CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on March 13th, 2025
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on March 13th, 2025
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 48 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of G03G9/093 (3), H04N23/63 (3), H04N23/611 (3), H04N23/695 (3), H04N23/90 (3) H04N23/695 (3), G03G21/1814 (3), C09D11/38 (2), G06F3/0486 (2), B05D1/36 (1)
With keywords such as: image, unit, apparatus, processing, information, configured, surface, control, predetermined, and device in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): Toshiki Ito of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Naoki Kiyohara of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Keiko Chiba of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Timothy Stachowiak of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Keiji Yamashita of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B05D1/36, B05D3/06, B05D3/12, B05D5/00, G03F7/09, G03F7/16
CPC Code(s): B05D1/36
Abstract: a substrate surface planarization method includes an arranging step of arranging a liquid curable composition onto a substrate surface having unevenness, a waiting step of waiting until the surface of the layer of the liquid curable composition becomes smooth, and a light exposure step of applying light to cure the layer of the liquid curable composition in this order. the arranging step includes a first arranging step of arranging a layer made of a first liquid curable composition (a1) containing at least a polymerizable compound (a1), and a second arranging step of arranging droplets of a second liquid curable composition (a2) containing at least a polymerizable compound (a2) onto the layer made of the first liquid curable composition (a1) by dropping the droplets discretely.
Inventor(s): HIDETADA ASANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ISAMU OKUMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOTA OKAZAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOJI TSUKAMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROTO MIZOHANA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B25J9/16, B25J13/08
CPC Code(s): B25J9/1697
Abstract: an end effector includes a base portion, an imaging apparatus supported by the base portion, and a tool movably supported by the base portion, the tool being configured to support a workpiece and perform work with respect to the workpiece. the base portion includes a driving mechanism. in a case of capturing an image of an imaging object by the imaging apparatus, the driving mechanism is configured to position the tool supporting the workpiece outside of a range in which at least part of the tool or the workpiece supported by the tool overlaps with the imaging object in a field of view of the imaging apparatus.
Inventor(s): KOJI SUDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKI UCHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEN ISHII of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE KIYOKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIYUKI KINOSHITA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, B41J2/21, B41J29/00
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04561
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a printing head having nozzles configured to eject droplets, a carriage having the printing head mounted thereon, a control unit configured to control the ejection of the droplets from the nozzles, a detection unit configured to detect the droplets ejected from the nozzles, a determination unit configured to determine an ejection state of the nozzles based on the detection result obtained by the detection unit, a reception unit configured to receive a user input to select a mode, and a setting unit configured to set the mode based on the user input, wherein the control unit causes the droplets to be ejected from the nozzles while moving the carriage relative to the detection unit, and the determination unit determines the ejection state of the nozzles based on the detection result of the droplets ejected while moving the carriage relative to the detection unit.
Inventor(s): TAKAMITSU TOKUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUYA IWANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOKI TSUJI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, B41J2/16
CPC Code(s): B41J2/14072
Abstract: provided is a liquid ejection head and a method for manufacturing the liquid ejection head, in which a capacitor can be disposed near an element substrate without increasing the size of the ejection head. to this end, a side surface of a support member includes a concave portion at a position facing an electronic component, the side surface intersecting with a support surface where the element substrate is supported.
Inventor(s): AYUMI YASUDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEIJI KURIYAMA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SERENA SAITO 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, SATOSHI WADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/21, B41J11/00, B41M3/00
CPC Code(s): B41J2/2117
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes a feed unit that feeds a printing medium; a print unit including first and second arrays of print elements for applying first ink and second ink, respectively, onto the printing medium; and a fixation unit located downstream of the print unit in a feed direction to fixate an image printed on the printing medium. the print unit prints a first image on the printing medium by applying the first ink. the feed unit feeds the printing medium having the first image printed thereon to the fixation unit from upstream to downstream in the feed direction. the fixation unit fixates the first image. the feed unit back-feeds the printing medium having the first image fixated thereon to the print unit from downstream to upstream in the feed direction. the print unit prints a second image on the first image by applying the second ink.
