CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on February 27th, 2025
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on February 27th, 2025
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 101 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of G03G15/00 (7), G03G15/08 (7), H04N1/00 (6), B41J2/175 (6), G06F3/12 (5) H04N19/70 (5), G06T5/60 (3), G03B17/14 (2), B41J2/17553 (2), G03G15/556 (2)
With keywords such as: image, unit, apparatus, portion, configured, data, member, surface, information, and control in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): Hidekazu Kose of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): A61B1/00, A61B1/005, B25J9/10, B25J18/06
CPC Code(s): A61B1/00006
Abstract: a continuum robot control device, configured to control operations of a continuum robot having a bendable portion that is bent by driving at least part of a plurality of wires, includes a kinematics computing unit that computes a driving amount lof the at least part of the plurality of wires, based on a target bending angle that is a target value for a bending angle of the bendable portion, a compensation amount computing unit that computes a compensation amount for compensation of the driving amount l, based on the target bending angle, and a displacement of one of the plurality of wires at the target bending angle, and an adding unit and position control unit that set a driving control amount of performing driving control of the at least part of the plurality of wires, based on the driving amount and the compensation amount obtained by computation.
Inventor(s): Masami Yonekawa of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tomohiro Saito of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hisanobu Azuma of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B08B7/00, B08B11/00, G03F7/00
CPC Code(s): B08B7/0028
Abstract: a curable composition on a substrate is cured in a state where a member is in contact with the curable composition. thereafter, the member having adhered to the curable composition is separated from the substrate, whereby the curable composition and a particle are removed from the substrate.
20250065468. POLISHING PAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YOSHIKI KONUMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI KAKU of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KATSUHIRO FUNABASHI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE SHUKUWA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUTOMO TSUJI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B24B37/24, B24B37/22
CPC Code(s): B24B37/24
Abstract: a polishing pad includes a polishing layer including a polishing surface, and a sealed layer including a support surface, wherein the polishing layer and the sealed layer are sequentially ordered, and wherein the polishing surface is provided as a front surface and the support surface is provided as a back surface. the support surface has a water contact angle of 90� or more. the water contact angle of the polishing surface is smaller than the water contact angle of the support surface. the polishing pad is formed of a resin molded body.
Inventor(s): MICHINAO TAKAGI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J9/16, B25J13/08, B25J19/00
CPC Code(s): B25J9/163
Abstract: a moving apparatus on which a robot is mounted includes a unit that maintains the moving apparatus in a stopped state, wherein, based on information regarding a posture of the robot, the moving apparatus is maintained in the stopped state using the unit.
Inventor(s): RYOTARO MURAKAMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, B41J2/16
CPC Code(s): B41J2/14
Abstract: in a liquid ejection head including a liquid ejection substrate configured to eject liquid, the liquid ejection substrate is configured to include a first substrate in which a channel for the liquid is formed and a second substrate joined to a first surface of the first substrate via an adhesive agent, the first substrate has, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, a channel region including a plurality of the channels for the liquid and a partition sectioning the adjacent channels for the liquid from each other and a joining region adjacent to the channel region and including a recess portion open on the first surface, and the adhesive agent is accommodated in the recess portion.
20250065623. LIQUID EJECTION HEAD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KOJI SASAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUNORI TERASAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MANABU OTSUKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, B41J2/16
CPC Code(s): B41J2/14233
Abstract: a liquid ejection head including: a joined substrate of a first substrate and a second substrate that are layered and joined with an adhesive is used. in the liquid ejection head, the joined substrate has a liquid channel by means of which the first substrate and the second substrate communicating, on a joining position of the first and the second substrate, the adhesive is disposed at a corner part so as to form an arcuate shape convex toward the corner part on a cross section thereof, the corner part being formed at a position corresponding to the liquid channel, the corner part being formed by an end face of the first substrate, and a plane of the second substrate, and on the joining position, a protective film is provided to be continuous from the first substrate via the adhesive disposed on the corner part.
Inventor(s): TAKERU YASUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUZURU ISHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINYA IWAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/16, B41J2/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1623
Abstract: provided is a substrate for a liquid ejection head including: a heating element that generates an energy for ejecting a liquid; an electrode pad portion that has a wiring layer at a lower layer thereof, is electrically connected to the heating element through the wiring layer, and is electrically connected to an external component through a bonding material; and an insulating protection layer. the electrode pad portion further has a lower electrode layer and an upper electrode layer, the insulating protection layer disposed at a first region overlapping the wiring layer in a film thickness direction has a first opening through which the lower and upper electrode layers are connected, and the insulating protection layer disposed at a position including at least a second region overlapping the bonding material in the film thickness direction has a second opening through which the lower and upper electrode layers are connected.
20250065635. LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHOTA ASADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIDEAKI MATSUMURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUYOSHI SAEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIO SAKURAI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAIJI MARUYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROMASA TSUTSUMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE NARATANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17513
Abstract: an apparatus includes a tank and a wall. the tank includes a tank container and a film. the tank container includes a chamber. the chamber is capable of containing a liquid to be supplied to an ejection head configured to eject the liquid. the chamber has an opening at a side face of the tank container. an outline of the opening is enclosed by a first rib. the film seals the opening. the wall is disposed at a position of facing the film, and includes a protruding portion protruding toward the film. the protruding portion faces a second rib provided on the tank container, apart from the first rib. the protruding portion does not face the first rib.
20250065636. PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUKIMICHI KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAAKI ISHIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEN TAKENAGA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOUSUKE TANAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAIJU TAKEDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOGO NISHIE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B41J29/02, B41J29/13
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1752
Abstract: provided is a printing apparatus with improved operability for cartridge attachment and detachment. to this end, the printing apparatus includes a housing portion for detachably housing a cartridge having an element substrate that ejects liquid and a restriction portion that restricts movement of the cartridge in a horizontal direction intersecting with an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted to the housing portion.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI KOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE IINUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TATSUO NANJO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEN TAKENAGA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUSHI KOHNOTOH of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUHEI YAMAGUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOUSUKE TANAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAIJU TAKEDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17553
Abstract: an object is to provide a cartridge that can further improve the printing speed. a cartridge that ejects a liquid while moving in a scanning direction includes: a storage unit that can store the liquid; an element substrate including an ejection port to eject the liquid stored in the storage unit and an element that generates energy used to eject the liquid; and an electric wiring member electrically connected with the element substrate. the center of the element substrate in the scanning direction is offset from the center of the electric wiring member in the scanning direction.
20250065638. CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TATSUO NANJO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE IINUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, WATARU TAKAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEIICHIRO TSUKUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI HAYASAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17553
Abstract: disclosed is a cartridge that includes a case including a storage portion for storing liquid and a flow path that communicates with the storage portion; an element substrate including an ejection port that communicates with the storage portion via the flow path and that ejects liquid contained in the storage portion; and an electric wiring substrate that is electrically connected to the element substrate. the case has a surface to which the element substrate and the electric wiring substrate are fixed. viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface, a slit is provided in at least one long side of an outer periphery of the surface.
Inventor(s): SHIGEKI FUKUI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TATSUO NANJO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE IINUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYUKI NAKAJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SOJI KONDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, WATARU TAKAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B41J2/165, B41J2/185, B41J2/19
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17559
Abstract: provided are a print head and a method of manufacturing a print head which can reduce the number of parts and simplify the manufacturing process. a method includes: preparing first and second lid members as a lid member, the first lid member including a supply port through which an accommodation chamber can be supplied with a liquid, the second lid member not including the supply port; manufacturing a first print head by joining the first lid member to a housing, the first print head configured to eject the liquid from ejection ports with the accommodation chamber supplied with the liquid through the supply port; and manufacturing a second print head by joining the second lid member to the housing, the second print head being detachably attachable to a printing apparatus and configured to eject the liquid from the ejection ports without the accommodation chamber supplied with the liquid.
Inventor(s): KOTARO KIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIRONORI NAKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/45, H05B45/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/45
Abstract: provided is a light emitting diode (led) control apparatus including: an led; a power supply that supplies electric power to the led; a first adjustment unit that outputs a first voltage which is less than a predetermined voltage to the led; a second adjustment unit that outputs a second voltage which is more than or equal to the predetermined voltage to the led; a switching unit that switches a connection destination for the led to the first adjustment unit or to the second adjustment unit; a control unit that controls the connection destination of the switching unit; a detection circuit that, in a case where the first adjustment unit is connected to the led and outputs the first voltage, detects a flow of a current of a larger value than a predetermined range of current values through a circuit to which the led is connected.
