CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on June 20th, 2024
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on June 20th, 2024
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 78 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of B41J2/045 (7), B41J2/165 (6), G06F3/12 (6), B41J11/00 (5), B41J2/175 (4) H04N23/52 (3), B41J2/0451 (2), G06F3/14 (2), B41J11/0022 (2), H04N23/64 (2)
With keywords such as: unit, apparatus, image, configured, printing, information, member, processing, control, and medium in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): KEISUKE UJIIE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J2/0451
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select a predetermined number of nozzles from nozzles of a printhead including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge a liquid droplet; and a detection unit configured to detect a discharge state of a liquid droplet by using the predetermined number of nozzles being selected. the selection unit selects the predetermined number of nozzles such that a nozzle having a discharge abnormality is not included in the predetermined number of nozzles.
Inventor(s): KEN ISHII of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKI UCHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J2/0451
Abstract: a printing apparatus comprising a carriage on which a printhead is mounted, wherein the printhead is configured to discharge droplets onto a printing medium from a nozzle of the printhead while moving the carriage relative to the printing medium is provided. the printing apparatus performs: detecting droplets discharged from the nozzle; controlling discharge of droplets from the nozzle; and determining a discharging state of the nozzle based on a result of detection, wherein droplets are discharged from the nozzle while the carriage is moving, and wherein the control unit determines the discharging state of the nozzle based on comparison of a threshold stored in a storage unit and information related to a discharging state corresponding to that of some of the droplets discharged from the nozzle while the carriage is moving, the information being derived from a result of detection of the droplets.
20240198661.ELECTRONIC APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TOMOYA TERAJI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, H05K5/02
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04548
Abstract: an electronic apparatus provided with an external unit being attachable to and detachable from a main body unit, includes: a main body connector attached to the main body unit and including an input contact of a driving circuit to drive a driving device for the external unit, and an output contact from a first power source; and a loop-back unit including a path to connect the output contact and the input contact to the external unit, in which the main body connector includes a ground contact between the output contact and the input contact.
20240198664.PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KEITA ISHIMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIMITSU DANZUKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RIE TAKEKOSHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAO OGATA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO TOMIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIKO AICHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, B41J2/165, B41J29/17
CPC Code(s): B41J2/0456
Abstract: a technology capable of detecting a state of application of a wiping liquid with high accuracy is to be provided. to a predetermined area of a wiping member that wipes an ink ejection port surface of a printing unit, a predetermined pattern is printed by the printing unit, and a wiping liquid for re-dispersing ink that has adhered to or solidified on the ejection port surface is applied by the application unit. then, the concentration of ink on the predetermined area is detected by the detection unit.
Inventor(s): REI KURASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOGO TAZAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, H10N30/06, H10N30/082, H10N30/20, H10N30/87
CPC Code(s): B41J2/14201
Abstract: a piezoelectric element includes a first electrode provided on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided stacked on the first electrode, a second electrode provided stacked on the piezoelectric layer, an insulation layer, and a first wiring electrode. the insulation layer is provided in such a manner as to cover at least portions of the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode. the first wiring electrode is provided in such a manner as to cover at least a portion of the insulation layer and is electrically connected to the second electrode via a first contact hole. in plan view of the piezoelectric layer, a periphery of the first electrode and a periphery of the piezoelectric layer overlap in a region where the piezoelectric layer and the first wiring electrode overlap, and at least a portion of a periphery of the second electrode is positioned in a region of the piezoelectric layer.
Inventor(s): SHINGO NISHIOKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYOSHI KIKUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HAJIME NAGAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIN GENTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AYUMI YASUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEIJI KURIYAMA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SERENA YOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI WADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIHIRO GOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE YOSHITOKU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKO BABA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI KAWAFUJI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIYUKI HONDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO MOURI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUNSUKE KAKEI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/15, B41J2/21, B41J3/62
CPC Code(s): B41J2/15
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a printing-medium conveyance unit, a printhead, and a control unit. the printhead has a first array of ejection ports ejecting a first ink and a second array of ejection ports ejecting a second ink, with the ports arranged in a printing-medium conveyance direction and the arrays arranged in a predetermined direction intersecting the conveyance direction. the control unit performs control to print an image of a foundation layer and images in stack and non-stack regions on the printing medium by having the conveyance unit convey the printing medium while scanning the printhead. the control unit performs control so that in printing in the non-stack region, the image of the foundation layer is printed using an ejection-port group in the first array at the same position as an ejection-port group in the second array for printing the image in the non-stack region, in an ejection-port arrangement direction.
Inventor(s): SHUHEI OYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOAKI KAMAGATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/16, B41J2/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1623
Abstract: a liquid ejection head includes an element substrate for ejecting liquid, a support member to which the element substrate is fixed, an electric wiring board arranged onto the support member and electrically connected to the element substrate by an electric connection portion, a sealant sealing the electric connection portion, and a cover member. the cover member is fixed onto the support member, and disposed to avoid the electric connection portion and the element substrate. in a direction parallel with a surface of the element substrate, the cover member includes a part facing an outer periphery of the element substrate, and, of the part, a distance to the outer periphery of the element substrate at a first surface of the cover member bonded with the support member is greater than a distance to the outer periphery of the element substrate at a second surface that is opposite to the first surface.
Inventor(s): AKIKO AICHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIMITSU DANZUKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RIE TAKEKOSHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO TOMIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEITA ISHIMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROTO KANGO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16505
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes: a supply unit configured to supply a cleaning liquid into the cap; a discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid from the cap; and a control unit configured to execute a discharge operation to cause the discharge unit to discharge an amount of the liquid smaller than a supply amount of the cleaning liquid supplied into the cap by the supply unit.
Inventor(s): TAKAHIRO HOSOKAWA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HISASHI NAMBA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIYASU HASEGAWA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J2/175, B41J2/185, B41J29/17
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16517
Abstract: a liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection unit including an ejection surface in which an orifice through which a liquid is ejected is open, an oscillating element provided with the orifice, a retention member arranged opposite the ejection surface and configured to retain a liquid between the retention member and the ejection surface, a detection unit configured to detect an oscillation characteristic of the oscillating element, and a control unit configured to, in a case of cleaning the orifice, drive the oscillating element at a drive period based on a detection result of the detection unit in a state in which the liquid is retained between the retention member and the ejection surface.