Inventor(s): TAKUTO MORIGUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, OSAMU YOSHITAKE of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIN-ICHI SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOEI MORIBE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOSUKE OTANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41M7/00, B41J11/00, C09D11/322
CPC Code(s): B41M7/009
Abstract: there is provided an ink jet recording method including an ink applying step, a drying step and a fixing step. an aqueous ink contains a resin particle and a wax particle. the glass transition temperature (t(� c.)) of the resin particle, the melting point (t) of the wax particle and the surface temperature (t(� c.)) of the recording medium heated in the drying step satisfy the relationship of the following formula (1):
Inventor(s): TAKUTO MORIGUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, OSAMU YOSHITAKE of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIN-ICHI SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOEI MORIBE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOSUKE OTANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41M7/00, B41J11/00, C09D11/322
CPC Code(s): B41M7/009
Abstract:
20250083886. LIQUID EJECTION HEAD PACKAGE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHOGO KAWAMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MICHIHIRO TAKAHATA of Fukushima (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65D81/05, B41J29/00, B65D77/04, B65D81/02, B65D85/30
CPC Code(s): B65D81/05
Abstract: a liquid ejection head package that secures a liquid ejection head configured to eject liquid, includes a protective member that protects an end of the liquid ejection head in a longitudinal direction, and a box member that packs the liquid ejection head having the protective member attached to the end thereof in the longitudinal direction. the box member includes a cushioning member at a position where the cushioning member contacts the protective member, where the cushioning member includes a cushioning portion having a space therein.
Inventor(s): HIROYUKI NAKAGAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H11/00, B65H11/02
CPC Code(s): B65H11/007
Abstract: a sheet conveyance apparatus includes a housing configured to store a sheet conveyance unit for conveying a sheet, an opening/closing unit configured to be openably and closably provided with respect to the housing, and pivotable between a closed position and an opened position, and a damping unit that is included in the opening/closing unit and configured to damp a movement of the opening/closing unit from the closed position to the opened position, wherein when the opening/closing unit is in the closed position, the opening/closing unit is not subjected to a resistance force of applying a load to the movement of the opening/closing unit by the damping unit, and wherein when the opening/closing unit is pivoted from the closed position to the opened position, the opening/closing unit is subjected to the resistance force of applying the load to the movement of the opening/closing unit by the damping unit.
Inventor(s): Timothy Brian STACHOWIAK of Austin TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Weijun Liu of Cedar Park TX (US) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C09D11/38, C08F212/34, C09D11/108
CPC Code(s): C09D11/38
Abstract: a curable composition can comprise a polymerizable material and an initiator, wherein the polymerizable material can comprise at least one multi-functional vinylbenzene monomer in an amount of at least 70 wt % based on the total weight of the polymerizable material; the at least one initiator includes an azo-compound; and wherein a cured layer of the curable composition has a linear shrinkage after a baking treatment at 350� c. of not greater than 3.0%.
Inventor(s): MASANOBU OOTSUKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIKI ITO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNJI ITO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AYANO MASHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C09D11/38, C08F20/24, C08F30/08, C08F283/12, C09D11/033, C09D11/101, C09D11/107, C09D11/36, G03F7/00, H01L21/027
CPC Code(s): C09D11/38
Abstract: a curable composition containing a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a solvent, wherein the curable composition has a viscosity of not less than 1.3 mpa�s and not more than 60 mpa�s at 23� c. and at 1 atm, a content of the solvent with respect to whole of the curable composition is not less than 5 vol % and not more than 95 vol %, a boiling point of the solvent is not less than 135� c. at 1 atm, and defining a surface tension of a composition obtained by removing the solvent from the curable composition at 1 atm as yl [mn/m] and the surface tension of the solvent at 23� c. and at 1 atm as �2 [mn/m], �1 is not more than 30, �2 is not more than 24, and �1 is larger than �2.
