attribute in a case where the category received by the receiving unit and a category including the attribute acquired by the acquiring unit are matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20160039234
    Abstract: A print control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a receiving unit, and a print control unit. The acquiring unit acquires an attribute of print paper set in a printing apparatus. The receiving unit receives a category, designated by a user, of the attribute of the print paper to be used by the printing apparatus. The print control unit causes the printing apparatus to print an image in accordance with the attribute in a case where the category received by the receiving unit and a category including the attribute acquired by the acquiring unit are matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 9049319
    Abstract: A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Mikuni, Michihiro Izumi, Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 8498024
    Abstract: It is an object to provide image processing apparatus and method which can execute a drawing combining instruction and a trimming instruction of illustration/characters or the like on the basis of a disclosure on one sheet in a composite print of a sheet scanning system. When a trimming instruction command is issued, an image process for trimming is executed to a given one of closed areas detected from a drawing instructing area on the sheet. Another image process for a combining process of characters/illustration is executed to the other closed areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 8310725
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto
  • Patent number: 8306196
    Abstract: The invention is to enable a secure sharing of an internet resource with a partner in conversation by the IP telephone, in simple and inexpensive manner and not requiring cumbersome operations, by a communication terminal only, not relying on another equipment. Internet resource sharing means is provided for a shared utilization of a same internet resource (WEB data, FTP file etc.) among the communication terminals (200, 220) in conversation. The sharing of the internet resource is executed by transmitting/receiving URL information of the desired internet resource by FTP or by an E-mail protocol, or by transmitting/receiving the internet resource itself by an HTTP proxy procedure with the partner communication terminal, in which either of the communication terminal and the partner terminal functions as an HTTP proxy server and the other functions as an HTTP client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Ezumi, Tomoyuki Takeda, Muneki Nakao, Koichiro Otsuka, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Shinya Kogure
  • Publication number: 20120268760
    Abstract: A print processing device including a printing unit to print an image on a sheet, a reading unit to read a sheet, an operation unit including keys to be operated by a user, a print control unit to cause the printing unit to print either a first sheet for selecting an image from a plurality of images stored in a storage medium or a second sheet for selecting a language to be used in the first sheet, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image read by the reading unit. If a language is not registered, when the image corresponding to the second sheet is detected as an analysis result by the analyzing unit, the first sheet is printed using a language associated with the detected image and when the image corresponding to the second sheet is not detected, the second sheet is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Miyamoto, Masao Maeda, Akinori Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Keisuke Niimoto