Canon - 3rd Week of May 2010 USPTO Publications

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Table of Contents

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A61 - Diagnosis 5A61B 03/12 - for looking at the eye fundus,

e.g. ophthalmoscopes . . . . . . . . . . 5A61B 03/14 - Arrangements specially

adapted for eye photography . . . . . . 5A61B 03/15 - with means for aligning,

spacing or blocking spurious reection . 6B41 - 6

B41J 02/05 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or

automatic cut-off devices for the entireprinting mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . 7

C07 - acyclic or carbocyclic compounds 9C07C 13/62 - with more than three

condensed rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

F16 - gearing 9F16H 09/00 - Gearings for conveying rotary

motion with variable gear ratio, or for

reversing rotary motion, by endlessexible members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

G01 - Measuring length, thickness or similarlinear dimensions 10G01B 09/02 - Interferometers . . . . . . . . . 10G01B 11/14 - for measuring distance or

clearance between spaced objects orspaced apertures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

G02 - Optical elements, systems, or apparatus 12G02B 15/14 - by axial movement of one or

more lenses or groups of lenses relativeto the image plane for continuouslyvarying the equivalent focal length of

the objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12G02B 26/08 - for controlling the direction oflight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

G03 - apparatus or arrangements for takingphotographs or for projecting or viewingthem 14G03B 27/32 - Projection printing apparatus,

e.g. enlarger, copying camera . . . . . . 14G03B 27/52 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15G03B 27/54 - Lamp housings . . . . . . . . . 15G03B 27/62 - Holders for the original . . . . . 16G03B 27/68 - Introducing or correcting

distortion, e.g. in connection withoblique projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

G03F 07/20 - Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . 17G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic

processes using a charge pattern . . . . 17G03G 15/02 - for laying down a uniform

charge, e.g. for sensitising . . . . . . . . 18

G03G 15/04 - for exposing, i.e. imagewiseexposure by optically projecting theoriginal image on a photoconductiverecording material . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

G03G 15/08 - using a solid developer, e.g.powder developer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

G03G 15/20 - for xing, e.g. by using heat . . 20

G06 - Electric digital data processing 22G06F 03/02 - Input arrangements using

manually operated switches, e.g. usingkeyboards or dials . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

G06F 03/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touchscreens or touch pads, characterisedby the transducing means . . . . . . . . 23

G06F 03/048 - Interaction techniquesfor graphical user interfaces, e.g.interaction with windows, icons or menus 26

G06F 03/12 - Digital output to print unit . . . 30G06F 15/00 - Digital computers in general . . 32G06K 01/00 - Methods or arrangements for

marking the record carrier in digitalfashion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43G06K 09/32 - Aligning or centering of theimage pick-up or image-eld . . . . . . 43

G06K 09/36 - Image preprocessing, i.e.processing the image informationwithout deciding about the identity ofthe image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

G06K 15/02 - using printers . . . . . . . . . . 45G06T 01/00 - General purpose image data

processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

G09 - Arrangements or circuits for control ofindicating devices using static means topresent variable information 45G09G 05/02 - characterised by the way in

which colour is displayed . . . . . . . . 45

G11 - Information storage based on relativemovement between record carrier andtransducer 46G11B 21/02 - Driving or moving of heads . . 46G11B 27/00 - Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

H01 - Electric discharge tubes or dischargelamps 48H01J 01/62 - Luminescent screens . . . . . . 48H01L 21/285 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

H02 - Electric machines not otherwise providedfor 51H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not

provided for elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . 51

H04 - Pictorial communication, e.g. television 52H04N 05/14 - Picture signal circuitry for video

frequency region . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52H04N 05/228 - Circuit details for pick-up tubes 53H04N 05/235 - Circuitry for compensating for

variation in the brightness of the object . 54H04N 05/76 - Television signal recording . . . 55H04N 05/91 - Television signal processing

therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56H04N 07/025 - Systems for transmission of

digital non-picture data, e.g. of textduring the active part of a television frame 56

H04N 07/173 - with two-way working,e.g. subscriber sending a programmeselection signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56



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H04R 31/00 - Apparatus or processesspecially adapted for the manufactureof transducers or diaphragms therefor . 57

Patent Index 58

IPC Catchword Index 59



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A61B 03/14

A61B 03/12: Diagnosis Apparatus for testing the eyes Objectivetypes, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patientsperceptions or reactions for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes

App. No. 20100123872 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Ophthalmologic apparatus

Abstract An opthalmologic apparatus changes the wavelength of index light, which is projected on an eyeto be examined, by selecting the light emission of a visible LED and an infrared LED, and changesthe position of a split unit along an optical axis based on the selection.

Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

A61B 03/14: Diagnosis Apparatus for testing the eyes Objectivetypes, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patientsperceptions or reactions Arrangements specially adapted for eyephotography

App. No. 20100123871 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Fundus cameraAbstract A fundus camera includes an illumination unit which includes an optical element congured to

irradiate an eye fundus with visible light from a position conjugate with an anterior eye portionof an eye to be examined, and an imaging unit congured to take an image of the eye funduswith light which is emitted from the illumination unit and reected from the eye fundus, whereinthe illumination unit includes a blue LED chip and a uorescent member that is excited by lightemitted from the blue LED chip and emits uorescence, and the uorescent member is irradiatedagain with apart of the light reected by the optical element.


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A61B 03/15: Diagnosis Apparatus for testing the eyes Objectivetypes, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patientsperceptions or reactions Arrangements specially adapted for eyephotography with means for aligning, spacing or blocking spuriousreection

Patent applications also belong to this classication and have been already shown:20100123872 page 5

B41J 02/05:

App. No. 20100123759 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Liquid ejection head, liquid-ejection head substrate, liquid ejecting apparatus including liquid

ejection head, and method of cleaning liquid ejection headAbstract A liquid ejection head includes a liquid-ejection head substrate including an element, which

generates thermal energy used for ejecting a liquid from an ejection port, and a protective layer,which covers at least the element, and in which rst layers and second layers are alternatelystacked; a ow passage member which denes a wall of a ow passage communicating with theejection port; and a ow-passage electrode disposed in the ow passage.


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App. No. 20100123760 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge methodAbstract A liquid discharge head includes a discharge port from which a liquid is discharged; a channel

that communicates with the discharge port; and an energy generating element that is provided inthe channel and generates energy used to discharge the liquid from the discharge port, whereinthe channel includes a rst inlet path supplying the liquid to the energy generating element; asecond inlet path supplying the liquid to the energy generating element from a direction oppositeto a direction in which the rst inlet path supplies the liquid; and a outlet path allowing the liquidsupplied to the energy generating element to run out.




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B41J 29/38

B41J 29/38: Typewriters Details of, or accessories for, typewritersor selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for Drives,motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printingmechanism

App. No. 20100123749 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording systemAbstract An ink jet recording apparatus that executes ink jet recording based on multi-pass recording

and that achieves a high glossiness and a low granularity is provided. Based on informationcorresponding to an ink discharge amount, distribution and concentration masks are selected forlow and high duty areas of a recorded image, respectively.




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F16H 09/00

C07C 13/62: acyclic or carbocyclic compounds Cyclic hydrocarbonscontaining rings other than, or in addition to, six-membered aromaticrings Polycyclic hydrocarbons or acyclic hydrocarbon derivativesthereof with condensed rings with more than three condensedrings

App. No. 20100123390 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Light-emitting device, image display apparatus, and novel organic compoundAbstract A novel organic compound suitable for use in a blue light-emitting device and an organic light-

emitting device having the novel organic compound are provided. The organic compound isrepresented by General Formula (1) below. The organic light-emitting device includes thiscompound.


F16H 09/00: gearing Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variablegear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by endless exible members

App. No. 20100125015 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Driving force transmitting apparatusAbstract A drive transmission apparatus for transmitting a driving force to a rotatable member includes a

driving source; a drive pulley for receiving a driving force from the driving source; a driven pulley;a belt, extending around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, for transmitting the driving forcefrom the drive pulley to the driven pulley; a driving gear for receiving a driving force from thedriving source; a driven gear for receiving the driving force of the driving gear; a drive transmittingshaft, provided with the driven pulley and the driven gear, for transmitting the driving force to therotatable member; a drive transmission mechanism, provided between the driven gear and thedrive transmitting shaft, for transmitting the driving force in a rotational direction from the drivengear to the drive transmitting shaft when an angular speed of the driven pulley is lower than anangular speed of the driven gear.