Inventor(s): Shuhei IKEDA of Yokohama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takaaki KAWANO of Chigasaki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tomoaki YAMAKI of Yokohama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C12M1/36, C12M1/00, C12M1/34, C12M3/00
CPC Code(s): C12M41/48
Abstract: according to one embodiment, an automated culturing apparatus includes a plurality of incubators, an imaging unit and processing circuitry. the plurality of incubators is configured to store one or more culture containers in which a cell or a biological tissue is cultured. the imaging unit is configured to capture an image of the cell or the biological tissue in the culture containers in the incubators. the processing circuitry is configured to control delivery and discharge of a cell suspension and a medium for the culture containers stored in each of the incubators, and control a culturing condition of the cell or the biological tissue independently for each incubator.
Inventor(s): NORISHIGE KAKEGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAHIRO MASUMURA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TEIGO SAKAKIBARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA KOMORI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01N21/64, B01L3/00, G01N33/53
CPC Code(s): G01N21/6428
Abstract: provided is an analysis method for determining at least any one of: presence or absence of a target substance; and a concentration of the target substance through use of a reagent that reacts with the target substance, the analysis method including: a loading step of loading: a sample containing the target substance; a hydrophilic polymer that reacts with a silanol group of a glass vessel; and the reagent into the glass vessel; a reaction step of causing the target substance and the reagent to react with each other to provide a reaction liquid; and an analysis step of determining at least any one of: the presence or absence of the target substance; and the concentration of the target substance in the reaction liquid, wherein the loading step includes loading the reagent after or simultaneously with the loading of the hydrophilic polymer.
Inventor(s): TAKASHI SEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIO YOSHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B7/16, G03B17/14
CPC Code(s): G02B7/16
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes a lens unit, a camera body, and a processor to control a setting value by a lens unit side or a camera body side, and store a second setting value controlled by the camera body side. in an integrated configuration in which an operation member and a control source changeover unit are integrated in the lens unit, when a control source is switched to the camera body, the second setting value is controlled by the camera body side, and the camera body notifies the lens unit of being the control source. in a separate configuration, when the control source is switched to the camera body, the second setting value is updated by the camera body side with a first setting value controlled by the lens unit side, and the camera body notifies the lens unit of controlling the updated setting value.
20250085513. OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Yuma KOBAYASHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B13/00, G03B5/00, G03B13/32
CPC Code(s): G02B13/0055
Abstract: an optical system includes a first transmissive reflective surface, a second transmissive reflective surface located closer to an image than the first transmissive reflective surface, and a lens located closer to an object than the first transmissive reflective surface or closer to the image than the second transmissive reflective surface. the first transmissive reflective surface is configured to move in an optical axis direction during focusing. the lens is separated from each of the first transmissive reflective surface and the second transmissive reflective surface.
20250085519. ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Makoto NAKAHARA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B15/14, G02B15/16
CPC Code(s): G02B15/1425
Abstract: a zoom lens includes a first lens unit having negative refractive power and disposed closest to an object, and a rear group including three or more lens units and disposed on an image side of the first lens unit. a distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. the first lens unit moves toward the image side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. predetermined inequalities are satisfied.
Inventor(s): Koji AOKI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B17/08
CPC Code(s): G02B17/0804
Abstract: an imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, at least one concave lens, an aperture stop, a first transmissive reflective surface, a quarter waveplate, and a second transmissive reflective surface, arranged such that light from the object side transmits through the first transmissive reflective surface and the quarter waveplate in this order, is reflected by the second transmissive reflective surface toward the object side, transmits through the quarter waveplate, is reflected by the first transmissive reflective surface toward the image side, transmits through the quarter waveplate and the second transmissive reflective surface in this order, and travels toward the image side. a predetermined inequality is satisfied.
20250085610. ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE FINDER_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKAZUMI SEO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYOHEI KANDO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B13/10, G03B17/04
CPC Code(s): G03B13/10
Abstract: an electronic apparatus capable of locking a finder at a position where the finder is rotated. the electronic apparatus includes an apparatus body, a finder, and a support mechanism provided in an apparatus body, supporting the finder so as to be movable between a housed stat in which the finder is housed in the apparatus body, a pulled-out state in which the finder is pulled out from the apparatus body, a rotatable state in which the finder is rotatable from the pulled-out state, and a tilt-lock state in which the finder is locked at the rotated position from the pulled-out state. a rotation shaft serving as a rotation center of the finder is located outside the apparatus body in any of the pulled-out state, the rotated state, and the tilt-lock state, and moves into the apparatus body as the finder transitions to the housed state.
