CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on December 26th, 2024
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on December 26th, 2024
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 82 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of G03G15/00 (10), G06F3/12 (7), G03G15/20 (5), G06T7/73 (4), G03G21/16 (4) G06F3/1204 (3), H04N23/11 (3), G06T7/73 (2), G06F3/1225 (2), B41J11/0022 (2)
With keywords such as: unit, image, configured, apparatus, information, portion, control, direction, signal, and position in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): TAKESHI NODA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KATSURO TAKENAKA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI KAMEI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): A61B6/00, A61B6/50
CPC Code(s): A61B6/5205
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image, the first radiographic image being obtained by irradiating a subject with radiation of a first energy, the second radiographic image being obtained after the first radiographic image by irradiating the subject with radiation of a second energy different from the first energy, an estimation unit configured to estimate information about an afterimage of the first radiographic image in the second radiographic image based on information about a soft tissue region of the subject in the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image, and a correction unit configured to correct the second radiographic image using the information about the afterimage.
20240424255. MEDICAL SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KEI SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOSUKE FUJIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): A61M25/01
CPC Code(s): A61M25/0105
Abstract: a medical system includes: a base unit; a bendable unit that is attachable to and detachable from the base unit and that includes a linear member that is driven by the drive portion in a state in which the bendable unit is attached to the base unit and a bending portion that bends as the linear member is driven; and a controller that controls the drive portion. the bendable unit includes a first information storage that stores first information specific to the bendable unit. the first information includes historical information indicating whether the bendable unit has not been used or has been used. if the historical information indicates that the bendable unit has not been used, the controller permits operation of the drive portion, and, if the historical information indicates that the bendable unit has been used, the controller does not permit operation of the drive portion.
Inventor(s): TOMOHIRO MIZUNO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J9/06, B25J13/08
CPC Code(s): B25J9/065
Abstract: a continuum robot includes a forward and backward movement unit configured to cause a plurality of bendable portions to perform forward movement or backward movement in a lengthwise direction, an attitude change unit configured to cause each of the bendable portions to bend to change an attitude, an attitude memory configured to store the attitude with regard to each of the bendable portions, and a control switching unit configured to perform, when the forward movement or the backward movement is detected, in a case where an attitude of at least one bendable portion deviates to a predetermined extent or beyond from an attitude of the at least one bendable portion which is stored in the attitude memory, switching as change control of the attitude for the attitude change unit from position control for changing the attitude into a specified attitude to control for changing the attitude following an external force.
Inventor(s): YUYA MOROKAWA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINICHIRO KOGA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B29C43/58, B29C43/02
CPC Code(s): B29C43/58
Abstract: a molding system includes: a composition applying unit configured to apply a composition on a substrate; a molding unit configured to perform a molding process by bringing a mold into contact with the composition; a transport unit configured to transport the substrate between the composition applying unit and the molding unit; a unit configured to calculate an expected value of an interval time from the applying of the composition to start of the contact; and a control unit configured to perform control such that a difference between an actual interval time and a target value of the interval time is less than a predetermined value by changing at least one of a timing of the applying, a transport waiting time, a transport time, and a contact waiting time if the difference between the expected value and the target value of the interval time is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
20240424792. PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RAN KUDO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TETSUJI SUZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOSUKE ARAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIYUKI INAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHU KURIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J2/155, B41J2/17, B41J29/377
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16508
Abstract: a printing apparatus has a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance on a plurality of printheads configured to eject liquid and detachable units provided in correspondence to the plurality of printheads and each including a negative pressure tank used for suction by the maintenance unit and a pump for generating negative pressure.
20240424798. LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): MAIKO SHIINA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYA SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TETSUJI SUZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RAN KUDO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/17, B41J2/155
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1714
Abstract: a liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head, a conveyance unit, an air delivery unit, and an intake unit. the ejection head ejects a liquid from an ejection portion to a first surface of an ejection target medium. the conveyance unit faces the ejection portion and conveys the ejection target medium in a first direction. the air delivery unit is arranged downstream of the ejection head in the first direction and delivers air to the conveyance unit. the intake unit faces the air delivery unit and intakes at least a portion of the air delivered by the air delivery unit. the intake unit includes a mist collection portion that collects mist generated by the ejection of the liquid from the ejection portion.
20240424804. PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KICHINOSUKE HIROKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUYA HANE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHARU UEDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYA SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUTO NITAMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B41J2/19, B41J25/00
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17596
Abstract: a printing apparatus has a circulation unit including a first liquid moving unit configured to supply liquid to a printhead and a second liquid moving unit configured to discharge the liquid circulated inside the printhead and not ejected from an ejection port to an outside of the printhead; a head unit including the printhead and a holding unit configured to hold the printhead; and a head moving unit configured to move the head unit in a first direction. the circulation unit overlaps with a projection plane of the head unit and is not moved by the head moving unit.
20240424810. DRYING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): JUN KAWAKITA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIAKI HARA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOHEI AOKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI KOKUBO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSHI SADAMITSU of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00, F26B3/06, F26B15/22
CPC Code(s): B41J11/0022
Abstract: a drying device drying a sheet with an ink image includes a belt with through holes penetrating through inner and outer sides thereof, a blowing unit and a suction unit. the blowing unit upward of the belt includes a blowing duct including a blowout opening blowing out the air toward the sheet and a blowing fan blowing toward the blowout opening in the blowing duct. the suction unit downward of the belt includes a first exhaust duct including a first exhaust opening sucking the air from the inner side through the through holes and a suction fan blowing toward the first exhaust opening inside the first exhaust duct. the second exhaust duct is connected to the first exhaust opening and provided with a second exhaust opening exhausting the air to the inside of a casing. the second exhaust opening is disposed to exhaust upward at a position above the belt.
20240424811. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROSHI KOKUBO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI KAJITA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO FUJIWARA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOHEI AOKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSHI SADAMITSU of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00, B41J2/01, B41J13/08
CPC Code(s): B41J11/0022
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a conveyance portion, first, second and third blowing units. the conveyance portion conveys a sheet on which an image is formed by ejecting ink. the first blowing unit blows air onto the sheet conveyed by the conveyance portion. the second blowing unit includes a heater and blows air heated by the heater onto the sheet conveyed by the conveyance portion. the third blowing unit is disposed between the first blowing unit and the second blowing unit with respect to a sheet conveyance direction. the third blowing unit includes a suction portion sucking a part of the air of the conveyance portion, a duct portion through which the air sucked by the suction portion flows and a blowing portion blows the air flowing through the duct portion onto the sheet.