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G01B 09/02

G01B 09/02: Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions Instruments as specied in the subgroups and characterised by theuse of optical measuring means Interferometers

App. No. 20100125432 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Measurement apparatus, measurement method, computer, program, and exposure apparatusAbstract A measurement apparatus includes an interferometer, and a computer congured to calculate

a phase distribution and an amplitude distribution by Fourier-transforming a rst interferencesignal detected by the photoelectric conversion element of the interferometer, to correct the phasedistribution using a correction-use phase difference distribution, to calculate a second interferencesignal by reverse-Fourier-transforming the phase distribution that has been corrected and theamplitude distribution, and to calculate the position of the target surface based on the secondinterference signal.




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G01B 11/14

G01B 11/14: Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical means for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spacedapertures

App. No. 20100124724 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Projection exposure apparatus, method for calibrating measurement criterion of displacement

measurement unit, and method for manufacturing deviceAbstract A projection exposure apparatus includes an optical element, and projects a pattern formed on a

rst object onto a second object to be exposed through a projection optical system for correctingimaging characteristics by controlling the optical element. The projection exposure apparatusincludes a displacement measurement unit congured to measure a displacement of the opticalelement; a storage unit congured to store a measurement criterion of the displacementmeasurement unit; an imaging characteristics measurement unit congured to measure imagingcharacteristics of the projection optical system; and a calibration unit congured to calibratethe measurement criterion based on a result of measurement by the imaging characteristicsmeasurement unit.




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G02B 15/14


G02B 15/14: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Optical objectiveswith means for varying the magnication by axial movement of oneor more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane forcontinuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective

App. No. 20100123956 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Zoom lens and camera having the sameAbstract A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a rst lens unit having

a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a reectionunit including a reection surface for bending an optical path, a third lens unit having a negativerefractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fth lens unit havingone of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power. In the zoom lens, at least thesecond lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming while the reection unit remainsstationary. In addition, a focal length of the rst lens unit and respective focal lengths of the zoomlens at a wide-angle end and at a telephoto end are appropriately set.




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G02B 26/08

G02B 26/08: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Optical devicesor arrangements using movable or deformable optical elements for controllingthe intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light, e.g. switching,gating, modulating for controlling the direction of light

App. No. 20100124435 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including the sameAbstract An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source congured to emit a light beam, a rotational

polygonal mirror congured to deect and scan the light beam emitted from the light source,a drive unit congured to drive the rotational polygonal mirror to rotate, an optical membercongured to guide the light beam with the scanning rotational polygonal mirror to a memberto be scanned, a storage member congured to accommodate the rotational polygonal mirrorand the optical member therewithin, and a wall congured to partition a space inside the storagemember into a rst space in which the rotational polygonal mirror is installed and a second spacein which the optical member is installed, wherein the wall has an opening through which air canpass, and the opening is congured to pass the light beam reected by the scanning rotationalpolygonal mirror, and the wall has a vent which is different from the opening and congured tosend at least a part of the air that has passed through the opening, to the rst space while therotational polygonal mirror is rotating, and a width of the vent in a scanning direction of the lightbeam is smaller than a width of the opening.




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G03B 27/32

G03B 27/32: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or forprojecting or viewing them Photographic printing apparatus Projectionprinting apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera

App. No. 20100123888 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing deviceAbstract An apparatus, which scans an original and a substrate relative to light slit-shaped on the original

and on the substrate, comprises an adjusting device congured to adjust a distribution of a widthof the light slit-shaped, the width being a width in a scanning direction, the distribution being adistribution in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a controller.The controller is congured to obtain information representing a relationship between a positionon the substrate and a target dose, calculate a distribution of the target dose in the perpendiculardirection with respect to each of the shot regions based on the relationship represented by theobtained information, and control the adjusting device so as to achieve the calculated distributionof the target dose with respect to each of the shot regions.




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App. No. 20100123891 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Scanning exposure apparatus and device manufacturing methodAbstract An apparatus including an original stage that holds an original, a substrate stage that holds a

substrate, and a projection optical system that projects a pattern of the original onto the substrate,and being congured to scan and expose the substrate during a period in which the speeds ofthe original stage and the substrate stage change, comprises a controller congured to correct, adistortion generated in an image transferred onto the substrate due to at least one of deformationof the original stage in response to a change in speed of the original stage and deformation of thesubstrate stage in response to a change in speed of the substrate stage, based on a correctionvalue determined by an acceleration of the substrate stage.


G03B 27/52: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or forprojecting or viewing them Photographic printing apparatus Projectionprinting apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Details

Patent applications also belong to this classication and have been already shown:20100123888 page 14 20100124724 page 11



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G03B 27/68

G03B 27/54: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or forprojecting or viewing them Photographic printing apparatus Projectionprinting apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Details Lamphousings

Patent applications also belong to this classication and have been already shown:

20100124724 page 11

G03B 27/62: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or forprojecting or viewing them Photographic printing apparatus Projectionprinting apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Details Holdersfor the original


G03B 27/68: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or forprojecting or viewing them Photographic printing apparatus Projectionprinting apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Details Introducingor correcting distortion, e.g. in connection with oblique projection

App. No. 20100123884 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing methodAbstract An apparatus comprises a controller congured to generate a rst list of measurement points

arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of a shot region along a direction of scanningat a predetermined pitch, and a control by the controller includes a rst control which causesa measurement device to measure a position of a surface with respect to each measurement

point included in the rst list, and a second control which causes the measurement device tomeasure the position with respect to each measurement point included in a second list obtainedby excluding, from the rst list, at least one of a measurement point with respect to whichmeasurement is performed last in a rst shot region and a measurement point with respect towhich measurement is performed rst in a second shot region next to the rst shot region.




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G03G 15/00


G03F 07/20: Photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces,e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices Photomechanical,e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces,e.g. printed surfaces Exposure


G03G 15/00: Electrography Apparatus for electrographic processesusing a charge pattern


Title Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and supporting memberAbstract An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic image forming

apparatus main assembly including a preventing portion; a supporting member for supporting aplurality of electrophotographic photosensitive members, the supporting member being movablebetween an inside position inside the main assembly and an outside position outside the mainassembly in a state in which the supporting member is supported by the main assembly andbeing disengageable from the main assembly at the outside position; a handle portion, providedto the supporting member, to be touched for disengaging the supporting member from the mainassembly; and a portion to be prevented, provided to the supporting member, being movablebetween a preventing position in which the portion to be prevented contacts the preventing portionin order to prevent the supporting member from being disengaged from the main assembly and aretracted position in which the portion to be prevented is retracted from the preventing position inorder to disengaging the supporting member from the main assembly. The portion to be preventedis moved from the preventing position to the retracted position by the touch of the handle portion.




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G03G 15/02

G03G 15/02: Electrography Apparatus for electrographic processesusing a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. forsensitising

App. No. 20100124436 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus using cleaner-less systemAbstract An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; a charging device

for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a developing device for developing withtoner an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member electrically chargedby the charging device; a transfer device for transferring a toner image from the photosensitivemember onto an image-receiving member; and an auxiliary charging device for electricallycharging untransferred toner on the photosensitive member to a normal charge polarity before thephotosensitive member is electrically charged by the charging device; wherein effective widths W




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G03G 15/04: Electrography Apparatus for electrographic processesusing a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure byoptically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recordingmaterial


G03G 15/08: Electrography Apparatus for electrographic processesusing a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g.powder developer

App. No. 20100124427 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatusAbstract An image forming apparatus is provided that reduces the occurrence of downtime in the case in

which the interval between sheets needs to be expanded, and also suppresses the degradationof a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, when continuously forming images. Theimage forming apparatus of the present invention predicts the start timing of image formationonto the next printing material, and performs control of the positional relationship between thephotosensitive drum and the developing roller without decreasing productivity, based on a resultof the prediction. Further, the image forming apparatus performs control of the rotating operationof the photosensitive drum, based on the above prediction result.




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G03G 15/20: Electrography Apparatus for electrographic processesusing a charge pattern for xing, e.g. by using heat

App. No. 20100124425 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus and control method thereforAbstract An image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing an abnormal operation due to a voltage

drop of a commercial power source and continuing an image forming operation efciently evenif the voltage drop occurs. A xing unit xes a toner image transferred onto a sheet. A voltagedetection unit detects an input voltage of the commercial power source. A setting unit sets axing electric power supplied to the xing unit from the commercial power source. A control unitsuspends an operation when the set xing electric power is less than a predetermined electricpower and when the input voltage is less than a rst voltage, and to continue the operationwhile reducing the set xing electric power when the set xing electric power is not less thanthe predetermined electric power and when the input voltage is less than a second voltage.


