CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on October 17th, 2024
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA on October 17th, 2024
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA: 101 patent applications
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA has applied for patents in the areas of G03G15/00 (7), G06F3/12 (7), H05H1/24 (7), G03G15/20 (6), C01B13/02 (6) C01B13/0203 (5), B41J2/17513 (3), G03G15/5062 (2), H01L27/14636 (2), G06F3/1205 (2)
With keywords such as: unit, image, member, apparatus, direction, portion, configured, information, surface, and opening in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s): YUICHI KIKUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATSUGU HONGO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUSHI UEMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): A61L9/22, A61L9/20, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): A61L9/22
Abstract: this gas treatment device is provided with a cylindrical casing having a first opening and a second opening on the opposite side from the first opening, a specific plasma actuator disposed in the casing, and an ozone decomposition device, wherein the plasma actuator is disposed so that the direction in which the induced current is emitted is oriented towards the second opening, and produces, by means of the induced current, an airflow in the casing such that the airflow is directed from the first opening towards the second opening, the ozone decomposition device causes ozone included in the airflow to decompose, generating active oxygen in the airflow and causing the airflow to contain the active oxygen, and a gas flowing in from the first opening is treated by the active oxygen.
Inventor(s): SHOTA KANEKO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENJI TAKASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTOTERU GOTO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B01J19/08, A61L2/20, A61L2/26, A61L9/04, A61L9/12, C01B13/10, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): B01J19/088
Abstract: provided is an active oxygen supply device capable of more efficiently supplying active oxygen to the surface of an object to be treated. an active oxygen supply device comprises a plasma actuator and a heater in a housing having at least one opening. the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode, a dielectric material and a second electrode, the first electrode is an exposed electrode provided on a first surface that is one of the surfaces of the dielectric material, when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plasma actuator generates the dielectric-barrier discharge oriented from the first electrode to the second electrode and induces a flow. the plasm actuator and the heater are disposed so that the induced flow containing active oxygen flows out of the housing through the opening.
Inventor(s): Kanako Oshima of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Nobuhiro Yasui of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hisato Yabuta of Machida-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Makoto Kubota of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yoshinori Kotani of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yoshihiro Ohashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B28B1/00, B28B11/04, B33Y10/00, B33Y40/20, B33Y70/00, B33Y80/00, C04B35/119, C04B35/14, C04B35/628, C04B35/632, C04B35/64, C04B35/653
CPC Code(s): B28B1/001
Abstract: provided are a method of manufacturing a ceramic article in which the improvement of mechanical strength, wear resistance, and machinability is achieved using a direct modeling system, and a ceramic article. the manufacturing method includes the steps of: (i) arranging powder containing ceramics as a main component on a base; (ii) irradiating a part or an entirety of the arranged powder with an energy beam to melt and solidify the powder, to thereby obtain an intermediate modeled article; (iii) causing the modeled article to absorb a metal component-containing liquid to impregnate the modeled article therewith; and (iv) subjecting the modeled article having absorbed the metal component-containing liquid to heat treatment.
Inventor(s): HIROKI TAKADA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEN-ICHIRO SHINODA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, OSAMU YASUNOBE of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B29C35/02, B29C35/08, B29C41/20, B29C41/46, B29C41/52, B29L31/34
CPC Code(s): B29C35/0288
Abstract: a substrate processing apparatus that can radiate light on a composition in an optimum radiation amount based on acquired spectral sensitivity characteristics can be provided. a substrate processing apparatus configured to perform pattern formation processing on a composition on a substrate includes a first radiation unit configured to radiate first light onto the substrate, a dispenser configured to apply the composition to a first position inside the substrate processing apparatus, a template holding unit configured to hold a template to be brought in contact with the composition on the substrate, and a controller configured to control a radiation amount of the first light to be radiated by the first radiation unit based on spectral sensitivity characteristics of the composition that are measured in advance.
Inventor(s): TAKUMA ENDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B29C65/08, B29L31/36
CPC Code(s): B29C65/08
Abstract: a manufacturing method of a housing that includes a first case having a first surface, a second case having a second surface opposite to the first surface, and ribs provided between the first case and the second case includes disposing the ribs on the first surface, and joining the first case and the second case together by melting the ribs. in the disposing, in a case where a load in a first direction orthogonal to an applied surface including a joined surface between the first case and the second case is applied to the applied surface, a volume of each rib is set so that maximum values of stresses generated in a plurality of regions having the same area of the ribs fall within in a range from a value of 80% of a yield stress value of a material of the ribs to the yield stress value.
Inventor(s): ISAO OTANI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNICHIRO IRI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE HASHIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATOSHI OHIRA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17513
Abstract: a cartridge includes a liquid absorbent, a tank, and a partition member. the liquid absorbent holds liquid. the tank has an opening and an absorbent holder to store the liquid absorbent. the lid member is joined to the opening of the tank. the partition member is arranged between the liquid absorbent positioned inside the absorbent holder and the lid member. the lid member includes a plurality of protrusion portions, and the partition member is gripped by the plurality of protrusion portions.
20240343041. CARTRIDGE AND CARTRIDGE RECYCLING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TATSUO NANJO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, WATARU TAKAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SOJI KONDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE IINUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYUKI NAKAJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17513
Abstract: provided is a cartridge including: an absorber configured to hold a liquid; a tank including an opening and an absorber chamber, wherein the absorber is accommodated in the absorber chamber; a lid member joined to the opening of the tank; and a partition member disposed between the absorber and the lid member located inside the absorber chamber, and including a protruding portion. the protruding portion of the partition member abuts on the absorber, and the lid member and the partition member are separate members.
20240343042. CARTRIDGE AND REUSING METHOD OF CARTRIDGE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIROAKI KUSANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATORU TAKAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NARUMI SHINOHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUSUKE HASHIMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTOAKI SATO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNICHIRO IRI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17513
Abstract: provided is a cartridge including: an absorbent; a tank including an absorbent holder configured to accommodate the absorbent; a lid member joined to the tank; and a partition member arranged between the lid member and the absorbent located in the absorbent holder. in the cartridge, the lid member includes a first engagement portion, the partition member includes a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, and parts of outer peripheries of surfaces of the lid member and the partition member facing each other have an interval therebetween in an overlapping direction in which the lid member and the partition member overlap each other.
20240343044. CARTRIDGE AND CARTRIDGE REUSE METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SOJI KONDO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, WATARU TAKAHASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TATSUO NANJO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAYUKI NAKAJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KEISUKE IINUMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175, B09B3/30, B09B101/02
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17559
Abstract: a cartridge includes an absorber to retain a liquid, a tank including an opening and an absorber chamber to hold the absorber, a lid member joined to the opening of the tank and including an air communication port communicating with atmosphere, and a partition member arranged between the lid member located inside the absorber chamber. the lid member includes a first protrusion to protrude toward the partition member, and the first protrusion is formed to surround the air communication port. the partition member includes a groove to be connected to the absorber chamber and a second protrusion to face the first protrusion. a communication path communicating with the air communication port is formed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. in other words, it has the potential to contribute to the achievement of a sustainable society, such as a decarbonized society/circular society.
20240343048. RECORDING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUSUKE NAKAYA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOICHI ZENSAI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOHEI KUSANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B41J11/00
CPC Code(s): B41J11/00222
Abstract: a drying unit has: a first space; a first nozzle provided in the first space; a first air blowing unit that supplies air inside of the first space to the first nozzle; a second space provided adjacent to the first space on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the first space and communicates with the first space; a second nozzle provided in the second space; a heater that heats air inside of the second space; a second air blowing unit that supplies the heated air to the second nozzle; a third space provided adjacent to the second space; and a third air blowing unit that sucks air inside of the third space and exhausts the air to outside of the drying unit. a direction in which air is blown out from the first nozzle has a component directed toward the second space in the conveyance direction.
