公开(公告)号：US09762749B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14521720

申请日：2014-10-23

Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Okiharu Matsuda

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G07G1/14

CPC classification number: H04N1/00015 ,  G06Q20/202 ,  G06Q20/209 ,  G07G1/14 ,  H04N1/00005 ,  H04N1/00061 ,  H04N1/00087 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N2201/0003 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/0096

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a maintenance system includes an image pickup unit and a control unit. The image pickup unit picks up images of respective regions of a target apparatus defined beforehand. The control unit acquires image data picked up by the image pickup unit and calculates parameters of the target apparatus on the basis of the image data.

公开(公告)号：US20170257512A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15449942

申请日：2017-03-04

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Tomohiro OGAWA

IPC: H04N1/10 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/12 ,  G06K15/02

CPC classification number: H04N1/10 ,  G06K15/02 ,  H04N1/00331 ,  H04N1/00795 ,  H04N1/121 ,  H04N2201/0082

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that can accurately determine whether a manuscript is pencil writing. The image forming apparatus is a copier with a copy function that, after receiving a copy instruction, reads image data from a manuscript, and prints the read image data on printing paper according to set printing conditions. The copier includes a character extracing unit and a line width judgment unit. The character extracting unit extracts characters from each of a plurality of different locations in image data. The line width judgment unit determines whether or not a manuscript is pencil writing by comparing line widths of the characters that were extracted by the character extracting unit.

公开(公告)号：US20170257503A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15440559

申请日：2017-02-23

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Nobuyuki Tsukada

IPC: H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00708 ,  H04N1/00734 ,  H04N1/00755 ,  H04N1/00761 ,  H04N2201/0082

Abstract: To provide a sheet size determining apparatus capable of appropriately determining a sheet size. Specifically, a sheet size detection result is acquired by a sensor, and when there are a plurality of candidate sheet sizes corresponding to the acquired detection result, a sheet size is determined from the plurality of candidate sheet sizes in response to a setting of the operation device that indicates sheet sizes.

公开(公告)号：US09749491B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US15351519

申请日：2016-11-15

Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Hiroyuki Ishikura

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00912 ,  G03G15/5066 ,  G03G15/5075 ,  G03G15/55 ,  G06F3/128 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00222 ,  H04N1/00315 ,  H04N1/00965 ,  H04N2201/0039 ,  H04N2201/0041 ,  H04N2201/0051 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04N2201/0056 ,  H04N2201/0063 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with USB sockets on front and back sides, and includes a determining unit for determining whether or not a USB device inserted to a front side USB socket 184 is a function enhancement device, and a control unit making, when it is determined by the determining unit that a function enhancement device is inserted to the front side USB socket 184, the USB device unusable and making, when it is determined that a USB device other than the function enhancement device is inserted, the USB device usable. Thus, it is possible to prevent a USB wireless LAN adapter or the like from being used constantly connected to the front side USB socket and thereby to reduce possibility of USB wireless LAN adapter of being damaged or removed.

公开(公告)号：US20170228203A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15496087

申请日：2017-04-25

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Nobuyuki Iwauchi

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/1236 ,  G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/1292 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N1/00251 ,  H04N1/00307 ,  H04N1/00973 ,  H04N2201/0039 ,  H04N2201/0041 ,  H04N2201/0046 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04N2201/006 ,  H04N2201/0075 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a terminal apparatus is brought close to a printing apparatus serving as a processing apparatus, the terminal apparatus uses its own NFC unit to acquire, from the printing apparatus, information for communicating with each of one or more network connection units provided in the printing apparatus. Then, using a communication unit, the terminal apparatus then searches for the printing apparatus on a network in accordance with the acquired information. In the case where the terminal apparatus has successfully identified the printing apparatus as being present on the network, the terminal apparatus transmits a processing request to the printing apparatus successfully identified on the network via the communication unit.

公开(公告)号：US20170214811A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15408499

申请日：2017-01-18

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Ryosuke Sakai ,  Takamasa Tsukada

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G03G21/16

CPC classification number: H04N1/00551 ,  G03G21/1628 ,  H04N1/00557 ,  H04N1/00559 ,  H04N2201/0082

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a lower casing, an upper casing, an arm, and a brake member. The lower casing includes a photosensitive body. The upper casing includes an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive body. The upper casing is configured to pivot on a predetermined axis relative to the lower casing between a closed position where the upper casing covers an upper portion of the lower casing and an open position where the upper casing exposes the upper portion of the lower casing. The slider is attached to the upper casing and is configured to slide in a sliding direction orthogonal to the predetermined axis. The arm includes a first end pivotably connected to the lower casing and a second end pivotably connected to the slider. The brake member is configured to control a speed of the slider when the slider slides in the sliding direction.

公开(公告)号：US20170208427A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15405113

申请日：2017-01-12

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiroaki Goto ,  Masaki Kawanishi

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04N1/32 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04W4/80 ,  H04B17/27 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/00307 ,  H04N1/32021 ,  H04N2201/0041 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04N2201/006 ,  H04N2201/0082

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and a method of deciding a correction amount for correcting the radio field intensity of received radio waves in the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus receives a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) packet transmitted by an external apparatus, and displays a screen for deciding a correction amount for correcting the radio field intensity of the BLE packet. If a user inputs an instruction for deciding the correction amount via this screen, the correction amount is decided based on the radio field intensity of the received BLE packet and a reference value.

公开(公告)号：US09712705B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US15177789

申请日：2016-06-09

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Takashi Hasebe

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06K1/00 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00785 ,  H04N1/0057 ,  H04N1/00689 ,  H04N1/00708 ,  H04N1/00795 ,  H04N2201/0082

Abstract: An image reading apparatus which includes an image reading section and a document conveyance section, the image reading apparatus including: a document size detector which detects a document size of the document; and a processor configured to detect whether or not a Z-fold exists in the document for which the document size is detected by the document size detector; unfold a Z-folded part of a Z-folded document for which a Z-fold is detected; and assign image data of the image to a page memory on the basis of the document size detected by the document size detector and whether or not a Z-fold is detected.

公开(公告)号：US09706342B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-11

申请号：US15079343

申请日：2016-03-24

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kunihito Terashita

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W88/06

CPC classification number: H04N1/33346 ,  H04N1/3278 ,  H04N1/32786 ,  H04N2201/0031 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/3205 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/06 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/166 ,  Y02D70/22

Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US09703511B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-11

申请号：US14165905

申请日：2014-01-28

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Hwang-hyeon Gha

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/32

CPC classification number: G06F3/1237 ,  G06F3/1221 ,  G06F3/1236 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N1/00278 ,  H04N1/00291 ,  H04N1/00297 ,  H04N1/00318 ,  H04N1/00347 ,  H04N1/00888 ,  H04N1/32502 ,  H04N1/32518 ,  H04N1/32534 ,  H04N2201/0017 ,  H04N2201/0036 ,  H04N2201/0039 ,  H04N2201/0044 ,  H04N2201/0046 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  Y02D10/1592

Abstract: A control point includes a communication interface to search for one or more image forming apparatuses using digital living network alliance (DLNA), a user interface unit through which at least one piece of content is selected for printing using a user interface of the control point, and through which an image forming apparatus is selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses to perform printing, a DLNA stack unit to set a connection policy regarding connection to the selected image forming apparatus, and to selectively control the DLNA connection status to the selected image forming apparatus according to the connection policy, and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing and the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus.