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Canon patent applications published on 02 February 2012

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:37:39 +0000

78 US patent applications published on 02 February 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	20120030735	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF RELAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
2	20120030615	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD
3	20120030601	INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM
4	20120030585	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM
5	20120030453	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CACHE APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
6	20120029894	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
7	20120028778	Sheet Processing Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus
8	20120028571	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF RELAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
9	20120028481	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
10	20120028414	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP
11	20120028384	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID-EJECTION HEAD
12	20120028383	PROCESSING METHOD OF SILICON SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD
13	20120027679	CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD USING THE SAME
14	20120027494	SHEET STORAGE CASSETTE AND PRINTING APPARATUS
15	20120027488	PRINTER
16	20120027480	IMAGE HEATING MEMBER, AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE HEATING STATION
17	20120027479	ROTATABLE IMAGE HEATING MEMBER AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE
18	20120027477	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
19	20120027476	IMAGE HEATING DEVICE
20	20120027465	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ROTATIONAL PHASE CONTROL OF IMAGE BEARING MEMBER
21	20120027458	CLEANING DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, CARTRIDGE, CLEANING BLADE SECURING METHOD, AND DEVELOPING BLADE SECURING METHOD
22	20120027457	PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
23	20120027456	ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVE MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
24	20120027453	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
25	20120027448	HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATION APPARATUS
26	20120027447	HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
27	20120027444	IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS
28	20120027442	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
29	20120027394	LENS APPARATUS INCLUDING FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE AND FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE
30	20120027390	IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
31	20120027180	X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD
32	20120027095	MOTION VECTOR DETECTION APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
33	20120027086	PREDICTIVE CODING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
34	20120026610	OPTICAL APPARATUS
35	20120026605	LENS APPARATUS
36	20120026556	IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM
37	20120026552	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
38	20120026551	PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
39	20120026548	PRINT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF
40	20120026544	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
41	20120026542	PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
42	20120026541	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINT PREVIEW METHOD
43	20120026540	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
44	20120026537	ROAMING PRINTING
45	20120026534	JOB PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
46	20120026533	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECORDING USER INFORMATION INTO EXTERNAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR
47	20120026526	IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT CAUSES PC TO DISPLAY PREVIEW IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
48	20120026511	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SURFACE PROFILE OF AN OBJECT
49	20120026504	LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME
50	20120026463	OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS
51	20120026383	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RELEASING HEAT EFFICIENTLY
52	20120026380	IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, INDEX DISPLAYING METHOD BY IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
53	20120026379	IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
54	20120026371	IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE
55	20120026363	SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME
56	20120026358	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
57	20120026356	LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING EMISSION COLOR TEMPERATURE
58	20120026351	LENS APPARATUS
59	20120026284	IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
60	20120026265	FEEDING APPARATUS
61	20120026246	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
62	20120026245	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD
63	20120026243	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS
64	20120026232	PRINTER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
65	20120026230	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
66	20120026229	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
67	20120026227	INK JET PRINTING APPRATUS AND PRINTING METHOD
68	20120026193	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
69	20120025743	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VIBRATION WAVE DRIVEN APPARATUS
70	20120025732	LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME
71	20120025457	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
72	20120025455	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
73	20120025449	SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
74	20120025446	SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
75	20120025438	SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
76	20120025183	NOVEL ORGANIC COMPOUND, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
77	20120024453	STRUCTURE INCLUDING HOLDER UNIT AND DEVICE UNIT AND FIXING METHOD FOR THE SAME
78	20120024075	CAPACITANCE PRESSURE SENSOR

Canon patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:22 +0000

41 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,108,938	Data communication system, device, and method
2	8,108,561	Apparatus that prevent a malfunction of the circuit and reduce power consumption
3	8,108,192	Simulator apparatus and simulation method
4	8,107,849	Image forming apparatus
5	8,107,845	Printing apparatus and printing method
6	8,107,841	Image forming apparatus and control method therefor
7	8,107,831	Electronic device and image forming apparatus
8	8,107,806	Focus adjustment apparatus and focus adjustment method
9	8,107,768	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program
10	8,107,767	Data transform apparatus and control method thereof
11	8,107,641	Communication system and control method therefor, program, and storage medium
12	8,107,588	Radiation imaging apparatus and method of driving the same, and radiation imaging system
13	8,107,534	Moving-image reproducing apparatus and moving-image reproducing method
14	8,107,500	Communication control apparatus, communication control method, and computer program
15	8,107,171	Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same
16	8,107,141	Print presentation
17	8,107,127	Image forming apparatus, image forming method
18	8,107,126	Document management apparatus and method applying print settings responsive to dragging and dropping document icon
19	8,107,111	Print processing system, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program
20	8,107,098	Apparatus for controlling printing, method for the same, printing system, and computer program
21	8,107,052	Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
22	8,107,051	Exposure apparatus with improved alignment mark position measurement condition setting feature, and device manufacturing method using the same
23	8,107,003	Image sensing apparatus with electronic shutter function and mechanical shutter function, and image sensing method
24	8,106,996	Image pickup apparatus
25	8,106,964	Image reproduction apparatus and image reproduction method
26	8,106,959	Image capturing apparatus with aperture correction
27	8,106,958	Image processing apparatus and image processing method and image capturing apparatus
28	8,106,955	Solid-state image sensing device and image sensing system
29	8,106,624	Battery pack, charging device, and electronic device and obtaining a charge state thereof
30	8,106,575	Electron beam apparatus having a recess formed in a surface of an insulating member
31	8,106,359	Radiation imaging apparatus
32	8,106,343	Image sensing system interposing light shielding portion between color filter and pixel arrays
33	8,106,178	Probe, probe set, probe-immobilized carrier, and genetic testing method
34	8,105,765	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
35	8,105,761	Ink jet recording head manufacturing method
36	8,105,440	Method of cleaning a CVD device
37	8,104,875	Liquid jet recording head
38	8,104,873	Recording head
39	8,104,865	Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet head
40	8,104,862	Method of evaluating performance of optical sensor and ink jet printing apparatus
41	8,104,256	Imaging optical unit, inspection method for the same, and image reading apparatus