Inventor(s): Takeshi Yamamoto of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65G43/08, B65G54/02, C08J5/18
CPC Code(s): B65G43/08
Abstract: a film forming system includes a conveyance carrier configured to hold a substrate and a mask and move inside a conveyance path, the substrate including a film formation area, the mask being configured to shield a film non-formation area other than the film formation area, a conveyance unit disposed on the conveyance path and configured to move the conveyance carrier in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, a film formation unit located along the conveyance path and configured to form a film on the film formation area of the substrate, and a mask supply unit located along the conveyance path and configured to supply the conveyance carrier with the mask.
Inventor(s): TAKURO YOSHIKAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H5/06
CPC Code(s): B65H5/062
Abstract: a sheet discharging apparatus includes a first support shaft, a first roller supported by the first support shaft, a second support shaft, a second roller supported by the second support shaft and including a first outer surface, a holder member including a supporting portion configured to support the second support shaft, and a rotating portion that includes a second outer surface having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first outer surface and greater than a diameter of the second support shaft and that is configured to rotate integrally with the second roller. at least a portion of the second outer surface is positioned closer to the supporting portion than a middle point between the second roller and the supporting portion in the axial direction. an uppermost position of the second outer surface is higher than an uppermost position of the supporting portion.
Inventor(s): KAKERU TAKAHASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H5/36, B65H5/06
CPC Code(s): B65H5/36
Abstract: a sheet feeding apparatus includes an accommodating unit, and a conveyance unit. the conveyance unit includes a first guide member, a second guide member, walls on both sides, a conveyance roller, and a first cover. the walls on both sides are arranged on both sides of the first guide member and the second guide member in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. together with the first guide member and the second guide member, the walls on both sides forms a space of a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed. the conveyance roller is disposed to project toward the conveyance path via a first opening of the first guide member and conveys the sheet in the conveyance path. the first cover encloses the space of the conveyance path in such a manner that the first cover covers the first opening and the conveyance roller.
Inventor(s): Tomohiro Suzuki of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masashi Kamada of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masato Eiyama of Yokohama-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Yuki Igarashi of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Masashi Negishi of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Ryoya Shinjo of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Ryo Kobayashi of Kawasaki-shi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): B65H23/04, B41J11/00, B41J11/02, B41J11/66, B65H16/10, B65H20/02, B65H23/182
CPC Code(s): B65H23/042
Abstract: a sheet supplying apparatus, which is capable of winding a sheet tightly, includes a driving unit configured to cause a roll including a wound consecutive sheet to rotate in a first direction for feeding the sheet or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a sensor that detects a leading end portion of the sheet separated from an outer circumferential surface of the roll, and a contact body that presses the outer circumferential surface. before the sheet is fed, in a state in which the contact body presses the outer circumferential surface, the driving unit causes the roll to continuously rotate in the second direction until a detection cycle of the leading end portion by the sensor is less than a predetermined value.
Inventor(s): MOTOTERU GOTO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENJI TAKASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOTA KANEKO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C01B13/02, A61L2/20, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): C01B13/0203
Abstract: this reactive oxygen supply apparatus is characterized by comprising a humidification device, a housing having at least one opening, and a predetermined plasma actuator in the opening, and is characterized in that the humidification device humidifies the inside of the housing and generates reactive oxygen in the induced flow, so that the induced flow contains the reactive oxygen, and the plasma actuator and the humidification device are disposed such that the induced flow containing the reactive oxygen flows out of the housing through the opening.
20240343571. ACTIVE OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUICHI KIKUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATSUGU HONGO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUSHI UEMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C01B13/02, A61L2/20, A61L9/20, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): C01B13/0203
Abstract: an active oxygen supply device equipped with a cylindrical housing having a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening, a plasma actuator arranged in the housing, and an ozone decomposition device, in which the plasma actuator causes dielectric barrier discharge to blow out an induction flow, the plasma actuator is arranged such that the blow direction of the induction flow faces the second opening, an air flow that flows from the first opening to the second opening is generated in the housing by the action of the induction flow, the ozone decomposition device decomposes the ozone contained in the air flow to generate active oxygen in the air flow, and the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposition device are arranged such that the air flow containing the active oxygen can flow out to the exterior of the active oxygen supply device through the second opening.
Inventor(s): MASATSUGU HONGO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ATSUSHI UEMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUICHI KIKUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOYA ASANUMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNKO HIRATA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TORU OGUMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C01B13/02, A61L2/20, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): C01B13/0203
Abstract: a treatment apparatus and a treatment method using reactive oxygen, wherein, the treatment apparatus comprising: the reactive oxygen supply device comprises a plasma actuator and an ozone decomposing device inside a housing having at least one opening portion, the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode across a dielectric material and generates an induced flow containing ozone when a voltage is applied between the both electrodes, the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposing device are arranged such that the induced flow flows out from the opening portion and the induced flow is supplied to a surface of the object which is conveyed by the conveying means, and an outflow direction vector of the induced flow has a vector component x which is parallel to and oriented in the same direction as specific direction a.
Inventor(s): KENJI TAKASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTOTERU GOTO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOTA KANEKO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C01B13/02, C25B1/02
CPC Code(s): C01B13/0203
Abstract: provided is a gas treatment apparatus comprising an active oxygen supply device and a gas flow path, wherein the gas treatment apparatus is characterized in that the active oxygen supply device includes a housing having at least one opening, and a predetermined plasma actuator and a predetermined ozone decomposition device inside the housing, the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposition device are disposed so that an induced flow containing active oxygen flows out of the housing through the opening, and the active oxygen supply device is disposed so as to allow the induced flow containing the active oxygen flowing out through the opening to be introduced into the gas flow path.
Inventor(s): TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKI OZAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENJI TAKASHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTOTERU GOTO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHOTA KANEKO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C01B13/02, A61L2/20, A61L9/20, H05H1/24
CPC Code(s): C01B13/0203
Abstract: an active oxygen supply device comprising: a housing; a plasma actuator disposed inside the housing; and an ozone decomposing device, wherein the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode, a dielectric material, and a second electrode, the first electrode is an exposed electrode provided on a first surface, which is one surface of the dielectric material, the plasma actuator generates an induced flow containing ozone to be blown out from the first electrode in a first direction, which is one direction along the surface of the dielectric material, the ozone decomposing device decomposes the ozone contained in the induced flow to generate active oxygen, an edge portion of the second electrode leading in a second direction reverse to the first direction is provided with a protruded portion, and overlap the first electrode only in the protruded portion, and the protruded portion has a width constant in the second direction.
Inventor(s): HARUKA YAMAJI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, ISAO IMAMURA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI KIHARA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATOSHI TSUTSUI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): C09J163/00, B41J2/14, B41J2/16, B41J2/175, C09J5/00
CPC Code(s): C09J163/00
Abstract: a liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate configured to eject a liquid, a supporting member configured to support the recording element substrate and including a supply channel configured to supply a liquid to the recording element substrate, and a channel member configured to supply a liquid to the supply channel, wherein at least one bonding surface between two of the recording element substrate, the supporting member, and the channel member is made of an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin mixture and a powder curing agent, the epoxy resin mixture contains an epoxy resin that is liquid at normal temperature and a coumarone resin that is dissolvable in the epoxy resin, a weight average molecular weight of the epoxy resin mixture is 300 or more and 600 or less, and the liquid ejection head contains a cured substance of an adhesive agent containing the epoxy resin composition.
Inventor(s): Tetsuya Hamada of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G01J3/46, B41J2/21
CPC Code(s): G01J3/462
Abstract: there is provided with an information processing apparatus. a first obtaining unit obtains, in a case where a setting for executing a base coating process for a print medium before printing on the print medium is made, a first color profile independent of a type of a print medium, and obtains, in a case where the setting for executing the base coating process is not made, a second color profile corresponding a type of the print medium. an output unit outputs the first color profile for the print medium having undergone the base coating process, and output the second color profile for the print medium not having undergone the base coating process.
Inventor(s): YUSUKE KONISHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B7/02, G02B7/04, G03B17/14
CPC Code(s): G02B7/022
Abstract: the plurality of contact pins include a vbat terminal to which a driving power source for driving the motor is supplied and a pgnd terminal corresponding to a ground level of the driving power source, and the vbat terminal and the pgnd terminal are disposed closer to the fastening member than, any other contact pins of the plurality of contact pins than the vbat terminal and the pgnd terminal.
