CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on April 18th, 2024
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on April 18th, 2024
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 51 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of G03G15/20 (5), G03G15/00 (4), C09D11/38 (4), G03B15/05 (4), G06T5/50 (4)
With keywords such as: unit, apparatus, image, information, configured, member, processing, setting, direction, and portion in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): NAOYUKI KAMANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNICHIRO IRI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKANOBU MANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/16, B41J2/14
Abstract: a method of manufacturing a liquid discharging head includes preparing a wafer provided with an element and a discharge port formation member on a front surface of the wafer, forming a recessed portion in a rear surface of the wafer, attaching the rear surface of the wafer and a dicing tape, cutting the wafer along cutting lines to form an element board, and connecting an electric wiring board and a terminal of the element board. the element board includes a discharge port formation member having a discharge port for discharging liquid and includes the element to supply energy to the discharge port for liquid discharge. the recessed portion is formed at a location corresponding to the cutting lines, and an area of a region where the terminal overlaps the recessed portion is smaller than an area of a region where the terminal does not overlap the recessed portion.
20240123734.LIQUID CONTAINER AND PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROSHI YAMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
Abstract: there is provided a liquid container having increased usability over conventional art. the liquid container includes a main body including a storage chamber storing liquid and a nozzle projecting from the main body. in the nozzle, first, second, and third flow paths are formed. the first flow path brings the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a first opening formed on an edge face constituting a leading edge of the nozzle. the second and third flow paths bring the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a second opening and a third opening formed on the edge face, respectively. in a case where the edge face is viewed from the perpendicular direction of the edge face, the centroid of the third opening is not located on a line connecting the centers of gravity of the first and second openings.
Inventor(s): YUKO NEGISHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, EIICHI NAKATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAO ISHIJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, C09D11/104, C09D11/38
Abstract: provided is an ink jet recording method which can record an image excellent in abrasion resistance and in which an ink after storage is excellent in filter passability. the ink jet recording method includes ejecting an aqueous ink to a recording medium to record an image with an ink jet recording apparatus including: the aqueous ink; an ink storage bag configured to store the aqueous ink; and a recording head of an ink jet system configured to eject the aqueous ink. the recording head includes, in an inside thereof, a filter configured to pass the aqueous ink therethrough. the aqueous ink contains a pigment, a wax, a dispersant for dispersing the wax and a resin particle.
Inventor(s): TOMOHIRO YAMASHITA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MINAKO KAWABE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41M5/00, C09D11/322, C09D11/38
Abstract: provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet capable of recording an image, which has abrasion resistance required in a commercial printing field and an industrial printing field and which is suppressed from being changed in glossy feeling when recorded matters are loaded and their recorded surfaces are rubbed against each other. the aqueous ink for ink jet includes a wax, (i) a nonionic dispersant for dispersing the wax and (ii) an anionic dispersant for dispersing the wax. the nonionic dispersant is a compound represented by the general formula (1) and has a hlb value of 9.0 or more to 18.0 or less. the anionic dispersant is a compound having at least one kind of anionic group selected from the group consisting of: a sulfonic acid group; a carboxylic acid group; and a phosphoric acid group.
Inventor(s): YOSHINOBU IIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60R1/25, H04N7/18, H04N23/90
Abstract: a display system comprising a opposite lane side camera that is disposed on an opposite lane side of a vehicle and capable of capturing at least a forward direction of the vehicle and a monitor control unit configured to cause a monitor to display an image in at least the forward direction captured by the opposite lane side camera in an opposite lane side turn ready state of the vehicle.
Inventor(s): Soya FUJIMORI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B60W30/165, B60W30/14
Abstract: a control apparatus is configured to control driving of a caravan of vehicles on a same lane by communication. the control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect that a target vehicle driving in a lane next to the caravan is putting blinker, and change at least one distance between the vehicles in the caravan in a case where it is detected that the target vehicle is putting blinker.