Inventor(s): AKIKO AICHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEITA ISHIMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RIE TAKEKOSHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO TOMIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIMITSU DANZUKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAO OGATA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1652
Abstract: a liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid ejection head having first and second nozzle arrays that eject first and second liquids, respectively; first and second liquid supply channels which supply the first and second liquids inside first and second liquid containing units to the liquid ejection head, respectively; first and second pressurization units which pump the first and second liquids to the liquid ejection head through the first and second liquid supply channels; and a control unit configured, in a case of preparing for detaching the liquid ejection head, to control the first and second pressurization units to stop pumping, respectively, and to control the liquid ejection head to discharge the first and second liquids from the first and second nozzle arrays, respectively, while controlling amounts of the first and second liquids discharged from the first and second nozzle arrays, respectively, in the liquid discharge operation.
20240198682.PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RIE TAKEKOSHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIMITSU DANZUKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO TOMIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEITA ISHIMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIKO AICHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROTO KANGO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J29/17
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16552
Abstract: a technology capable of efficiently using a wiping member is to be provided. a printing apparatus is equipped with: a printing unit configured with an ejection port surface on which an ejection port array with a plurality of ejection ports that ejects ink being arranged in an array is formed; a wiping unit configured with a wiping member for wiping a predetermined area including the ejection port array of the ejection port surface, so as to be capable of wiping the predetermined area by relative movement with the printing unit; an application unit configured to be capable of applying a wiping liquid for re-dispersing the ink; and a control unit configured to control the application of the wiping liquid, which is performed by the application unit to a wiping area that wipes the predetermined area, according to a adhesion amount of the ink adhering to the wiping member.
20240198684.LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND HEAD UNIT_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): NORIYASU NAGAI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOZUMI NABESHIMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOJI INOUE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KYOSUKE NAGAOKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUYA YOSHII of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B41J2/21
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1752
Abstract: a liquid ejection apparatus includes: an ejection head; a liquid reservoir; and a pressure control mechanism controlling a pressure of liquid supplied from the liquid reservoir and supplying the ejection head with liquid, the pressure control mechanism including a pressure chamber with the ejection head, a lever member connected to the valve element at a load and connectable to a pressure receiving member for a pressure of the pressure chamber at an effort, and a biasing mechanism biasing the valve element at the load of the lever member, the pressure control mechanism controlling a pressure of the pressure chamber. in the pressure control mechanism, a lever ratio, which is a ratio of a distance between the effort and fulcrum of the lever member to a distance between the load and fulcrum of the lever member, is greater than 1 and less than 5.
Inventor(s): TAKESHI MURASE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SOJI KONDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOICHI KUBO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI NITTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI TAIRA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI KAWAFUJI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SAE MOGI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUNNOSUKE KOSEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B41J2/165, B41J2/195
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17596
Abstract: a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a circulation channel; a circulating pump configured to circulate a liquid in the circulation channel; and a control unit configured to perform control that drives the circulating pump at a first number of times of driving in a case of performing a printing operation in which the liquid is ejected onto a printing medium, and drives the circulating pump at a second number of times of driving smaller than the first number of times of driving in a predetermined case which is before performing the printing operation.
Inventor(s): MASAYA UETSUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yosuke Ishii of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/21, B41J2/195, B41J2/205, B41J29/393, C09D11/322
CPC Code(s): B41J2/2107
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to eject a color material ink and a reaction liquid; a controller configured to control the printing unit such that the printing unit prints a first test pattern in which a plurality of patches are arranged; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain an optical density for each of the plurality of patches; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a specular reflection intensity for each of the plurality of patches; and a first generation unit configured to generate correction information based on the optical density obtained by the first obtaining unit, the specular reflection intensity obtained by the second obtaining unit, a first target value of the optical density for a first input value of the color material ink, and a second target value of the specular reflection intensity for a second input value of the reaction liquid.
Inventor(s): YUKI IGARASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYU KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATO EIYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00
CPC Code(s): B41J11/00212
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image onto a printing medium by heating the printing medium on which the image is printed, a measuring unit configured to measure each of a length of the printing medium at a first temperature, a length of the printing medium after heating of the printing medium in the fixing unit at a second temperature being a glass transition point of a material of the printing medium, and a length of the printing medium after heating of the printing medium in the fixing unit at a third temperature, and a determining unit configured to determine a fixation temperature to be used for the printing medium, based on the measured lengths.
Inventor(s): YUSUKE NAKAYA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHIRO SUGIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOSUKE SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENGO NIEDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUNYA SUNOUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUICHIRO YANAGI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00
CPC Code(s): B41J11/0022
Abstract: an inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit to print on a printing medium and a drying unit to dry the printing medium. the drying unit includes an air blower having an entry and an exit, a heater to heat air from the blower exit, a casing, first and second collection paths, and an exhaust amount regulator as a regulation value disposed in each of the first and second collection paths. the casing includes a first portion to communicate with the heater, and includes a second portion to communicate with the first portion and to pass the printing medium through the second portion. the exhaust amount regulator switches between a first regulation state in which air circulates through the first portion and the first collection path and a second regulation state in which air circulates through the second portion and the second collection path.
Inventor(s): SHUHEI TADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYU KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOYA TERAJI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAHIRO DAIKOKU of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATO EIYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00, B41J2/045, B41J29/38
CPC Code(s): B41J11/0022
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium; a conveying unit configured to convey the printing medium on which the image is printed in a conveyance direction; a fixing unit configured to fix the image onto the printing medium by heating the printing medium on which the image is printed and that is conveyed by the conveying unit; a measuring unit configured to measure a reflected light intensity of the image on the printing medium; and a control unit configured to set a fixing condition to be used for the printing medium based on a change in the reflected light intensity measured by the measuring unit in a fixing process of the image.
Inventor(s): RYU KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKI IGARASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATO EIYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00, B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J11/00222
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image onto a printing medium by heating the printing medium on which the image is printed, a measuring unit configured to measure a length of the printing medium after heating of the printing medium in the fixing unit, a deriving unit configured to derive a characteristic of a deformation amount of the printing medium with respect to temperature based on the measured length, a receiving unit configured to receive a specification of a deformation amount threshold, and a determining unit configured to determine a fixation temperature in fixation of the image onto the printing medium by the fixing unit, based on the derived characteristic and the received deformation amount threshold.