Inventor(s): HIROYUKI FUKUHARA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/47, B41J2/44, G02B26/12, G03G15/04, G03G15/041
CPC Code(s): B41J2/471
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning apparatus configured to scan a photoreceptor with a light beam having a scanning speed changing in accordance with a position in a main scanning direction, and a control unit configured to output a horizontal synchronization signal for determining a timing at which an image signal generation unit outputs an image signal to the optical scanning apparatus. the optical scanning apparatus includes a beam detection sensor that outputs a beam detection signal indicating a detection timing of the light beam, and a memory that stores timing correction information. the control unit corrects, based on the timing correction information, a reference time, and outputs the horizontal synchronization signal to the image signal generation unit at a timing after a period corrected from reception of the beam detection signal.
Inventor(s): TAKUJI FUKUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHODAI ABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J29/46, B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J29/46
Abstract: an ink jet printing apparatus includes an ink tank that stores ink and can be replenished with ink, a head that discharges ink supplied from the ink tank, a notification unit configured to perform notification to a user in a case where the remaining amount of ink is smaller than a first threshold value, a cancellation unit configured to cancel a notification state by a user operation, the notification state being a state in which the notification is performed by the notification unit, and an estimation unit configured to estimate whether ink is replenished in a case where the notification state is canceled by the cancellation unit.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI FUKUZO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUYA YAMAGUCHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H1/02
CPC Code(s): B65H1/02
Abstract: a sheet stacking apparatus includes a plurality of storages, a plurality of conveyance portions provided above sheets stored in the storages, respectively, to convey the sheets, and a main body frame holding the storages and having a plurality of opening portions through which the storages are movable between a closed position in which the sheets are conveyed and a pullout position in which the sheets are stacked. the storages include a plurality of exterior covers, respectively, each exterior cover being larger than a corresponding opening portion so as to cover the corresponding opening portion. the storages are arranged so that the plurality of exterior covers are aligned in a vertical direction. a conveyance portion, which conveys the sheets stored in a lower storage of the storages, overlaps an exterior cover of a storage one above the lower storage in the vertical direction when viewed in a horizontal direction.
20250066705. CULTURE APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): AKIRA HIGUCHI of Osaka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C12M3/06, C12M1/00
CPC Code(s): C12M27/16
Abstract: provided is a culture apparatus including: a culture vessel configured to accommodate a culture solution for culturing cells; a tilting device configured to enable tilting of the culture vessel in a plurality of different directions in top view; and a suction nozzle having a suction port through which the culture solution in the culture vessel is sucked, the suction port being arranged inside the culture vessel. the tilting device is configured to, when the culture solution in the culture vessel is sucked through the suction nozzle, tilt the culture vessel so that the culture solution has the largest liquid depth at a position far from a suction range for the suction port of the suction nozzle.
20250067606. FORCE SENSOR AND ROBOT INCLUDING SAME_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Naoya Ogawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01L1/04, B25J13/08
CPC Code(s): G01L1/04
Abstract: a force sensor includes a strain body including a base portion, a displacement portion configured to make a displacement relative to the base portion under external force, and an elastic connection portion configured to elastically connect the base portion and the displacement portion, a board including a detection unit configured to detect the displacement of the displacement portion relative to the base portion in a first direction, and an interposed member interposed between the strain body and the board, the interposed member including an extending portion extending in a second direction intersecting a surface of the board and the first direction.
20250067700. MICROANALYTICAL CHIP_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HARUNOBU MAEDA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKESHI YAMAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEIJI MIYAZAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MAKOTO FUKATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASANORI TANAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUN MIURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUKA ENOKIDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHISA MATSUKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUKAZU IKAMI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KATSUICHI ABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01N27/30, G01N27/333
CPC Code(s): G01N27/307
Abstract: in a microanalytical chip made up of a first porous substrate and a second porous substrate laminated on each other, a first channel chamber, a second channel chamber, and a first channel connecting the first channel chamber with the second channel chamber are formed by a channel wall in the first porous substrate, a reference electrode is disposed in the first channel chamber, a working electrode is disposed in the second channel chamber, the second porous substrate is disposed so as to overlap at least part of a region, where the working electrode is formed, on a surface of the first porous substrate.
20250067848. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YU MAEHASHI of Hokkaido (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIYUKI SHIKINA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01S7/481, G01S17/931
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4816
Abstract: a semiconductor device includes: a signal generation unit configured to generate a first signal; a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the first signal with any one of a second signal and a third signal that are input from an outside and are synchronized with each other; and a control unit configured to control at least one of the second signal and the third signal based on the first signal after synchronization is performed by the synchronization unit. the synchronization unit performs the synchronization by matching a timing at which a potential of the first signal changes to a later one of a timing at which a potential of the second signal changes and a timing at which a potential of the third signal changes.
Inventor(s): TAKURO YAMAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOGO YAMASAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01S17/89, G01S17/04, H04N25/46
CPC Code(s): G01S17/89
Abstract: a ranging device includes a light receiving unit including a plurality of pixels that detects light including an irradiation light reflected by an object, a binning processing unit that converts signals of the plurality of pixels into signals of pixel blocks, an information generation unit that generates information in which each of the signals of the pixel blocks generated by the binning processing unit and a time from light emission to light detection are associated with each other, and a data transfer that transfers the plurality of signals from the light receiving unit to the binning processing unit. the data transfer unit sequentially transfers the plurality of signals received from the light receiving unit to the binning processing unit, and the binning processing unit sequentially converts the plurality of signals transferred from the data transfer unit into the signals of the pixel blocks.
Inventor(s): Shinya Okuoka of Utsunomiya-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B9/34
CPC Code(s): G02B9/34
Abstract: an optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an intermediate unit including one or more lens units, and a final lens unit having a negative refractive power. the second lens unit is moved toward an image plane, and a lens unit closest to the image plane in the one or more lens units included in the intermediate unit is moved toward the object in focusing from infinity to a short distance. the second lens unit satisfies a predetermined inequality.
20250067965. OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Akira MIZUMA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yuichi KOSAKA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Fumihiro SHINOBU of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B15/14, H04N13/239
CPC Code(s): G02B15/1425
Abstract: an optical system includes a first optical system configured to form an optical image of an object in a first imaging area, and a second optical system disposed in parallel with the first optical system and configured to form an optical image of the object in a second imaging area. each of the first optical system and the second optical system includes an aperture stop fixed in an optical axis direction relative to a position of an image plane, and a lens unit disposed on an image plane side of the aperture stop and movable in the optical axis direction. a predetermined inequality is satisfied.
20250068039. IMAGING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHOTA TANAKA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/14
CPC Code(s): G03B17/14
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes a lens holder having an opening and configured to hold a lens, and a filter holder configured to hold a filter such that the filter is insertable to and removable from an optical path of the lens, wherein at least one of the filter or the filter holder is at least partially arranged in the opening so as to overlap at least a portion of the lens holder as viewed in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens.
20250068040. IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ACCESSORIES_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Jun Kamiya of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yasuyuki Watazawa of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naoto Fujihashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/14, G03B17/56, H04N23/55, H04N23/663
CPC Code(s): G03B17/14
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus on which an accessory including a first mount is mountable includes a second mount. the second mount is configured to allow bayonet coupling to the first mount of the accessory. the second mount includes a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction, and a terminal holder configured to hold the plurality of terminals. each of the plurality of terminals is electrically connectable to a terminal of the accessory. the terminal holder has a height level difference in a center-axis direction of the second mount. the plurality of terminals include a first terminal configured to be used to detect mounting of the accessory on the image capturing apparatus. the first terminal is disposed further in a mount direction of the accessory than the other terminals among the plurality of terminals on a first stage of the terminal holder.