20240424815. RECORDING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Shingo Horita of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yusuke Nishiya of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masakazu Tsukuda of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yukimichi Kimura of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kyohei Sato of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Toshiki Hamanishi of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J13/03, B41J2/165
CPC Code(s): B41J13/03
Abstract: a recording device includes: a drive source; a driven portion having a driven gear; a drive transmission mechanism having a drive gear driven by the drive source and capable of swing between a first position where the drive gear is engaged with the driven gear and a second position where the drive gear is not engaged with the driven gear; and a regulating mechanism capable of swing between a regulating position where swing of the drive transmission mechanism is regulated and a non-regulating position where the swing of the drive transmission mechanism is not regulated. in the recording device, the regulating mechanism is capable of swing around a rotation axis of the driven gear.
Inventor(s): MISAKI SHIOZAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H3/06, B65H3/48
CPC Code(s): B65H3/0684
Abstract: a sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion, a sheet feeding portion including a rotary feeding member and a driving portion, an air separating portion configured to perform a blowing operation that blows air on a side surface of the sheets supported by the sheet supporting portion, and a control portion. in a case where a job for feeding sheets is started, the control portion is configured to move the rotary feeding member from the separation position to the abutment position, causes the air separating portion to perform the blowing operation in a state where the rotary feeding member is positioned at the abutment position, and after the blowing operation, causes the sheet feeding portion to feed a plurality of sheets in a state where the control portion stops the blowing operation, by driving the driving portion.
20240425314. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hiroshi KOYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H5/06, B41J25/316, B41J29/02
CPC Code(s): B65H5/06
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a casing, a sheet discharge unit, a sheet supporting portion, an operation unit, a supporting unit, and a regulating portion. the supporting unit supports the operation unit such that, when the display surface is tilted with respect to a horizontal direction, an end on a lower side of the operation unit is positioned below a second virtual straight line. the regulating portion is disposed between the operation unit and the sheet supporting portion in the vertical direction. the regulating portion is disposed such that at least a part of the regulating portion overlaps the operation unit and the supporting surface in a width direction. the regulating portion is disposed to intersect with the second virtual straight line. the regulating portion is configured to regulate an obliquely upward movement of a recording material discharged by the sheet discharge unit.
Inventor(s): CHIAKI NISHIURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C09D4/00, B29C64/129, B29K33/00, B29K55/00, B29K67/00, B29K69/00, B29K71/00, B29K75/00, B29K79/00, B29K105/16, B33Y70/00, C09D7/65
CPC Code(s): C09D4/00
Abstract: a photocurable resin composition contains a radically polymerizable compound (a), polysilsesquioxane particles (b), and a curing agent (c). polysilsesquioxane particles (b) have polysilsesquioxane at least at the surface of the particles. the radically polymerizable compound (a) is a mixture of multifunctional radically polymerizable compound (a-1) and monofunctional radically polymerizable compound (a-2), including at least multifunctional radically polymerizable compound (a-1) in more than 60% by mass. multifunctional radically polymerizable compound (a-1) has an ethylenically unsaturated group equivalent of 250 g/eq to less than 700 g/eq. the amount of polysilsesquioxane particles (b) is 5 to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of radically polymerizable compound (a).
20240426758. IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yuki Yonetani of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Shigeru Ichihara of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yasuhiro Sekine of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01N21/65, G01B11/30, G01J3/44
CPC Code(s): G01N21/65
Abstract: an identification apparatus includes a plurality of light collection optical systems configured to collect scattered light from a plurality of test substances, a spectroscopic element configured to disperse a plurality of light beams from the plurality of light collection optical systems, an imaging unit including a plurality of light receiving elements arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, and configured to receive a plurality of dispersion spectra projected from the spectroscopic element and projected in the row direction, an acquisition unit configured to acquire spectroscopic information of at least any of the plurality of test substances based on an output signal from the imaging unit, and an intensification processing unit configured to perform row direction binning processing including integrating output signals of the plurality of light receiving elements existing at different positions in the row direction.
Inventor(s): Nobuyuki MIYAZAWA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B15/14
CPC Code(s): G02B15/144511
Abstract: a zoom lens includes a plurality of lens units including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power, a second lens unit having positive refractive power, a third lens unit having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having positive refractive power. a distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. the second lens unit includes at least one negative lens. predetermined inequalities are satisfied.
Inventor(s): TAKAHIRO KOMIYAMA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B15/14, G02B15/167
CPC Code(s): G02B15/1461
Abstract: a zoom lens includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit, and a rear lens group. the first lens unit has a positive refractive power. the third lens unit has a negative refractive power. the rear lens group includes one or more lens units. the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the rear lens group are disposed in order from an object side to an image side. an interval between lens units disposed adjacent to each other changes during zooming. the rear lens group includes all of lens units disposed closer to an image than the third lens unit. the first lens unit includes a first positive lens disposed closest to an object and having a positive refractive power. the rear lens group has a positive refractive power at a wide-angle end. predetermined inequalities are satisfied.
20240427258. TONER_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TOHRU HIRAMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOHISA SANO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUYUKI SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G9/083, G03G9/087
CPC Code(s): G03G9/0836
Abstract: there is provided a toner containing: a toner particle containing a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant; and an iron oxide particle present on a surface of the toner particle, in which the iron oxide particle has a surface containing a compound having a specific structure.
Inventor(s): HIROKAZU FUJINO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTONARI ITO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKI FUKUSHIMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHIRO KURACHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/02, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0225
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, a cleaning roller and a developing member. the charging roller is provided with a surface contacting a surface of the image bearing member and charges the surface of the image bearing member. the cleaning roller is provided with an elastic foam layer contacting the surface of the charging roller cleans the surface of the charging roller. a storage elastic modulus of the surface of the charging roller measured in a measuring environment of 23� c., 50% rh and a measuring frequency of 10 hz is defined as e′c and a storage elastic modulus of the elastic foam layer of the cleaning roller is defined as e′cc. the storage elastic modulus e′c of the surface of the charging roller and the storage elastic modulus e′cc of the elastic foam layer of the cleaning roller satisfy e′c>e′cc.