Inventor(s): Naoki Wakayama of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J13/00, B41J11/00, B41J11/42, B41J13/08, B41J15/18, B65H5/06, B65H29/60
CPC Code(s): B41J13/0036
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a first discharge path that discharges a sheet and a second discharge path different from the first discharge path. an angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the second discharge path and a conveyance direction of a conveyance roller is less than an angle difference between a direction in which the sheet is discharged in the first discharge path and the conveyance direction of the conveyance roller. the printing apparatus includes a control unit that discharges the sheet on which the image is printed using the second discharge path even in a case where an instruction to print an image indicates discharging the sheet to the first discharge path, if the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller is a sheet having a thickness equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
Inventor(s): YUKI OHIRA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J29/393, B41J11/42
CPC Code(s): B41J29/393
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a first determining unit configured to determine a conveyance profile corresponding to a print mode, a conveying unit configured to convey a printing medium on which on an image is printed, according to the conveyance profile, a fixing unit configured to fix the image onto the printing medium by heating the printing medium, a measuring unit configured to measure each of a length of the printing medium before heating in the fixing unit and a length of the printing medium after the heating by detecting the image on the printing medium conveyed according to the conveyance profile, a deriving unit configured to derive a characteristic of a deformation amount of the printing medium with respect to temperature based on the measured lengths, and a second determining unit configured to determine a fixation temperature to be used for the printing medium based on the derived characteristic.
Inventor(s): ARIHIRO SAITO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUYOSHI KANKE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINYA YUMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41M5/50, B41M7/00
CPC Code(s): B41M5/502
Abstract: provided is an ink jet recording method capable of recording an image with suppressed unevenness when an image is recorded on a low absorbable recording medium by a single pass system. the method is an ink jet recording method for recording an image on a low absorbable recording medium using an aqueous ink and an aqueous reaction liquid containing a reactant reacting with the aqueous ink by carrying out application of the ink and the reaction liquid by a single pass system. the method includes an ink applying step to apply the reaction liquid to the recording medium, and a reaction liquid applying step to apply the ink to the recording medium so that a region to which the aqueous ink is applied and a region to which the reaction liquid is applied are at least partially overlap on the recording medium.
Inventor(s): Yutaro Noji of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masaaki Takeuchi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H5/06
CPC Code(s): B65H5/06
Abstract: a sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance member, a drive source, a first member including a first ratchet portion, a second member including a second ratchet portion, and an urging portion. the first ratchet portion has a plurality of first transmission surfaces and a first guide surface. the second ratchet portion has a plurality of second transmission surfaces and a second guide surface. one of the first member and the second member is movable in the axial direction between an engaged position and a separated position. the number of times the holding surface allows the one of the first member and the second member to move from the separated position to the engaged position while the second member rotates once in the rotational direction with respect to the first member is smaller than the number of contact positions included in the plurality of contact positions during the drive transmission period.
Inventor(s): Fen WAN of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Weijun Liu of Cedar Park TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C08G77/22, C08G77/18, C09D183/08
CPC Code(s): C08G77/22
Abstract: a photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material and a photoinitiator, wherein the polymerizable material may comprise at least one silicon-containing monomer having a structure of formula (1)
Inventor(s): Fen WAN of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Weijun Liu of Cedar Park TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C08G77/22, C08G77/18, C09D183/08
CPC Code(s): C08G77/22
Abstract:
Inventor(s): Fen WAN of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Weijun Liu of Cedar Park TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C08G77/22, C08G77/18, C09D183/08
CPC Code(s): C08G77/22
Abstract: with r1, r2: —o—si(ch), alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl; r3, r4: —o—si(ch), alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl; r5: c-c-alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl; r: -r5-x, or x, or —o—si(ch), or alkyl, or aryl, or alkylaryl; x: acrylate or methacrylate; and n: 0-4. the amount of silicon (si) in the photocurable composition can be at least 15 wt % based on the total weight of the photocurable composition.
Inventor(s): Mitsuaki AMEMIYA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiromi KINEBUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naoya IIZUKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01R33/385, G01R33/54
CPC Code(s): G01R33/3854
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to select a learning result that corresponds to operation information or an operation sound of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus; and an estimation unit configured to estimate audio for which the operation sound has been reduced in operation-sound-included audio in which the operation sound and audio of a subject are overlapped, using the learning result.
Inventor(s): TATSUHITO GODEN of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKANORI WATANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01T1/17, G01T1/20, G21H1/06
CPC Code(s): G01T1/17
Abstract: a radiation detector includes a first pixel and a second pixel disposed in a same column, a first comparator connected with the first pixel via a first vertical signal line, and a second comparator connected with the second pixel via a second vertical signal line. a first distance from a conversion portion of the first pixel to the first vertical signal line is different from a second distance from a conversion portion of the second pixel to the second vertical signal line. the first comparator is configured to receive a first reference signal and compare the first reference signal with an output signal sent from the first pixel. the second comparator is configured to receive a second reference signal and compare the second reference signal with an output signal sent from the second pixel. the second reference signal is different from the first reference signal.
Inventor(s): Kazue UCHIDA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B1/11
CPC Code(s): G02B1/11
Abstract: an optical element for an imaging optical system includes a substrate including a curved surface, and a multilayer film formed on the curved surface. the multilayer film includes a plurality of first films made of a first material and a plurality of second films made of a second material, each of the plurality of first films and each of the plurality of second films are alternately laminated. a predetermined inequality is satisfied.
20240201470.OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Takahiro Hatada of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B9/12, G02B27/00
CPC Code(s): G02B9/12
Abstract: an optical system with a fixed focal length includes a front lens unit closest to an object, a rear lens unit having a negative refractive power closest to an image plane, and a middle unit having a positive refractive power as a whole, including one or more lens units, and disposed between the front lens unit and the rear lens unit. a distance between adjacent lens units changes during focusing. the rear lens unit includes two or more positive lenses. a predetermined condition is satisfied.
Inventor(s): JUN NAGATOSHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B27/00, G02B26/12, G03G15/043
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0031
Abstract: an optical scanning device includes a light source, a rotatable polygon mirror, an optical member, an output portion and a detector. the optical member guides the luminous flux scanned by the rotatable polygon mirror to an image bearing member. the output portion is provided on an upstream side of the optical member in the scanning direction and outputs a signal corresponding to receiving the luminous flux. the detector is provided on the upstream side of the output portion and detects a light quantity of the luminous flux. a controller controls the light source based on the signal outputted from the output portion and the light quantity detected by the detector. the luminous flux reaching the detector is reflected at a position closer to an end portion of a reflecting surface of the rotatable polygon mirror in the main scanning direction than the luminous flux reaching the output portion.