Inventor(s): SEIJI OGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06F3/04815, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0179
Abstract: an electronic device includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: switch between a first screen that displays a vr image individually and a second screen that displays a plurality of images including the vr image; and control a change in a display area of the vr image, wherein on the first screen, the display area of the vr image is changed based on a predetermined operation for changing the display area of the vr image, and on the second screen, the display area of the vr image is not changed based on the predetermined operation.
Inventor(s): KATSUHIKO SATO of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B9/06, G03B35/12
CPC Code(s): G03B9/06
Abstract: an aperture stop apparatus configured to control a light amount in each of two optical systems arranged in parallel includes a drive gear, a single driving source configured to drive the drive gear, a base member, two aperture stops as iris stops each having three or more blade members, and two rotating members each including a gear portion engaged with the drive gear. each aperture stop is operated as a corresponding one of the rotating members rotates. a rotation of a drive gear driven by the driving source is transmitted to the two rotating members through the gear portions provided to the rotating members and engaged with the drive gear.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI NAKAMURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/04, G03B17/56
CPC Code(s): G03B17/04
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus capable of avoiding an increase in the image pickup apparatus's size due to mounting an external connector is provided. the image pickup apparatus includes a barrel unit, a battery disposed in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction being an optical axis direction of the barrel unit, and a power supply circuit board on which an electronic component charging the battery is mounted. the power supply circuit board includes a first board portion disposed along a plane perpendicular to a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, a second board portion disposed along a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and an external connector mounted on the second board portion with an insertion port into which an external terminal is inserted facing the third direction, and disposed within a length of the barrel unit in the first direction.
20240345458. OPTICAL APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): JUNICHIRO IWAMATSU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/12
CPC Code(s): G03B17/12
Abstract: an optical apparatus includes a lens barrel, holding members sandwiching and holding the lens barrel with elastic members therebetween, and the elastic members disposed between the lens barrel and the holding members. the holding members include a first holding member, and a second holding member which is disposed on a side opposite to the first holding member in an optical axis direction with the lens barrel sandwiched therebetween. the elastic members include first elastic members and second elastic members. a plurality of first accommodation portions accommodating the first elastic members are formed in one of the lens barrel and the first holding member. a plurality of second accommodation portions accommodating the second elastic members are formed in one of the lens barrel and the second holding member. the first elastic members and the second elastic members have spherical shapes. the first accommodation portions and the second accommodation portions have recessed shapes capable of accommodating the elastic members.
20240345459. LENS BARREL UNIT_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TOMOYA ONAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03B17/14
CPC Code(s): G03B17/14
Abstract: a lens barrel unit includes a lens unit including at least one lens, an optical-filter holding member, and a drive member. the optical-filter holding member holds an optical filter and is insertable into and removable from a light path of the at least one lens. the drive member inserts or removes the optical-filter holding member into or from the light path. the drive member further engages with the optical-filter holding member and has an opening penetrating in a direction of an optical axis of the at least one lens. at least part of the lens unit is arranged in the opening of the drive member.
Inventor(s): YOHEI HAMADE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F7/039, G03F7/004, G03F7/029
CPC Code(s): G03F7/0395
Abstract: a micro pattern manufacturing method includes a first process for forming a photosensitive resin layer on a substrate, and a second process for exposing and developing the photosensitive resin layer to form a micro pattern, wherein the photosensitive resin layer is formed by using a photosensitive resin compound containing an epoxy resin, a fluorine compound, a photocationic polymerization initiator, and a solvent, and wherein a boiling or sublimation point of the fluorine compound is 200� c. or higher, the solvent contains an ester solvent, and a ratio of the ester solvent to the entire solvent is equal to or larger than 5% by mass.
Inventor(s): NAOKI FUNABASHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MIZUKI NARIMATSU of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU TAKENAKA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03F7/00
CPC Code(s): G03F7/70891
Abstract: a temperature adjustment apparatus includes a blowing unit configured to blow a temperature-adjusted gas to an optical path of an optical system via an opening portion, wherein a shape of an outer periphery of the opening portion includes a depressed portion depressed inward from a circumscribed circle of the opening portion, wherein in a case where a position nearest to a center of the circumscribed circle in the depressed portion is any of an intersection point of two straight line portions, an intersection point of two curved line portions, and an intersection point of a straight line portion and a curved line portion, an angle at the intersection point inside the opening portion is 180 degrees or more.
Inventor(s): MICHIYO SEKIYA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO MARUYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASASHI NISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NANAMI KATO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/047, G03G5/05, G03G5/07, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G5/047
Abstract: provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including in this order: a support; an electron-transporting layer; a charge-generating layer; and a hole-transporting layer, wherein the electron-transporting layer comprises a polymer having a specific structural unit, and wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature tg of − to � c.
Inventor(s): AKIHIRO MARUYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MICHIYO SEKIYA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASASHI NISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NANAMI KATO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOHITO ISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU NISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/05, G03G5/047, G03G5/06, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G5/0592
Abstract: provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including in this order: a support; an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer, wherein the undercoat layer comprises at least one kind of polymer selected from the group consisting of: a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1); and a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (2).
Inventor(s): AKIHIRO MARUYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MICHIYO SEKIYA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASASHI NISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NANAMI KATO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOHITO ISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSUTOMU NISHIDA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/05, G03G5/047, G03G5/06, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G5/0592
Abstract:
Inventor(s): MASASHI NISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MICHIYO SEKIYA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO MARUYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NANAMI KATO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G5/06, G03G5/047, G03G5/05
CPC Code(s): G03G5/0659
Abstract: provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer contains two kinds of benzimidazoperylene compounds as electron transporting substances.
20240345499. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Hayata SHIBATA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Nobuhisa KOJIMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Ryo ABE of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/02, G03G15/01
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0258
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes: a rotating photosensitive member; an optical print head including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions emitting light to expose the photosensitive member is provided, a lens condensing the light emitted by the plurality of light emitting portions on the photosensitive member, and a holder holding the substrate and the lens; a cleaning rod abutting on the lens and cleaning the lens; and a guiding member guiding the cleaning rod along a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive member and restricting movement of the cleaning rod in an optical axis direction orthogonal to both the rotational axis direction and a width direction of the substrate orthogonal to the rotational axis direction, the guiding member being separate from the holder.
Inventor(s): YASUTOMO FURUTA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/04
CPC Code(s): G03G15/04036
Abstract: there is provided an exposure apparatus for exposing a photosensitive body. the exposure apparatus includes light-emitting chips arranged along a first direction parallel to an axial direction of the photosensitive body. each of the light-emitting chips includes: k current sources; and light-emitting elements arranged in the first direction and grouped into k light-emitting element groups. light-emitting elements belonging to a k-th light-emitting element group are supplied with electric current from a k-th current source, where k=1, 2, . . . , k. for every one light-emitting element group out of the k light-emitting element groups, a width occupied in the first direction by the one light-emitting element group is larger than a lower limit value corresponding to a spatial frequency at which contrast sensitivity of human vision represented by a visual transfer function peaks.
Inventor(s): RYOICHI KAWASUMI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKEHIRO ISHIDATE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI TAKANO of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/04, B41J2/447, B41J29/377, G03G15/08, G03G21/16, G03G21/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/04054
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate on which a plurality of chips each including a plurality of light emitting portions that emit light for exposing the photoconductor is mounted, and a support portion configured to support the substrate; a fan configured to generate an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct configured to communicate with the fan and to communicate with the support portion to guide the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate.
20240345510. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Naonari Hashimura of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/09, G03G15/08
CPC Code(s): G03G15/0907
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a developing device including a developing roller, a supply roller, and a conductive roller. during image formation, a bias is applied to each of the supplying roller, the developing roller, and the conductive roller in a state in which each of the supplying roller, the developing roller, and the conductive roller is rotationally driven. during the image formation, a polarity of a first potential obtained by subtracting a dc potential of the developing roller from a dc potential of the supplying roller is the same as a normal charge polarity of the toner, and a polarity of a second potential obtained by subtracting the dc potential of the developing roller from a dc potential of the conductive roller is the same as the normal charge polarity of the toner.