Inventor(s): NOZOMU HAYASHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F9/00, G03F7/00
CPC Code(s): G03F9/7042
Abstract: a position measuring method includes an image capturing element for capturing an image of an alignment mark. the method includes first processing of setting processing areas on the image capturing element for capturing an image of the alignment mark and performing position measurement processing, and second processing of calculating a position of the alignment mark on the basis of the processing areas set in the first processing. the position of the alignment mark is calculated using a plurality of the processing areas set by shifting the processing areas from each other in units of one pixel of the image capturing element.
20250085650. TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SOHTA SUGIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINICHI NISHIDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROYUKI MUNETSUGU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, GOSHI OZAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MITSUHIRO SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHIRO SUETSUGU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SEIYA ISHIKAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0874
Abstract: a toner container includes a bag, including an opening and formed of resin film, stores toner and a leading edge portion mounted on the opening of the bag, the leading edge portion including a nozzle provided with a discharge port to discharge the toner stored in the bag external to the toner container, wherein the leading edge portion includes a portion formed of resin and provided with a two-dimensional code, and wherein the portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of the film.
20250085659. PROCESS CARTRIDGE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHINTARO NOJI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUHEI TERUI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI KENMOKU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KODAI HAYASHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/18, G03G9/08, G03G9/093
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1814
Abstract: a process cartridge is configured such that a movement direction of a surface of a developing roller is opposite to a movement direction of a surface of a toner supplying roller in a position where the developing roller is in contact with the toner supplying roller, the developing roller and the toner supplying roller rotate to satisfy a peripheral speed ratio r of 1.1 to 2.5, and a toner satisfying predetermined requirements is used.
20250085660. PROCESS CARTRIDGE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUHEI TERUI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKASHI KENMOKU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINTARO NOJI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KODAI HAYASHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/18, G03G9/093
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1814
Abstract: the process cartridge includes a developing roller, a toner supplying roller, a toner regulating member, and a toner, a movement direction of a surface of the developing roller is opposite to a movement direction of a surface of the toner supplying roller in a position where the surface of the developing roller is in contact with the surface of the toner supplying roller, the developing roller and the toner supplying roller are formed such that a peripheral speed ratio r satisfies a range of 1.1 to 2.5, and the toner satisfying predetermined requirements is used.
20250085661. PROCESS CARTRIDGE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKASHI KENMOKU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUHEI TERUI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINTARO NOJI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KODAI HAYASHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/18, G03G9/08, G03G9/093
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1814
Abstract: the process cartridge is configured such that a toner flow path formed of an inner wall of the developing chamber and the surface of the toner supplying roller is formed upstream of the toner supplying roller in a rotation direction with respect to the position where the developing roller is in contact with the toner supplying roller, a closest distance between the inner wall of the developing chamber and the surface of the toner supplying roller in the toner flow path is 1.0 mm or greater and 5.0 mm or less, a peripheral speed ratio r between the developing roller and the toner supplying roller satisfies a range of 1.1 to 2.5, and a toner satisfying a predetermined requirement is used.
Inventor(s): Nobuyuki Furukawa of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takuya Imaizumi of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Koichi Ito of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Akari Hayashi of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Tohru Ishibashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Emi Kondo of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takumi Ishikawa of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takashi Kawakami of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Mineo Uchida of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takuma Yamazaki of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/01, H04N5/33, H04N23/51, H04N23/68
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: a wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. an image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.
20250085760. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIDEAKI OHSHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3209, G06F1/3228
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3209
Abstract: in a communication system, a first communication apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits request information for switching a wake on lan (wol) function to an enabled or disabled state and an activation packet to the second communication apparatus based on instruction information set by a user, and a second communication apparatus includes a communication unit that receives the request information and the activation packet from the first communication apparatus, and a control unit that switches the wol function to the enabled or disabled state based on the request information, wherein, in a case where the activation packet is received when an operation state of the second communication apparatus is a power saving state and the wol function is enabled, the control unit performs processing for activating the second communication apparatus from the power saving state and switches the wol function of the second communication apparatus to the disabled state.