Inventor(s): SHOMA MIZUTANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI NISHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/56
CPC Code(s): G03B17/561
Abstract: a holding apparatus that is insertable into a transparent tubular member includes: a holding portion that is capable of holding an imaging apparatus including an imaging optical system and an imaging device for capturing an image of an outside of the tubular member; and a drive portion that is capable of moving the holding apparatus in the tubular member and rotating the holding portion around a direction that intersects an optical axis of the imaging optical system.
20250068092. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHUNSUKE MIZUKOSHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI SASAME of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOO AKIZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE SHIMIZU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/02, G03G15/043, G03G15/06, G03G15/16
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0266
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, a charging voltage applying portion, an exposure unit, a developing member, a developing voltage applying portion, a transfer member, a transfer voltage applying portion, and a controller. in a discharging operation, an exposure surface is formed on a photosensitive member surface by exposing the photosensitive member surface to light by the exposure unit. the controller carries out control so that: a developing voltage on a side of a predetermined polarity relative to an exposure surface potential is applied to the developing member; a transfer voltage less than a discharge start voltage in absolute value of a potential difference between itself and the exposure surface potential of the is applied to the transfer portion; and a charging voltage on the side of the predetermined polarity relative to the exposure surface potential is applied to the charging member.
Inventor(s): SEIJI TSURU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROAKI KOMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08, G03G15/06, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0808
Abstract: an electrophotographic roller comprising a substrate having a conductive surface and a conductive layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the conductive layer is a surface layer of the electrophotographic roller, and has a skeleton comprising polyurethane and an electron conductive filler in the polyurethane, the conductive layer comprises at least one void, and at least a part of an inner wall of the void is configured of the skeleton, and when an electrode is brought into contact with an outer surface of the conductive layer and an ac voltage with an inter-peak voltage of 50 v is applied between the electrode and the surface of the substrate in a frequency range of 0.1 to 10 hz, an absolute value of a phase delay � of an ac impedance with respect to the ac voltage is 10 degrees or less.
Inventor(s): KEI HAYASHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORITOMO YAMAGUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKEO KAWANAMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0877
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a toner storage portion, a developing roller including a toner bearing portion, and a cyclonic separating portion including an intake port, a first discharge port communicating with an interior of the toner storage portion, and a second discharge port communicating with an outside of the toner storage portion. the cyclonic separating portion includes a conical portion formed in a conical frustum shape whose radius decreases as the conical frustum shape extends downward. the first discharge port is disposed at a lower end portion of the conical portion. at least a portion of the conical portion projects downward with respect to an inner upper surface of the toner storage portion.
20250068100. DEVELOPING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KAZUNARI HAGIWARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI HIRAMATSU of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YU FUKASAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08, G03G15/01
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0882
Abstract: a developing device having a developing portion and an agitating member agitating developer in a developer accommodating portion, the developer accommodating portion and the developing portion are connected to each other via an opening portion, and a sealing sheet connected to the agitating member is fixed to a periphery of the opening portion for sealing, and the sealing sheet can be removed from a fixing portion by operation of the agitating member, and, whereby the developer accommodating portion and the developing portion communicate with each other, and in a direction crossing a rotation axis direction of the agitating member, a projecting portion is provided on a downstream side of the fixing portion and on an upstream side of the opening portion, and a height of the projecting portion is higher than a height in a fixing-position projecting portion.
20250068103. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YASUHARU TORATANI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUTARO SAITO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE YOSHIDA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA YAMADA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKU ASHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ASUNA FUKAMACHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOHEI TSUZAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2017
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. the pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.
Inventor(s): Nozomu Nakajima of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tomohiro Nakamori of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2042
Abstract: the heating apparatus including a plurality of heat generation members including first, second and third generation members, the second heat generation member and the third heat generation member having lengths in a longitudinal direction shorter than a length of the first heat generation member, the heating apparatus including first, second, third, and fourth contacts, and a first switching unit configured to bring an electric path between the second contact and the fourth contact into one of a connecting state and an open state.
Inventor(s): HIDESHI ICHIMI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, B65H1/04
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5029
Abstract: an image forming apparatus comprises one or more memories that store a set of instructions, one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: determine whether a sheet having first sheet information is a sheet for which adjustment of a first print control parameter is performable, perform, in a case where the sheet having the first sheet information is a sheet for which the adjustment of the first print control parameter is performable, control to print a first adjustment chart and control to scan the printed first adjustment chart, and acquire an adjustment value for the first print control parameter based on a result of a scan, register, in a case where the adjustment value for the first print control parameter is acquired, second sheet information obtained by reflecting the adjustment value for the first print control parameter in the first sheet information.
20250068109. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Tomoo Akizuki of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yusuke Shimizu of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5033
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, an exposing unit to expose a surface of the photosensitive member, and a developing member to supply toner with normal polarity at a developing portion. a controller, during a non-image formation when a toner image is not formed on a surface of the photosensitive member, controls such that a developing voltage is changed in a predetermined voltage width by applying a first developing voltage while the area of the photosensitive member on which a first surface potential is formed passes through the developing portion and by applying a second developing potential of an opposite polarity side rather than the first developing voltage while the area of the photosensitive member on which a second surface potential is formed passes through the developing portion, and the controller controls such that the surface potential becomes a side of the normal polarity rather than the first developing voltage.
20250068110. IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TOSHIYUKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIRO TSUKADA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAMI HANO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINGO HIROTA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TARO HANAZATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE KATAYAMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KYOHEI KIKUCHI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, B05D7/26
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5041
Abstract: an image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. the image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. the varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.
20250068112. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Keitaro Nakata of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takuya Oka of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hisashi Taniguchi of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/08, G03G21/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/556
Abstract: an image forming apparatus capable of performing a supplying operation for supplying toner from a supply container detachably mountable thereto includes an image bearing member, a developing member, a developing container, a detecting portion, a notifying portion, and a controller for carrying out control so as to cause the notifying portion to notify a timing to perform a toner supplying operation when a toner amount detected by the detecting portion is smaller than a threshold. the controller carries out control so as to set the threshold to a first threshold in a case where a print ratio after the last supplying operation is a predetermined print ratio or more and to set the threshold to a second threshold higher than the first threshold in a case where the print ratio is less than the predetermined print ratio.
20250068113. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Shingo Ito of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masahiro Suetsugu of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Keitaro Nakata of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takuya Oka of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hisashi Taniguchi of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Shimpei Ishikawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/556
Abstract: provided is an image forming apparatus, including: an accommodation chamber for developer; a photosensitive drum; notification unit for making a notification to a user, and a control unit for controlling the notification unit. a replenishment container for developer is detachably attached to the accommodation chamber. the notification unit makes a first notification indicating that a developer amount in the accommodation chamber is a first state, a second notification indicating that the developer amount is a second state smaller than in the first state, and a third notification indicating that the developer amount is a third state smaller than in the second state. the image forming apparatus is capable of operating in a first mode and a second mode. the notification unit makes the notifications in an order of the first, second, and third notifications as consumption of the developer progresses.
20250068116. IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKUMA YASUKAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUO HIROUCHI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/6585
Abstract: an image forming system including an image forming apparatus including a reception unit configured to receive a decolorable printing job to execute decolorable printing processing using a decolorable recording material on which a decolored character is to be expressed at a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature, includes a notification unit configured to provide information, and a controller configured to obtain temperature information, wherein, in a case where the decolorable printing job is executed, the notification unit provides a notification of a warning against execution of the decolorable printing job based on the temperature information indicating a temperature at which the decolored character can be expressed.
20250068117. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHUNSUKE MATSUSHITA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIHIKO TAKAYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/00, G03G21/10
CPC Code(s): G03G21/0088
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging member, a development member, a developer accommodating portion, a first acquiring portion which acquires developer amount information related to an amount of the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, a second acquiring portion which acquires development drive information related to a movement distance of a surface of the development member, and a control portion which is capable of executing a first mode and a second mode, whose frequency of driving the development member lower than that of the first mode, as an image forming mode. the control portion proposes or determines a change from the first mode to the second mode of the image forming mode on the basis of the developer amount information and the development drive information.