20240345513. FIXING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TATSUO YASUI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUYA HASEGAWA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENICHI TANAKA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RIKIYA TAKEMASA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOMOYUKI KURIYAMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AYANO SAITO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KENGO KOYAMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SUGURU TAKEUCHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHUHEI YASUDA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIYOSHI SHINAGAWA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUHARU TORATANI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIGERU TANAKA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2017
Abstract: a fixing device includes an endless belt, a stretching roller, a stretching member, a pressing member, a rubbing member, a moving unit configured to move the rubbing member between a first position at which the rubbing member is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the belt and a second position at which the rubbing member is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the belt, and a steering roller. in a case where the rubbing member is located at the second position, a region of the belt rubbed by the rubbing member is sandwiched between the stretching roller and the rubbing member. in a case where the rubbing member is located at the first position, the region of the belt rubbed by the rubbing member is separated from the stretching roller and the rubbing member.
20240345514. FIXING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SUGURU TAKEUCHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, RYO YASHIRO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAYUKI TAMAKI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHINSUKE TAKAHASHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2025
Abstract: a fixing device includes an endless and rotatable belt of which an inner peripheral surface is applied with lubricant, a heater, a rotatable member to rotatably contact the belt and a nip forming member in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. the nip forming member includes a holding portion, an upstream sliding portion and a downstream sliding portion. the downstream and upstream sliding portions have first and second sliding surfaces sliding with the inner peripheral surface of the belt, respectively. the second sliding surface has a curved shape, and when a force applied to the belt with respect to a length of the second sliding surface is defined as w (n/mm) and a curvature radius of the second sliding surface is defined as r (mm), r/w of the second sliding surface is equal to 5 (mm/n) or larger and equal to 80 (mm/n) or less.
20240345515. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KOICHI KAKUBARI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIHIRO MAEDA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROTO ITO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SHIGERU HIRANO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, IKUO NAKAMOTO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, AKIKO TOKUUE of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2039
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a fixing device to fix a toner image onto a recording material. the fixing device includes a heating unit, a pressure rotating member, a temperature detection unit, a storage unit, a reading unit, a sheet feeding unit, a conveyance unit, and a control unit. the pressure rotating member abuts the heating unit to form a nip portion. the storage unit stores information regarding a temperature rise rate of the fixing device. when the recording material is conveyed to the nip portion, the control unit controls the heating unit at a target temperature. where a predetermined temperature lower than the target temperature is reached, the control unit controls the conveyance unit to start conveying the recording material from the sheet feeding unit to the nip portion. the control unit further determines the predetermined temperature based on the information read by the reading unit.
20240345516. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KENGO KOYAMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHINORI KIMURA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TERUHIKO SUZUKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/205
Abstract: disclosed is an image forming apparatus which is capable of shifting to a standby state in which a heating rotating member is maintained at a first temperature during non-image forming, and to a sleep state in which a heater is turned off during non-image forming. the image forming apparatus turns on the heater before a predetermined time period elapses from when the image forming apparatus shifts to the sleep state such that the heating rotating member is maintained at a second temperature, which is equal to or less than the first temperature when the predetermined time period elapses from when the image forming apparatus shifts to the sleep state.
20240345517. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YUKI OSHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/20, G03G15/00, G03G21/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/2064
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a controller controlling conveyance of first and second recoding materials. the controller calculates based on an acquired length of the second recording material in the conveyance direction before feeding, a loosening amount of the second recording material between a conveyance nip and a transfer nip when the second recording material is nipped in them. the controller determines based on the acquired information on the image, whether an image exists in a blurring region where an image defect is generated in the image to be transferred due to an impact occurred when a trailing end of the second recording material in the conveyance direction passes through the conveyance nip. the controller extends a conveyance interval between the first and second recording materials when it is determined that the loosening amount is a predetermined value or more and the image exists in the blurring region.
Inventor(s): SEIJI YOKOYAMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, B65H1/26
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5062
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect whether a cassette accommodating a sheet is in an attached state or in a non-attached state; a transfer roller configured to transfer an image to the sheet in a transfer region; a conveyance roller configured to convey, to the transfer region, a first sheet; a drive unit configured not to transmit the driving force to the conveyance roller in the non-attached state; and a determination unit configured to determine that an image defect has occurred when the detection unit detects that a state of the cassette has transitioned to the non-attached state, in a monitoring period including a period from a first timing at which the first sheet starts to be conveyed by the transfer roller, to a second timing.
Inventor(s): TAKUYA HAYAKAWA of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOTO WATANABE of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/01, G06K15/00, G06K15/02
CPC Code(s): G03G15/5062
Abstract: an image forming apparatus is configured to, based on a reading result of a test image, generate data that is used to adjust image forming positions of toner images to be formed by an image forming unit, control an image forming position of a first toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a first contact state based on first data, the first toner image being transferred to a first sheet, and control an image forming position of a second toner image to be formed by the image forming unit in a second contact state based on second data that is different from the first data, the second toner image being transferred to a second sheet, wherein a type of the second sheet is the same type as the type of the first sheet.
20240345525. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KOSUKE OGAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/06
CPC Code(s): G03G15/556
Abstract: an image forming apparatus is provided, which includes: a photosensitive drum that bears an electrostatic latent image; a charging roller that charges the photosensitive drum; and a developing roller that develops by toner the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum, a control unit that controls to start rotation of the photosensitive drum and the developing roller in a state of being in contact with each other, and an estimating unit configured to estimate a value relating to an amount of toner consumption in the image forming apparatus, on the basis of a value relating to an amount of toner that is consumed in a case in which the photosensitive drum and the developing roller are driven in the state of being in contact with each other at a time of startup of the image forming apparatus.
Inventor(s): JUN MIYAJIMA of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, B65H37/04, B65H43/04
CPC Code(s): G03G15/6544
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to a sheet processing system allowing a user to easily remove a sheet from a sheet pressure bonding unit when a jam occurs. a control method for the sheet processing system includes conveying a sheet, pressurizing, for a predetermined time, a plurality of conveyed sheets by a pressurizing unit, detecting an occurrence of a jam of the conveyed sheet or sheets, and controlling the pressurizing unit to release a pressurized state by the pressurizing unit even if the predetermined time has not elapsed in a case where the occurrence of the jam is detected while the plurality of sheets is being pressurized.
20240345529. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): KOHEI OKAYASU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKAO KUME of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00, G03G15/02, G03G15/20
CPC Code(s): G03G15/657
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, and a transfer roller, a conveyance rotary member pair, a fixing unit, a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, a reverse conveyance unit, and a control unit. the control unit is configured to perform a conveyance operation of conveying the sheet, the conveyance operation including (i) a first conveyance processing of conveying the sheet toward the reverse conveyance, (ii) a second conveyance processing of conveying the sheet toward the second conveyance path by the reverse conveyance unit, and (iii) a third conveyance processing of transferring the toner image to the sheet at the transfer nip portion. a surface, of the sheet, that faces the pressure roller in the first conveyance processing is configured to face the intermediate transfer member in the third conveyance processing.
Inventor(s): MASAMI HANO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSHIRO TSUKADA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TOSHIYUKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KOTA KUROKAWA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE KATAYAMA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KYOHEI KIKUCHI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G15/00
CPC Code(s): G03G15/6582
Abstract: an image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a sheet subjected to perforation processing, wherein the sheet includes a projected portion generating at a periphery of a hole formed by the perforation processing, the image forming includes a stacking potien-portion on which the sheet is stacked, a feeding path along which the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is fed, an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on an image bearing member, a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the sheet fed to the feeding path, and a display configured to display guidance on a placing direction of the sheet depending on a surface where the projected portion of the sheet to be placed on the stacking portion generates.