Inventor(s): TAKUMA IWAGAMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHO ICHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/00, G02B27/01, G06F3/041
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: an electronic device according to the present invention includes a processor, and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to perform display processing in which any one of a plurality of pages included in content is displayed, perform obtainment processing in which line-of-sight information relating to a user looking at the displayed page is obtained, and perform control processing in which control is performed to provide a predetermined notification in a case where an operation for advancing a page to be displayed to a next page is performed by the user before a condition regarding a line of sight based on the line-of-sight information obtained by the obtainment processing is satisfied.
Inventor(s): RYOYA KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YU KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0486, G06F3/04817, G06F9/451
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0486
Abstract: a control method includes the following: executing, based on receiving an operation of dragging the file icon included in the screen displayed by the first application program and an operation of dropping the dragged file icon on an application icon associated with a third application program and based on a fact that the third application program does not support the first method, second processing for sharing the file associated with the dropped file icon with the third application program by a second method.
Inventor(s): RYOYA KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YU KAWAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0486
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0486
Abstract: a control method is provided in which in a case where a predetermined file is present on the internet, a predetermined application program attempts to acquire the predetermined file from a predetermined storage region at at least a predetermined time that is after the predetermined file downloaded to an information processing apparatus via the internet is completely stored in the predetermined storage region.
Inventor(s): Akihiko Tokuda of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1204
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes a first setting unit configured to set a layout pattern for a perforation process or a crease process on paper in response to selection by a user, a second setting unit configured to set the number of aggregated pages laid out on a print side of the paper in response to selection by the user, and a control unit configured to perform first processing to avoid selection of a predetermined number of aggregated pages in the second setting unit based on a first layout pattern selected in the first setting unit.
[[20250086378. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EASILY INSERTING AI IMAGE GENERATED BY DESIRED KEYWORD INTO DESIRED REGION OF IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): KEITA HIDAKA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F40/166, G06T11/00
CPC Code(s): G06F40/166
Abstract: a mechanism capable of easily inserting an ai image generated by a desired keyword into a desired region of an image is provided. an information processing apparatus includes a region designating device that designates a region for inserting an ai image from an image, a first keyword obtaining device that obtains a keyword of the ai image, 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 an ai image obtaining unit that obtains an ai image generated by inputting input data including the obtained keyword into a trained model, and an inserting unit that inserts the obtained ai image into the designated region of the image.
Inventor(s): YUKI NAKAJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNNA TAKASE of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUHIRO TOMIOKA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUHIRO SHIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K7/10, G06K19/077
CPC Code(s): G06K7/10366
Abstract: a process management system includes a management unit that manages section data that defines sections in a real space and process data that indicates an expected location, from among the sections, in which a management target is to be positioned at the time of completing a work process, a first wireless device that is attached to the management target and stores first identification information, at least one reading apparatus that is capable of reading identification information from a wireless device, and a determination unit that checks a location of the management target estimated based on a result of reading of the first identification information from the first wireless device against the expected location by variable granularity depending on type information associated with the management target to determine a status of the work process regarding the management target.
Inventor(s): Tomoyori IWAO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T15/20, G06T7/70
CPC Code(s): G06T15/205
Abstract: the time required for learning of nerf is reduced. the image processing apparatus obtains image capturing parameters of each of a plurality of imaging apparatuses arranged at positions different from one another, data of a captured image obtained by image capturing by each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and virtual viewpoint information including at least one of information indicating a position of a virtual viewpoint and information indicating a viewing direction from the virtual viewpoint, determines a learning condition of a learning model estimating radiance fields corresponding to an object existing in an image capturing area of the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the virtual viewpoint information, and performs learning of the learning model based on the learning condition, the image capturing parameters, and data of the captured image.
Inventor(s): Tsewei CHEN of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masami KATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V10/82, G06V10/77
CPC Code(s): G06V10/82
Abstract: an information processing apparatus that processes feature data in a plurality of feature maps in accordance with a network structure including a plurality of layers, the information processing apparatus comprising: a data holding unit configured to hold feature data; a first reading unit configured to read the feature data based on a read pattern; an upscaling unit configured to upscale the read feature data; and a convolution processing unit configured to perform convolution processing on the feature data upscaled by the upscaling unit, wherein the upscaling unit and the convolution processing unit execute upscaling and convolution processing on the feature data in one feature map, and then execute upscaling and convolution processing on the feature data in the next feature map.