20250068118. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yu Shuhama of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1609
Abstract: an image forming apparatus, to which a supply container storing a developer is detachably attachable and which forms an image on a recording material, includes a photosensitive member that rotates, an optical box, a developer bearing member, and a developer container including a supply port for receiving the developer to be supplied from the supply container. the optical box irradiates the photosensitive member with light and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member. the developer bearing member bears the developer and develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying the developer to the photosensitive member. the developer container stores the developer to be borne by the developer bearing member. when viewed in a rotation axial direction of the photosensitive member, a region where the optical box is located and at least a part of a region where the supply port is located overlap each other in a horizontal direction.
Inventor(s): Ryosuke TAKAYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroaki KOMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/18, C08J9/00, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1814
Abstract: an electrophotographic roller includes: a conductive substrate; and a foamed layer on an outer circumferential surface of the substrate, in which the foamed layer is a surface layer of the electrophotographic roller, the foamed layer has a skeleton including a binder resin, and at least one conductive particle in the binder resin, the foamed layer has a communication structure having at least one gap opening, and extending in a thickness direction of the foamed layer, at least a portion of an inner wall of the gap includes the skeleton, at least a portion of the at least one conductive particle is exposed at the inner wall, a thickness of the foamed layer is 2.0 mm or more, and in the observation of the cross section of the foamed layer by a scanning electron microscope, the ratio of number of pixels of a specific brightness falls within a specific range.
Inventor(s): Masaaki MATSUOKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: there is provided a display control apparatus. a mirror is configured to project an optical reflection image onto a front surface thereof and transmit light from behind the mirror. a display is disposed behind the mirror. an image sensor shoots a field of view on the front surface side of the mirror. a controller controls a display state, in the display, of an image acquired by the shooting, based on a state of a user on the front surface side of the mirror.
Inventor(s): HAYATO SHIRAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04845, G06F3/0482
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04845
Abstract: a display control device having a plurality of home screens each including a field for performing a predetermined function includes one or more processors and one or more memories, cooperating to control display of a predetermined screen that includes a first field indicating a first home screen included in the plurality of home screens and that is different from the first home screen and to set a background color for each of the plurality of home screens. the first field included in the predetermined screen in a first form when the background color of the first home screen is set to the first form, and the first field included in the predetermined screen in a second form when setting of the background color of the first home screen is changed from the first form to the second form.
Inventor(s): JUMPEI TAKEICHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1203
Abstract: a control method of an information processing apparatus including a predetermined program for causing a printing apparatus to perform printing includes executing predetermined processing for using a second network for communication by the predetermined program on a basis that the information processing apparatus belongs to a first network and the second network in parallel, wherein the first network is formed by an external apparatus and based on a predetermined wireless communication standard, and the information processing apparatus functions as a station in the first network, and wherein the second network is formed by the printing apparatus, not connected to internet, and based on the predetermined wireless communication standard, and the information processing apparatus functions as a station in the second network, and performing communication with the printing apparatus using the second network after the predetermined processing is executed.
Inventor(s): GOU SASAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, B41J29/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/121
Abstract: a printing apparatus which serves as a target of a service in which a user can use the printing apparatus at a flat rate, the printing apparatus includes one or more processors, and at least one memory having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the printing apparatus to: restrict the printing performed by the printing apparatus in a state where the printing apparatus cannot communicate with a management server that manages the service and a use amount of a consumable product resulting from printing performed by the printing apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition, and output a code for transmitting information regarding the printing apparatus to the management server via a user terminal.
Inventor(s): Daisuke Hori of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/126
Abstract: an information processing apparatus including an operating system in which print data generation software is embedded and a print application configured to use, as a printing destination, a printing apparatus associated with a print queue of a specific printer driver supplied from a specific vendor. capabilities information of a printing apparatus associated with the print data generation software is acquired. whether the print application supports a printing apparatus associated with the print data generation software is determined based on the capabilities information. a print queue of the specific printer driver is added to a list of print queues for prompting a user to select a print queue to be used for printing. if it is determined that the print application supports the printing apparatus associated with the print data generation software, a print queue of the print data generation software is added to the list.
20250068369. SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hirofumi Mochizuki of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1275
Abstract: a system comprising a workflow construction unit configured to construct a workflow that executes actions as individual processes in a predetermined order, the workflow including a print action that is a process related to printing, by using a system coordinating with a workflow platform; a workflow execution unit configured to execute the workflow; and a print data transmission unit configured to transmit print data indicating a printed material to be printed by the print action to an image forming apparatus in a case where the print action is executed by the workflow execution unit.
Inventor(s): MASATO KOBAYASHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K15/02, G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06K15/1878
Abstract: a mechanism that causes an information processing apparatus to display a screen that accepts settings of color adjustment by executing an application program that supports general purpose printing software is provided. a non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores an application program that supports general purpose printing software capable of generating print data printable by printing apparatuses provided by a plurality of manufacturers and causing to transmit the generated print data to the printing apparatus. the application program is executed by an information processing apparatus so that a control method is executed. the control method includes causing the information processing apparatus to display a screen that accepts settings for color adjustments from a user, and causing the printing apparatus to execute color adjustments of print data generated by the general purpose printing software based on the settings that have been accepted via the screen.
Inventor(s): YOSUKE TAKADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/60, G06T5/70, H04N23/71, H04N23/72, H04N23/73, H04N23/76
CPC Code(s): G06T5/60
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a noise amount of an input image and a fluctuation amount of luminance of the input image caused by noise or developing, and a restoration unit configured to reverse degradation of the input image based on the noise amount and the fluctuation amount.
Inventor(s): TORU KOKURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/60, G06T5/70, G06T7/00, G06T7/90, H04N9/64
CPC Code(s): G06T5/60
Abstract: an image processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image generated by applying development processing to a raw image, and an estimation unit configured to convert the first image into a second image that is an image in a color space independent of a developing method and estimate a noise intensity based on the second image.
Inventor(s): HITOSHI FUKAMACHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHO SAITO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHIRO MATSUSHITA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HAJIME MUTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOZO YOSHIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/60, G06V10/98
CPC Code(s): G06T5/60
Abstract: a restored image in which degradation in an image quality has been sufficiently reduced is generated. an image processing apparatus which generates a data of a restored image to be obtained by reducing degradation in an image quality contained in an input image by a method of inference using a neural network, according to the present disclosure, estimates a degree of the degradation in the image quality contained in the input image, and determines an adjustment parameter to be used in image restoration processing of reducing the degradation in the image quality, based on the estimated degree of the degradation in the image quality.
20250069209. IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hikaru UCHIDATE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/92, G06F3/01, G06T11/60, G06V10/60
CPC Code(s): G06T5/92
Abstract: an image processing device acquires a first image that is an image of an area based on at least one of a position and an orientation of a head of a user, and a second image that is an image of an area based on at least one of the position and the orientation of the head, the second image including a portion corresponding to a portion of the first image, acquires information regarding movement of the head, generates, on a basis of the information, a third image by moving or transforming the first image and to generate a fourth image by moving or transforming the second image, and performs gradation processing on each of the third image and the fourth image, wherein in the second image processing, the gradation processing is performed on a basis of the information.
Inventor(s): Jun ODAGIRI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, G06F3/0482, G06T11/60
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0002
Abstract: an information processing apparatus obtains a plurality of captured images in which an image capturing target object is captured; displays the plurality of captured images in a display form that corresponds to a determination result of an image quality of each of the plurality of captured images; and sets an arrangement of the plurality of captured images in the display unit. in the setting, designation of an image capturing start position of the image capturing target object is received and designation of an image capturing order of the image capturing target object is received.
Inventor(s): KENTO MANNEN of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T11/60, G06T7/90
CPC Code(s): G06T11/60
Abstract: an information processing apparatus has: an editing unit configured to edit layout data including at least one image slot in which an image is arranged; a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a template including at least one image slot in which an image is arranged, during editing of the layout data; an obtaining unit configured to obtain template information of the selected template; and a determination unit configured to determine an image to be arranged in the image slot included in the selected template, from the image arranged in the currently-edited layout data, based on predetermined information relating to the currently-edited layout data and the template information.
Inventor(s): Takabumi WATANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T15/20, G06F3/01, G06T19/00, H04N13/122, H04N13/344
CPC Code(s): G06T15/20
Abstract: an information-processing apparatus according to the present invention includes one or more processors and/or circuitry configured to perform determination processing of determining a third viewpoint, and perform generation processing of generating, in a case where a second object is present in foreground of a first object when viewed from the third viewpoint, an image of a view from a first viewpoint corresponding to a left eye and an image of a view from a second viewpoint corresponding to a right eye by drawing an image of the first object in foreground of the second object.