Inventor(s): TSUYOSHI TAJIRI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/043, G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/043
Abstract: an apparatus comprises a photosensitive member, an exposure light source including a plurality of light-emitting units that are arranged parallel to a rotation axis of the photosensitive member and that emit light that exposes the photosensitive member, and a controller configured to generate image data that is a group of bit data controlling lighting and extinguishing of the plurality of light-emitting units and that corresponds to an image, and to insert and/or remove the bit data in the image data. the image includes a test image for obtaining a shift amount in an image formation position relative to a reference position. the image data includes test image data corresponding to the test image. the controller does not insert and/or remove the bit data in a region of the image data that corresponds to the test image data.
20240427262. TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROYUKI MUNETSUGU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI TAKARADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MITSUHIRO SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0865
Abstract: a toner container includes a storage portion configured to store toner and a communicating member including a receiving port, a discharge port, and a passage. the passage includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface connecting the first inclined surface and the discharge port to each other. when viewed in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting with both of a first direction and a second direction, the first inclined surface is inclined with respect to the second direction such that a more downstream portion of the first inclined surface in the first direction is closer to the discharge port in the second direction, and the second inclined surface is inclined with respect to the second direction such that a more downstream portion of the second inclined surface in the first direction is closer to the discharge port in the second direction.
20240427265. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKUMA TADOMI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20, G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2017
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt, a pressure rotary body, a nip forming member, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to control a sheet interval to be a first sheet interval and a second sheet interval, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where time taken for a center position of the fixing belt to move, in the width direction, from a first position to a second position is equal to or less than a threshold, control the sheet interval to be the first sheet interval, and wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the time taken for the center position of the fixing belt to move, from the first position to the second position is more than the threshold, control the sheet interval to be the second sheet interval.
Inventor(s): SHIZUMA NISHIMURA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI HONKE of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2028
Abstract: a flange member is adapted such that a first distance between a first position at which a part thereof on an upstream side in a recording material conveyance direction comes into contact with a film inner surface and a nip center that is an intersection of a first virtual line and a second virtual line is longer than a second distance between a second position at which a region of an outer surface of the flange member facing the film inner surface intersects the first virtual line and the nip center, and a film guide is adapted such that a third distance between a third position that faces the film inner surface on the upstream side and the nip center is longer than a fourth distance between a fourth position that faces the film inner surface on the downstream side and the nip center on the first virtual line.
20240427267. FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RIKIYA TAKEMASA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIDEKAZU TATEZAWA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKESHI KOZUMA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20, G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/205
Abstract: a fixing device includes a heating rotating member and a pressure rotating member and performs image formation in one mode out of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode. a time during which one of the heating rotating member and the pressure rotating member moves between an abutment position and a separation position in a case where the image formation is performed in the first mode is a first time, a time during which the one moves between the abutment position and the separation position in a case where the image formation is performed in the second mode is a second time, and the first time is shorter than the second time.
Inventor(s): TAISUKE MINAGAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENJI TAKAGI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/22, B42C1/12, B42C9/00, G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/22
Abstract: a booklet forming device includes a sheet support portion, and a bonding unit including a pressurizing member and configured to form a bonding layer. in a case of forming a first booklet including a first number of sheets, the bonding unit is operated under a first operation condition so that a thickness of the bonding layer positioned closest to the pressurizing member in the first booklet becomes a first thickness. in a case of forming a second booklet including a second number of sheets more than the first number of sheets, the bonding unit is operated under a second operation condition different from the first operation condition so that the thickness of the bonding layer positioned closest to the pressurizing member in the second booklet becomes a second thickness larger than the first thickness.
20240427270. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KEN OI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5004
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a control unit, and feeding units. the fixing device includes a tubular fixing film, a fixing heater disposed in a space inside the fixing film and configured to generate heat when electricity is supplied from a commercial power supply, and a pressing roller. the fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a paper sheet to the paper sheet by nipping and transporting the paper sheet at a fixing nip. the control unit is configured to control electric power supplied from the commercial power supply to the fixing heater. the control unit sets a maximum duty based on the feeding unit that is used.
20240427278. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): IKU SHIMIZU of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUTA SUZUKI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKINOJO TODA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/6561
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a casing, an opening and closing unit, an image forming unit, a registration roller pair, a detection unit, and a guide unit. the guide unit forms a sheet conveyance path that guides a sheet from the registration roller pair to an image forming position. the guide unit includes a guide surface arranged in a manner inclined toward a side of the registration roller pair from a direction parallel to a straight line connecting centers of the registration roller pair when viewed in an axial direction of the registration roller pair. the guide unit and the registration roller pair are arranged such that a nip line of the registration roller pair intersects the guide surface of the guide unit at a position upstream of a detection position of the detection unit in a sheet conveyance direction when viewed in the axial direction.
20240427279. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROKO KATAGIRI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKINORI MITSUMATA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINGO ITO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AI SUZUKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/751
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes (i) an apparatus main body including a discharge portion and a wall disposed on an opposite side to the discharge portion with respect to a horizontal direction, the discharge portion including a first opening, and the wall including a second opening, (ii) a photosensitive drum disposed below the first opening and the second opening, (iii) an exposed surface exposed toward a first communication path communicating with the first opening and the second opening and disposed below the first communication path. the image forming apparatus includes a receiving surface projecting from the exposed surface toward the first communication path. the receiving surface is upwardly oriented with respect to the vertical direction and faces the first communication path. the receiving surface is inclined relative to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.
20240427280. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RYOTA SHIBUYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G21/16
CPC Code(s): G03G15/757
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a driven member, a frame body, a driving source, and a drive transmission unit including a gear train including a first gear configured to rotate by the driving force from the driving source, and a gear cover configured to cover the gear train. the gear cover includes an outer surface that extends in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a rotational axis direction of the first gear, and a first concave portion. the first gear includes a shaft portion that passes through a first hole formed on the first concave portion. a downstream end, in the second direction, of the shaft portion is arranged upstream of a virtual surface in the second direction.
20240427281. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Koji Wada of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tsuyoshi Ogawa of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroshi Takarada of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kenji Matsuzaka of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takao Sameshima of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tomio Noguchi of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yuichiro Inaba of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kenichi Iida of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masaaki Sato of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1619
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.
Inventor(s): Akira Yoshimura of Suntoh-gun (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Kazunari Murayama of Suntoh-gun (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Susumu Nittani of Suntoh-gun (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Atsushi Numagami of Hadano-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/18, G03G21/16
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1814
Abstract: a process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. the cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main-assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. the second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
20240427285. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RYUJI HAMASAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/20, G03G15/00, G03G15/01, G03G15/20, G03G21/16, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G21/206
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of cartridges, a fixing device, a fan and a duct. the duct guides air supplied from the fan to a predetermined cartridge closest to the fixing device of the plurality of cartridges. at one end side of the predetermined cartridge in the rotational axis direction, the duct includes a first part for discharging the air supplied from the fan in a first direction toward downward from upward to a top surface of the cartridge, and a second part for discharging the air supplied from the fan, above the top surface in a second direction along a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive member. the air discharged from the first part and the air discharged from the second part collide with each other above the top surface.