Inventor(s): Makoto Umehara of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0413, H04L5/00, H04W16/28, H04W28/16
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0413
Abstract: the invention provides a mechanism for reducing residual frequency differences in distributed mimo using a slave trigger, and increasing synchronization precision between aps. the communication device, which constitutes a wireless network by cooperating with another communication device, has a transmission unit for transmitting a frame for synchronization to the other communication device to cooperate with the other communication device. the transmission unit includes: a setting unit that sets a value exceeding 4 as a repetition number for an eht long training field (eht-ltf) in a preset position of an eht signal field (eht-sig-a) of a frame for synchronization; and a generation unit that generates a frame for synchronization, the frame including eht-ltfs whose quantity is the set repetition number. the transmission unit transmits the generated frame to the other communication device.
Inventor(s): HIDEAKI OHSHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI SAKAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L12/12
CPC Code(s): H04L12/12
Abstract: a communication apparatus communicating with an external device terminal, the communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive an activation packet from the external device terminal, and a control unit configured, in a case where the communication apparatus is in a power saving state when the communication unit receives the activation packet, to perform processing for restoring the communication apparatus from the power saving state, and in a case where the communication apparatus is in an activated state when the communication unit receives the activation packet, to perform processing including a transition of the communication apparatus to the power saving state.
Inventor(s): TAKUYA TAKEUCHI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F9/54
CPC Code(s): H04L63/083
Abstract: an information processing apparatus including a predetermined application program, displays, by the predetermined application program, a predetermined screen for prompting a user to execute a predetermined function that is a function of saving, in a clipboard, a predetermined password that is a password managed by another application program different from the predetermined application program and is a password of an access point outside the information processing apparatus; and transmits, by the predetermined application program, to a communication apparatus outside the information processing apparatus, setting information, including the predetermined password, for connection to the access point, after the predetermined screen is displayed.
Inventor(s): Yoko Takenaka of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00, H04N1/44
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00501
Abstract: an image processing apparatus transmits a request to a content server at a specific timing such as login, logout, auto-clear, print start. the image processing apparatus receives contents provided from the content server in response to the request, and displays the contents in an operation unit. if a user operating the image processing apparatus is specified by user authentication, the image processing apparatus adds information of the user to the request, and receives the content modified by the content server according to the information of the user from the content server and displays the modified contents.
Inventor(s): Tomoyori IWAO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N13/117, G06T7/194, G06T17/00
CPC Code(s): H04N13/117
Abstract: the time required for learning of nerf is reduced. the image processing apparatus obtains image capturing parameters of each of a plurality of imaging apparatuses arranged at positions different from one another, data of a captured image obtained by image capturing by each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and virtual viewpoint information including at least one of information indicating a position of a virtual viewpoint and information indicating a viewing direction from the virtual viewpoint, determines a learning condition of a learning model estimating radiance fields corresponding to an object existing in an image capturing area of the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the virtual viewpoint information, and performs learning of the learning model based on the learning condition, the image capturing parameters, and data of the captured image.
Inventor(s): TATSUYA TANAKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/55, G02B7/02, G03B30/00, H04N23/51
CPC Code(s): H04N23/55
Abstract: an optical apparatus includes a lens, a lens holding member configured to hold the lens, an imaging device configured to receive light that has passed through the lens at an imaging plane of the imaging device to convert the received light into an electrical signal, and a device holder configured to hold the imaging device, the lens, the lens holding member, the imaging device, and the device holder being integrally formed in the optical apparatus, wherein the device holder holds a surface of the imaging device, the surface being different from the imaging plane and a surface opposite to the imaging plane, wherein the device holder includes, in order from the lens in an optical path direction, a first member containing a first material, and a second member containing a second material, and wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the first material is larger than that of the second material.