20240345532. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): SHIGEO DOI of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1633
Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes a housing to store an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, doors, a cover part, and holding members. each of the doors rotates around a rotational axis to be opened and closed relative to the housing and includes a positioning shaft and a projection. when each of the doors is in an opened state, an inside of the image forming apparatus is exposed. the cover part is provided in the housing and has fitting holes into which the positioning shafts are fitted. each of the holding members holds a different one of the doors in a closed state. when each of the doors is in the closed state, each of the positioning shafts included in the doors is fitted into a different one of the fitting holes.
Inventor(s): Toshiaki TAKEUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Koichi OOISHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Hiroki SHIMIZU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G03G21/16, G03G15/08, G03G21/18
CPC Code(s): G03G21/1676
Abstract: a cartridge including: a first unit including an image bearing member and a first portion, and configured to take a removal posture when the cartridge is to be removed from a main body; a second unit including a developer bearing member and a second portion, the second unit being movable between a first position where the developer bearing member is in contact with the image bearing member and a second position where the developer bearing member is separated from the image bearing member and where the second portion is in contact with the first portion, wherein when the first unit takes the removal posture, the second unit is located at the second position, and when the second unit is located at the second position, movement of the second unit in a direction, in which the developer bearing member is separated from the image bearing member, is restricted.
Inventor(s): KOICHIRO WANDA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HARUMA AKIMOTO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAKAZU FUJIKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIKO KOBAYASHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G05D1/633, G05D1/644, G05D1/693, G05D111/30
CPC Code(s): G05D1/633
Abstract: an information processing apparatus acquires a route plan of a movable apparatus; acquires information regarding an obstacle factor hindering a way of the route plan of the movable apparatus; calculates the degree of obstacle for the route plan of the movable apparatus based on the information regarding the obstacle factor; determines an obstacle countermeasure for reducing the degree of obstacle based on the information regarding the obstacle factor and the route plan; and performs at least one of control for causing the obstacle factor evacuate and control for the movable apparatus to avoid the obstacle factor based on the obstacle countermeasure.
Inventor(s): SAIRI IWATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA SASAKI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F1/20
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1694
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes a display unit, a turning unit configured to turnably hold the display unit with respect to the main body unit, a first acceleration sensor configured to detect a first gravity acceleration applied to the main body unit, a second acceleration sensor configured to detect a second gravity acceleration applied to the display unit, an angle calculation unit configured to calculate posture angles of the display unit and the main body unit from the gravity accelerations acquired from the first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor, and a display switching unit configured to switch a display state of the display unit by determining the display state of the display unit based on the posture angles calculated by the angle calculation unit, wherein it is determined whether to switch the display state of the display unit, based on the display state determined by the display switching unit.
Inventor(s): MAKOTO FUJIWARA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE SHIRAISHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/06
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0613
Abstract: a memory control apparatus that controls access to a dram including a plurality of banks, the apparatus comprising: a first generation unit that generates an access command in response to an access request to the dram, and store the access command in a buffer; a second generation unit that generates a refresh request specifying a bank to the dram; and an issuance unit that issues a dram command to the dram, based on the access command stored in the buffer and the refresh request generated by the second generation unit, wherein the second generation unit determines a target bank of the refresh request from among banks remaining after excluding, from the plurality of banks, a bank that is an access target of the access command stored in the buffer and having a dependency relationship that needs to maintain issuance order.
Inventor(s): Keisuke AIZONO of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1205
Abstract: a mechanism that enables a user to easily use an image forming apparatus having a desired capability. accordingly, an aspect of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus including a holding unit that holds contract information including information about a contracted plan selected by a user from among subscription plans that use an image forming apparatus, and a unit that transmits, in receiving a plan change notification for requesting a change from the contracted plan to a different plan involving a change in a capability of the image forming apparatus, a capability change notification for changing the capability of the image forming apparatus to a capability corresponding to the different plan to the image forming apparatus.
Inventor(s): Hinako Ishii of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1205
Abstract: an information processing apparatus accepts an editing operation to change registered first paper information. paper information based on the accepted editing operation is registered as second paper information, which is different from the first paper information, in a case where a type of the first paper information is base paper, and the registered first paper information is overwritten with the paper information based on the editing operation in a case where the type of the first paper information is not the base paper.
20240345781. INSPECTION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): TAKESHI KINOSHITA of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, G06T7/00, G06T7/11
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1208
Abstract: an inspection system includes an image-forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a reading unit configured to read the image formed on the sheet, and a controller. the controller obtains reference image data for image inspection, executes the image inspection on a result of reading the image based on the obtained reference image data, and controls a display to display a preview screen related to the image inspection. in a case where the image includes a mark indicating a trimming position of the sheet, the preview screen includes a main image that includes the mark, and an additional image that is added to the main image and indicates a second region outward of a first region corresponding to the sheet subjected to trimming.
Inventor(s): Akira Nakamura of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1236
Abstract: an information processing apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus controls to perform wireless communication with a communication apparatus by a first communication method of performing communication without intervention of an external access point, acquires, from the communication apparatus, specification information for specifying the communication apparatus by communication of the first communication method, controls to start, after the specification information is acquired, wireless communication of a second communication method as a communication method via the external access point, and controls to transmit the acquired specification information to a specific server system connected to an external network by the started communication of the second communication method.
20240345784. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Toshihiko Iida of Ibaraki (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1239
Abstract: an image forming apparatus capable of accepting a plurality of types of print jobs, includes: a unit that sets, for each type of the print job, whether to permit use of paper in a predetermined paper feed stage, and a unit that controls, in a case where a print job that uses the paper in the predetermined paper feed stage is received, based on the type of the received print job and the setting, whether to execute the print job that uses the paper in the predetermined paper feed stage.
Inventor(s): DAICHI HIDAKA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1254
Abstract: a non-transitory storage medium stores an application that displays a print setting screen, wherein the application, when executed, causes an information processing apparatus to implement a control method includes obtaining first attribute information and second attribute information from a printing device, storing, in a storage unit, first information based on the obtained first attribute information and second information based on the obtained second attribute information, and controlling the print setting screen to be displayed based on the first information and the second information stored in the storage unit, wherein in a case where the second attribute information is not successfully obtained, information stored in the application in advance is stored as the second information in the storage unit.
Inventor(s): NOBUYUKI IWAUCHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F11/14
CPC Code(s): G06F11/1433
Abstract: an incorporated device has a first startup control unit that, in a case where a firmware fault occurs in a first mode in which normal operation is performed, restarts the incorporated device with some of functions that are operated in the first mode being disabled; and a second startup control unit that, in a case where the fault does not occur after the incorporated device is restarted with the some functions being disabled, continues the startup in a second mode in which the some functions are disabled.
Inventor(s): YUTAKA MURATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASAMI KATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TSEWEI CHEN of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MOTOKI YOSHINAGA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F12/02
CPC Code(s): G06F12/023
Abstract: an apparatus includes memories hold feature planes each corresponding to a corresponding layer of layers in a neural network, a calculation unit performs calculation processing on the feature planes, and a memory control unit reads a feature plane from any of the memories and input the feature plane to the calculation unit, and writes a feature plane output from the calculation unit to any of the memories. in a case where feature planes corresponding to different layers are connected and the calculation processing is performed, the memory control unit writes the feature planes to be connected, in memories other than a specific memory among the memories, reads the feature planes to be connected, from the memories other than the specific memory and inputs the feature planes to the calculation unit, and writes the feature plane output from the calculation unit in the specific memory.
Inventor(s): TOSIYA ASANO of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNICHI SEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUICHIRO OGUCHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06F30/23, G03F7/00, G06F113/08
CPC Code(s): G06F30/23
Abstract: the present invention provides a simulation method of predicting a behavior of a curable composition in a process of bringing a plurality of droplets of the curable composition arranged on a first member into contact with a second member and forming a film of the curable composition in a space between the first member and the second member, wherein for each of the plurality of droplets of the curable composition, a distance from a representative point of the droplet to a point on a contour of the droplet is obtained so as to match the area of the inner region of the contour to an area of the droplet obtained from a volume of the droplet and a distance between the first member and the second member in accordance with a change of the distance between the first member and the second member.
