Patents by Inventor Yuji NAYA

Yuji NAYA 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: 11838459
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming device, a display capable of displaying information, a microphone capable of acquiring a sound, and one or more controllers configured to function as a unit of performing control so as to display, on the display, a screen including an operation object that indicates, by a pointing position, a parameter related to a setting in forming the image, a unit of acquiring, based on voice information representing one-phrase voice expression acquired via the microphone, first identification information corresponding to the operation object and second identification information corresponding to an updating process on the pointing position, and a unit of performing control, based on at least information regarding a current pointing position indicated by the operation object, the first identification information, and the second identification information, so as to display a screen including the operation object updated in terms of the pointing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Naya, Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11838460
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display device configured to display information, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the display device to display a first screen at least including one setting item with a set value that can be changed by an instruction, cause the display device to display a second screen including a selection object for transition to the first screen, and acquire text data based on speech acquired through the microphone during display of the second screen and change the set value of the one setting item on the basis of the text data without causing the display device to display the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 11792338
    Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20230254421
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 11665293
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 11475892
    Abstract: There is provided a speech control system including: a microphone configured to acquire speech; a speaker configured to output speech; an image processing unit; and a controller configured to control settings of the image processing unit. The controller is configured to: specify one or more setting items represented by an input speech of a user acquired by the microphone that are to be set for the image processing unit, and depending on whether or not the specified one or more setting items satisfy a reading condition, cause the speaker to output a first response speech that reads the one or more setting items, or a second response speech that does not read at least one out of the one or more setting items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20220247878
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display device configured to display information, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the display device to display a first screen at least including one setting item with a set value that can be changed by an instruction, cause the display device to display a second screen including a selection object for transition to the first screen, and acquire text data based on speech acquired through the microphone during display of the second screen and change the set value of the one setting item on the basis of the text data without causing the display device to display the first screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Patent number: 11336780
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display device configured to display information, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the display device to display a first screen at least including one setting item with a set value that can be changed by an instruction, cause the display device to display a second screen including a selection object for transition to the first screen, and acquire text data based on speech acquired through the microphone during display of the second screen and change the set value of the one setting item on the basis of the text data without causing the display device to display the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20210392236
    Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11159684
    Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20210152700
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing system including: an image processing device; a microphone that is capable of acquiring speech; a retaining unit configured to retain, in a history database, setting values for image processing utilized in the past; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based at least on that a specific word has been recognized in a result of speech recognition on speech acquired by the microphone, one or more setting values from the history database using an extraction condition corresponding to the specific word, and a setting unit configured to set up a new job to be executed by the image processing device based on the one or more setting values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsumura, Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20210151053
    Abstract: There is provided a speech control system including: a microphone configured to acquire speech; a speaker configured to output speech; an image processing unit; and a controller configured to control settings of the image processing unit. The controller is configured to: specify one or more setting items represented by an input speech of a user acquired by the microphone that are to be set for the image processing unit, and depending on whether or not the specified one or more setting items satisfy a reading condition, cause the speaker to output a first response speech that reads the one or more setting items, or a second response speech that does not read at least one out of the one or more setting items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI, Takeshi MATSUMURA, Yuji NAYA
  • Publication number: 20210021723
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a microphone configured to acquire sound, a display device configured to display information, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the display device to display a first screen at least including one setting item with a set value that can be changed by an instruction, cause the display device to display a second screen including a selection object for transition to the first screen, and acquire text data based on speech acquired through the microphone during display of the second screen and change the set value of the one setting item on the basis of the text data without causing the display device to display the first screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura, Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20200389565
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming device, a display capable of displaying information, a microphone capable of acquiring a sound, and one or more controllers configured to function as a unit of performing control so as to display, on the display, a screen including an operation object that indicates, by a pointing position, a parameter related to a setting in forming the image, a unit of acquiring, based on voice information representing one-phrase voice expression acquired via the microphone, first identification information corresponding to the operation object and second identification information corresponding to an updating process on the pointing position, and a unit of performing control, based on at least information regarding a current pointing position indicated by the operation object, the first identification information, and the second identification information, so as to display a screen including the operation object updated in terms of the pointing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yuji Naya, Toru Takahashi, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200213457
    Abstract: An image forming system is configured to receive an input of natural language speech. Regardless of whether the natural language speech includes a combination of first words or second words, the image forming system can recognize the natural language speech as an instruction to select a specific print setting displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Takahashi, Yuji Naya, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 9753548
    Abstract: An image display apparatus displays image data including a plurality of objects. The image display apparatus includes a display unit configured to focus-display an object from among the plurality of objects; an input unit configured to input annotation to the object; and a change unit configured to change a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input by the input unit is focus-displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20170124592
    Abstract: A system includes an information transmission apparatus and a mobile terminal, the information transmission apparatus comprises: transmission means for periodically transmitting identification information used to cause the mobile terminal to display predetermined information; detection means for detecting that the information transmission apparatus has moved; and stopping means for, when the detection means detects that the information transmission apparatus has moved, stopping transmission of the identification information by the transmission means, and the mobile terminal comprises: reception means for receiving the identification information; and display means for displaying information corresponding to the identification information when the reception means receives the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Yuji NAYA
  • Patent number: 9571673
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus equipped with a sleep function and for forming an image using an image forming unit and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls the image forming unit. When a job is received in a sleep state, a port number of the received job is discriminated, whether or not to perform initialization processing of the image forming unit is determined based on the discriminated port number, and in a case that it is determined that initialization processing of the image forming unit is necessary, initialization processing of the image forming unit is started and thereafter the control unit is controlled to start processing of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keishi Inaba, Koji Shimizu, Kohei Asano, Kiyokazu Umimura, Yuji Naya, Yuichi Konosu
  • Publication number: 20160300321
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image including a plurality of objects on a screen; a generation unit configured to generate block information indicating information of blocks obtained by dividing the object for each attribute; an input unit configured to recognize handwriting of an annotation written on the image by hand; a detection unit configured to detect classification of the annotation based on the handwriting; and a display changing unit configured to estimate a partial region to focus based on a relation between the block information and the handwriting and dynamically change and display an expression of the partial region according to the classification of the annotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Yuji Naya
  • Publication number: 20160041621
    Abstract: An image display apparatus displays image data including a plurality of objects. The image display apparatus includes a display unit configured to focus-display an object from among the plurality of objects; an input unit configured to input annotation to the object; and a change unit configured to change a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input by the input unit is focus-displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Yuji Naya