Inventor(s): YU INAGAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/55, H04N23/60, H04N23/667, H04N23/67, H04N25/704
CPC Code(s): H04N23/634
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor having a plurality of focus detecting pixels configured to receive light beams that have passed through different pupil partial regions in an imaging optical system, a first focus detector configured to acquire a defocus amount of a first optical system based on a pair of signals from the focus detecting pixels, a second focus detector configured to acquire a defocus amount of a second optical system based on a pair of signals from the focus detecting pixels, and an alert unit configured to issue an alert to prompt adjustment of the first optical system or the second optical system in a case where a difference between the defocus amount of the first optical system and the defocus amount of the second optical system is larger than a first predetermined value.
Inventor(s): HIROAKI KURISU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/60, G06V10/774, H04N23/611, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/64
Abstract: an information processing apparatus obtains an image for training and a piece of image capturing information which relates to capturing that image and generates a piece of dictionary data which identifies an operation of a trained machine learning model by training a machine learning model using obtained images. the apparatus manages, for each generated piece of dictionary data, pieces of image capturing information of images used for training a machine learning model pertaining to that piece of dictionary data and selects, in a case where new image capturing information for selecting a piece of dictionary data has been obtained, one or more pieces of dictionary data from a plurality of pieces of dictionary data based on the new image capturing information and pieces of image capturing information of a respective piece of dictionary data.
Inventor(s): TAKUYA HORI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695, H04N23/62, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H04N23/695
Abstract: disclosed is a capture control apparatus that determines a specific subject in a captured area as a tracking target subject and controls a capture direction of a camera so as to track and capture the tracking target subject. while a video captured by the camera is selected as a specific video by an external selection apparatus, capture control apparatus does not change the tracking target subject to be tracked by the camera.
Inventor(s): MASAHARU YAMAGISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695, H04N23/611, H04N23/62, H04N23/63, H04N23/661, H04N23/69, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H04N23/695
Abstract: a capture control apparatus obtains, as information related to a first image capture apparatus included among a plurality of image capture apparatuses, information of a subject of interest of the first image capture apparatus and information related to an angle of view of the first image capture apparatus. the capture control apparatus controls an operation of a second image capture apparatus included among the plurality of image capture apparatuses based on a role that is set to the second image capture apparatus and on the information related to the first image capture apparatus. for example, the capture control apparatus controls the second image capture apparatus such that at least one of a subject that is a tracking target and angle of view varies between a case where a first role is set and a case where a second role is set.
20250088751. SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): MASARU KUROTA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, FUMIHIKO KATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAHARU YAMAGISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695, G06T7/292, G06T7/73, H04N23/61, H04N23/611, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H04N23/695
Abstract: a system which includes a first and second image capture apparatuses, and a first and second control apparatuses which control the second image capture apparatus to track a predetermined subject based on one of a first image of the first image capture apparatus and a second image of the second image capture apparatus. the first control apparatus decides the predetermined subject from subjects included in the first image, generates first feature information of a first region of the predetermined subject, and controls the second image capture apparatus to track the predetermined subject. the second control apparatus generates second feature information of a subject included in the second image, decides the predetermined subject based on the first feature information and the second feature information obtained from the first control apparatus, and controls the second image capture apparatus to track the predetermined subject.
Inventor(s): Takayuki KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/42, G06V10/147, G06V20/56, H04N23/80, H04N25/44, H04N25/46, H04N25/771
CPC Code(s): H04N25/42
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion element configured to generate an image signal corresponding to an incident light quantity; a visual-recognition image processing unit configured to perform visual-recognition image processing to generate an image for visual recognition; an image-recognition image processing unit configured to perform image-recognition image processing to generate an image for image recognition; and a control unit configured to perform control such that image processing is performed on the image signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element using at least one of the visual-recognition image processing unit and the image-recognition image processing unit.