20240427352. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUMA WATANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D1/693
CPC Code(s): G05D1/693
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire information about a group consisting of a plurality of objects that exist around a movable unit and are each configured to be movable, acquire information about a direction from the movable unit to a destination, and determine a moving direction of the movable unit according to information about the group and information about the direction from the movable unit to the destination.
Inventor(s): KINA ITAKURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04855, G06F3/04815
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04855
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the execution of the instructions cause the image processing apparatus to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data representing a display video in which a viewpoint for viewing is changeable, and a generation unit configured to generate data for displaying information indicating a length of a reproduction time of the display video, information indicating a range in which the viewpoint is changeable in the display video, and the display video.
Inventor(s): Kenta Matsui of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1204
Abstract: a printing apparatus capable of improving operability when selecting a print setting by using an information processing apparatus is provided. the printing apparatus performing printing and communicably connected to the information processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as a registering section registering a plurality of print settings having different output conditions including printing conditions, a transmitting unit transmitting at least one print setting to the information processing apparatus, a determining section that, prior to transmission of the print setting performed by the transmitting unit, determines a priority order for the plurality of print settings registered in the registering section, and a control unit exchanging an order of the plurality of print settings to be transmitted into the priority order when the transmitting unit transmits the plurality of print settings.
Inventor(s): Hinako Ishii of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1204
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies a sheet size and a sheet type of an adjustment target sheet, a display control unit that, in a case of making an adjustment of a setting value of the sheet type automatically based on the sheet size and the sheet type identified by the identification unit, displays on a display unit an operating procedure for making the adjustment automatically, and a setting unit that sets the sheet size and the sheet type after the adjustment for a paper feed source into which the adjustment target sheet is loaded.
Inventor(s): SHOICHI MATSUDA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1204
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing a print data generation software, an extension application, and an operating system, and a processor in communication with the one or more memories, wherein the memory and the processor are configured to extend a function in association with the print data generation software, and cause a screen to display print function information about the print data generation software, acquire paper information from a printing apparatus, and add the acquired paper information to the print function information about the print data generation software so that existing paper information is arranged on top.
Inventor(s): Tatsuyuki Yokoyama of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/121
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes: a monitoring unit which obtains first management information from a printing apparatus according to an os standard protocol and makes a predetermined notification based on the obtained first management information; and a display control unit which, in a case where a predetermined operation is performed in response to the predetermined notification, obtains second management information from the printing apparatus according to a protocol different from the os standard protocol and displays information concerning the printing apparatus on a display unit.
[[20240427536. STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES CONTROL PROGRAM CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING OCCURRENCE OF PRINTING ERRORS IN PRINTING DEVICE REGARDLESS OF SIZE OF PRINT DATA EVEN IN CASE OF USING PROGRAM THAT RUNS BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, IPP, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): REO TAGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1225
Abstract: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that controls an information processing apparatus that is communicably connected to a printing device, which performs printing, and is capable of processing information to and from the printing device, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute the following steps is provided. the control program includes software code adapted to perform an obtaining step of obtaining a pixel number corresponding to a size of a sheet-shaped print medium on which print data used in the printing is printed, and a generating step of, in a case that the pixel number obtained in the obtaining step is greater than or equal to a pixel number threshold value set in advance, using the print data as primary data and lowering a resolution of the primary data to generate secondary data, a volume of which is smaller than a volume of the primary data.
Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1225
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a configuration profile that indicates a capability of a logical printer provided by a print server, and is associated with a user of the information processing apparatus, a presenting unit configured to present content of the obtained configuration profile to the user, and accept a change of the content, a registering unit configured to register a configuration profile having content designated by the user to a printer driver configured to generate a print job to the logical printer, and a generating unit configured to generate a screen for performing a print setting of the print job based on a configuration profile registered in the printer driver.
20240427541. PRINT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1262
Abstract: a print server includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from a manager of the print server, designation of a configuration profile that indicates a capability of one logical printer associated with a plurality of printing apparatuses, a providing unit configured to provide an information processing apparatus with a configuration profile designated by the manager, a receiving unit configured to receive a print job to the logical printer from the information processing apparatus, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the print job to one of the plurality of printing apparatuses.
20240428041. READING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): MITSUHIDE MUROFUSHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENICHI NAKAO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K19/077, G06K19/07
CPC Code(s): G06K19/07773
Abstract: a reading device includes an antenna element, a substrate including a communication circuit and a ground plane, a connecting member protruding from the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the communication circuit and the antenna element, and a casing configured to retain the antenna element, the substrate, and the connecting member. the antenna element is arranged separately from the substrate toward one side in the thickness direction. the casing includes a first surface portion that covers the substrate when viewed from the other side in the thickness direction. in a case where a distance in the thickness direction from a feed point to the ground plane is a first distance, and a distance in the thickness direction between the substrate and the first surface portion is a second distance, the first distance is greater than the second distance.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI TOJO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0201, G06T7/70, G06V40/20
CPC Code(s): G06Q30/0201
Abstract: a processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention acquires a video of a place where a target object is located; acquires characteristic information related to an angle and a distance at which the target object can be gazed at; sets a gaze region, which is a region where the target object can be gazed at, based on the characteristic information that has been acquired; and determines whether or not the person has gazed at the target object, based on information on a joint point of a person who is present in the gaze region that has been set.
Inventor(s): MIZUKI MATSUBARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40
CPC Code(s): G06T3/40
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the execution of the instructions cause the image processing apparatus to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first video, and a display control unit configured to control display so that a first display area where thumbnails of the first video are displayed is larger than a second display area where thumbnails of a second video are displayed in a case where an angle of view of the first video is larger than an angle of view of the second video.