Inventor(s): SHINTARO AICHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F7/00, F25B39/00, F28D15/02
CPC Code(s): G03F7/70858
Abstract: an air cooling apparatus for cooling air, includes a container, a boiling section arranged in the container, and a condensing section arranged in the container and above the boiling section. the boiling section includes a separator configured to separate a first path through which air of a cooling target moves and a second path through which a refrigerant moves. the separator includes a first heat exchanger configured to cause the air and the refrigerant to exchange heat. the refrigerant boiled in the second path by cooling the air is condensed in the condensing section.
Inventor(s): AKIRA SAKAKIBARA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKA ISHIDUKA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE MIURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU NISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIYUKI HIYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/05, G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G5/0578
Abstract: an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer. the surface layer comprises a polycarbonate resin (�) and a polycarbonate resin (�). the polycarbonate resin (�) has a structural unit represented by a following formula (a) described herein and a structural unit represented by a following formula (b) described herein. the polycarbonate resin (�) has a structure having a dimethylsiloxane moiety.
Inventor(s): YUKA ISHIDUKA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIYUKI HIYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA SAKAKIBARA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU NISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE MIURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/147, C08G63/193, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G5/14752
Abstract: provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which streaky image damage can be suppressed throughout long-term use in a low-temperature and low-humidity environment. an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a surface layer comprising a polyarylate and a polycarbonate, wherein the polyarylate has at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following formula (1-1), a structural unit represented by the following formula (1-2) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (1-3), and the polycarbonate has a structural unit represented by the following formula (2-1).
Inventor(s): YUKA ISHIDUKA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIYUKI HIYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIRA SAKAKIBARA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU NISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE MIURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/147, C08G63/193, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G5/14752
Abstract:
Inventor(s): YOSUKE KISHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUAKI IWATA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MINORU ITO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASARU KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNJI SEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROAKI ONUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0812
Abstract: a developing apparatus includes a developer bearing member; and a regulating member configured to come in contact with the developer bearing member, and regulate the thickness of the layer of the developer. the contact surface of the regulating member with the developer bearing member satisfies 3≤rz<20 (�m), 30≤sm≤100 (�m), and vmp≥0.05 ml/mwhere rz represents a maximum height roughness, and sm represents an average interval of unevenness, and vmp represents a volume in an initial state of a protruding peak part in parameters in a three-dimensional surface roughness defined in iso 25178.
Inventor(s): YASUHIRO SHIMOI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0886
Abstract: a developer replenishing container configured to be detachably attachable to a developer replenishing device and to replenish developer via the developer replenishing device is disclosed. the developer replenishing container includes: a developer replenishing portion with a replenishing opening; and a shutter with at least one shutter opening that can communicate with the replenishing opening, the shutter being configured to open and close the replenishing opening according to attaching and detaching operations of the developer replenishing container, wherein the shutter is movable between a sealing position where the replenishing opening is sealed, a replenishing position where the shutter opening faces the replenishing opening to replenish developer from the developer replenishing container, and a filling position where the developer replenishing container is filled with developer without sealing the replenishing opening.
20240201623.FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KOHEI WAKATSU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUGUHIRO YOSHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO DODA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIYUKI WATANABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2053
Abstract: a fixing unit includes a film, a nip forming member, a heating unit, a rotary member arranged to sandwich the film together with the nip forming member, and an end portion regulating member configured to be in sliding contact with the film and to regulate an end portion of the film in the longitudinal direction. the end portion regulating member includes a first surface facing an inner surface of the film, a second surface facing an end face of the film in the longitudinal direction, and a third surface facing an outer surface of the film and configured to regulate the end portion of the film from deforming in a manner separating from the first surface. an entirety of the third surface is disposed on an upstream side of a center position of the nip portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material in the nip portion.
20240201627.IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKESHI SEKIYA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1647
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a developing device that is mountable and dismountable and has a sealing member for sealing to be removed at a time of start using the developing device. the image forming apparatus further includes a winding shaft, a drive source, a detector, and a controller. the winding shaft rotates for removal processing for removing the sealing member. the drive source drives the winding shaft. the detector detects a value corresponding to a load torque applied to the drive source. the controller notifies of an error in a case where the value detected by the detector has become smaller than a predetermined value before a predetermined period of time elapses from start of the drive by the drive source.
Inventor(s): YOSHIHISA SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D1/693, G05D1/633
CPC Code(s): G05D1/693
Abstract: in order to determine a route for avoiding collision of a movable apparatus, a different movable apparatus as a target of collision is determined, different movable apparatus information that includes at least one of shape information, a current state, a performance, information regarding a task that is being performed of the different movable apparatus, and information regarding a route along which the different movable apparatus is moving is acquired, own movable apparatus information that is information regarding an own movable apparatus corresponding at least to the different movable apparatus information is acquired, a change rate of the route is acquired on the basis of the different movable apparatus information and the own movable apparatus information, and a moving route to be changed is determined on the basis of the change rate of the route.
20240201716.ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Jun KAMIYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yasuhito TAKAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yuji UEDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D23/19, G06F1/20
CPC Code(s): G05D23/1917
Abstract: an electronic apparatus includes first, second and third thermometers each of which detects any one of first, second and third ambient temperatures in an environment in which the electronic apparatus is used, and a control unit that estimates an ambient temperature based on the first ambient temperature and the second ambient temperature, and restricts an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where the outer casing temperature has reached a threshold that has been set based on the estimated ambient temperature. the control unit sets a temperature of the threshold in a second operation mode at a temperature higher than a temperature of the threshold in a first operation mode, the second operation mode causing a small temperature increase in the electronic apparatus compared to the first operation mode.
Inventor(s): Norihiro IKEBE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06F3/01, G06Q30/0601, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
Abstract: an information processing apparatus for generating virtual space and a virtual object includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to display the virtual object in the virtual space, and execute a function of the virtual object in the virtual space based on function information about the virtual object acquired from the memory.
20240201914.COMMUNICATION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YOSHIJI KANAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, H04W76/14
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1236
Abstract: a communication apparatus receives a first trigger frame including information about orthogonal frequency division multiple access (ofdma) conforming to ieee 802.11 standard from an external access point external to the communication apparatus while a first mode is enabled, performs communication processing in the first mode through ofdma conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard based on information about the first trigger frame, and transmits, in a case where a second mode is enabled, a second trigger frame including information about ofdma conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard.
Inventor(s): Mitsuaki Sakamoto of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1263
Abstract: the printing apparatus performing printing for a printing medium in the form of a roll includes: a determination unit configured to determine a printing-target print job; and a control unit configured to control printing for the printing medium in accordance with the print job, and the determination unit: determines a print job using an installed printing medium as a first priority job; and determines, during printing of the first priority job, a second priority job to be printed with priority after the first priority job among print jobs not using the installed printing medium.