Inventor(s): Takayuki KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/583, H04N25/62, H04N25/771
CPC Code(s): H04N25/583
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion unit emitting pulses corresponding to photons, a counter counting the number of pulses, and a plurality of pixels each including a memory storing a count value of the counter, wherein an image signal is generated on the basis of a difference between count values of the counter at the start and end of an accumulation period, wherein first to (n−1)th (n≥2) image signals generated during first to (n−1)th accumulation periods during a period from the end of the first accumulation period to the end of the nth accumulation period is outputted, wherein the first to nth accumulation periods are within one full frame period and each of the first to (n−1)th accumulation periods is shorter than the nth accumulation period, and a synthetic image signal is generated by synthesizing two or more image signals having different accumulation periods among the first to nth image signals.
Inventor(s): Soya FUJIMORI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Takayuki KIMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/773, H04N23/61, H04N25/76, H04N25/771
CPC Code(s): H04N25/773
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit that emits pulses corresponding to photons, a counter that counts the number of the pulses, and a memory that stores a count value of the counter, a control means for generating a signal based on a difference between a count value of the counter at the start of an accumulation period and a count value at the end of the accumulation period and for performing control so that a signal generated in a first accumulation period is output between the end of the first accumulation period and the end of a second accumulation period, wherein one full frame period includes the first accumulation period and the second accumulation period longer than the first accumulation period, and a recognition processing means for performing recognition processing based on an image signal, and for changing a frequency of recognition within the one full frame period based on subject information.
Inventor(s): ATSUSHI SHIMADA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NORIYUKI SHIKINA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIKO SHIGIYA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINYA IGARASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N25/779, H04N25/40
CPC Code(s): H04N25/779
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, and a scanning unit configured to scan the plurality of pixels. the scanning unit performs scanning to connect two or more pixels arranged in a predetermined number of pixel rows, the predetermined number of which is two or more, to one of the plurality of signal lines during a scanning period. the scanning unit performs reading a first pixel row group having a first number of rows during a first period. the scanning unit performs reading a second pixel row group having a second number of rows less than the first number of rows and reading a third pixel row group having a third number of rows less than the first number of rows during a second period in which a first or last scan is performed in the scanning period.
20250089514. DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YOSHIHIRO OHASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUTAKA YOSHIMASA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K59/38, H10K59/80, H10K102/00
CPC Code(s): H10K59/38
Abstract: a display element includes a light-emitting-layer array and a conversion-layer array. the conversion-layer array includes a plurality of first conversion layers including a first coupling portion optically coupled to a portion of the plurality of light-emitting layers, a first extraction portion, and a first reflection portion. the first extraction portion and the first reflection portion face each other to alternately reflect the light of a first wavelength received through the first coupling portion and guide the light of the first wavelength in a direction away from the first coupling portion.
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- G03B5/00
- G03B13/32
- CPC G02B13/0055
- G02B15/14
- G02B15/16
- CPC G02B15/1425
- G02B17/08
- CPC G02B17/0804
- G03B13/10
- G03B17/04
- CPC G03B13/10
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- H04N23/68
- CPC G06F1/163
- G06F1/3209
- G06F1/3228
- CPC G06F1/3209
- G02B27/00
- G02B27/01
- G06F3/041
- CPC G06F3/013
- G06F3/0486
- G06F3/04817
- G06F9/451
- CPC G06F3/0486
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- CPC G06F3/1204
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- G06T11/00
- CPC G06F40/166
- G06K7/10
- G06K19/077
- CPC G06K7/10366
- G06T15/20
- G06T7/70
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- CPC G06V10/82
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- H04W28/16
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- H04N1/44
- CPC H04N1/00501
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- G06T7/194
- G06T17/00
- CPC H04N13/117
- H04N23/55
- G02B7/02
- G03B30/00
- CPC H04N23/55
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- H04N23/667
- H04N23/67
- H04N25/704
- CPC H04N23/634
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- H04N23/611
- CPC H04N23/64
- H04N23/695
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/90
- CPC H04N23/695
- H04N23/661
- H04N23/69
- G06T7/292
- G06T7/73
- H04N23/61
- H04N25/42
- G06V10/147
- G06V20/56
- H04N23/80
- H04N25/44
- H04N25/46
- H04N25/771
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- H04N25/62
- CPC H04N25/583
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- H04N25/76
- CPC H04N25/773
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- H04N25/40
- CPC H04N25/779
- H10K59/38
- H10K59/80
- H10K102/00
- CPC H10K59/38