Inventor(s): SHUNSUKE IWANO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0004
Abstract: an image diagnosis system includes an operation unit configured to display information, an image forming unit including a plurality of portions and configured to form an image on a sheet, a reading unit configured to read the image formed by the image forming unit, a display control unit configured to cause the operation unit to display a screen for receiving an instruction to start an image diagnosis, and a diagnosis unit configured to, if the operation unit receives the instruction to start the image diagnosis, cause the image forming unit to form a diagnosis image on the sheet, to cause the reading unit to read the diagnosis image formed and output by the image forming unit, and to diagnose a malfunction portion of the image forming unit based on the read image, wherein the screen includes a display of a number of output sheets with the diagnosis image thereon.
Inventor(s): Shohei Funamoto of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/20
CPC Code(s): G06T7/20
Abstract: an apparatus performs tracking processing that takes a predetermined object in images captured in succession as a tracking target, sets an object as the tracking target in accordance with a user operation, determines an object as the tracking target on the basis of at least one of the images, and performs control so that, in control that changes a current tracking target to the determined object, it is more difficult for the tracking target to be changed when the current tracking target has been set than when the current tracking target has not been set.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI TOJO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): G06T7/73
Abstract: a video image processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors that, upon execution of the stored instructions, are configured to acquire a video image, determine a plurality of specific positions of a person in the acquired video image, determine a gravitational direction in at least a part of an area in the acquired video image, and determine whether the person is in an unstable posture based on a determination result of the plurality of specific positions of the person and a determination result of the gravitational direction.
Inventor(s): KENTA TACHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA KOSUGE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73, G06T3/40, G06T5/60, G06T5/70, G06T5/73, G06T7/246, G06T7/90
CPC Code(s): G06T7/73
Abstract: there is provided an image processing apparatus that detects a predetermined object in a video. a reducing generates a reduced image of a pre-set size from an image of a frame included in the video. a generating unit generates a motion component enhanced image based on a current reduced image expressing a current frame obtained by the reducing unit, a first reduced image from a predetermined length of time before the current reduced image, and a second reduced image from a predetermined length of time before the first reduced image. a determining unit determines a position of an object using the motion component enhanced image obtained by the generating unit.
20240428452. SPATIAL POSITIONING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hervé RUELLAN of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Benjamin GALMICHE of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Gérald KERGOURLAY of CHEVAIGNE (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Eric NASSOR of THORIGNE-FOUILLARD (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Lionel TOCZE of SAINT DOMINEUC (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): G06T7/74
Abstract: a method for determining a spatial position of an object using an image calibrated relative to a reference frame. the method comprises, after obtaining a candidate region associated with the object in the reference frame and projecting the candidate region into the calibrated image, adjusting the projected candidate region based on an image element associated with the object in the calibrated image, and determining a spatial position of the object using the adjusted projected candidate region.
Inventor(s): KAZUFUMI ONUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73, G06T7/246, G06V10/764, G06V40/10
CPC Code(s): G06T7/75
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position of an object included in an image capturing area captured by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, a specification unit configured to specify one position of interest from among a plurality of positions of interest, based on a moving direction of the object, and a determination unit configured to determine a position of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image related to the object and a line-of-sight direction of the virtual viewpoint, based on the specified position of interest and the position of the object.
Inventor(s): Daichi Adachi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T15/00, G06T7/70, G06T17/00
CPC Code(s): G06T15/00
Abstract: the technique of this disclosure suppresses a reduction in visibility of a predetermined object in virtual viewpoint image data. an image processing apparatus includes: an image capturing information acquisition unit configured to acquire image capturing information indicating a position and orientation of each of a plurality of image capturing apparatuses; an object information acquisition unit configured to acquire object information indicating a position and orientation of an object to be captured by the image capturing apparatuses, the object having a specific viewing angle; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired image capturing information and the position and orientation of the object indicated by the acquired object information, an image to be used for generating a virtual viewpoint image according to a position and orientation of a virtual viewpoint among a plurality of images based on capturing by the image capturing apparatuses.
Inventor(s): KAZUYA INO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATO UCHIHARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T17/00, G06T7/70, H04N13/282, H04N13/383
CPC Code(s): G06T17/00
Abstract: an imaging device according to an imaging device configured to capture, in a real space, a stereo image of an object that is to be placed in a virtual space, using a first optical system and a second optical system, and the imaging device includes a processor, and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the imaging device to perform obtaining processing to obtain information relating to a vergence angle of a person relative to the object in the virtual space, and perform control processing to control spacing between the first optical system and the second optical system based on the information.
Inventor(s): Miki WAKUI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T17/20, G06T7/11, G06T7/90, H04N13/279
CPC Code(s): G06T17/20
Abstract: depending on the positional relationship between the element configuring a 3d model and the camera viewpoint, it is not possible to color the fragment generated by uv development, and as a result of that, a texture image of low image quality including color voids is obtained. in the uv development, the fragment is generated by setting camera parameters of the virtual camera.
Inventor(s): TAIKI WATANABE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASANORI SEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUMA KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MAYA YASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAIHEI MUKAIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01B1/22, C09D11/52
CPC Code(s): H01B1/22
Abstract: provided is a conductive composition, which is excellent in dispersion stability of a metal particle, and with which a conductive image excellent in conductivity can be easily recorded by only performing simple posttreatment. the conductive composition is a conductive composition including: a metal particle; and a compound having a repeating structure represented by the following general formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100,000, wherein at least a part of a surface of the metal particle is coated with the compound, and a metal atom in the metal particle and a nitrogen atom in the compound are chemically bonded to each other.
Inventor(s): TAIKI WATANABE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASANORI SEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUMA KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MAYA YASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAIHEI MUKAIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01B1/22, C09D11/52
CPC Code(s): H01B1/22
Abstract:
Inventor(s): Steven C. Shackleton of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Seth J. Bamesberger of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Byung-Jin Choi of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L21/3105, H01L21/02
CPC Code(s): H01L21/31051
Abstract: a planarizing method includes dispensing formable material onto a substrate, positioning the substrate relative to a substrate chuck by contacting the substrate with a first protrusion of an engagement mechanism, the engagement mechanism being disposed adjacent the substrate chuck, contacting a superstrate held by a superstrate chuck with the formable material, thereby forming a film of formable material between the superstrate and the substrate, curing the film of formable material to form a cured layer between the superstrate and the substrate, and initiating a separation front between the cured layer and the superstrate by contacting the superstrate with a second protrusion of the engagement mechanism.