App. No. 20100124429 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Fixing controller and image forming apparatusAbstract A xing controller capable of rapidly detecting an excessive temperature rise, even if an abnormal

temperature rise takes place in a state that a rotor of a xing unit, such as a thin-walled rolleror belt, stops rotating. A rotating belt is heated by a coil, a belt temperature is detected by athermistor, and a drive frequency of a driving circuit for driving the coil is controlled by a controlcircuit. When the temperature detected by the thermistor becomes equal to or higher than apredetermined temperature, the drive circuit is stopped by an excessive temperature rise detectingcircuit. The thermistor is heated such that a difference between the temperatures detected by thethermistor when the belt is rotating and when the belt stops rotating becomes equal to or largerthan a predetermined temperature difference.




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G06F 03/02: Electric digital data processing Input arrangements fortransferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handledby the computer Input arrangements or combined input and outputarrangements for interaction between user and computer Input arrangements

using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dialsApp. No. 20100123657 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and computer-readable storage

mediumAbstract An information processing apparatus executes a variety of processing operations in accordance

with a users operation detected by an operation detection device. The apparatus generates a dataset from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition. The apparatus determinesthe content of processing corresponding to the motion detected by the operation detection device.The apparatus adjusts the data set by increasing or decreasing data included in the data setgenerated, based on the determined processing.




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G06F 03/041: Electric digital data processing Input arrangements fortransferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handledby the computer Input arrangements or combined input and outputarrangements for interaction between user and computer Arrangements

for converting the position or the displacement of a member into acoded form Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterisedby the transducing means

App. No. 20100125787 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and computer-readable storage

mediumAbstract An information processing apparatus inputs a coordinate value of a position designated on a

screen which displays one or a plurality of objects, compares an input locus expressed by theinput coordinate value string with a second locus, which is dened in advance as a locus used togive the instruction to execute a process for an object, and determines whether the input locusis a rst locus or the second locus. When it is determined that the input locus is the rst locus,

the apparatus selects an object from the one or plurality of objects based on the display positionsof the input locus and the object on the screen. When it is determined that the input locus is thesecond locus, the apparatus executes a process designated by the input locus with respect to theselected object.




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G06F 03/048: Electric digital data processing Input arrangements fortransferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handledby the computer Input arrangements or combined input and outputarrangements for interaction between user and computer Interaction

techniques for graphical user interfaces, e.g. interaction with windows,icons or menus

App. No. 20100125792 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Information processing system, information processing apparatus, display processing method

therefor, and computer-readable storage mediumAbstract An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display

qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switchingof a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content displayon the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for contentdata of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determinedswitching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memoryunit in accordance with the decided distribution.




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App. No. 20100125806 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the sameAbstract When a plurality of overlapping windows are displayed on a display screen, each window is

displayed in a convenient state for a user operation, thereby reducing the load of the useroperation. Upon detecting an object drag operation, an information processing apparatus displaysthe window of a predetermined application, which is displayed behind another window, as thetopmost window. At this time, the window of the predetermined application reduces its size orchanges the display position so as not to interfere with the other window displayed in front of it.




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App. No. 20100123916 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image processing apparatus, image data transmission method, program, and storage mediumAbstract An image processing apparatus that can transmit an image outputted after the execution of a

workow as well as an attribute information le including attribute information suitable for anexternal system as a transmission destination to the external system. An attribute informationmanagement unit manages attributes required by the external system when the image data istransmitted to the external system. A workow execution unit executes a workow as a sequentialprocessing in which a plurality of functions of the image processing apparatus are combined. Anattribute value setting unit sets attribute values for the attributes required by the external systemwhen the communication unit transmits the image data to the external system. An external systeminterconnection unit causes the communication unit to transmit the image data output from theworkow execution unit to the external system with reference to the attribute values set by theattribute value setting unit.