Inventor(s): KAZUYA NUSHIRO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIHIDE AIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA KURIYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASANORI YOSHIDA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C09D11/326, C09D11/107
Abstract: provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet capable of recording an image that is excellent in abrasion resistance immediately after recording and glossiness. the aqueous ink for ink jet includes: a coloring material dispersed by an action of an anionic group, a resin particle and a wax particle dispersed by a dispersant. a resin for forming the resin particle includes a unit having a cyano group and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter dof the wax particle is larger than a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter dof the coloring material and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter dof the resin particle.
20240125933.RANGING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): MASASHI NIWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01S17/14, G01S7/48, G01S7/4861, G01S7/4865, G01S7/497, G01S17/931
Abstract: a ranging device includes: a pulse generation unit configured to generate a signal including a pulse based on incident light; a first decoder unit configured to generate a first frequency distribution having a first class width based on the time count value and the number of pulses; a second decoder unit configured to generate a second frequency distribution having a second class width narrower than the first class width based on the time count value and the number of pulses; a first ambient light information generation unit configured to generate first ambient light information based on the first frequency distribution; and a distance calculation unit configured to calculate distance information based on the second frequency distribution.
Inventor(s): Yasufumi YAMAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B7/10, G02B27/64
Abstract: a control apparatus is configured to control a rotationally driving apparatus that includes a rotationally driving unit configured to rotate a movable unit including an optical system relative to a support unit. the control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire an optical state of the optical system, determine a driving range based on a margin angle and a rotation angle which is an angle from an initial position to a position where the movable unit interferes with the support unit, and control the rotationally driving unit using the driving range. the margin angle is changed according to the optical state.
Inventor(s): TATSUO TAKATORI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B15/05, H04N23/56, H04N23/60, H04N23/62, H04N23/667
Abstract: an accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes at least one processor to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an image capturing mode of the image pickup apparatus to which the accessory is attached, a setting unit configured to set a setting value of a predetermined item, and a detection unit configured to detect an activation state of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the setting unit sets a predetermined setting value as the setting value of the predetermined item in a case where the acquired information indicates a first image capturing mode, and the setting unit sets the setting value of the predetermined item to be changeable from the predetermined setting value in a case where the activation state is detected as a non-activated state while the predetermined setting value is set as the setting value of the predetermined item.
Inventor(s): YOSHINOBU OKANO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/56, G03B15/05
Abstract: a shoe device having a holding member and a support member is attachable to and detachable from an accessory shoe device provided in an electronic device in a first direction, and in which a plurality of contacts to be electrically connected to the electronic device is arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. the holding member holds the plurality of contacts. the support member supports the plurality of contacts in the first direction. each of the plurality of contacts is formed with a tip end portion that is exposed in a third direction orthogonal to the first and the second directions with respect to the holding member and comes into contact with the electronic device, and is formed with a bending portion that is connected to the tip end portion and is convex in the third direction. the support member supports the bending portion.
Inventor(s): Kenichi Kobayashi of Utsunomiya-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tatsuya Arakawa of Saitama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F7/00
Abstract: an imprint apparatus executes imprint processing of curing imprint material in a state in which the imprint material supplied onto a substrate and a mold are in contact with each other. the imprint apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate incident light, a first optical system configured to guide first light from a first light source to the modulator, and second light from a second light source that has a wavelength different from that of the first light to the modulator, and a second optical system configured to guide modulated light modulated by the modulator to the substrate.
Inventor(s): JUN MOIZUMI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F7/00
Abstract: an apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an adjustment unit for adjusting imaging characteristics of an optical system. in a period spanning a plurality of lots, the control unit measures imaging characteristics of the optical system, and decides a prediction coefficient in a prediction formula to fit the prediction formula to measurement data obtained by the measurement in the period spanning the plurality of lots. the prediction formula is a polynomial function including a term representing a change in measurement value of the imaging characteristics caused by changing at least one of an illumination mode and an original between lots. the control unit decides the term of the polynomial function such that a fitting residual falls within an allowable range.