Inventor(s): Christopher James Rosewarne of Concord (AU) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V10/771, H04N19/124
CPC Code(s): G06V10/771
Abstract: an apparatus and method of converting a sample value of feature map frame data to a tensor value. the method comprises steps of determining a sample sign and a sample magnitude of the sample value and determining an adjusted sample magnitude based on the determined sample magnitude. the method then determines a tensor magnitude based on the adjusted sample magnitude and also determines a normalised tensor magnitude based on the determined tensor magnitude. based on the normalised tensor magnitude, the method is then able to determine the tensor value.
Inventor(s): Robert FEKETE of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Miloš ZLATKOVIC of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Constantin Teodor GHERGHESCU of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Jesper HØJBJERG JAKOBSEN of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Mustafa TEMIZ of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Agnes RUPHAVATHANI JENSEN of Brøndby (DK) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G08B13/196
CPC Code(s): G08B13/19686
Abstract: a computer implemented method of privacy masking video surveillance data is provided, wherein the video surveillance data includes metadata associated with video data, the metadata describing objects or activity in the video data. a location of each item of metadata within its respective frame is compared with privacy mask data defining a position of a privacy mask in the frame; and based on the comparison, it is determined if the metadata is to be masked. the item of metadata is masked if it is determined that the item of metadata is to be masked.
Inventor(s): KENJI YAEGASHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L21/3105, G03F7/00, H01L21/02, H01L21/67
CPC Code(s): H01L21/31051
Abstract: a planarization method of repeatedly performing a planarization process a plurality of times on the same surface of a substrate is provided. the superstrate is provided with a tapered surface connecting a side end face to a flat surface forming a lower surface facing the substrate. in a second planarization process after a first planarization process, a curable material is supplied so as to cover a region of a cured film formed under the tapered surface in the first planarization process with a liquid film formed in the second planarization process.
Inventor(s): Byung-Jin Choi of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L21/67, H01L23/00
CPC Code(s): H01L21/67144
Abstract: a method for bonding chips includes receiving chip placement information including positions on one or more product substrates where chips are to be bonded, generating instructions for a chip placement device to place a plurality of chips from one or more chip sources onto one or more intermediate substrates based on the received chip placement information, receiving the one or more intermediate substrates having the plurality of chips placed thereon according to the generated instructions, and actuating a plurality of bonding heads to collectively bond a subset of chips of the plurality chips of the one or more intermediate substrates to a product substrate of the one or more product substrates. a number of chips of the subset of chips is equal to a number of bonding heads of the plurality of the heads.
Inventor(s): SETH J. BAMESBERGER of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SE-HYUK IM of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, BYUNG-JIN CHOI of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L21/683, B29C43/18, B29L31/34, H01L21/02, H01L21/3105
CPC Code(s): H01L21/6838
Abstract: a chuck assembly for holding a plate comprises a member configured to hold the plate, the member including a flexible portion configured to have a central opening, and a first cavity formed by the flexible portion, wherein the plate is held by the flexible portion by reducing pressure in the first cavity, a light-transmitting member covering the central opening of the member, and a fluid path in communication with a second cavity defined by the member, the plate held by the member and the light-transmitting member for pressurizing the second cavity.
Inventor(s): Byung-Jin Choi of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L23/00
CPC Code(s): H01L24/83
Abstract: a method for bonding chips includes actuating a first bonding head to apply a first force to a first chip while the first chip is contacting a bonding surface, thereby partially bonding the first chip to the bonding surface, actuating a second bonding head to apply a second force to a second chip while the second chip is contacting the bonding surface, thereby partially bonding the second chip to the bonding surface, and collectively actuating the first bonding head and the second bonding head to apply a third force to the first chip and the second chip such that the first chip and the second chip are completely bonded to the bonding surface. a magnitude of the third force is larger than a magnitude of the first force and a magnitude of the second force.
Inventor(s): HIROFUMI HONDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02P23/14, G02B7/02
CPC Code(s): H02P23/14
Abstract: a control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to generate target position information on a motor, acquire rotational position information on the motor, generate a drive signal of the motor according to a shift amount between the target position information and the rotational position information, and set an origin for coordinates of the rotational position information according to a difference between a center value of a fluctuation amount of the rotational position information and a fluctuation amount of the rotational position information.
Inventor(s): Hirohiko Inohiza of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L27/26, H04L5/00, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04L27/2602
Abstract: a physical layer (phy) that includes a legacy short training field (l-stf), a legacy long training field (l-ltf), a legacy signal field (l-sig), an extremely high throughput signal a field (eht-sig-a), an extremely high throughput signal b field (eht-sig-b) including a field of four or more bits indicating the number of space-time streams, an eht short training field (eht-stf), and an eht long training field (eht-ltf) in this order is used.
Inventor(s): TAKUYA USHINOHAMA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L51/10, G06Q10/1093
CPC Code(s): H04L51/10
Abstract: an image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a scanning unit configured to scan an original to generate image data; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about participants in an online meeting from an online meeting service; a determination unit configured to determine a recipient based on the acquired information; and a sending unit configured to send the generated image data to the recipient determined by the determination unit.
Inventor(s): HIKARU SUGITA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00212
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories, cooperating to scan an image of a document and generate image data, transmit the generated image data to a destination specified by a user, accept a designation of a channel of a chat service, and transmit information about the designated channel and the generated image data to a server that provides the chat service, in response to the transmitting of the image data to the destination.
Inventor(s): ISAO MIGISHIMA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00244
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a scan instruction, an acceptance unit configured to accept an instruction from a user, a scan unit configured to scan a document based on the scan instruction to generate image data, a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated image data, a setting unit configured to enable a setting requiring that the acceptance unit accepts the instruction from the user to scan the document by the scan unit based on the scan instruction, a registration unit configured to perform registration processing for the transmission unit to transmit the generated image data to a cloud server, and a display unit configured to display information for urging the user to enable the setting based on that the registration processing is performed.
Inventor(s): YOSHITAKA HATA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00477
Abstract: an image processing apparatus comprising a light emission control unit configured to control a mode of a light emitting unit configured to emit light, wherein the light emission control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light in a color corresponding to a first mode when the image processing apparatus operates in the first mode upon receiving an instruction from a specific application.
20250071220. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Katsuya Nakama of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00482
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on each of media; a plurality of sheet feeding cassettes each configured to store the media; a media sensor which is provided on a conveyance path through which the media are fed from any of the plurality of sheet feeding cassettes to the image forming unit, and is configured to detect a type of the conveyed media; a memory configured to store, for each sheet feeding cassette, the type of media stored in each of the plurality of sheet feeding cassettes; and a controller configured to output, to a display, a selection screen for selecting a sheet feeding cassette in which media to be used in calibration of adjusting a density of the image to be formed by the image forming unit are stored.
Inventor(s): Yoshiro Tachibana of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00, B65H29/14, H04N1/387
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00718
Abstract: in a case where a skew of a document being conveyed is detected by a detection unit, an image reading apparatus notifies that documents having different sheet widths may be included in documents stacked on a stacking unit.
Inventor(s): TAKAHIRO ONO of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYUKI FUKUSHIMA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUKI MATSUO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA YASUDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMA TACHIBANA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIYUKI MITAMURA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA MATSUMOTO of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA URITA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIKAZU HISHINUMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKATSUGU NAKAMURA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YU HASHIMOTO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/12
CPC Code(s): H04N1/123
Abstract: an image reading apparatus includes a transparent member including a document placing surface on which a document is placed, a document pressing portion that presses the document placed on the transparent member against the transparent member, a pivot supporting portion that pivotably supports the document pressing portion so as to be pivotable about a pivot shaft with respect to a casing of the image reading apparatus, an image reading unit, an abutment portion against which an edge portion of the document placed on the document placing surface is abutted in order to position the document at a reference position, and an inclined surface. the abutment portion is provided at one portion of a front end on a side far from the pivot supporting portion. the inclined surface is provided at another portion of the front end and inclined upward toward the side far from the pivot supporting portion.