Inventor(s): TAKAHISA AKAISHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K15/02
CPC Code(s): G06K15/1832
Abstract: an image processing apparatus acquiring image data whose color information is defined by n-bit signal values; acquiring data range information; quantizing the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data into m-bit signal values (n>m) based on the data range information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the quantized image data, wherein the quantizing is performed so that the maximum value of the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data becomes a maximum possible value in the range of the m bits, and the minimum value of the signal values for each of the color components in the acquired image data becomes a minimum possible value in the range of the m bits.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI FUSE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06K19/06, G06K1/12, G06K7/14
CPC Code(s): G06K19/06046
Abstract: an information processing apparatus acquires a data list from an external service, determines whether an image is associated with data selected from the acquired data list, acquires an image to be associated with the selected data in a case where determination is made that no image is associated with the selected data, saves the selected data and the acquired image in association with each other, and generates and save a two dimensional code in which a saving destination of the image is encoded.
Inventor(s): TOMONORI HAYASHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/083, G06Q10/04, H04N1/00, H04N1/34
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/0838
Abstract: an information processing apparatus capable of executing a predetermined process for ordering a consumable product of an image forming apparatus includes one or more processors causes the information processing apparatus to calculate a predicted consumption degree of the consumable product based on a contracted plan selected by a user from among plans for using the image forming apparatus in the predetermined process, determine whether the predicted consumption degree reaches a predetermined value, and control so as to ship the consumable product to the user in a case where it is determined that the predicted consumption degree reaches the predetermined value.
Inventor(s): KEISUKE KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T5/50, H04N13/117
CPC Code(s): G06T5/50
Abstract: an image processing system, which can prevent a sense of resolution when an image obtained by capturing surroundings of a movable apparatus is displayed from deteriorating, includes a first optical system that forms a first optical image having a low-resolution area corresponding to an angle of view less than a first angle of view and a high-resolution area corresponding to an angle of view greater than or equal to the first angle of view, a first imaging unit that captures the first optical image formed by the first optical system to generate first image data, and an image processing unit that deforms the first image data to generate first deformed image data.
Inventor(s): Takahiro KUROYAMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Ryo ISHIKAWA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Itaru OTOMARU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00
CPC Code(s): G06T7/00
Abstract: an information processing apparatus for generating a learning model that performs, by using input image data obtained by imaging an object, estimation relating to the object rendered in the image data, includes at least one processor capable of causing the information processing apparatus to function as a training data acquisition unit configured to acquire, as training data used for generating the learning model, learning image data obtained by imaging the object and ground truth data indicating information about the object in the learning image data, a goodness-of-fit acquisition unit configured to acquire goodness of fit relating to the ground truth data, and a learning unit configured to perform training on the learning model based on the training data and the goodness of fit.
Inventor(s): TAKASHI YABE of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0004
Abstract: to make it possible to perform diagnosis of a part fault with accuracy by correctly grasping the periodicity of an image defect in a case of double-sided printing. the periodicity of a defect is determined by performing processing that is in accordance with an operation mode in a case where double-sided printing is performed and which achieves consistency between page order in a case where printing is performed in the printing unit and page order in a case where reading is performed in the reading unit.
Inventor(s): Akane ISEKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T7/20, G06V10/25, G06V10/44
CPC Code(s): G06T7/20
Abstract: an image processing apparatus comprising one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors that execute the instructions to acquire first information including likelihoods of tracking targets in a plurality of first candidates of the tracking target in a target image by using a tracking technique for tracking an object in an image, acquire second information including likelihoods of tracking targets in a plurality of second candidates of the tracking target in the target image by using a detection technique for detecting an object in an image, generate a determination reference for determining, based on the first information and the second information, whether a state is a lost state in which it is not possible to specify a tracking target, and determine, using the determination reference, whether the target image is set in a lost state.
Inventor(s): Lionel TOCZE of SAINT DOMINEUC (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Franck DENOUAL of SAINT DOMINEUC (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Frédéric MAZE of LANGAN (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T9/00, H04N19/68, H04N19/70
CPC Code(s): G06T9/00
Abstract: according to some embodiments of the disclosure, it is provided a method for encapsulating point cloud data into an isobmff-based media file, the point cloud data being organized in point cloud frames. after having generated a track describing a sequence of samples, each sample comprising at least one point cloud frame, the sequence of samples comprising at least one sync sample and a plurality of non-sync samples, at least one non-sync sample of the plurality of non-sync samples comprising a parameter set, and after having generated metadata describing whether a non-sync sample of the plurality of non-sync samples requires, to be decoded, a parameter set from another non-sync sample of the non-sync samples, the track and the metadata are encapsulated in the media file.
Inventor(s): Kazufumi Onuma of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06T15/20, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06T15/20
Abstract: the present disclosure allows for generating a virtual viewpoint image matching an object's sight. to achieve this, an image processing apparatus comprises one or more memories storing instructions; and one or more processors executing the instructions to: obtain a plurality of images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices while a symbol representing a position at which an object should direct a look is being displayed; and generate a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint, the position of the virtual viewpoint being a position at which the symbol is displayed, and the view direction from the virtual viewpoint being a direction specified based on the position of the virtual viewpoint and a position of the object.
Inventor(s): DAISUKE SATO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G06V10/25, G06T5/50, G06T7/11, G06T7/70
CPC Code(s): G06V10/25
Abstract: an information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors that execute the instructions to determine whether a series of records of a previously executed detection process related to detection of a detection target from an image includes a record of a second detection process with a condition related to the detection of the detection target from the image, at least some of which overlaps with a condition of a first detection process based on a process request from a user, and present information about the second detection process to the user in a case where it is determined that the record of the second detection process with the condition at least some of which overlaps with the condition of the first detection process is included.
[[20240347077. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DELETING PAUSE FILLERS FROM MOVING IMAGE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): HIROTAKA ODA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G11B27/031, G06T7/20, G06V40/10, G10L15/22, G10L25/57, G10L25/84, G11B27/06
CPC Code(s): G11B27/031
Abstract: an information processing apparatus capable of easily deleting meaningless utterances from a moving image without making the moving image unnatural. a moving image including sound information is acquired, and contents of an utterance by a speaker, which is recorded in the moving image, are analyzed based on the sound information of the moving image. a section including the meaningless utterance, in which a meaningless utterance uttered by the speaker appears, is acquired from a timeline of the sound information based on a result of the analysis. the speaker on a screen of the moving image in the section including the meaningless utterance is detected. editing for deleting the meaningless utterance from the moving image is executed with respect to the section including the meaningless utterance of the moving image according to a result of the detection.
Inventor(s): NAOKI HIRATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, DAISUKE SHIRAISHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): G11C11/406, G11C11/4093
CPC Code(s): G11C11/40615
Abstract: a memory control apparatus that controls access to a dram including a plurality of banks, the memory control apparatus comprising: a first generation unit configured to generate an access command in response to an access request for the dram, and store the generated access command in a buffer; a second generation unit configured to generate a bank-designated refresh request for the dram; and an issuing unit configured to issue a dram command to the dram based on the access command stored in the buffer and the refresh request generated by the second generation unit, wherein the second generation unit determines a bank to which the refresh request is to be given, from among banks remaining after a bank selected based on attribute information added to the access request has been excluded from the plurality of banks.
Inventor(s): SHINICHIRO KOGA of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKIO NAKANO of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L21/3105, H01L21/66, H01L21/67
CPC Code(s): H01L21/31051
Abstract: whether to perform planarization processing is determined by projecting a pressing member in a state where a planarization member held by a member holding unit is not in contact with a composition on a substrate held by a substrate holding unit. determining whether to perform the planarization processing in such a manner enables the planarization member used to planarize the composition on the substrate to be stably separated.
20240347556. SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): HIDEO KOBAYASHI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUJI NAKAJIMA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO SAITO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14603
Abstract: a semiconductor apparatus includes a structure and a wiring portion. the structure includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a circuit unit that scans the plurality of pixels or processes signals output from the plurality of pixels, and a voltage generation circuit that generates a first voltage. the wiring portion is provided outside of the structure. the first voltage is supplied from the voltage generation circuit to the circuit unit via the wiring portion.