Inventor(s): RYO SUZUKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NOBUAKI SUZUKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/01, G03G15/00, G03G15/10
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image with toner, a halftone processor configured to convert image data by performing halftone processing, a first determining unit configured to determine a first toner consumption amount for each page based on the image data, a second determining unit configured to determine a second toner consumption amount for each page based on the converted image data, a print percentage calculator configured to calculate a print percentage for one page based on the first toner consumption amount, a notifying unit configured to notify a remaining amount of the toner of the image forming unit based on the first toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is larger than a threshold and the second toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is equal to or smaller than the threshold.
Inventor(s): Sohta Sugimoto of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Shinichi Nishida of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroyuki Munetsugu of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Goshi Ozaki of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Mitsuhiro Sato of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masahiro Suetsugu of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08
Abstract: a developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. the developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. the accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. an opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.
20240126193.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
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.
20240126194.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): 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, YUSUKE YAMAGUCHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOHEI TSUZAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI MIYAMOTO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUHARU TORATANI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
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 extending along a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member perpendicular to a recording material feeding direction.
20240126195.FIXING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): FUYUKO KOYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENICHI OGAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
Abstract: a fixing apparatus to fix a toner image to a printing material while nipping and conveying the printing material at a fixing nip includes a film, a guide member, a nip-forming member in a recess of the guide member, a roller, a support member, and a moving mechanism. the guide member in an inner space of the film guides film rotation. the roller is in contact with a film outer circumferential surface. the roller sandwiches the film with the nip-forming member to form the fixing nip. when disposed in the recess, the nip-forming member is movable in a direction parallel to a conveying direction of the printing material. the support member is fixed to an end of the nip-forming member in a longitudinal direction. the moving mechanism moves the support member relative to the guide member in the direction parallel to the conveying direction.
20240126196.FIXING BELT AND HEAT FIXING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROKI MURAMATSU of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIAKI KOBAYASHI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOYO MIYAKAI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYO ISHIFUJI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
Abstract: a fixing belt having an endless shape includes a base layer having an endless shape, an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the base layer, and a surface layer on an outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer, the elastic layer containing a rubber and fillers dispersed in the rubber, the fillers containing heat conductive fillers, an entire thickness of the elastic layer is from 100 �m to 3,000 �m, a content ratio of the fillers with respect to the entirety of the elastic layer being 35% by volume or more, a content ratio of the fillers in a region a being less than 35% by volume with respect to the region a, and the entirety of the elastic layer having a thermal conductivity of 0.4 w/(m�k) or more in a thickness direction thereof.
20240126197.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHOHEI TSUZAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ASUNA FUKAMACHI 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, YASUHARU TORATANI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE YOSHIDA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUTARO SAITO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA YAMADA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKU ASHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20, G03G15/00
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a reception unit to receive a job, heating and pressing rotary members to form a nip portion, and a spraying member having a nozzle and a cylinder. the nozzle discharges air to the heating rotary member and a recording material. during a period after the reception unit receives the job and before a leading edge of a first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion, the spraying member performs a spraying operation of spraying air in an amount greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. the air that the spraying member sprays on the first sheet of the recording material during the job is higher in temperature than the air that the spraying member sprays during the period after the reception unit receives the job and before the leading edge of the first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion.
20240126198.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKANORI WATANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI NARAHARA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUTAKA SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a feed tray, first and second sensors, and a controller. the controller adjusts a sheet interval between the first and second recording materials based on sensor detected length and width of a recording material fed from the feed tray. when a first recording material has a first length and a second recording material has a second length longer than the first length, the controller performs control to increase a sheet interval in response to a first number of recording materials having the second length and conveyed successively. when the first recording material has the first length and the second recording material has a third length shorter than the first length, the controller performs control to reduce the sheet interval in response to a second number of recording materials having the third length and conveyed successively. the second number is greater than the first number.
Inventor(s): NOBUAKI MIYAHARA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
Abstract: an object is to enable management work such as maintenance of parts of a printing apparatus in an integrated manner. an apparatus according to the present disclosure obtains: first condition information indicating a condition of a constituent part of a printing apparatus, specified based on a life of the part; and second condition information indicating a condition of the part specified based on a scanned image obtained by reading a print medium on which an image has been formed by the printing apparatus. the apparatus further generates a display image representing the condition of the part indicated by the first condition information and the condition of the part indicated by the second condition information, and outputs a signal representing the display image.