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App. No. 20100123920 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image processing system, image processing apparatus and method for controlling image

processing systemAbstract In a push scan of a web services on devices (WSD) scan service, an information terminal

apparatus performs a registration request to receive a service from a reading apparatus. A nameof the information terminal apparatus is included in the registration request command, and a usercan select the name of the information terminal apparatus as a destination of scan data whenexecuting the push scan from the reading apparatus. However, at this point of time, a user namewhich is logging on the information terminal apparatus cannot be recognized. For this reason, arequisition command of an operation start request is issued to the information terminal apparatuson a network before the information terminal apparatus as a destination of image data is selectedthrough a display unit of the reading apparatus. Therefore, a log-on user name extracted froma command including the log-on user name transmitted from the information terminal apparatuscan be displayed on the display unit.




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App. No. 20100123726 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and program for executing the image

processing methodAbstract In image processing including a PDL processing in which a display list is generated from PDL

data described in a page description language (PDL), and a RIP processing in which bitmapdata is generated by rendering the display list, before starting the PDL processing on the PDLdata, it is determined to generate a display list with overlap removed in the PDL processing whena prediction of the load on the RIP processing is larger than that on the PDL processing, andto generate a display list without overlap removed when the prediction of the load on the PDLprocessing is larger than that on the RIP processing. According to the present invention, it ispossible to quickly and easily balance the load of PDL processing and the load of RIP processing,thereby realizing efcient pipeline processing.




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App. No. 20100123917 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Printing control apparatus and method thereofAbstract An apparatus allocates a value of page attribute to each page included in a job according to a

job attribute set to the job in an intermediate code format that corresponds to data to be printedgenerated by an application. If a combining instruction is issued to combine a plurality of jobswhose specic job attributes in which only one attribute value can be allocated to one job areallocated different attribute values, the apparatus processes the intermediate code format data sothat printing is performed according to the allocated page attribute values. The apparatus thengenerates a combined job and transmits the generated combined job as print data to the printingapparatus.




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App. No. 20100123919 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and computer-readable

storage mediumAbstract An image forming apparatus which, when storing image data generated from a read original

document in a connected detachable storage device, when the storage cannot be continued,associates the image data which is not stored with authentication information and stored theimage data in a storage section included in the image forming apparatus. When a detachablestorage device is newly connected, and authentication information is entered, the image formingapparatus determines whether image data associated with the entered authentication informationis stored in the image forming apparatus. If it is determined that such image data is stored inthe image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data to bestored in the newly-connected storage device. On the other hand, if it is not determined that suchimage data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls thestored image data not to be stored in the newly-connected storage device.


App. No. 20100123926 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus and control method thereofAbstract The image forming apparatus determines the type of page description language or le format of

received print data even if the image forming apparatus is not capable of handling the type of pagedescription language or le format of the received print data. According to the determined result,the image forming apparatus performs control to process the print data or not to process the printdata.




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App. No. 20100123927 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and storage mediumAbstract An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an image

processing apparatus includes a specifying unit congured to designate, out of a pluralityof directories stored in the information processing apparatus, an opened directory beforeperforming wireless communication with the image processing apparatus, a receiving unitcongured to receive image data from the image processing apparatus by performing the wirelesscommunication, and a control unit congured to control the image data received by the receivingunit to be stored in the directory designated by the specifying unit.




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App. No. 20100123931 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatusAbstract The image forming apparatus includes a video controller unit that receives image information to

convert the image information into an image signal for image formation, an engine controller unitthat controls image formation, a laser driver unit that emits a laser beam, and a plurality of signallines that connect the video controller unit, the engine controller unit, and the laser driver unitto each other, wherein the laser driver unit detects the laser beam emitted from the illuminationelement and generates a horizontal synchronization signal which is electrically transmitted via anyone of the plurality of signal lines and used as the reference of an image writing timing in responseto the detection. Among the signal lines, a signal line for transmitting the image signal or a controlsignal electrically and a signal line for electrically transmitting the horizontal synchronization signalare used as a common signal line.




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App. No. 20100123932 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image forming apparatus, and control method and storage medium thereforAbstract An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized printing while reducing

managers work load. IP addresses of host computers for which printing should be permittedare registered beforehand in a print permission list. When a print job is received, whether the IPaddress of a host computer from which the print job has been transmitted is present in the listis determined. If the IP address is not present, the received print job is not printed but stored.Subsequently, when the print job is selected and a print instruction is given, printing is executed.If the print instruction has once been given to the stored print job, the IP address of the hostcomputer is added to the list. Subsequently, printing is executed without any print instructionwhen a print job is transmitted.