Inventor(s): YUKARI AKIYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/21, H04N1/44
CPC Code(s): H04N1/217
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate second image data by executing masking processing on first image data, an obtaining unit configured to separately obtain a designation of a first storage destination and a designation of a second storage destination from a user, and a storing unit configured to store the first image data in the first storage destination and the second image data in the second storage destination.
Inventor(s): Ritsuto Sako of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/23, H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/2392
Abstract: a printing device executes printing on the basis of print data obtained from a server that receives a notification of a state of the printing device and returns a response indicating an upper limit is exceeded when the notification of the state of the printing device is made at a frequency exceeding the upper limit. the printing device sends to the server the notification of the state of the printing device in accordance with progress of the printing; receives from the server a response to the notification of the state sent; and determines when a print job is completed and the printing device has entered an idle state, whether a print job to be processed consecutively is present, and if present, controlling the sending to not send the notification of the state of the printing device.
Inventor(s): Hiroyuki Sakai of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/405, G06K15/02
CPC Code(s): H04N1/4052
Abstract: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for making it possible to extend a function of a general-purpose program which can be commonly used for printing apparatuses of a plurality of makers when printing is performed. an extension program causes the printing apparatus to execute halftone processing for generating image data which is provided for a printed matter to be printed based on print data generated by the general-purpose program and expresses halftone on the printed matter.
Inventor(s): YASUHIRO HOSODA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MAYUMI SHIBAO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KYOHEI TAKEDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKI NARITA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/44, G03G15/00, H04N1/32
CPC Code(s): H04N1/4433
Abstract: an image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal having an authentication function transmits, to the terminal, verification data for performing user authentication for the image forming apparatus, receives, from the terminal, signature data obtained by encrypting the verification data using a secret key corresponding to authentication in the authentication function of the terminal, based on execution of the authentication, and performs verification of the received signature data using the verification data and a public key corresponding to the secret key, wherein, in a case where the verification has succeeded, a function that is premised on the user authentication is provided.
Inventor(s): TAKASHI NAKAMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOUTA MURASAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKITOSHI YAMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIKO NAKATANI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIDETSUGU KAGAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/60
CPC Code(s): H04N1/6025
Abstract: an image processing apparatus obtains image data that is defined as a first color gamut, transforms the image data into image data that is defined as a second color gamut, using color transformation information, and when, as a result of transformation, a first pair of color values included in the image data is transformed into a second pair of color values that have a color difference that is not perceived as different colors, generates second color transformation information such that the first pair of color values is transformed into a third pair of color values that have a color difference that is perceived as different colors as a result of transformation using the second color transformation information. a saturation difference of the third pair of color values is larger than a saturation difference of the second pair of color values.
Inventor(s): Akihito TAKETANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N13/194, H04N13/156, H04N13/167, H04N13/178, H04N13/398
CPC Code(s): H04N13/194
Abstract: a display device including a control communication section configured to perform communication with an external apparatus, and a display section configured to display an image. image data of an image to be displayed on the display unit is acquired from the external apparatus via a network. a video correction section corrects an image to be displayed on the display unit. metadata of information concerning an operating state and a communication state of the display device is generated and transmitted to the external apparatus in a state attached to data to be transmitted to the external apparatus.
Inventor(s): Kohei SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Keisuke MATSUNO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N17/00, H04N23/58, H04N23/69, H04N23/695, H04N23/71
CPC Code(s): H04N17/002
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes an imaging element; a mechanism capable of changing a relative position between the imaging element and an object image; a deterioration degree estimation unit that estimates a degree of deterioration through time for each region of the imaging element; a luminance value acquisition unit that acquires a luminance value of a screen corresponding to a first region that is the region in which the degree exceeds a predetermined first threshold, as a first luminance value; a control amount calculation unit that calculates, in a case where the first luminance value exceeds a predetermined first luminance value in a luminance value distribution of an entire screen corresponding to the imaging element, a first control amount of the mechanism in which an object having the predetermined first luminance value or less is allocated to the first region based on the luminance value distribution; and a system control unit that controls the mechanism based on the first control amount.
Inventor(s): Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naël OUEDRAOGO of Val d'Anast (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of Rennes (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/70, H04N19/174
CPC Code(s): H04N19/70
Abstract: there is described a method of decoding video data from a bitstream. the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to one or more slices. the decoding comprises parsing the syntax elements, and not permitting use of a subpicture and/or parsing of subpicture information in combination with at least one syntax element that indicates that a picture to be decoded contains only one slice. the bitstream is decoded using said syntax elements.
Inventor(s): Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naël OUEDRAOGO of Val d'Anast (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/70, H04N19/174
CPC Code(s): H04N19/70
Abstract: there is described a method of decoding video data from a bitstream. the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to one or more slices. the decoding comprises parsing the syntax elements, and not permitting use of a subpicture and/or parsing of subpicture information in combination with at least one syntax element that indicates that a picture to be decoded contains only one slice. the bitstream is decoded using said syntax elements.
Inventor(s): Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naël OUEDRAOGO of Val d'Anast (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/70, H04N19/174
CPC Code(s): H04N19/70
Abstract: there is described a method of decoding video data from a bitstream. the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to one or more slices. the decoding comprises parsing the syntax elements, and not permitting use of a subpicture and/or parsing of subpicture information in combination with at least one syntax element that indicates that a picture to be decoded contains only one slice. the bitstream is decoded using said syntax elements.
Inventor(s): Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naël OUEDRAOGO of Val d'Anast (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/70, H04N19/174
CPC Code(s): H04N19/70
Abstract: there is described a method of decoding video data from a bitstream. the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to one or more slices. the decoding comprises parsing the syntax elements, and not permitting use of a subpicture and/or parsing of subpicture information in combination with at least one syntax element that indicates that a picture to be decoded contains only one slice. the bitstream is decoded using said syntax elements.
Inventor(s): Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naël OUEDRAOGO of Val d'Anast (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/70, H04N19/174
CPC Code(s): H04N19/70
Abstract: there is described a method of decoding video data from a bitstream. the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to one or more slices. the decoding comprises parsing the syntax elements, and not permitting use of a subpicture and/or parsing of subpicture information in combination with at least one syntax element that indicates that a picture to be decoded contains only one slice. the bitstream is decoded using said syntax elements.
Inventor(s): KEI TAMAGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/62, H04N23/661
CPC Code(s): H04N23/631
Abstract: an information processing apparatus that provides an image received from an external apparatus to an external service in accordance with an instruction of a post by a user, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain shooting information supplementary to the image received from the external apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the shooting information and information about the external service serving as a providing destination of the image, a message representing a shooting setting of the image in a form suited to the post to the external service serving as the providing destination; and a providing unit configured to associate the image and the message, and provide the image and the message to the external service serving as the providing destination.
Inventor(s): NAO ASANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/661, H04N23/667, H04N23/67
CPC Code(s): H04N23/661
Abstract: a control system in which an image capturing apparatus is controlled by a plurality of control apparatuses, wherein each control apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with the image capturing apparatus, a first instruction unit that outputs an instruction to start or stop an autofocus operation, and a second instruction unit that outputs an instruction to start or stop a shooting operation. the image capturing apparatus includes a second communication unit, an image capturing device, an optical imaging system, and a control unit. when the instruction to start the shooting operation is first received from any one control apparatus, the control unit performs control to start the shooting operation, and continue the shooting operation until the instruction to stop the shooting operation is received from all of the control apparatuses.
Inventor(s): KAZUTO SUZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/667, H04N13/239, H04N13/344
CPC Code(s): H04N23/667
Abstract: an accessory apparatus attachable to an image pickup apparatus includes a first optical system, a second optical system arranged in parallel with the first optical system; and a processor configured to control the first optical system and the second optical system. the processor has a first mode for simultaneously driving the first optical system and the second optical system, and a second mode for independently driving the first optical system and the second optical system. the processor is configured to vary a timing of changing from the first mode to the second mode according to an imaging state.
Inventor(s): Toshihiko Mimura of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/80, G06F16/23, G06F16/58, G06K7/10, H04N7/18
CPC Code(s): H04N23/80
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing portion, a controller to perform image processing to obtain a feature value from image data, and a storage device to accumulate the image data. in an image capturing period of capturing an image of the target object by the image capturing portion, the controller transmits a result of the image processing to a data management server while accumulating the captured image data the storage device, while in an image capturing suspension period of not performing image capturing, the controller transmits the image data accumulated in the storage device to the data management server.