20240126203.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHOJI YAMAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROMI FUJINAKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16, G03G15/01
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body having a ground member, a door that pivots around a pivotal support shaft, an electric component provided on the door, and a conductive portion having first and second conductive portions. the first conductive portion is provided on the door and moves with the door. the second conductive portion is provided on the apparatus main body and is electrically connected to the first conductive portion and the ground member. the first conductive portion includes a wire spring having a contact portion that contacts the second conductive portion, and exerts an elastic force to press the second conductive portion. the contact portion is at a position overlapping the door pivotal support shaft when viewed in a direction of a pivot axis line of the door. the contact portion of the wire spring linearly extends over the pivot axis line of the door.
20240126205.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKEHIRO ISHIDATE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI TAKANO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOICHI KAWASUMI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/20, G03G15/04
Abstract: an image forming apparatus having front and rear surfaces, a photoreceptor having a rotation axis extending in a first direction, an exposure unit, and a cooling unit. the exposure unit includes a substrate having a longitudinal axis extending in the first direction, a first surface and a second surface. a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light toward the photoreceptor are mounted on the first surface of the substrate. the cooling unit includes an intake port that sucks air from outside of the image forming apparatus the intake port is disposed at an intake port distance in the first direction to the rear surface. the intake port distance is shorter than a distance in the first direction of a center of the substrate to the rear surface. the cooling unit cools the substrate by blowing air sucked by the intake port onto the second surface of the substrate.
Inventor(s): Nao FUJITA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/03, G06F3/0346, G06F3/04815, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0487
Abstract: an information processing system determines motion of a hand of a user on the basis of inertial information of a controller held in or mounted on the hand. the information processing system controls a display unit to display a virtual space in which a virtual interface is placed in a real space. the information processing system determines, on the basis of an image-captured image in which the hand is image-captured, whether or not a position of the virtual interface and a position of the hand are in a particular relation. in a case in which the position of the virtual interface and the position of the hand are determined to be in the particular relation in the virtual space, the information processing system changes the display of the virtual interface on the basis of the motion of the hand.
Inventor(s): Kazuo Wakai of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kosuke Tsujita of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Shogo Higashi of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yoshiji Kanamoto of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Koichiro Manabe of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
Abstract: a controlling apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire sheet information of each of a plurality of pages included in job data for executing print processing in a printing apparatus; a decision unit configured to decide a print speed in the print processing based on the sheet information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit configured to control the printing apparatus based on the print speed decided by the decision unit and data generated from the job data and processible by the printing apparatus. even in a case where sheet types represented by the pieces of sheet information are mixed in the plurality of pages, the decision unit decides a print speed to be commonly applied to the sheet types of the plurality of pages.
Inventor(s): YOICHIRO SHIBUYA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
Abstract: a control method for an information processing apparatus storing a print setting application for displaying a print setting screen, the print setting application being stored in association with a standard printer driver provided by the information processing apparatus, the control method being implemented by executing the print setting application, the control method includes obtaining a print setting made via another print setting screen provided by software different from the print setting application, determining whether the obtained print setting includes a combination of setting values matching conflict information, and performing control processing based on a result of the determination in a case where it is determined that the print setting includes the combination of setting values matching the conflict information.
Inventor(s): TOSHINORI KAWAURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F8/65, G06F3/12, G06F9/451
Abstract: provided is an information processing system, an information processing method, and a storage medium that can suppress overlapping prompting of the setting and suppress an unexpected setting from being made in the usage. to this end, a pc includes a determination unit that determines whether predetermined setting in a printer has been done or not in one of a setting unit of the printer and a setting unit of the pc. moreover, a display unit of the pc displays a screen prompting the predetermined setting, based on a determination result of the determination unit.
Inventor(s): REO TAGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K15/02
Abstract: in a host computer, a print processor generates, in a drawing region of a memory device context, additional raster data for drawing an additional drawing in addition to drawing information regarding a logical page included in an enhanced metafile format (emf) spool file, and a graphics driver (gd) module of a printer driver combines document raster data generated in a drawing region of a printer device context with the additional raster data, and generates print data based on post-combination raster data.