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App. No. 20100123933 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image processing system, information processing apparatus,image processing apparatus,method

of controlling information processing apparatus, method of controlling image processingapparatus and storage medium

Abstract An image processing system capable of executing a processing ow in a destination imageprocessing apparatus without retransmitting the processing ow from a source image processingapparatus to the destination image processing apparatus when the version of the destinationimage processing apparatus is upgraded. The source image processing apparatus analyzeswhether or not the processing ow is executable by the destination image processing apparatusbefore transmitting the processing ow, and if it is unexecutable, the source image processingapparatus performs alternate conguration of an inexecutable setting based on the analysis result.The source image processing apparatus transmits the processing ow including the alternatesetting to the destination image processing apparatus. If the destination image processingapparatus fails in executing the processing ow, the destination image processing apparatusexecutes the processing ow based on the alternate setting included in the received processingow.




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App. No. 20100123935 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Document processing apparatus and document processing methodAbstract A document processing apparatus reads document data and carries out a preight check. In the

preight check, the content of the document is interpreted page by page to determine resourcesthat are needed for output. Then, it is determined for each page whether the resources needed foroutput are available in a printing system. If a resource that is not available is needed, a warningis issued for the page. If the resources are available, intermediate data for a printed output isgenerated for the page. Then, a result of the preight check is output.




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App. No. 20100123936 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Information processing apparatus and control method thereofAbstract The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof

and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with theoptimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded,and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electricallyconnected to an image processing apparatus, and includes a deciding section for deciding onwhether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing togenerate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating,when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information andtransmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding sectiondecides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.




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G06K 01/00: Recognition of data Methods or arrangements for markingthe record carrier in digital fashion


G06K 09/32: Recognition of data Methods or arrangements for readingor recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,e.g. ngerprints Image acquisition Aligning or centering of theimage pick-up or image-eld

App. No. 20100124380 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image encoding apparatus and method of controlling the sameAbstract This invention generates efcient encoded data to restore original image data from reduced image

data. An input unit inputs block data of 2xd7;2 pixels from original image data. A converter

generates reduced image data having a size smaller than the original image data by samplingone pixel data at a preset position in the input block data. A generator generates encoded datato restore three non-sampling target pixel data in each block data so as to restore the originalimage data from the reduced image data generated by the resolution converter. To do this, thegenerator determines whether all non-sampling target pixels in a block of interest are restorablefrom a sampling target pixel in the block of interest or from sampling target pixels in three blocksadjacent to the block of interest, and generates and outputs three kinds of additional informationbased on the determination result.




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G06K 09/36: Recognition of data Methods or arrangements for readingor recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,e.g. ngerprints Image preprocessing, i.e. processing the imageinformation without deciding about the identity of the image

Patent applications also belong to this classication and have been already shown:

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G06K 15/02: Recognition of data Arrangements for producing a permanentvisual presentation of the output data using printers


G06T 01/00: Image data processing or generation, in general Generalpurpose image data processing


G09G 05/02: Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devicesusing static means to present variable information Control arrangementsor circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicatorsand other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colouris displayed

App. No. 20100123744 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image display apparatusAbstract In an image display apparatus, each sub-pixel includes a phosphor congured to emit light of a

predetermined color when the phosphor is irradiated with electrons, an electron emission devicecongured to irradiate the phosphor with the electrons, and a resistor connected in series tothe electron emission device and having a negative temperature characteristic of resistance. Inthree or more sub-pixels with different luminescent colors included in each pixel, the resistoris congured such that a sub-pixel having a phosphor with a smaller temperature dependency ofluminescent brightness has a resistor with a greater activation energy, or the resistor is conguredsuch that the resistor is made of the same material for the three or more sub-pixel and such thata sub-pixel having a phosphor with a smaller temperature dependency of luminescent brightnesshas a resistor with a greater resistance.