20240429322. DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hiromasa Tsuboi of Tama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L29/786, G09G3/3233, H01L27/12, H10B20/00, H10K59/12, H10K59/121
CPC Code(s): H01L29/78696
Abstract: a display device in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in an array is provided. each of the plurality of pixels comprises a current path that includes a light emitting element and a first transistor, and a second transistor for transmitting a luminance signal. the first transistor comprises diffusion regions arranged in the current path, and a gate electrode to which the luminance signal is transmitted from the second transistor. the diffusion regions are of a first conductivity type, and the gate electrode is of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
Inventor(s): AKIRA SHIMADA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02N2/02, G02B7/04, H02N2/04
CPC Code(s): H02N2/026
Abstract: a vibration-type actuator includes a vibration body, and a contact body in contact with the elastic body. the elastic body includes a flat plate portion, and a protrusion. the vibration-type actuator further includes, as part of the adhesive, between the electro-mechanical energy conversion element and the flat plate portion, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer that is adjacent to the first adhesive layer, a thickness of the second adhesive layer being larger than a thickness of the first adhesive layer and increasing toward the protrusion.
Inventor(s): YUSUKE ISOMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02P21/22, G03G15/00, H02P21/18
CPC Code(s): H02P21/22
Abstract: a motor control apparatus includes a current supply unit and a control unit. the current supply unit supplies a coil current to a plurality of coils of a motor by controlling a voltage applied to the plurality of coils based on a target value of an excitation current and a target value of a torque current. the control unit sets the target value of the excitation current to a first target value in a first period within a period in which a rotation speed of the motor is controlled to be a target speed, and sets the target value of the excitation current to a second target value larger than the first target value in a second period different from the first period.
Inventor(s): MANABU ISHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): H04L63/123
Abstract: an information processing system comprising a first device and a second device that are communicably connected, wherein the first device includes: a detection unit configured to detect an abnormality, and a notification unit configured to notify the second device of an abnormality in a case where the detection unit detects the abnormality; and the second device includes: a reception unit configured to receive the notification of the abnormality by the notification unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to the abnormality from the first device and/or an other device of the information processing system in response to the reception unit receiving the notification of the abnormality, and a verification unit configured to verify validity of the notification of the abnormality based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
Inventor(s): Atsushi Ikeda of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F3/0484, G06F3/0487
CPC Code(s): H04L63/1475
Abstract: a communication apparatus configured to receive and display a rendering result of a web page from an image generation system that functions as a cloud browser, the communication apparatus comprising: an editing unit configured to accept editing of insertion data to be inserted into an operation target element of the web page; and a control unit configured to restrict transmission of the insertion data to the image generation system until editing of the insertion data is completed.
Inventor(s): YOICHI OSADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N13/344, G06F3/14
CPC Code(s): H04N13/344
Abstract: a video image display apparatus includes a first imaging unit corresponding to a left eye of a user, a second imaging unit corresponding to a right eye of the user, a first display unit configured to display an image captured by the first imaging unit, a second display unit configured to display an image captured by the second imaging unit, and a control unit configured to control the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, wherein the control unit is provided with an exposed area, and wherein the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit are in an independent state of not being constrained to each other in relation to the control unit, and at least portions thereof are exposed from the exposed area.
Inventor(s): Naël OUEDRAOGO of VAL D'ANAST (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Franck DENOUAL of SAINT DOMINEUC (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/117, H04N19/176, H04N19/46, H04N19/70
CPC Code(s): H04N19/117
Abstract: an encoding method comprising the encoding of information allowing the decoder to infer the splitting of ctbs located at the right, respectively the bottom of a subpicture, which width, respectively height, is not a multiple of the size of the ctbs, when the subpicture is not located at the right, respectively the bottom, of the image. corresponding decoding methods for the generated bitstream are also proposed.
Inventor(s): YUKIHIRO KOGAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAHIRO USAMI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/11, G01J5/00, G06T7/20, G06T7/62, H04N23/611, H04N23/62, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/11
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus capable of recording temperature information on a subject appropriately narrowed down as a target. the image pickup apparatus acquires a visible light image and an invisible light image, acquires a detection result(s) by detecting a subject(s) on a basis of the visible light image, acquires an identification result(s) by identifying, on a basis of the visible light image, type(s) of the detected subject(s), determines whether to record temperature information of a subject on a basis of the detection result and the identification result, wherein in a case where it is determined to record the temperature information of a subject, the temperature information of the subject as a determination target in the determination is acquired on a basis of the invisible light image and the detection result, to record the acquired temperature information on a recording medium.
Inventor(s): YUICHI HIRAI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/11, H04N23/21, H04N23/73
CPC Code(s): H04N23/11
Abstract: an apparatus determines exposure settings of an imaging apparatus that shoots a subject in relation to light of two types of wavelength ranges. the apparatus obtains a result of photometering in relation to light of a first wavelength range and light of a second wavelength range, determines, based on the result of photometering for the first wavelength range, first exposure settings for shooting in relation to the first wavelength range, and determines, based on the result of photometering for the second wavelength range and on the first exposure settings, second exposure settings for shooting in relation to the second wavelength range. the settings include a diaphragm value, and the apparatus determines a second diaphragm value for the second exposure settings, the second diaphragm value achieving a larger aperture than a first diaphragm value for the first exposure settings.
Inventor(s): TAKAHIRO USAMI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TORU AIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/11, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/11
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect at least one object included in at least one of visible light image data and non-visible light image data that are generated by imaging, and a processor configured to determine a tracking object from the at least one object, to generate combined image data by combining the visible light image data and the non-visible light image data, and to track the tracking object by using the combined image data. the processor combines the visible light image data and the non-visible light image data in accordance with information related to the at lease one object detected by the detector.
20240430550. IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TSUYOSHI FUJISAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/51, H04N23/55, H04N23/611, H04R1/08, H04R1/22
CPC Code(s): H04N23/51
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus that can be worn by a user as a result of being hung around a neck of the user includes an image capturing circuit, a first microphone that obtains an environmental sound, at least two second microphones that are intended to obtain a voice of the user and are arranged at a first distance from each other, a detection unit configured to detect a direction of a face of the user; and a sound processing unit that, with use of sound signals from the at least two second microphones, generates a directional sound signal that has directionality corresponding to the direction of the face of the user detected by the detection unit.
Inventor(s): SHIMPEI KITAI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOICHI OKADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/62, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/62
Abstract: an image capturing control apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit, and a control unit configured to control recording of an image captured by an imaging unit, and a stop of the recording in accordance with a touch operation detected by the touch detection unit. in a case where recording of an image captured by the imaging unit is not being performed, the control unit controls recording of an image captured by the imaging unit, to be started in accordance with a touch operation on a first region in the display unit. in a case where recording of an image captured by the imaging unit is being performed, the control unit controls recording of an image captured by the imaging unit, to be stopped in accordance with a touch operation on a second region included in the first region.