Inventor(s): EMI KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40, G06T5/00, G06T5/50
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes one or more memories and one or more processors. the one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to perform correction on an image and perform enlargement on the corrected image, wherein intensity of the correction in a case where the enlargement is performed is different from the intensity of the correction in a case where the enlargement is not performed.
Inventor(s): YUSUKE KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40, G06V10/25, H04N23/60
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images according to a method for pixel shifting and at least one processor. the at least one processor is configured to determine a first region in each of the plurality of images, determine a number of times of image capturing based on the first region, set a pixel shift amount in the pixel shifting based on the number of times of image capturing, and synthesize the first regions of the plurality of images.
Inventor(s): EMI KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/50, G06T3/40, G06T5/00
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes a correction unit configured to perform correction on an image, a first enlargement unit configured to enlarge the image subjected to the correction performed by the correction unit by using a neural network to produce a first enlarged image, a second enlargement unit configured to enlarge the image subjected to the correction performed by the correction unit to produce a second enlarged image, the second enlargement unit being different from the first enlargement unit, and a compositing unit configured to perform composition of the first enlarged image and the second enlarged image based on an intensity of the correction.
Inventor(s): TOMOYUKI SHIMIZU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, G06T7/13
Abstract: in a system that determines degradation or a damage in a member or a structure from an image, in a case where a determination result on a degree of damage of a determination target and known prior information about determination of the degree of damage are compared with each other to determine whether a user needs to check the determination result. in a case where it is determined that checking by the user is required, information about contents of the comparison is presented to the user as auxiliary information related to checking work.
Inventor(s): Akihiko KANDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hideki Ogura of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroshi Yashima of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yohei Matsui of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kuniaki Sugitani of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73
Abstract: an object determining apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an object from image data obtained by imaging, acquire information about orientation of the object from the image data, determine a main object in the image data using a detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, and change a condition for determining the main object according to one of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, using the other of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation.
Inventor(s): Ken HIZAKO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V20/58, G06T3/40, G06V10/12, G06V10/22, G06V20/40
Abstract: a recognition apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a subject to be recognized from a first image that has been captured by an image capturing apparatus; a determining unit configured to, in a case in which the subject has been detected from the first image, determine a region including at least a portion of the subject in the first image; a control unit configured to control the image capturing apparatus so as to generate a second image that corresponds to the region; an image processing unit configured to generate a third image by processing to increase a resolution of the second images; and a recognition unit configured to recognize contents that are indicated by the subject from the third image.
Inventor(s): HIDEKI IKEDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI SUZUKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device comprises a pixel substrate. the pixel substrate includes a photoelectric conversion unit to generate signal charge according to incident light, a floating diffusion unit to receive the signal charge as input, a pixel transistor region including the floating diffusion unit, first and second output lines, and a first region and a second region located outside the first region. in a plan view relative to a main surface of the pixel substrate, the first region is where the first output line overlaps with at least a portion of the pixel transistor region, the second region is where the second output line overlaps with at least a portion of the photoelectric conversion unit, and an end portion of the second output line intersecting with respect to a longer-side direction of the second output line is positioned to overlap with at least a portion of the second region.
Inventor(s): Toshiaki IGARASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L41/0806, H04L9/40
Abstract: an information processing apparatus transmits, to a server, authentication information for login process on servers, and upon success of the login process, searches for a device connected to the information processing apparatus, and in response to an instruction for registering a found device, makes a request to the server for setting information including security setting information for communication between the server and a device to be registered. the information processing apparatus transmits the obtained setting information obtained to the device to be registered, and determines whether the setting information has been reflected in the device and if the setting information has been reflected in the device, transmits, to the server, identification information of the device and makes a request to the server to register the device.
Inventor(s): YUKI MINETOMO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NOBUHIRO TAGASHIRA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAMI EGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AYUTA KAWAZU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40
Abstract: a server apparatus includes one or more memories and one or more processors. the one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to acquire vulnerability information about an information processing apparatus, acquire information about a network to which the information processing apparatus is connected, and transmit, to the information processing apparatus, vulnerability countermeasure information based on the vulnerability information and the information about the network.