Inventor(s): MORIKAZU ITO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/128
Abstract: according to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus is provided that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. the image forming apparatus is capable of performing direct printing for pdf data, and the image forming apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a program; and at least one processor that execute the program to perform: notifying a user of information via mail in a case where print data received from the information processing apparatus is a pdf portfolio and it is not possible to perform direct printing for the pdf portfolio using the image forming apparatus, the information including a message indicating that printing should be performed using an application compatible with the pdf portfolio and a command to open the pdf portfolio using the application.
Inventor(s): Takeshi Kaneda of Funabashi-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yoshiji Kanamoto of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Toshihiko Iida of Toride-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yasunori Kanai of Nagareyama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1288
Abstract: an image forming apparatus executes instructions to transmit, to a first information processing apparatus, information corresponding to a screen regarding registering a plurality of print setting values and an identifier corresponding to the plurality of print setting values, wherein the screen is a setting screen regarding an internet printing protocol, store the plurality of print setting values and the identifier received from the first information processing apparatus in the one or more memories, and transmit the stored plurality of print setting values and the stored identifier to a second information processing apparatus.
Inventor(s): Go Inoue of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1289
Abstract: a control method of a printing apparatus for acquiring a print job from a cloud print service, and performing printing based on the acquired print job includes transmitting, in a case where a notification received from the cloud print service includes information indicating that a fetchable print job exists, a first request related to the print job, to the cloud print service, executing login processing of causing a user to log into the printing apparatus, and transmitting a second request related to the print job, to the cloud print service conditional upon the login processing being performed.
Inventor(s): KEIKO UEHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14
CPC Code(s): G06F3/14
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a processed image obtained by an external processing apparatus processing a radiation image from the external processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control to, according to a display order of a plurality of processed images, display the plurality of processed images on a display unit.
Inventor(s): MASAYA KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14
CPC Code(s): G06F3/14
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit for obtaining processing information obtained by an external processing apparatus processing a radiation image from the external processing apparatus, and a control unit for performing control to, according to a type of a processing content in the processing information, determine whether to immediately display the processing information on a display unit, or after the obtaining unit obtains a plurality of pieces of the processing information in which the processing content is of a same type, display the plurality of pieces of the processing information on the display unit.
Inventor(s): YOSUKE IGARASHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F40/47, G06T11/20, G06T11/60, G06V10/94, G06V20/70, G06V30/19, G06V30/30
CPC Code(s): G06F40/47
Abstract: an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a translation text by executing a translation process on an input text; selects one or more consecutive characters in the translation text as a selection text, based on a user operation; assigns a label selected based on a user operation, to a character string corresponding to the selection text in the input text; and stores the input text to which the label has been assigned, in a storage unit.
Inventor(s): KEIJI KURIYAMA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIDEHIKO KANDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI WADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIHIRO GOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HAJIME NAGAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINGO NISHIOKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIN GENTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SERENA YOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K15/02, B41J2/125
CPC Code(s): G06K15/021
Abstract: to print high-definition images, an embodiment of the present invention provides a printing apparatus including: a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing medium by applying a first liquid containing a colorant and a second liquid containing a component that causes the colorant to aggregate; a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to print a first pattern and a second pattern differing from the first pattern in a manner of application of the first liquid and the second liquid; and an identification unit configured to identify a characteristic of the printing medium based on a first density of the first pattern and a second density of the second pattern.
Inventor(s): KOICHI TANJI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06N3/096, G06F21/60, G06N3/045
CPC Code(s): G06N3/096
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes one or more processors, and one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction configured to be executed by the one or more processors, thereby the computer-readable instruction causing the information processing apparatus to divide parameter data related to a network model of a neural network into a plurality of blocks, and generate embedded information based on connection information for each block obtained by converting, for the respective blocks, data in each block including the parameter data and connection information for another block, and perform output setting for using data with the generated embedded information embedded in an output from the network model, as an output of the network model.
Inventor(s): Takeshi Iwasa of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/50, G02B27/01, G06T7/00
CPC Code(s): G06T5/50
Abstract: a display system includes a display apparatus of head-mounted type, a first video processing apparatus including a first cg generation unit that generates cg, and configured to output a display-purpose video image to the display apparatus, and a second video processing apparatus including a second cg generation unit that generates cg, and configured to communicate with the first video processing apparatus, wherein the first video processing apparatus includes an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality of a video image input from the second video processing apparatus, or an abnormality of a state of connection with the second video processing apparatus, and a video image selection unit that selects one of a first video image using the cg generated by the first cg generation unit and a second video image using the cg generated by the second cg generation unit as the display-purpose video image, depending on a detection result.
Inventor(s): HARUNA YAMAZAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOKI KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/80, G06T1/60, G06T3/602
CPC Code(s): G06T5/80
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes a ring buffer memory configured to store a partial image representing part of a block image obtained by dividing a band image obtained by dividing a scanned image in a unit of a band, further in a unit of a block; a memory control unit configured to control a storage status of the partial image in the ring buffer memory, a processing unit configured to perform rotation processing on the partial image stored in the ring buffer memory and output a rotated partial image, and a combining unit configured to combine a plurality of the rotated partial images outputted from the processing unit and output a rotated block image corresponding to the block image before being divided.
Inventor(s): Kazumasa KIMATA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/70, G06T7/62, G06V10/25, G09G5/377
CPC Code(s): G06T7/70
Abstract: an image processing apparatus capable of notifying a user of the presence of a possibility that blur information of a desired subject has not been acquired or of displaying an indicator at a position with good visibility is provided. the image processing apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the apparatus to function as a detection unit that detects a subject from an lv image, and a display control unit that displays an indicator indicating blur information on the subject detected by the detection unit so as to be superimposed on the lv image. the display control unit controls a display of the indicator in the lv image based on first information related to a detection region in which the detection unit detects the subject and/or second information related to the subject detected by the detection unit.
Inventor(s): YOSHINORI MIZOGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKITOSHI YAMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOUTA MURASAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMINO MATSUI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/90, G06T5/20, H04N1/60, H04N9/64
CPC Code(s): G06T7/90
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes: an input unit which inputs image data; a generation unit which generates image data having undergone color gamut conversion from the image data input by the input unit using a conversion unit configured to convert a color gamut of the image data input by the input unit into a color gamut of a device configured to output the image data; a correction unit which corrects the conversion unit based on a result of the color gamut conversion; and a control unit which controls execution of the correction by the correction unit for a content included in the image data input by the input unit.