Inventor(s): DAIKI SHIRAHIGE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14607
Abstract: a photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region between the first and second semiconductor regions, and a fourth semiconductor region at a depth where the first semiconductor region is arranged and has a lower impurity concentration than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor region. the photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a transport path that overlaps with the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region in a planar view. the fourth semiconductor region overlaps with at least a part of the transport path. in the planar view, the first semiconductor region has a first length and a second length longer than the first length. a virtual line that divides the first semiconductor region into two halves in the first direction and extends in the second direction is arranged so as not to overlap with the transport path.
20240347565. ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND EQUIPMENT_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): YU KATASE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SUSUMU MATSUMOTO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, SATORU HAMASAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAIKI SHITAMICHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146, G02F1/1333, H01L23/00
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14618
Abstract: an electronic component that includes a base body with an electronic device placed on a placement surface, and a lid including a surface facing the electronic device and fixed to the base body, is provided. on the surface of the lid, a thin film in contact with the surface is arranged. in an orthogonal projection with respect to the placement surface, the thin film comprises a first portion including a region which overlaps the electronic device, and a second portion arranged so as to surround the first portion and including an outer edge of the thin film, and the second portion applies, to a portion of the lid in contact with the second portion, a force in a direction from a center of the thin film toward the outer edge.
20240347573. APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): DAIKI SHIRAHIGE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROSHI SEKINE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14636
Abstract: an apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a layer that has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and that includes a plurality of photodiodes, a wiring layer that is disposed on a first surface side and that includes first wiring and second wiring. each of the plurality of pixels includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode located adjacent to the first photodiode in a first direction, and a microlens disposed on the second surface side so as to be common to the first photodiode and the second photodiode, and a width of the first wiring disposed between the second wiring of the first photodiode and the second wiring of the second photodiode is greater than a width of the first wiring disposed between the plurality of pixels in the first direction.
20240347574. DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): DAIKI SHIRAHIGE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01L27/146
CPC Code(s): H01L27/14636
Abstract: a device includes a plurality of photodiodes each including a first region of a first conductivity type and a second region of a second conductivity type, a microlens provided to be shared by at least a first photodiode and a second photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes, and a first contact configured to supply a first voltage to the first region, wherein a length in a first direction of the first region of the first photodiode is different from a length in a second direction of the first region of the first photodiode orthogonal to the first direction.
Inventor(s): TAKAZUMI SEO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01R12/77, H01R12/81, H01R13/512, H01R13/516, H01R24/78, H01R107/00, H04N5/765, H04N21/4363
CPC Code(s): H01R12/772
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an hdmi flexible circuit having a mounting surface, an hdmi connector mounted on the mounting surface of the hdmi flexible circuit, a plug being capable of being inserted therein and removed therefrom, a main base having a mounting portion substantially parallel to the mounting surface, and a reinforcing member that includes part covering the hdmi connector from an opposite side to the mounting portion in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface and is fixed to the main base. the hdmi connector and the hdmi flexible circuit can move in the direction orthogonal to the mounting surface between the main base and the reinforcing member. in the direction orthogonal to the mounting surface, a minimum clearance between the reinforcing member and the hdmi connector is smaller than a minimum clearance between the reinforcing member and the hdmi flexible circuit.
Inventor(s): MIZUKI NARIMATSU of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOKI FUNABASHI of Tochigi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H01R13/74, H01R43/18
CPC Code(s): H01R13/748
Abstract: a plate-shaped member includes, in a state where a first fixing portion that includes a first component and a second component for fixing a connector to the plate-shaped member is attached to the connector, a first opening area into which the first fixing portion is inserted, a second opening area into which at least a part of the first fixing portion is inserted by changing a relative position between the first fixing portion and the plate-shaped member in a state where the first fixing portion is inserted into the first opening area, and a third opening area that is an opening into which a terminal portion is inserted and which has a size large enough to prevent interference between the terminal portion and the plate-shaped member in a case where the relative position is changed.
Inventor(s): TAKAMITSU ABE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUKI CHISHIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00
CPC Code(s): H02J7/0063
Abstract: an electronic apparatus comprises a connection unit and a conversion unit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage that is 1/n times the input voltage. a control unit requests a power supplying apparatus for a third voltage that is n times a first voltage. in a case where an external apparatus is connected to the connection unit after the request for the third voltage, the control unit requests the power supplying apparatus to supply a fourth voltage that is n times a second voltage in response to receiving, from the external apparatus, an instruction for setting the second voltage as a voltage to be output from the electronic apparatus to the external apparatus. the second voltage is higher than the first voltage.
Inventor(s): Hajime Shimura of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H02J50/60, H02J50/10, H02J50/80
CPC Code(s): H02J50/60
Abstract: a power transmitting apparatus measures a waveform attenuation rate of a transmission power waveform, at a transmission antenna, in a state in which the power transmission by the power transmitting is restricted, sets a threshold used for detecting a foreign object between the power transmitting apparatus and the power receiving apparatus on the basis of the measured waveform attenuation rate, and determines whether or not the foreign object is present on the basis of the waveform attenuation rate measure after the threshold is set and the threshold.
Inventor(s): MASANORI FURUTA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H03M1/12, H04N25/772
CPC Code(s): H03M1/123
Abstract: an ad conversion circuit includes a plurality of first ad converters, a plurality of voltage holding circuits, a second ad converter, and a selector circuit. each of the plurality of first ad converters includes a first input terminal. each of the plurality of first ad converters is a delta-sigma ad converter. each of the plurality of voltage holding circuits is connected to corresponding one of the plurality of first ad converters. the second ad converter is a delta-sigma ad converter and includes a second input terminal. the selector circuit is connected to the plurality of voltage holding circuits and to the second input terminal. the selector circuit is configured to select, from among the plurality of voltage holding circuits, a voltage holding circuit to be connected to the second input terminal.
Inventor(s): YOSHIRO MIHIRA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04L41/0803, G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): H04L41/0803
Abstract: an information processing apparatus that operates with a first os and that includes an application configured to perform wireless network setting processing and to operate on a second os controllable on the first os includes a control unit configured to execute control processing for performing specific setting processing in the wireless network setting processing on the first os in a case where the application is unable to perform the specific setting processing.
Inventor(s): NAO TSUCHIYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00, G06F3/04845
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00474
Abstract: an information processing apparatus obtains information on functions executable on a display target screen. then, the information processing apparatus hides a first area for a first function that is restricted among the functions in a layout region where to place areas for the respective functions on the screen and displays a second area for a second function that is not restricted in the layout region while changing a size of the second area.
[[20240348738. MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SETTING COVER SHEET AND HEADER OF FAX, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)]]
Inventor(s): KAZUHIRO OYOSHI of Chiba (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUICHI UTSUMI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N1/32, H04N1/00, H04W12/50
CPC Code(s): H04N1/32128
Abstract: a mobile terminal capable of setting a cover sheet and a header of a fax document and causing an image forming apparatus to transmit the fax document. cover data representative of a cover sheet is created according to the settings of a cover sheet of a fax document, and header data representative of a header is created according to the settings of a header of the fax document. upon receipt of an instruction for transmitting a fax document from the user, the mobile terminal transmits an instruction to the image forming apparatus for reading an original and transmitting the fax document, together with transmission destination information indicative of a transmission destination to which the fax document is to be transmitted and at least one of the cover data and the header data.
20240348779. ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): Jonathan TAQUET of Talensac (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Christophe GISQUET of ACIGNE (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Guillaume LAROCHE of Saint Aubin d'Aubigné (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha, Patrice ONNO of RENNES (FR) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N19/117, H04N19/176, H04N19/186, H04N19/46, H04N19/82
CPC Code(s): H04N19/117
Abstract: a method of controlling an adaptive loop filter comprises obtaining for a slice containing one or more coding tree blocks, data indicating a number of available alternative chroma filters, obtaining for a coding tree block in the slice, an alternative filter index identifying one of the available alternative chroma filters, and selecting the alternative chroma filter identified by the index to filter chroma image data in the coding tree block.
