Patents by Inventor Yuji Kawai

Yuji Kawai 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: 20230316823
    Abstract: The in-vehicle device includes an identification unit that specifies an index based on a change amount of a state of a user's body detected in a vehicle controlled by an automatic driving function or a driving assistance function, and a storage unit that stores data related to the vehicle in association with the index so as to correspond to the timing of the change in the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yuji KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11194748
    Abstract: This invention provides a communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit and an interface conforming to USB 3.0 standard, where the apparatus comprises a first determination unit which determines whether an external device has been connected to the interface; a second determination unit which determines a frequency band used in the wireless communication unit; a discrimination unit which, when it is determined that an external device has been connected to the interface, discriminates whether the frequency of noise generated in the communication with the external device causes interference with the frequency band of the wireless communication determined by the second determination unit; and a control unit which, if the discrimination result indicates that interfere is to be caused, performs control so as to communicate with the external device by driving the interface in accordance with the USB 2.0 standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20200226086
    Abstract: This invention provides a communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit and an interface conforming to USB 3.0 standard, where the apparatus comprises a first determination unit which determines whether an external device has been connected to the interface; a second determination unit which determines a frequency band used in the wireless communication unit; a discrimination unit which, when it is determined that an external device has been connected to the interface, discriminates whether the frequency of noise generated in the communication with the external device causes interference with the frequency band of the wireless communication determined by the second determination unit; and a control unit which, if the discrimination result indicates that interfere is to be caused, performs control so as to communicate with the external device by driving the interface in accordance with the USB 2.0 standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10623632
    Abstract: A communication apparatus carries out control such that in the case where a display of a selection screen is to be resumed after the display of the selection screen has been interrupted in response to a reception of an instruction to start a predetermined process from an operation unit while the selection screen is being displayed, a content that had been displayed at the time of the interruption is displayed in the selection screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10462311
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus. A communication control controls a communication unit so as to connect to one of a plurality of external apparatuses. A transfer unit transfers a data item to an external apparatus to which the communication unit has connected. In a case that a transfer of the data item is failed, a storage control unit stores transfer failure information in which the data item is associated with a transfer-destination external apparatus. In a case that the communication unit has connected to a first external apparatus, a transfer control unit controls a transfer of a data item. If a data item included in the transfer failure information is associated with the first external apparatus, the transfer control unit performs control so as to automatically transfer the data item to the first external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10257337
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit having a plurality of display modes including a single-display mode of displaying a single content on a single screen of a display unit, and a multi-display mode of displaying a plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit, wherein, if the communication unit starts communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the multi-display mode, the control unit displays the plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit and receives a selection of a transmission target after establishment of the communication with the external apparatus, and wherein, if the communication unit starts the communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the single-display mode, the control unit does not receive the selection of the transmission target after the establishment of the communication with the external app
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sayaka Harada, Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20180324075
    Abstract: According to the present invention, response processing to a predetermined polling request is accepted from a client, and, even when a response to the request has not been sent, the client can shift to another processing by accepting a new request. Accordingly, a communication apparatus includes a communication unit that performs communication by using a request/response communication protocol; a processing unit that performs processing corresponding to a request received from a client, and sends a response to the client; and a control unit that, when receiving a predetermined polling request, and the processing unit receives another request from the client before sending a response to the predetermined polling request to the client, sends a cancellation response to the predetermined polling request, and causes the processing unit to execute processing corresponding to the other request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10108640
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit that requests image data from an external apparatus and receives image data from an external apparatus in response to the request, a display control unit that displays the received image data on a display unit, and a receiving unit that receives an instruction for selecting displayed image data. The communication unit further requests, from the external apparatus, metadata of selected image data and receives the metadata without receiving the image data. The metadata is recorded in a header area of a file containing the image data stored in the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20180241939
    Abstract: A communication apparatus carries out control such that in the case where a display of a selection screen is to be resumed after the display of the selection screen has been interrupted in response to a reception of an instruction to start a predetermined process from an operation unit while the selection screen is being displayed, a content that had been displayed at the time of the interruption is displayed in the selection screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20180241891
    Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus. A communication control controls a communication unit so as to connect to one of a plurality of external apparatuses. A transfer unit transfers a data item to an external apparatus to which the communication unit has connected. In a case that a transfer of the data item is failed, a storage control unit stores transfer failure information in which the data item is associated with a transfer-destination external apparatus. In a case that the communication unit has connected to a first external apparatus, a transfer control unit controls a transfer of a data item. If a data item included in the transfer failure information is associated with the first external apparatus, the transfer control unit performs control so as to automatically transfer the data item to the first external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10028312
    Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with external communication apparatuses; a storage unit configured to store history information related to an external communication apparatus with which connection has been established in the past; and a display control unit configured to, during display for selection of an external communication apparatus, display information indicating one or more services provided by the external communication apparatuses, wherein the communication unit receives information related to the services provided by the external communication apparatuses, and based on the received information related to the services provided by the external communication apparatuses and on the history information, the display control unit changes a display appearance used in displaying the information indicating one or more services provided by the external communication apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20170244824
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit having a plurality of display modes including a single-display mode of displaying a single content on a single screen of a display unit, and a multi-display mode of displaying a plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit, wherein, if the communication unit starts communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the multi-display mode, the control unit displays the plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit and receives a selection of a transmission target after establishment of the communication with the external apparatus, and wherein, if the communication unit starts the communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the single-display mode, the control unit does not receive the selection of the transmission target after the establishment of the communication with the external app
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Sayaka Harada, Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20170078864
    Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with external communication apparatuses; a storage unit configured to store history information related to an external communication apparatus with which connection has been established in the past; and a display control unit configured to, during display for selection of an external communication apparatus, display information indicating one or more services provided by the external communication apparatuses, wherein the communication unit receives information related to the services provided by the external communication apparatuses, and based on the received information related to the services provided by the external communication apparatuses and on the history information, the display control unit changes a display appearance used in displaying the information indicating one or more services provided by the external communication apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20160063036
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit that requests image data from an external apparatus and receives image data from an external apparatus in response to the request, a display control unit that displays the received image data on a display unit, and a receiving unit that receives an instruction for selecting displayed image data. The communication unit further requests, from the external apparatus, metadata of selected image data and receives the metadata without receiving the image data. The metadata is recorded in a header area of a file containing the image data stored in the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 9077883
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus prevents the physical switch operation from being wrongly detected as the tapping operation to thereby cause the intended process to be surely performed. The information processing apparatus has an operation member. The vibration of the information processing apparatus is detected and an operation of the operation member is detected. If the operation of the operation member is not detected by the member operation detecting unit within a predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has been detected the vibration, a function assigned to the detected vibration is executed, and if the operation of the operation member is detected by the member operation detecting unit within the predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has detected the vibration, a function corresponding to the operation of the operation member without executing the function assigned to the detected vibration is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20120117513
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing terminal that can accurately obtain an image having the title of an application program displayed, and display an image that conforms to the content of the application program, on an application-program list. The information processing terminal (1) is provided with an inputting means (2) for accepting manipulation inputs, storage means (5) for storing application programs, a displaying means (7) that displays a list of application programs stored in the storage means (5). The information processing terminal (1) is also provided with a control means (3) that stores, into the storage means (5), the screen of the application program being displayed on the displaying means (7) in correspondence to the application program, when the inputting means (2) accepts a certain manipulation input when the application program is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20110199529
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus prevents the physical switch operation from being wrongly detected as the tapping operation to thereby cause the intended process to be surely performed. The information processing apparatus has an operation member. The vibration of the information processing apparatus is detected and an operation of the operation member is detected. If the operation of the operation member is not detected by the member operation detecting unit within a predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has been detected the vibration, a function assigned to the detected vibration is executed, and if the operation of the operation member is detected by the member operation detecting unit within the predetermined period after the vibration detecting unit has detected the vibration, a function corresponding to the operation of the operation member without executing the function assigned to the detected vibration is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 6626628
    Abstract: An interface between forks of a fork lift and one or more sweepers includes elements to receive the forks, and forward-facing elements fittable into fork insertion members in the sweepers. The forward-facing elements are spaced far enough apart to permit using more than one sweeper without mutual interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Suiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzo Kawai, Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 6177745
    Abstract: In a permanent magnet rotor type electric motor in which a permanent magnet is embedded in a rotor, a permanent magnet used for a magnetic pole of one polarity in a rotor core and another permanent magnet used for a magnetic pole of the other polarity have different configurations and materials from each other, so that the selecting range for the magnetic flux density and the reluctance torque of the permanent magnet rotor type electric motor can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Narita, Takashi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Okudera, Yuji Kawai, Yuji Souma, Koji Kawanishi, Yoshichika Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6025667
    Abstract: In an electric motor, such as a DC brushless motor or the like, having a permanent magnet in a rotor, each magnetic pole is formed of three permanent magnets, and the permanent magnets are made of at least two kinds of magnetic materials represented by ferrite magnet and rare-earth magnet. Thus, in a permanent magnet rotor type electric motor, a reluctance torque and a magnetic flux density can be selectively established, and cost is reasonable, corresponding to the quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Narita, Takashi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Okudera, Yuji Kawai, Yuji Souma, Koji Kawanishi, Yoshichika Fukuda