Inventor(s): YU NARITA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAFUMI KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, H04N23/62, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor that photoelectrically converts light incident via an imaging optical system and outputs an image; a shake detection unit that detects shake of the image capturing apparatus; and an actuation unit that performs translational actuation and rotational actuation on the image sensor in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system so as to correct the shake detected by the shake detection unit. in a case where each of a plurality of images output from the image sensor is aligned by translational actuation by an integer multiple of pixel and the plurality of aligned images are synthesized, the actuation unit performs the rotational actuation in preference to the translational actuation.
Inventor(s): TAKAO KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695
CPC Code(s): H04N23/695
Abstract: a control apparatus includes at least one memory, and at least one processor to select an imaging device operated from at least one imaging device connected to the control apparatus, acquire information indicating whether the selected imaging device is performing distribution, acquire an input signal for instructing a driving mechanism of the selected imaging device on a driving speed in a pan or tilt direction, and determine a control signal corresponding to the acquired input signal, the control signal being a signal that is output to the driving mechanism and that instructs the driving mechanism on a driving speed, wherein the control signal corresponding to the input signal is determined based on a first input/output characteristic in a case where the selected imaging device is performing distribution, and the control signal is determined based on a second input/output characteristic in a case where the imaging device is not performing distribution.
Inventor(s): SATOSHI MIYAUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/81, H04N23/951
CPC Code(s): H04N23/81
Abstract: an apparatus includes a sensor, a setting unit configured to set control value, a control unit configured to control driving of the sensor, and a detection unit configured to detect a flicker based on a signal output from the sensor, wherein the control unit controls the driving of the sensor to drive the sensor at different frame rates in a case where the signal for detecting the flicker is output from the sensor, and performs, based on the control value, a first control of executing detection processing in a divided manner over a plurality of intervals each between frames in image capturing by the sensor to obtain an image for recording, or a second control of executing the detection processing in an interval between frames in image capturing by the sensor to obtain an image for recording.
Inventor(s): MASASHI YAMAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/88, H04N23/11, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/88
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to acquire information about an imaging optical system, acquire an image signal output from an imaging element, and generate an image based on the image signal in a first mode for generating an achromatic or monochromatic image or in a second mode for generating an image including a plurality of chromatic colors, wherein a determination is made in which mode, the first mode or the second mode, an image is to be generated based on the acquired information.
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Inventor(s): Yukihiro Kuroda of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/69, B60R11/04, H04N25/773, H04N25/78
CPC Code(s): H04N25/69
Abstract: provided is a semiconductor device including: first signal generation units arranged so as to form rows and columns and corresponding to pixels configured to output a signal in response to incidence of light, each of the first signal generation units being configured to output a first digital signal in response to an output from a corresponding pixel; second signal generation units arranged corresponding to at least a part of the rows and the columns, each of the second signal generation units being configured to output a second digital signal having a predetermined digital value; and a readout unit configured to output a signal based on at least one of the first digital signal and the second digital signal that is output from a selected part of the first signal generation units and the second signal generation units.
Inventor(s): Junya YOKOYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/703, H04N23/80
CPC Code(s): H04N25/703
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device comprising: a plurality of pixels each of which is configured to include a sensor unit configured to generate pulses corresponding to photons, a counter configured to count the number of the pulses, and a memory configured to stores a count value of the counter; and a control unit configured to generate signals based on count values of the counter counted within an accumulation period, perform an accumulation operation of a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period within a full frame period, wherein the first accumulation period is shorter than the second accumulation period, output a signal generated in the first accumulation period between an end of the first accumulation period and an end of the second accumulation period, and control the number of times of accumulation periods within the full frame period or a length of the accumulation period of another accumulation operation within another full frame period based on a result of evaluating signals generated in the first accumulation period.
Inventor(s): Soya FUJIMORI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/75, G01J1/44, G06V20/50, H04N25/771
CPC Code(s): H04N25/75
Abstract: an imaging system includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a sensor unit that emits pulses in accordance with photons and a counter that counts the number of the pulses, generates a signal on the basis of a difference between count values of the counter at the time of a start and an end of an accumulation period, and performs an accumulating operation in a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period within one full frame period, in which the first accumulation period is shorter than the second accumulation period, outputs the signal generated in the first accumulation period from an end of the first accumulation period to an end of the second accumulation period, performs recognition processing on the basis of the generated signal, and determines a reliability of a recognition result based on the signal in the first accumulation period and a reliability of a recognition result based on the signal in the second accumulation period on the basis of a driving condition information related to driving conditions of a movable apparatus.
Inventor(s): KENTO IIMORI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ISAO HAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/772, H04N25/704, H04N25/766
CPC Code(s): H04N25/772
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a matrix, at least three sample-hold circuits, a voltage-current conversion portion configured to output a difference between two sample-hold circuits as a current signal, an ad converter configured to convert an output signal of the voltage-current conversion portion to a digital signal, and a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a period in which a first pixel signal obtained from the pixel is held in one sample-hold circuit, and the first pixel signal is ad converted, an operation is started in which a second pixel signal obtained from the pixel become held in another sample-hold circuit.
Inventor(s): Yoshikazu ISHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Soya FUJIMORI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/773, H04N25/71
CPC Code(s): H04N25/773
Abstract: an imaging system includes a plurality of pixels each including a sensor unit configured to output pulses corresponding to photons and a counter configured to count the number of pulses. the imaging system generates a signal on the basis of a difference between count values of the counter when a storage period starts and when the storage period ends, performs storage operations of a first storage period and a second storage period within one full-frame period, and performs a control process in which the first storage period is shorter than the second storage period and a signal generated in the first storage period is output between an end of the first storage period and an end of the second storage period. the imaging system performs a recognition process on the basis of the generated signal and changes a recognition frequency on the basis of driving state information about a driving state of a movable apparatus.
Inventor(s): Takuya NABESHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/773, G06T7/11, H04N23/611, H04N25/76, H04N25/779
CPC Code(s): H04N25/773
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device has a plurality of pixels each of which is configured to include a sensor unit that generates a pulse at a frequency corresponding to a photon reception frequency, and a counter that counts a number of the pulses. the plurality of pixels are controlled such that a signal is generated based on a difference between count values for the counter between a start time and an end time for a plurality of different accumulation periods within a full frame period, and such that an image signal that is generated during a first accumulation period is output between a time from an end of the first accumulation period until an end of a second accumulation period. in addition, the photoelectric conversion device generates a mapping parameter and performs tone mapping processing on the image signal using the mapping parameter.