Inventor(s): MOTOHARU SUZUKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04J3/06
CPC Code(s): H04J3/0667
Abstract: a communication apparatus connected to a time source apparatus via a first transmission path and a second transmission path performs packet communication with the time source apparatus according to precision time protocol (ptp) by using either the first transmission path or the second transmission path, synchronizes a time on the communication apparatus with a time on the time source apparatus by using a transmission delay value of the first transmission path if a transmission path used for the packet communication is the first transmission path, switches the transmission path if a predetermined condition is satisfied, and synchronizes the time on the communication apparatus with the time on the time source apparatus by using a transmission delay value of the second transmission path different from the transmission delay value of the first transmission path if the transmission path is switched from the first transmission path to the second transmission path.
20240204930.COMMUNICATION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YOSHIJI KANAMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0007
Abstract: a communication apparatus is provided that includes a first reception unit configured to receive, while a first mode is enabled, a first trigger frame including information about orthogonal frequency division multiple access (ofdma) conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard from an external access point external to the communication apparatus, a communication unit configured to perform communication processing in the first mode through ofdma conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard based on information about the first trigger frame, and a control unit configured to control, even in a case where ofdma conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard is enabled in the first mode, the communication apparatus so that, upon enabling of a second mode, ofdma conforming to the ieee 802.11 standard is not performed in a wireless communication in the second mode.
Inventor(s): MITSUMASA ABE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L7/00
CPC Code(s): H04L7/0012
Abstract: a synchronous communication apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a current time for synchronizing with another communication apparatus, a generation unit configured to generate a synchronous pulse at a predetermined frequency, and a change unit configured to, if a set time that is set as a time at which the generation unit starts generation of the synchronous pulse is not a time later than the current time, change the set time to a time later than the current time.
Inventor(s): HIROTAKA ITTOGI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/32
CPC Code(s): H04L9/3271
Abstract: an authentication method for authenticating an authentication target apparatus by an authentication apparatus is provided. the method includes: the authentication apparatus performing first encryption processing in accordance with first encryption processing information; the authentication target apparatus performing second decryption processing in accordance with second encryption processing information; the authentication target apparatus performing second encryption processing in accordance with the second encryption processing information; the authentication apparatus performing first decryption processing in accordance with the first encryption processing information. the authentication apparatus changes the first encryption processing information in accordance with a predetermined rule when either of the first encryption processing and the first decryption processing is performed, and the authentication target apparatus changes the second encryption processing information in accordance with the predetermined rule when either of the second encryption processing and the second decryption processing is performed.
[[20240205033.IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GUARANTEEING AUTHENTICITY OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTED IN REAL TIME WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING, CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): DAIYU UENO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/00, H04L9/32
CPC Code(s): H04L9/50
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus capable of guaranteeing the authenticity of a content distributed in real time while photographing is provided. the image pickup apparatus includes a controller configured or programmed to function as a distribution data transmitting unit that transmits distribution data used for live distribution of a video image photographed, a hash value generating unit that generates a hash value of the distribution data at a predetermined interval, and a transmitting unit that transmits the hash value and information, which indicates a timing when the hash value has been generated, to a content management apparatus that registers the hash value in a blockchain.
Inventor(s): MASAKI UCHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TEPPEI NAGATA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOHITO NAKAGAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKIHIRO SOETA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00557
Abstract: an image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a casing, a reading unit, a support shaft, a first cable, and a second cable. the reading unit includes a reading sensor configured to read an image of the sheet conveyed in the conveyance path through the transparent member. the support shaft supports the reading unit in a manner of moving in a moving direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the reading unit. the first cable is connected to a first connecting portion disposed in the reading unit, the first cable being held by the reading unit on one side in the longitudinal direction with respect to the support shaft. the second cable is connected to a second connecting portion disposed in the reading unit, the second cable being held by the reading unit on the other side in the longitudinal direction with respect to the support shaft.
Inventor(s): Tsuyoshi Muto of Toride-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00777
Abstract: an image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a document, a reading unit configured to read an image on the conveyed document, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance from an upper portion of a sheet feeding port for the document to an upper surface of the document, and a control unit configured to, according to the distance measured by the measurement unit, suspend the conveyance of the document by the conveying unit. according to a user operation for reading again the document of which the reading is suspended by the control unit, the conveying unit conveys the document and the reading unit reads the image on the document, and while the document of which the conveyance is suspended is conveyed again, the control unit does not suspend the conveyance of the document based on the distance measured by the measurement unit.
Inventor(s): KOUTA MURASAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI NAKAMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIDETSUGU KAGAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIKO NAKATANI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKITOSHI YAMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENTARO YANO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/60
CPC Code(s): H04N1/6063
Abstract: an image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data; a generation unit configured to generate image data having undergone color gamut conversion from the image data input by the input unit using a conversion unit configured to convert a color gamut of the image data input by the input unit into a color gamut of a device configured to output the image data; a correction unit configured to correct the conversion unit based on a result of the color gamut conversion; and a control unit configured to control execution of the correction by the correction unit for an object included in the image data input by the input unit.
20240205359.ELECTRONIC APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Tomohiro OTA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N5/262, H04N23/63, H04N23/80
CPC Code(s): H04N5/2628
Abstract: an electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire input image data; a first output unit configured to output image data on a first region which is a region of a part of the input image data; and a second output unit configured to output image data on a second region that includes the first region, wherein the second output unit outputs information indicating the first region together with the image data on the second region.
[[20240205362.INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): Hiroyasu Ito of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N5/272, G06T15/20
CPC Code(s): H04N5/2723
Abstract: the information processing apparatus includes: one or more processors functioning by executing instructions stored in one or more memories as the following units: a setting unit configured to set a parameter with which a display condition of additional information that is displayed in a virtual viewpoint image, identification information indicating the additional information, and virtual viewpoint information on a virtual viewpoint image that is generated are associated; and an output unit configured to output a parameter that is set by the setting unit.
20240205402.GROUPED FEATURE MAP QUANTISATION_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Christopher James Rosewarne of Concord (AU) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Jonathan GAN of Ryde (AU) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/124, H04N19/88
CPC Code(s): H04N19/124
Abstract: a method of decoding feature maps from encoded data. a parameter related to quantisation is determined. according to the parameter, inverse quantisation is performed for samples decoded from the encoded data to decode the feature maps. for at least a part of the samples decoded from the encoded data, one parameter is shared by a group of samples corresponding to a plurality of feature maps.