Inventor(s): KAZUHIRO MORIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI SEKINE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/68, H01L27/142, H01L27/146, H01L31/02
CPC Code(s): H04N25/68
Abstract: a processing apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing first array data that is based on output values of a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, a second storage unit having second array data stored therein to be used for correction of the output values from the plurality of pixels, and a correction unit including a calculation unit that corrects an output value of at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels based on the first array data and the second array data.
Inventor(s): Hideo Kobayashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, So Hasegawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/709, G05F1/573, H04N25/44, H04N25/441, H04N25/443, H04N25/445, H04N25/447, H04N25/531, H04N25/63, H04N25/671, H04N25/75
CPC Code(s): H04N25/709
Abstract: an apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, a first group of pixels that are arranged in a first direction among the plurality of pixels, a first line to which the first group is connected, a second group of pixels that are arranged in the first direction among the plurality of pixels, and a second line to which the second group is connected. the first line is connected to a first source. the second line is connected to a second source. the apparatus further includes a control unit configured to: (1) perform control to increase a current flowing through the second source while performing control to decrease a current flowing through the first source, or (2) suppress a variation of total amount of flowing current by changing the current flowing through the second source in response to a change in the current flowing through the first source.
Inventor(s): TOSHIYA KONDOH of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUMPEI ASHIDA of Cupertino CA (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/77, H04N25/50, H04N25/707
CPC Code(s): H04N25/77
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including at least one pixel region for which an exposure time is set, the at least one pixel region including a plurality of counting pixels each to output a pixel signal corresponding to a counted value of the number of photons incident during a given exposure time, and a control unit to control the exposure time of the pixel array. the at least one pixel region includes a detection unit to detect an event indicating a change in the pixel signals, and a selection unit to select one of the counting pixels included in the at least one pixel region as a first counting pixel connected to the detection unit. in a case where the event is detected, the control unit determines a length of the exposure time of the at least one pixel region.
Inventor(s): Hideo Kobayashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, So Hasegawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/772, H01L27/146, H04N25/75
CPC Code(s): H04N25/772
Abstract: a circuit substrate to be laminated on another substrate includes a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of input portions respectively connected to the plurality of signal lines, and each configured to receive a signal from an outside of the circuit substrate, a plurality of signal processing circuits respectively connected to the plurality of input portions via the plurality of signal lines, and a plurality of transistors configured to supply a predetermined voltage to the plurality of signal lines in a state where no signal is input to the plurality of input portions from the outside. a part of the plurality of transistors is connected to a first control line, and another part of the plurality of transistors is connected to a second control line different from the first control line.
Inventor(s): ATSUSHI MINAKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W4/50, H04W36/08
CPC Code(s): H04W4/50
Abstract: a communication device comprises: at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor that executes the instructions. the instructions, when executed, causing the communication device to perform operations comprising: receiving, from another communication device by wireless communication, a setting request to request provision of a communication parameter used for connection to a wireless network; deciding priorities for respective communication parameters to be provided to the other communication device; and transmitting, to the other communication device based on the decided priorities, a setting response to the setting request. the transmitted setting response includes the communication parameters in a form in which upon receiving the setting response, the other communication device can specify the priorities for the respective communication parameters.
Inventor(s): Julien SEVIN of SAINT AUBIN DU CORMIER (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Stéphane BARON of LE RHEU (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice NEZOU of LIFFRE (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W12/02, H04W12/041, H04W12/61, H04W92/10
CPC Code(s): H04W12/02
Abstract: the present invention relates to method for changing the value of one or more privacy parameters, such as a mac address, of target stations within a bss, at both an ap station and a non-ap station associated with the ap station. the two stations share a pseudo-random function to generate the new values of the privacy parameters from a shared key and a shared parameter whose value varies over time. the methods comprise for each station: obtaining the shared key and parameter value; communicating, with the other station, a request for changing the values of the privacy parameters at a target time; calculating the new values by using the shared key and the current value of the shared parameter as inputs of the shared function; and replacing, in a registry, the current values of the privacy parameters of the target station by the calculated new values at the target time.
Inventor(s): PASCAL VIGER of JANZE (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, STÉPHANE BARON of LE RHEU (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, PATRICE NEZOU of LIFFRE (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W72/566, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0263
Abstract: to easy the triggering by an ap mld of uplink communications of low latency streams from non-ap mld, the invention proposes that a local traffic stream be identified using a stream classification service, scs. the local scs traffic stream is mapped onto a target tid which was previously mapped with an impacted up. the local scs stream is preferably assigned to an alternate queue of an ac. said impacted up is also mapped onto a fallback tid, corresponding to the primary queue of the same ac. the scs stream is advertised to the ap using a scs request frame. conventional fields can be used. a trigger frame from an affiliated ap of the ap mld may then provide resource units to an affiliated non-ap station dedicated to the target tid, hence specific to the low latency scs stream.
Inventor(s): Taiga Onda of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W36/08, H04W36/22, H04W76/20, H04W88/08
CPC Code(s): H04W36/087
Abstract: a communication apparatus operating as an iab donor configured to communicate with a first iab node in a mobile communication system, comprises: a detection unit that detects a second iab node different from the first iab node; and a transmission unit that transmits, in accordance with detection of the second iab node by the detection unit, a handover request for handing over user equipment connected to the first iab node to the second iab node.
Inventor(s): Pascal LAGRANGE of La Chapelle des Fougeretz (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Pierre VISA of Rennes (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W40/12, H04W28/086, H04W40/24, H04W40/34
CPC Code(s): H04W40/12
Abstract: methods for use in a process for migrating traffic from a source iab topology to a target iab topology are disclosed. each of the source iab topology and the target iab topology comprises a donor cu. a method at a source donor cu of the source iab topology comprises sending, to a target donor cu, a migration request including at least one item of traffic migration information, each item of the at least one item of traffic migration information for indicating resource requirements for traffic to be migrated from the source iab topology to the target iab topology, and including an identifier for use in uniquely identifying the respective item of traffic migration information and the traffic to be migrated; receiving, from the target donor cu, a migration response including at least one identifier for use in uniquely identifying traffic that has been accepted by the target donor cu.
Inventor(s): AKIHISA KINOSHITA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W40/22, H04W28/20, H04W84/04
CPC Code(s): H04W40/22
Abstract: a communication apparatus that operates as an iab node connected to one of an iab donor and a communication path formed by the iab donor in a relay transmission network complying with integrated access and backhaul (iab) regulations transmits a message for causing the iab node connected to the communication path to set a network slice.
Inventor(s): Hajime Shimura of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W52/24, H04B17/318, H04W48/06, H04W52/26, H04W52/30, H04W72/044, H04W72/0453, H04W74/0808, H04W74/0816, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W52/245
Abstract: a communication device includes transmitting means for transmitting a signal in one or more frequency bands of a frequency channel including a plurality of frequency bands, identifying means for identifying occupancy of the plurality of frequency bands, and control means for controlling transmission power for transmitting the signal from the transmitting means, on the basis of an identification result obtained by the identifying means.
20250071934. IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Kentaro Watanabe of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kenji Ishii of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takashi Yoshida of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H05K7/20
CPC Code(s): H05K7/20145
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element, a first circuit board to mount the image capturing element on the first circuit board, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a fan, and a first flexible board electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board. the image capturing element moves within a movable range in a direction different from an optical axis direction. the first flexible board is bent in an area that overlaps with the movable range of the image capturing element in the optical axis direction. when viewed from a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, an orientation of an exhaust opening of the fan is arranged toward an inner surface of a bending portion of the first flexible board closest to the first circuit board at a center position of the movable range of the image capturing element.
Inventor(s): Ayman Tarek Abdelghafar of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L31/107, H01L27/146, H01L31/02
CPC Code(s): H01L31/107
Abstract: photoelectric conversion device incudes first region of first conductivity type arranged in semiconductor layer having first second surfaces, second region of second conductivity type arranged between the second surface and the first region and forming avalanche photodiode, separation region of the second conductivity type arranged between the first and second surfaces to surround the second region, contact region of the second conductivity type contacted to the separation region, first contact plug connected to the first region, and second contact plug connected to the contact region. the second region has shape of rectangle, and the second contact plug is arranged in diagonal direction of the rectangle. distance between center of the first contact plug and center of the second contact plug is larger than distance between center of the second region and the center of the second contact plug.