Inventor(s): KATSUHIDE KOGA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINYA SUZUKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MANABU JIMBA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
Abstract: there is provided an information processing apparatus for communicating with a database storing information on errors which have occurred in an image forming apparatus. the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire, from the database, information on an error to be analyzed and information on a related error which occurred before an occurrence of the error to be analyzed, and determine a causal part being a cause of the error to be analyzed, based on error timing information related to a timing of occurrence of the error to be analyzed and error timing information related to a timing of occurrence of the related error.
Inventor(s): HARUNA MINEGISHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/32, H04N1/00
Abstract: provided are an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium that inform of an error that occurs in one processing without stopping the other processing during setup by parallel processing. to this end, in the setup performed by the parallel processing, the error that occurs in the one processing is informed after it is confirmed that the other processing is not affected.
Inventor(s): SHOTA SHIMIZU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/44, H04L9/40, H04L51/10, H04N1/00
Abstract: an information processing apparatus having a function of setting a setting value group associated with one type selected from a plurality of types in the information processing apparatus acquires, based on the selected one type, information indicating whether communication with a simple mail transfer protocol (smtp) server is established using encryption-related settings for encrypting a communication path with the smtp server and automatically sets, in a case where the information is information indicating that communication with the smtp server is established, a setting value for enabling a function of encrypting the communication path with the smtp server using the encryption-related settings by which communication is established.
Inventor(s): WATARU SAITO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/60, G06T7/90, G06V10/56
Abstract: an image processing apparatus capable of suppressing image degradation is provided. the image processing apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as a first acquisition unit that acquires transmission information and color information, a second acquisition unit that acquires a ratio of a region of a specific color to an entire region of an image, and a control unit that performs control to execute a first image processing based on color information of a first number of pixels in a case that the acquired ratio is less than a first threshold value and performs control to execute a second image processing based on color information of a second number of pixels in a case that the acquired ratio is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and is less than a second threshold value.
Inventor(s): JUNICHI SUZUKI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, G09G3/20
Abstract: a control apparatus is communicable with a unit including a display apparatus in an imaging system. the control apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with the unit, and a processor configured to make the communication device to transmit display data superimposed by the display apparatus to the unit based on specifying information for specifying the unit acquired by the communication device and information about a function of the display apparatus corresponding to the specifying information.
Inventor(s): KENTA IHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/53, H04N23/90
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an electronic viewfinder configured to display an image captured by the first imaging unit, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on image data captured by the second imaging unit, whether a user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, wherein in a case where the determination unit does not determine that the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, the electronic viewfinder does not display the image captured by the first imaging unit, wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, the electronic viewfinder displays the image captured by the first imaging unit, and wherein the determination unit uses a trained model in determining whether the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder.
Inventor(s): Naoki SHIMMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63
Abstract: an electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a control unit configured to perform control so as to display a setting screen on a display in response to a specific operation on the electronic device, wherein under specific circumstances, the control unit performs control so as to switch setting values that are settable on the setting screen, in response to the specific operation.
Inventor(s): TOMOHIRO INO of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI MAETAKI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOKI TOKITA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKI SHINZATO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68
Abstract: a control apparatus for use in an imaging system that includes a first correcting member movable for image stabilization and provided to one of an image pickup apparatus and a lens apparatus detachably attachable to the image pickup apparatus, and a second correcting member movable for the image stabilization and provided to the other of the image pickup apparatus and the lens apparatus acquires first correction ratios of the first correcting member and the second correcting member for angular shake of the imaging system, and second correction ratios of the first correcting member and the second correcting member for shift shake of the imaging system.
Inventor(s): YUHEI YOSHIMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W76/10, G06F3/12
Abstract: a connection setting method that improves the convenience of connection to a network. a method of controlling a terminal apparatus having a predetermined program includes determining, by the predetermined program which is operating as a background process, whether or not the terminal apparatus is in a predetermined state in which the terminal apparatus can access a predetermined peripheral device via a network of a base station to which the terminal apparatus is connected, and executing, based on a determination that the terminal apparatus is not in the predetermined state, predetermined processing to place the terminal apparatus in the predetermined state.