Inventor(s): YUKIHIRO SOETA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TEPPEI NAGATA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOHITO NAKAGAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI UCHIDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/51, G02B7/02, H04N1/00, H04N1/12
CPC Code(s): H04N23/51
Abstract: an image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit and a reading unit. the reading unit includes a transparent member, a sensor unit including a substrate to which an image reading element is connected, and configured to read an image of the sheet through the transparent member, a fan configured to blow air, a supporting member including an opening formed at a position where the opening faces the sensor unit, and supporting the sensor unit, and a casing accommodating the sensor unit, the fan, and the supporting member. the fan is disposed in a manner of facing the opening on a side, with respect to the opening, different from a side on which the sensor unit faces the opening. the sensor unit and the supporting member are disposed such that a flow path of air that has passed through the opening is formed between the sensor unit and the supporting member.
Inventor(s): Yuji UEDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/52, H04N23/51
CPC Code(s): H04N23/52
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus having high heat dissipation performance. the image pickup apparatus comprises a board having an image pickup device, a sheet metal member disposed closer to a front surface side than the board and adjacent to the board in an optical axis direction, an electronic component board disposed closer to a back surface side than the board, and a battery chamber disposed near an outer edge of the board. the sheet metal member is thermally connected to the board, and includes an arm, which is formed integrally with and made of the same material with the sheet metal member. the arm extends in the optical axis direction toward the back surface side, to a position closer to the back surface side than the board, and is disposed at a position closer to the optical axis than the battery chamber.
20240205526.ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yuji UEDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Jun KAMIYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroshi TORIUMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yuki KUBO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/52, G01K13/00, H04N23/63, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/52
Abstract: an electronic apparatus includes a plurality of thermometers and a control unit that performs control to restrict an operation of the electronic apparatus in a case where one of the plurality of temperatures has reached the threshold temperature. the control unit performs control to obtain a first difference between the temperature of a heat source and a threshold temperature for the temperature of the heat source and a second difference between the temperature of an outer casing and a threshold temperature for the temperature of the outer casing, correct the first difference based on temperature increase characteristics of the heat source, correct the second difference based on temperature increase characteristics of the outer casing, and display the information based on the corrected first difference or the corrected second difference.
Inventor(s): Yasuhito TAKAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Jun KAMIYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroshi TORIUMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/52, G01K1/20, G01K3/10, H04N23/51, H04N23/60
CPC Code(s): H04N23/52
Abstract: an electronic apparatus comprises a first thermometer and a second thermometer arranged such that a change over time of a difference between a first measurement obtained by the first thermometer and a second measurement obtained by the second thermometer satisfies a specific condition. the electronic apparatus executes control for restricting a function of the electronic apparatus in response to a temperature of a housing of the electronic apparatus exceeding a threshold. the electronic apparatus estimates an ambient temperature based on the first measurement, the second measurement, and the specific condition and sets the threshold based on the estimated ambient temperature.
Inventor(s): Shunsuke NINOMIYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/611, G06T7/70, G06V10/74, H04N23/695
CPC Code(s): H04N23/611
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device, a first obtainment unit that, using a first method, obtains first information that is information pertaining to a position of the subject; a second obtainment unit that, using a second method, obtains second information that is information pertaining to the position of the subject; and a changing unit that changes an angle of view of the image capturing device. the changing unit performs at least one of changing the angle of view in a first direction or changing a magnitude of the angle of view, based on the first information, and performs at least one of changing the angle of view in a second direction different from the first direction or changing a magnitude of the angle of view, based on the second information.
Inventor(s): Maiki Okuwaki of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroyuki Kajiyama of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N13/207, H04N23/69, H04N23/698
CPC Code(s): H04N23/632
Abstract: electronic equipment includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a third image in which a first image captured via a first optical system and a second image captured via a second optical system are arranged side by side, the second image having parallax with the first image and a setting unit configured to set, in the third image, a target area to which predetermined processing is to be applied, based on a user operation. the setting unit is configured to set the target area in such a manner that the item indicating the target area includes either one of the first image and the second image.
Inventor(s): Ken YANAGIBASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Erika ICHIHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/60
CPC Code(s): H04N23/64
Abstract: an electronic device according to the present invention, includes: an output interface configured to output an output image corresponding to a whole or a part of a region of an input image; a receiver configured to receive a tally signal corresponding to the output image; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a control unit configured to perform control to prohibit or restrict a setting change affecting the part of the region of the input image in response to reception of the tally signal in a case where the output image corresponds to the part of the region of the input image.
Inventor(s): EMI KONDO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATORU MATSUMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/60, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/64
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes a sensor, a light-emitting device, one or more processors, and one or more memories. the sensor captures an image of an object through a lens. the light-emitting device provides a notification of a focus state. the one or more memories contain instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations as a focus detection unit and a notification control unit. the focus detection unit detects a focus state of the object. the notification control unit controls whether to provide the notification of the focus state using the light-emitting device. the light-emitting device is arranged near the lens on a surface of a side of the imaging apparatus on which the lens is arranged. the notification control unit determines whether to provide the notification of the focus state of the object using the light-emitting device.
Inventor(s): SHUN NISHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/67, H04N23/61, H04N23/62, H04N23/667, H04N23/73
CPC Code(s): H04N23/67
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a specific object from an image picked up by an image pickup unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether a subject is a moving object, and a setting unit configured to set a sensitivity to be used when the determination unit determines that the subject is a moving object. the setting unit sets the sensitivity depending on whether the specific object is detected by the detection unit.
Inventor(s): Wataru NAKAYAMA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, G02B7/02, G02B27/64
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: an optical image stabilization apparatus includes a first position detector and a second position detector configured to detect a position of a movable member relative to a base member in directions of first and second detection axes that are not orthogonal, a first driving unit and a second driving unit configured to drive the movable member relative to the base member in directions of first and second drive axes. the first or second detection axis is different from the first and second drive axes. an intersection of the first and second drive axes is closer to a center of gravity of a movable unit including an element fixed to the movable member among an optical element, the movable member, and the first and second driving units, than an intersection of the first and second detection axes.
20240205843.Power Headroom Reporting_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yunjung Yi of Vienna VA (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Esmael Hejazi Dinan of McLean VA (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hyoungsuk Jeon of Centreville VA (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hua Zhou of Vienna VA (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W52/36, H04W72/02, H04W72/0446, H04W76/27, H04W92/10, H04W92/18
CPC Code(s): H04W52/365
Abstract: a wireless device may select a power headroom value of a first cell. the power headroom value may be selected from a first power headroom value of an uplink transmission via uplink resources of the first cell, and a second power headroom value of a sidelink transmission via a sidelink resource pool of the first cell. the power headroom value may be selected based on whether the uplink transmission or the sidelink transmission is a scheduled transmission. the wireless device may transmit, based on selecting the power headroom value, a power headroom report comprising the power headroom value of the first cell.