Inventor(s): Yusuke Onuki of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Junji Iwata of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yasushi Matsuno of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hajime Ikeda of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146, B60R11/04
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14623
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate having a first semiconductor device layer including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a well, and a second substrate having a second semiconductor device layer including a circuit configured to process signals obtained by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, wherein the first and second substrates are laminated together, wherein the first semiconductor device layer includes an effective pixel region, an optical black pixel region, and an outer periphery region, wherein, in a planar view, a light-blocking region formed by a light-blocking layer overlaps the optical black pixel region, and the light-blocking region does not overlap the outer periphery region, wherein the outer periphery region has a charge draining region including a semiconductor region of the same conductivity type as a signal charge, and wherein a fixed potential is supplied to the charge draining region.
Inventor(s): CHIHIRO MIDORIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOUICHI FUKAYA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10N30/00, B41J2/045, H10N30/076, H10N30/077, H10N30/082, H10N30/87, H10N30/88
CPC Code(s): H10N30/704
Abstract: provided is a piezoelectric element that includes a substrate having a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode, in that order, and an insulating film that covers at least a side surface of the piezoelectric film, wherein one of the side surfaces of the piezoelectric film has a plurality of step portions, each of the plurality of step portions has a first side surface and a second side surface, an angle of inclination of the first side surface with respect to an upper surface of the substrate is different from an angle of inclination of the second side surface with respect to the upper surface of the substrate, and an angle between the first side surface and the second side surface is 90� or more.
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on February 27th, 2025
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- A61B1/00
- A61B1/005
- B25J9/10
- B25J18/06
- CPC A61B1/00006
- Canon kabushiki kaisha
- B08B7/00
- B08B11/00
- G03F7/00
- CPC B08B7/0028
- B24B37/24
- B24B37/22
- CPC B24B37/24
- B25J9/16
- B25J13/08
- B25J19/00
- CPC B25J9/163
- B41J2/14
- B41J2/16
- CPC B41J2/14
- CPC B41J2/14233
- CPC B41J2/1623
- B41J2/175
- CPC B41J2/17513
- B41J29/02
- B41J29/13
- CPC B41J2/1752
- CPC B41J2/17553
- B41J2/165
- B41J2/185
- B41J2/19
- CPC B41J2/17559
- B41J2/45
- H05B45/14
- CPC B41J2/45
- B41J2/47
- B41J2/44
- G02B26/12
- G03G15/04
- G03G15/041
- CPC B41J2/471
- B41J29/46
- CPC B41J29/46
- B65H1/02
- CPC B65H1/02
- C12M3/06
- C12M1/00
- CPC C12M27/16
- G01L1/04
- CPC G01L1/04
- G01N27/30
- G01N27/333
- CPC G01N27/307
- G01S7/481
- G01S17/931
- CPC G01S7/4816
- G01S17/89
- G01S17/04
- H04N25/46
- CPC G01S17/89
- G02B9/34
- CPC G02B9/34
- G02B15/14
- H04N13/239
- CPC G02B15/1425
- G03B17/14
- CPC G03B17/14
- G03B17/56
- H04N23/55
- H04N23/663
- CPC G03B17/561
- G03G15/02
- G03G15/043
- G03G15/06
- G03G15/16
- CPC G03G15/0266
- G03G15/08
- G03G21/18
- CPC G03G15/0808
- CPC G03G15/0877
- G03G15/01
- CPC G03G15/0882
- G03G15/20
- CPC G03G15/2017
- CPC G03G15/2042
- G03G15/00
- B65H1/04
- CPC G03G15/5029
- CPC G03G15/5033
- B05D7/26
- CPC G03G15/5041
- G03G21/20
- CPC G03G15/556
- CPC G03G15/6585
- G03G21/00
- G03G21/10
- CPC G03G21/0088
- G03G21/16
- CPC G03G21/1609
- C08J9/00
- CPC G03G21/1814
- G06F3/01
- CPC G06F3/013
- G06F3/04845
- G06F3/0482
- CPC G06F3/04845
- G06F3/12
- H04W84/12
- CPC G06F3/1203
- B41J29/00
- CPC G06F3/121
- CPC G06F3/126
- CPC G06F3/1275
- G06K15/02
- CPC G06K15/1878
- G06T5/60
- G06T5/70
- H04N23/71
- H04N23/72
- H04N23/73
- H04N23/76
- CPC G06T5/60
- G06T7/00
- G06T7/90
- H04N9/64
- G06V10/98
- G06T5/92
- G06T11/60
- G06V10/60
- CPC G06T5/92
- CPC G06T7/0002
- CPC G06T11/60
- G06T15/20
- G06T19/00
- H04N13/122
- H04N13/344
- CPC G06T15/20
- G06V10/771
- H04N19/124
- CPC G06V10/771
- G08B13/196
- CPC G08B13/19686
- H01L21/3105
- H01L21/02
- H01L21/67
- CPC H01L21/31051
- H01L23/00
- CPC H01L21/67144
- H01L21/683
- B29C43/18
- B29L31/34
- CPC H01L21/6838
- CPC H01L24/83
- H02P23/14
- G02B7/02
- CPC H02P23/14
- H04L27/26
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04L27/2602
- H04L51/10
- G06Q10/1093
- CPC H04L51/10
- H04N1/00
- CPC H04N1/00212
- CPC H04N1/00244
- CPC H04N1/00477
- CPC H04N1/00482
- B65H29/14
- H04N1/387
- CPC H04N1/00718
- H04N1/12
- CPC H04N1/123
- H04N1/21
- H04N1/44
- CPC H04N1/217
- H04N1/23
- CPC H04N1/2392
- H04N1/405
- CPC H04N1/4052
- H04N1/32
- CPC H04N1/4433
- H04N1/60
- CPC H04N1/6025
- H04N13/194
- H04N13/156
- H04N13/167
- H04N13/178
- H04N13/398
- CPC H04N13/194
- H04N17/00
- H04N23/58
- H04N23/69
- H04N23/695
- CPC H04N17/002
- H04N19/70
- H04N19/174
- CPC H04N19/70
- H04N23/63
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/661
- CPC H04N23/631
- H04N23/667
- H04N23/67
- CPC H04N23/661
- CPC H04N23/667
- H04N23/80
- G06F16/23
- G06F16/58
- G06K7/10
- H04N7/18
- CPC H04N23/80
- H04N25/68
- H01L27/142
- H01L27/146
- H01L31/02
- CPC H04N25/68
- H04N25/709
- G05F1/573
- H04N25/44
- H04N25/441
- H04N25/443
- H04N25/445
- H04N25/447
- H04N25/531
- H04N25/63
- H04N25/671
- H04N25/75
- CPC H04N25/709
- H04N25/77
- H04N25/50
- H04N25/707
- CPC H04N25/77
- H04N25/772
- CPC H04N25/772
- H04W4/50
- H04W36/08
- CPC H04W4/50
- H04W12/02
- H04W12/041
- H04W12/61
- H04W92/10
- CPC H04W12/02
- H04W28/02
- H04W72/566
- CPC H04W28/0263
- H04W36/22
- H04W76/20
- H04W88/08
- CPC H04W36/087
- H04W40/12
- H04W28/086
- H04W40/24
- H04W40/34
- CPC H04W40/12
- H04W40/22
- H04W28/20
- H04W84/04
- CPC H04W40/22
- H04W52/24
- H04B17/318
- H04W48/06
- H04W52/26
- H04W52/30
- H04W72/044
- H04W72/0453
- H04W74/0808
- H04W74/0816
- CPC H04W52/245
- H05K7/20
- CPC H05K7/20145
- H01L31/107
- CPC H01L31/107
- B60R11/04
- CPC H01L27/14623
- H10N30/00
- B41J2/045
- H10N30/076
- H10N30/077
- H10N30/082
- H10N30/87
- H10N30/88
- CPC H10N30/704