Inventor(s): Shinya TAKEICHI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/45, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/45
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 generate a combined image by connecting a plurality of images captured using each of a plurality of imaging optical systems; and perform control to perform predetermined notification, in a case where a change amount of a pixel value of a joint area of the combined image between the plurality of images is larger than a threshold.
Inventor(s): HIROSHI NAKAMURA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/50
CPC Code(s): H04N23/50
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus in which a plurality of connectors can be arranged while preventing size increase. in an image pickup apparatus, a battery housing portion is arranged parallel to a lens barrel unit in a first direction perpendicular to the direction of an optical axis of the lens barrel unit so as not to overlap the lens barrel unit as seen from the direction of the optical axis. connectors are arranged in at least two of four subareas formed by dividing an area excluding an area where the lens barrel unit is present from a first area surrounded by an outline of an exterior body of the image pickup apparatus and a virtual straight line and including the optical axis, as seen from the direction of the optical axis, where the virtual straight line passes through an end of the battery housing portion facing the lens barrel unit.
Inventor(s): SAIRI IWATA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUYA SASAKI of Saitama (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/53, G01P15/18, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/531
Abstract: an imaging apparatus can include an angle calculation unit configured to calculate attitude angles of a main body unit and a display unit from gravitational accelerations acquired from a first acceleration sensor and a second acceleration sensor, and switches a calculation method of the attitude angles to be calculated by the angle calculation unit based on a vibration state detected by a vibration detection unit.
Inventor(s): HIDEYASU HONGU of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAIRA KOMATSUZAKI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/667, G03B13/18, G03B13/36, H04N23/67
CPC Code(s): H04N23/667
Abstract: a focus control device that is capable of preventing an object intended by a user from being excluded from a focusing target. the focus control device performs focus adjustment by using one of autofocus and manual focus. when focus control is switched from the autofocus to the manual focus, and then switched to the autofocus, whether to perform focus adjustment with settings of the autofocus set before being switched to the manual focus, or with settings of the autofocus to be set after being switched from the manual focus, is controlled according to whether or not there is an object focused by the manual focus.
Inventor(s): AKIHIKO NISHIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, H04N23/51, H04N23/55
CPC Code(s): H04N23/68
Abstract: an imaging device includes a holding unit that is arranged between an imaging lens and an imaging element includes an opening on which an optical element is mounted, and holds the optical element, a moving unit that moves the holding unit, a regulating unit that regulates movement of the holding unit, a detection unit that detects a position of the holding unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the opening of the holding unit is within a predetermined range based on a detection result of the detection unit, and a control unit configured to control the moving unit based on a determination result of the determination unit. in a case where the opening of the holding unit is within the predetermined range, the opening does not block a light beam incident on an effective pixel of the imaging element.
Inventor(s): JUNICHI SAITO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: an image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, a determination unit, and a control unit. the image sensor is rotatable in a plane intersecting an optical axis, and accumulates electric charges at a different timing for each area. the determination unit is configured to determine an exposure time of the image sensor. the control unit is configured to select and execute one of first control to start exposure of the image sensor in response to movement of a first light shielding member and terminate the exposure in response to movement of a second light shielding member and second control to start exposure of the image sensor and terminate the exposure in response to movement of the second light shielding member. the control unit selects one of the first control and the second control based on information about the rotation of the image sensor and the determined exposure time.
Inventor(s): ATSUTO SUGAYA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/73, H04N23/63, H04N23/71, H04N23/80
CPC Code(s): H04N23/73
Abstract: a control apparatus includes at least one processor performing operations as follows: outputting instruction information to an imaging apparatus, the instruction information including (a) an instruction to make a transition of a imaging range of the imaging apparatus from a first range to a second range, and (b) a target value of each brightness parameter at time of imaging in the second range.
Inventor(s): WENYING YE of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YASUHIKO SANO of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/74, G03B15/02, H01F27/24, H01F27/28, H04N23/72, H04N23/73
CPC Code(s): H04N23/74
Abstract: a light emitting apparatus includes: a light emitting component; an inductor electrically connected to the light emitting component; a conductive member arranged near the inductor; and a magnetic member arranged near the inductor, wherein the conductive member is arranged on at least one end side in a direction of a winding axis of the inductor so as to intersect the winding axis, and wherein the magnetic member is arranged on a side face side of the inductor.
Inventor(s): MICHINORI NAKAJIMA of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04N23/84, H04N7/015, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): H04N23/84
Abstract: an imaging apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to generate a raw image, a second generation unit configured to generate metadata corresponding to the raw image, an arrangement unit configured to arrange the raw image generated by the first generation unit and the metadata generated by the second generation unit in an image area in a video format in luminance-chrominance-chrominance (ycc) format, and an output unit configured to output the raw image and the metadata arranged in the image area in the video format in ycc format by the arrangement unit.
20240348976. IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING MICROPHONES_simplified_abstract_(canon kabushiki kaisha)
Inventor(s): RYOHEI KANDO of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H04R1/40, G03B29/00, H04R1/02, H04R1/28
CPC Code(s): H04R1/406
Abstract: an image pickup apparatus in which three microphone units are arranged with high space efficiency. the image pickup apparatus comprises a lens barrel having an optical axis, a first microphone unit disposed to a left of the optical axis in a left-right direction when viewed from an optical axis direction, a second microphone unit disposed to a right of the optical axis in the left-right direction, and a third microphone unit disposed between the first microphone unit and the second microphone unit in the left-right direction, wherein when viewed from the optical axis direction, a lower end position of the first microphone unit and a lower end position of the second microphone unit are lower than an upper end position of the lens barrel and a lower end position of the third microphone unit is higher than the upper end position of the lens barrel.
Inventor(s): ATSUSHI UEMATSU of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YUICHI KIKUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, MASATSUGU HONGO of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, KAZUHIRO YAMAUCHI of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TAKUMI FURUKAWA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, NAOYA ASANUMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUNKO HIRATA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, TORU OGUMA of Shizuoka (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H05H1/24, A61L2/20, C01B13/02
CPC Code(s): H05H1/2418
Abstract: a treatment apparatus and a treatment method using reactive oxygen, wherein, the treatment apparatus comprising: the reactive oxygen supply device comprises a plasma actuator and an ozone decomposing device inside a housing having at least one opening portion, the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode across a dielectric material and generates an induced flow containing ozone when a voltage is applied between the both electrodes, the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposing device are arranged such that the induced flow flows out from the opening portion and the induced flow is supplied to a surface of the object which is conveyed by the conveying means, and an outflow direction vector of the induced flow has a vector component x which is parallel to and oriented in the same direction as specific direction b.
Inventor(s): NAOKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUN KAMATANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI OHRUI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIRONOBU IWAWAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSUKE NISHIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKAZU MIYASHITA of Miyagi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K85/30, C07F15/00, C09K11/06, H10K50/12, H10K101/10
CPC Code(s): H10K85/342
Abstract: an organometallic complex represented by any one of formulas (1) to (3):
Inventor(s): NAOKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUN KAMATANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI OHRUI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIRONOBU IWAWAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSUKE NISHIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKAZU MIYASHITA of Miyagi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K85/30, C07F15/00, C09K11/06, H10K50/12, H10K101/10
CPC Code(s): H10K85/342
Abstract:
Inventor(s): NAOKI YAMADA of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, JUN KAMATANI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKI OHRUI of Tokyo (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIRONOBU IWAWAKI of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, YOSUKE NISHIDE of Kanagawa (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha, HIROKAZU MIYASHITA of Miyagi (JP) for canon kabushiki kaisha
IPC Code(s): H10K85/30, C07F15/00, C09K11/06, H10K50/12, H10K101/10
CPC Code(s): H10K85/342
Abstract: in formulas (1) to (3), rand rare each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, silyl groups, and aryl groups. rs are each independently selected from the group consisting of a deuterium atom, halogen atoms, a cyano group, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, silyl groups, aryl groups, heterocyclic groups, and amino groups. substituents may form a ring with each other. rto rare each independently selected from the group consisting of a deuterium atom, halogen atoms, a cyano group, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, silyl groups, aryl groups, heterocyclic groups, and amino groups.
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA patent applications on October 17th, 2024
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