Inventor(s): TOMONAGA IWAHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/76, H04N25/78
CPC Code(s): H04N25/7795
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes a pixel portion in which pixels, first and second sample-hold circuits that are two sample-hold circuits arranged with respect to pixel signals output from one pixel, a voltage-current conversion circuit configured to output a difference between the first and second sample-hold circuits, as a current signal, an ad converter configured to convert an output signal of the voltage-current conversion circuit to a digital signal, and a controller configured to perform control such that, a first pixel signal obtained from the pixel is held in the second sample-hold circuit and is ad converted, in a first period, and the first pixel signal and a second pixel signal that are obtained from the pixel are held in the second sample-hold circuit and the held signal is ad converted, in a second period.
Inventor(s): TOSHIHIRO IWATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W4/80
CPC Code(s): H04W4/80
Abstract: an acquisition unit acquires first setting information for tracking processing on an object using a first wireless apparatus. a tracking control unit controls the tracking processing on the object based on radio waves received from the first wireless apparatus by a communication unit and the first setting information. a determination unit determines whether to stop the tracking processing using the first wireless apparatus based on the radio waves received from the first wireless apparatus. when the determination unit determines that the tracking processing using the first wireless apparatus is to be stopped, the communication unit is made to transition to a mode for connecting a new wireless apparatus. when the communication unit and the new wireless apparatus are connected, the tracking control unit uses second setting information based on the first setting information, as setting information for tracking processing on the object using the new wireless apparatus.
Inventor(s): YUKI YOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W8/00, H04W8/22, H04W56/00, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W8/005
Abstract: to provide a notification of information on, of channels for communication with a frequency bandwidth exceeding 160 mhz, primary channel compliant with wi-fi aware by transmitting a frame compliant with wi-fi aware.
Inventor(s): TOSHIYUKI NAKAGAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04W8/00, H04W8/22, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W24/02
Abstract: a wi-fi aware compliant frame is to be communicated which includes information indicating that a communication apparatus supports an ieee 802.11be standard and that the communication apparatus is capable of using a frequency bandwidth exceeding 160 mhz.
Inventor(s): Yuki FUJIMORI of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Julien SEVIN of SAINT AUBIN DU CORMIER (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W48/10, H04W28/02, H04W28/16
CPC Code(s): H04W48/10
Abstract: the invention concerns the advertisement of artificial intelligence and machine learning, aiml, capabilities between stations of a wireless network. aiml technology can be used to drive communication features or mechanisms within the network. a first station transmits, to a second station, a management frame including aiml profile information defining a profile of aiml capabilities at the first station. the aiml profile information is based on pre-defined aiml profiles or sub-profiles. a non-ap station may receive such aiml profile information from two or more ap stations and then select one of these ap stations that best matches its own aiml capabilities, to join its bss. similarly, an ap station receiving such aiml profile information from a non-ap station may decide whether to accept or refuse an association of the non-ap station to its bss.
Inventor(s): AKINORI MAKAINO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TASUKU KANEDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K59/124
CPC Code(s): H10K59/124
Abstract: a light emitting device in which a pixel including a light emitting element and transistors configured to operate the light emitting element are arranged is provided. the transistors include a first transistor including one of a source region and a drain region connected to the light emitting element, and a second transistor including a source region and a drain region not connected to the light emitting element. a first silicide is arranged in a first diffusion region functioning as one of the source region and the drain region of the first transistor, a second silicide is arranged in a second diffusion region functioning as one of the source region and the drain region of the second transistor, and a diffusion coefficient of a metal contained in the first silicide is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of a metal contained in the second silicide.
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on December 26th, 2024
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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- Canon kabushiki kaisha
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- G03G9/083
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- CPC G03G9/0836
- G03G15/02
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- G03G15/043
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- CPC G03G15/043
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- CPC G03G15/2017
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- CPC G03G15/757
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- G03G21/18
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- G03G15/01
- CPC G03G21/206
- G05D1/693
- CPC G05D1/693
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- CPC G06F3/04855
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- CPC G06K19/07773
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- CPC G06Q30/0201
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- CPC G06T3/40
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- CPC G06T7/20
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- CPC G06T7/73
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- G06T5/70
- G06T5/73
- G06T7/246
- G06T7/90
- CPC G06T7/74
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- G06V40/10
- CPC G06T7/75
- G06T15/00
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- CPC G06T15/00
- H04N13/282
- H04N13/383
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- G06T7/11
- H04N13/279
- CPC G06T17/20
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- CPC H01B1/22
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- H01L21/02
- CPC H01L21/31051
- H01L29/786
- G09G3/3233
- H01L27/12
- H10B20/00
- H10K59/12
- H10K59/121
- CPC H01L29/78696
- H02N2/02
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- CPC H02N2/026
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- CPC H04L63/1475
- H04N13/344
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- CPC H04N13/344
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- H04N19/176
- H04N19/46
- H04N19/70
- CPC H04N19/117
- H04N23/11
- G01J5/00
- G06T7/62
- H04N23/611
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/63
- CPC H04N23/11
- H04N23/21
- H04N23/73
- H04N23/51
- H04N23/55
- H04R1/08
- H04R1/22
- CPC H04N23/51
- CPC H04N23/62
- H04N23/68
- H04N23/667
- CPC H04N23/687
- H04N23/695
- CPC H04N23/695
- H04N23/81
- H04N23/951
- CPC H04N23/81
- H04N23/88
- CPC H04N23/88
- H04N25/69
- B60R11/04
- H04N25/773
- H04N25/78
- CPC H04N25/69
- H04N25/703
- H04N23/80
- CPC H04N25/703
- H04N25/75
- G01J1/44
- G06V20/50
- H04N25/771
- CPC H04N25/75
- H04N25/772
- H04N25/704
- H04N25/766
- CPC H04N25/772
- H04N25/71
- CPC H04N25/773
- H04N25/76
- H04N25/779
- CPC H04N25/7795
- H04W4/80
- CPC H04W4/80
- H04W8/00
- H04W8/22
- H04W56/00
- H04W84/12
- CPC H04W8/005
- H04W24/02
- CPC H04W24/02
- H04W48/10
- H04W28/02
- H04W28/16
- CPC H04W48/10
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- CPC H10K59/124