Inventor(s): Tsubasa Ishihara of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W72/0453, G06F3/12, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04W72/0453
Abstract: a communication device that improves convenience in wireless communication with another communication device. the communication device, capable of performing a first-mode communication via a relay device and a second-mode communication without the relay device, controls to perform wireless communication in the second mode using the set frequency band, when the wireless communication is performed in the second mode in a case where connection of wireless communication in the first mode using a frequency band at least partially overlapping the set frequency band is not made, and controls such that in a case where the set frequency band is the first frequency band, and connection of wireless communication in the first mode is performed using a frequency band at least partially overlapping the first frequency band, connection of wireless communication in the second mode using the first frequency band is not performed.
Inventor(s): YUKI YOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04W76/11, H04W76/15, H04W76/30, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W76/11
Abstract: in disconnecting the connection via a second link in a state where a communication apparatus and another communication apparatus are connected via a first link and a second link, tid assignment to the first link is performed based on information about a tid set to the first link and information about a tid set to the second link by the setting unit.
Inventor(s): KENJI YAMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ISAO KAWATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KATSUYUKI HOTTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKA KIMURA of Fukui (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K85/30, C07F15/00, C09K11/06, G03G15/04
CPC Code(s): H10K85/342
Abstract: an organic metal complex exhibits high oscillator strength and high molecular stability since the organic metal complex contains a ligand in which a benzoisoquinoline ring and a benzene ring are bonded together via a five-membered ring structure.
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on June 20th, 2024
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- B41J2/045
- CPC B41J2/0451
- Canon kabushiki kaisha
- H05K5/02
- CPC B41J2/04548
- B41J2/165
- B41J29/17
- CPC B41J2/0456
- B41J2/14
- H10N30/06
- H10N30/082
- H10N30/20
- H10N30/87
- CPC B41J2/14201
- B41J2/15
- B41J2/21
- B41J3/62
- CPC B41J2/15
- B41J2/16
- CPC B41J2/1623
- CPC B41J2/16505
- B41J2/175
- B41J2/185
- CPC B41J2/16517
- CPC B41J2/1652
- CPC B41J2/16552
- CPC B41J2/1752
- B41J2/195
- CPC B41J2/17596
- B41J2/205
- B41J29/393
- C09D11/322
- CPC B41J2/2107
- B41J11/00
- CPC B41J11/00212
- CPC B41J11/0022
- B41J29/38
- CPC B41J11/00222
- B41J13/00
- B41J11/42
- B41J13/08
- B41J15/18
- B65H5/06
- B65H29/60
- CPC B41J13/0036
- CPC B41J29/393
- B41M5/50
- B41M7/00
- CPC B41M5/502
- CPC B65H5/06
- C08G77/22
- C08G77/18
- C09D183/08
- CPC C08G77/22
- G01R33/385
- G01R33/54
- CPC G01R33/3854
- G01T1/17
- G01T1/20
- G21H1/06
- CPC G01T1/17
- G02B1/11
- CPC G02B1/11
- G02B9/12
- G02B27/00
- CPC G02B9/12
- G02B26/12
- G03G15/043
- CPC G02B27/0031
- G03F7/00
- F25B39/00
- F28D15/02
- CPC G03F7/70858
- G03G5/05
- G03G15/00
- CPC G03G5/0578
- G03G5/147
- C08G63/193
- G03G21/18
- CPC G03G5/14752
- G03G15/08
- CPC G03G15/0812
- CPC G03G15/0886
- G03G15/20
- CPC G03G15/2053
- G03G21/16
- CPC G03G21/1647
- G05D1/693
- G05D1/633
- CPC G05D1/693
- G05D23/19
- G06F1/20
- CPC G05D23/1917
- G06F3/04815
- G06F3/01
- G06Q30/0601
- G06T19/00
- CPC G06F3/04815
- G06F3/12
- H04W76/14
- CPC G06F3/1236
- CPC G06F3/1263
- CPC G06F3/128
- CPC G06F3/1288
- CPC G06F3/1289
- G06F3/14
- CPC G06F3/14
- G06F40/47
- G06T11/20
- G06T11/60
- G06V10/94
- G06V20/70
- G06V30/19
- G06V30/30
- CPC G06F40/47
- G06K15/02
- B41J2/125
- CPC G06K15/021
- G06N3/096
- G06F21/60
- G06N3/045
- CPC G06N3/096
- G06T5/50
- G02B27/01
- G06T7/00
- CPC G06T5/50
- G06T5/80
- G06T1/60
- G06T3/602
- CPC G06T5/80
- G06T7/70
- G06T7/62
- G06V10/25
- G09G5/377
- CPC G06T7/70
- G06T7/90
- G06T5/20
- H04N1/60
- H04N9/64
- CPC G06T7/90
- H04J3/06
- CPC H04J3/0667
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04L5/0007
- H04L7/00
- CPC H04L7/0012
- H04L9/32
- CPC H04L9/3271
- H04L9/00
- CPC H04L9/50
- H04N1/00
- CPC H04N1/00557
- CPC H04N1/00777
- CPC H04N1/6063
- H04N5/262
- H04N23/63
- H04N23/80
- CPC H04N5/2628
- H04N5/272
- G06T15/20
- CPC H04N5/2723
- H04N19/124
- H04N19/88
- CPC H04N19/124
- H04N23/51
- G02B7/02
- H04N1/12
- CPC H04N23/51
- H04N23/52
- CPC H04N23/52
- G01K13/00
- H04N23/667
- G01K1/20
- G01K3/10
- H04N23/60
- H04N23/611
- G06V10/74
- H04N23/695
- CPC H04N23/611
- H04N13/207
- H04N23/69
- H04N23/698
- CPC H04N23/632
- CPC H04N23/64
- H04N23/67
- H04N23/61
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/73
- CPC H04N23/67
- H04N23/68
- G02B27/64
- CPC H04N23/687
- H04W52/36
- H04W72/02
- H04W72/0446
- H04W76/27
- H04W92/10
- H04W92/18
- CPC H04W52/365
- H04W72/0453
- H04W76/10
- CPC H04W72/0453
- H04W76/11
- H04W76/15
- H04W76/30
- H04W84/12
- CPC H04W76/11
- H10K85/30
- C07F15/00
- C09K11/06
- G03G15/04
- CPC H10K85/342
