C/O CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140117211 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array, a first color filter, a second color filter, and a light shielding portion. The amount of electric charges generated in a first pixel after light of a first wavelength enters the first pixel is larger than that of electric charges generated in a second pixel after light of a second wavelength enters the second pixel. The light shielding portion defines the aperture regions of the first and second pixels so as to set the aperture area of the first pixel larger than that of the second pixel. | 05-01-2014 |
20140098250 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD - Identification information for identifying each network out of a plurality of wireless networks is received. A wireless network identified by arbitrary identification information is wirelessly connected. Whether a printer in the wirelessly connected wireless network has a function of connecting a digital camera and performing output processing is inquired of the printer. Connection to the printer is controlled in accordance with a response to the inquiry. The digital camera performs output processing together with the connected printer. An information output apparatus having a function of connecting an information storage terminal apparatus by simple operation and performing output processing can be wirelessly connected. | 04-10-2014 |
20140072174 | LOCATION-BASED SIGNATURE SELECTION FOR MULTI-CAMERA OBJECT TRACKING - Disclosed herein are a method, system, and computer program product for determining a correspondence between a first object ( | 03-13-2014 |
20120320977 | ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THEREFOR - An encoding method and apparatus which include a coded picture that enables special playback to be easily performed while suppressing reduction in coding efficiency are provided. Coding is performed per a certain number of pictures, including pictures for special playback. When coded pictures for special playback using an interframe predictive coding scheme, referencing is limited to coded pictures encoded using an intraframe predictive coding scheme or coded pictures encoded using the interframe predictive coding scheme having the same reference limitation. | 12-20-2012 |
20120105670 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array, a first color filter, a second color filter, and a light shielding portion. The amount of electric charges generated in a first pixel after light of a first wavelength enters the first pixel is larger than that of electric charges generated in a second pixel after light of a second wavelength enters the second pixel. The light shielding portion defines the aperture regions of the first and second pixels so as to set the aperture area of the first pixel larger than that of the second pixel. | 05-03-2012 |
20110205597 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SELECTED SECURITY PROCESSING TO USER SELECTED FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE - A processing apparatus, method and medium storing a computer program that combine two or more designated images (S | 08-25-2011 |
20110171558 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell including a fuel cell stack having a fuel cell unit provided with, in order to enable appropriate control of a wet state before power generation efficiency of the fuel cell is reduced, a polymer electrolyte membrane having one surface thereof provided with an oxidizer electrode and another surface thereof provided with a fuel electrode. The fuel cell unit includes plural power generation cell units and a pair of wet state detection cell units. | 07-14-2011 |
20110170130 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus manages distributed processing by a plurality of devices which are connected to a computer network and have a power-saving mode. The apparatus includes a retriever, arranged to retrieve device information and operation states of the plurality of devices, and a selector, arranged to select target devices of the distributed processing based on at least one of the device information and operation states. | 07-14-2011 |
20100173099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARBON FIBER FIXED ON A SUBSTRATE - Evaporation and condensation of carbon is effected by arc discharge between an anode formed of a carbon electrode and a cathode disposed facing the carbon electrode | 07-08-2010 |
20090150813 | ANIMATED USER INTERFACE CONTROL ELEMENTS - A method for providing an animated transition effect between a first display state associated with a first control state of a control element rendered on a graphical user interface of a computer system, and a second display state associated with a second control state of said control element is provided. The method renders the control element in said first state and then receives at the graphic user interface, a user input event to invoke the second control state of the control element. The method evaluates a graph associated with the control element, the graph having entries each corresponding to a state of the control element, each entry comprising an event, an associated transition and a destination state, to identify a graph entry specifying a transition invoked by the input event from a current displayed first state to the destination state, being the second control state. An entry is identified corresponding to the second control state as the current state of the control element and a description of an animation associated with the specified transition is retrieved. The animation is then rendered. | 06-11-2009 |
20090128610 | IMAGE FORMING PROCESS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image forming process comprising the steps of applying a first material for improving the wettability of the surface of an intermediate transfer medium to the intermediate transfer medium, applying a second material for lowering the flowability of an ink to the intermediate transfer medium to which the first material has been applied, applying the ink to the intermediate transfer medium, to which the first material and second material have been applied, from an ink-jet recording head to form an image of the ink on the intermediate transfer medium, and transferring the ink image formed to a recording medium. | 05-21-2009 |
20090066736 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, AND PRELIMINARY DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - On performing a predetermined printing operation, whether or not, among a plurality of printing elements, only a part of the printing elements are applied is detected. If it is judged that only the part of the printing elements are used, a judgment is made whether or not the preliminary discharge operation is performed based on the number of discharges for the part of the printing elements, and if it is not judged that only the part of the printing elements are used, a judgment is made whether or not the preliminary discharge operation is performed based on the number of discharges for all of the printing elements of the printing head. This eliminates an unnecessary preliminary discharge for non-printing elements even in a printing operation mode in which only a part of the printing elements are applied. | 03-12-2009 |
20080320031 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING AN EXPRESSION TO EVALUATE - The method of analyzing an XPath expression composed of sub-expressions to evaluate with respect to a structured document comprises:
| 12-25-2008 |
20080278555 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - For a liquid applying mechanism of an ink jet printing apparatus, a liquid to be used for applying it to a medium is prevented from evaporating and leaking from a liquid holding member. An applying roller and the liquid holding member contact with each other to hold the liquid and apply the held liquid to a printing medium by means of the applying roller. In this configuration, the surface of the applying roller has no irregularities. Thereby, the applying roller can contact with the liquid holding member to form an adequate liquid-tight seal therebetween. | 11-13-2008 |
20080218797 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING PRINTER DRIVER AND SHEET PARAMETER SETTING METHOD FOR PRINTER DRIVER - It is necessary to switch print settings and color processing tables to optimum ones in accordance with a type of sheet which is used in a printer. In the case of enabling a new sheet to be used, a setting can be easily added without newly forming a whole printer driver. Print set information regarding the new sheet is set into a media script and fetched into a media block via a compiler. Control is made so as to store the print set information from a media database API into a media database. When the new sheet is selected on a driver display screen, the media database is searched from the media database API and print data is formed on the basis of the print set information. | 09-11-2008 |