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G11B 21/02: Information storage based on relative movement betweenrecord carrier and transducer Head arrangements not specic to themethod of recording or reproducing Driving or moving of heads

App. No. 20100123971 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Recording element substrate and recording head including recording element substrateAbstract A recording element substrate includes a recording element array including a plurality of recording

elements, a drive circuit congured to drive the recording elements, and a heater located tosurround the recording element array as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a surface ofthe recording element substrate and located above or below a capacitive element or a resistiveelement included in the drive circuit as viewed on a cross section of the recording elementsubstrate.




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App. No. 20100124402 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Recording apparatus for recording program content transmitted in broadcast signal and control

method thereofAbstract A recording apparatus includes a storage unit congured to record program content data

transmitted in a broadcast signal and store the transmitted program content data in a storage unit,a selection unit congured to select multi-view content data broadcast by a plurality of channelsand including content data associated with each other from among the program content datastored in the storage unit, and a deletion unit congured to delete, from the storage unit, contentdata of at least one but not all of the plurality of channels included in the multi-view content dataselected by the selection unit.




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App. No. 20100124825 Assignee CANON ANELVA CORPORATIONTitle Barrier metal lm production apparatus, barrier metal lm production method, metal lm

production method, and metal lm production apparatusAbstract A ClPri. Date 20020221 App. Date 20100126 Pub. Date 20100520



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App. No. 20100123366 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Electromechanical transducer and method for manufacturing the sameAbstract An electromechanical transducer of the present invention includes a rst electrode, a vibrating

membrane formed above the rst electrode through a gap, a second electrode formed on thevibrating membrane, and an insulating protective layer formed on a surface of the secondelectrode side. A region where the protective layer is not formed is present on at least part ofa surface of the vibrating membrane.


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Title Moving image processing apparatus and method thereofAbstract A distribution ratio Rtx2032; of sub-frames Pt and Qt that correspond to an input frame Ft is

calculated based on motion of an image in an input frame. The calculated distribution ratioRtx2032; is then corrected according to a distribution ratio Rtx2212;1 between sub-framesPtx2212;1 and Qtx2212;1 corresponding to an input frame Ftx2212;1 which is to be reproducedbefore the input frame Ft. A distribution ratio Rt is thus acquired.




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H04N 05/228: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Details oftelevision systems Studio circuitry Television cameras Circuitdetails for pick-up tubes

App. No. 20100123787 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract In an image pickup apparatus in which image stabilization is performed based on shake sensorand movement-vector-obtaining method which can perform accurate blur correction since shakecomponents difcult to be detected by shake sensor can be detected by the movement-vector-obtaining method, the image blur due to high frequency vibration such as vehicle vibration cannotbe corrected by the movement vector in low-frame-rate shooting since the detectable frequencyband narrows in high frequency. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the combination of blurinformation from the angular velocity sensor and from the movement vector, according to thefrequency band detectable by the movement vector depending on change in frame rate. Thecombination ratio of blur correction based on blur information from angular velocity sensor,acceleration sensor and blur correction based on movement vector is determined depending onfrequency detectable by the movement vector which inevitably changes depending on frame rate.




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H04N 05/235: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Details oftelevision systems Studio circuitry Television cameras Circuitryfor compensating for variation in the brightness of the object

App. No. 20100123795 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle Image pickup apparatus and control method of the same

Abstract An image pickup apparatus includes an object detection unit congured to detect an object,a brightness value acquisition unit congured to obtain a brightness value of each divisionregion of an object eld, an object photometric-value generation unit congured to generate aphotometric value of the object from information of the object and a brightness value of eachdivision region, a region selection unit congured to select a high brightness region, and anexposure-control photometric-value generation unit congured to generate a photometric valueused for an exposure control from a photometric value of the object and a photometric value ofthe high brightness region.


H04N 05/76: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Details of televisionsystems Television signal recording

App. No. 20100123798 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATitle External storage device for image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, image pickup

apparatus and control method thereforAbstract An external storage device is connected to an image pickup apparatus provided with a rst image

storage medium capable of storing plural taken images and image display means, and adaptedfor backup of image information stored in the rst image storage medium. The device includes asecond image storage medium, a connection detecting unit, a reception unit, a transfer means, aconversion unit, and a second transfer unit. The transfer unit writes predetermined taken imageinformation read from the rst image storage medium into the second image storage medium anderases the predetermined taken image information from the rst image storage medium accordingto a detection output of the connection detecting unit and an output of the receptio

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