Inventor(s): TETSUYA SAWADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W76/15
Abstract: a wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of stations, acquires connection information to be used to establish a connection to another wireless communication apparatus, determines whether the another wireless communication apparatus is an access point or a group owner based on the acquired connection information, selects one of the plurality of stations based on a result of determination and establishes the connection to the another wireless communication apparatus using the selected sta.
Inventor(s): KEISUKE ABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENTO TSUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATO MAMISHIN of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H05B3/26, H05B3/03
Abstract: the planar heat-generating element includes: a base material; a heat-generating layer formed on the base material, the heat-generating layer having conductivity; a pair of electrodes arranged to be brought into contact with the heat-generating layer; and a protective layer, wherein the pair of electrodes are arranged so as to be opposed to each other in a direction parallel to a first direction, wherein the heat-generating layer has a plurality of holes in a region between the pair of electrodes, wherein, when widths of two holes out of the plurality of holes in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the two holes being present adjacent to each other on one and the same straight line parallel to the second direction and an interval between the two holes in a direction parallel to the second direction satisfy a specific relationship.
20240130151.ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROKI OHRUI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSUKE NISHIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIRONOBU IWAWAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYUKI HORIUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKAZU MIYASHITA of Miyagi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K50/12, H10K50/13, H10K85/30, H10K85/60
Abstract: the present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting element including: a first electrode; a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains at least a first compound in which a naphthalene ring and a tricyclic or higher cyclic fused ring are bonded together by a single bond and a second compound in which the naphthalene ring and the fused polycyclic ring of the first compound are further cyclized.
Inventor(s): MASUMI ITABASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROYUKI MOCHIZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TATSURO UCHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K71/16, H10K50/88, H10K77/10
Abstract: there is provided a deposition mask in which a plurality of pixel openings are disposed in a surface, of a deposition mask, which is to face a substrate on which a deposition pattern is deposited. protrusions including a material different from a material included in the deposition mask are formed in a region which is located from a pixel opening that is disposed at an outermost peripheral portion in the surface, from among the plurality of pixel openings, up to an edge of the deposition mask. in the deposition mask, a crosspiece which is located between two pixel openings adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of pixel openings include the material.
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on April 18th, 2024
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- B41J2/16
- B41J2/14
- Canon kabushiki kaisha
- B41J2/175
- C09D11/104
- C09D11/38
- B41M5/00
- C09D11/322
- B60R1/25
- H04N7/18
- H04N23/90
- B60W30/165
- B60W30/14
- C09D11/326
- C09D11/107
- G01S17/14
- G01S7/48
- G01S7/4861
- G01S7/4865
- G01S7/497
- G01S17/931
- G02B7/10
- G02B27/64
- G03B15/05
- H04N23/56
- H04N23/60
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/667
- G03B17/56
- G03F7/00
- G03G15/01
- G03G15/00
- G03G15/10
- G03G15/08
- G03G15/20
- G03G21/16
- G03G21/20
- G03G15/04
- G06F3/01
- G06F3/03
- G06F3/0346
- G06F3/04815
- G06F3/04845
- G06F3/0487
- G06F3/12
- G06F8/65
- G06F9/451
- G06K15/02
- G06T3/40
- G06T5/00
- G06T5/50
- G06V10/25
- G06T7/00
- G06T7/13
- G06T7/73
- G06V20/58
- G06V10/12
- G06V10/22
- G06V20/40
- H01L27/146
- H04L41/0806
- H04L9/40
- H04N1/00
- H04N1/32
- H04N1/44
- H04L51/10
- H04N1/60
- G06T7/90
- G06V10/56
- G09G3/20
- H04N23/63
- H04N23/53
- H04N23/68
- H04W76/10
- H04W76/15
- H05B3/26
- H05B3/03
- H10K50/12
- H10K50/13
- H10K85/30
- H10K85/60
- H10K71/16
- H10K50/88
- H10K77/10