Canon patent applications published on 26 January 2012

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:09:09 +0000

63 US patent applications published on 26 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	20120023180	DOCUMENT DATA SHARING SYSTEM AND USER APPARATUS
2	20120022373	MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
3	20120021664	METHOD FOR PRODUCING AIRTIGHT CONTAINER
4	20120021612	METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING DIELECTRIC FILMS
5	20120021360	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
6	20120021349	TONER
7	20120021348	TONER
8	20120020717	PRINTING APPARATUS
9	20120020715	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
10	20120020709	IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND PRESSING ROLLER FOR USE WITH THE IMAGE HEATING DEVICE
11	20120020700	ELECTROCONDUCTIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
12	20120020685	RECORDING MATERIAL DETERMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
13	20120020683	DEVELOPER STORAGE DEVICE
14	20120020680	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH PERFORMS CALIBRATION FOR MAINTAINING IMAGE QUALITY
15	20120020657	SHUTTER APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, AND SHUTTER CONTROL METHOD
16	20120020585	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
17	20120020582	Method and device for coding a sequence of images
18	20120020567	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
19	20120020558	METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ATTRIBUTE OF OBJECT, APPARATUS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20	20120020551	COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
21	20120020541	RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
22	20120020519	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
23	20120019937	OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME
24	20120019933	LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
25	20120019932	LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
26	20120019929	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
27	20120019928	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH ZOOM LENS
28	20120019924	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
29	20120019885	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS
30	20120019866	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
31	20120019865	CONTENT PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
32	20120019862	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
33	20120019859	PRINTING SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
34	20120019857	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
35	20120019856	JOB TICKET CONVERSION APPARATUS AND CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF
36	20120019855	CONTENT PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
37	20120019852	PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT QUALITY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAME
38	20120019851	MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
39	20120019850	METHOD FOR CALIBRATING COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
40	20120019849	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
41	20120019847	IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM
42	20120019845	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH PERFORMS CALIBRATION FOR MAINTAINING IMAGE QUALITY
43	20120019805	CALCULATION METHOD, GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND MASK FABRICATION METHOD
44	20120019787	IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS UTILIZING REFLECTIVE IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT
45	20120019780	OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
46	20120019694	RECORDING SUCCESSIVE FRAMES OF RAW SENSOR DATA DEPICTING A MOVING SCENE
47	20120019679	IMAGING APPARATUS
48	20120019678	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
49	20120019664	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTO-TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEM AND AUTO-TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SAME
50	20120019608	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
51	20120019594	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
52	20120019583	INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD
53	20120019582	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD
54	20120019485	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
55	20120019433	IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM
56	20120019331	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
57	20120019200	CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGER
58	20120019130	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
59	20120018945	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
60	20120018712	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY
61	20120018646	X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM
62	20120018626	OPTICAL ENCODER
63	20120018484	SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS

Canon patents granted on 24 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:39:19 +0000

37 US patents granted on 24 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,104,063	Information storage apparatus, its control method, and storage medium
2	8,103,189	Image forming apparatus having removable belt
3	8,103,182	Image forming apparatus taht includes a transfer member that can be separated from an inner circumferential surface of a transfer belt when belt is rotating
4	8,103,158	Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof
5	8,103,127	Image processing method and image processing apparatus of calculating position and orientation of target objects located in image
6	8,103,117	Image processing apparatus and image processing method employing recursive filtering
7	8,103,095	Information processing apparatus and information processing method
8	8,103,003	Method for setting communication parameters and communication device
9	8,102,685	High voltage power supply
10	8,102,605	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
11	8,102,579	Image processing apparatus, control method of image processing apparatus, program and storage medium
12	8,102,577	Image reading apparatus and reading control method
13	8,102,575	Image processing apparatus and method
14	8,102,567	Image forming apparatus and method calculating a deviation between a) a representative point of threshold information I) nearest to the coordinate of a pixel of interest or II) in dither space nearest to the address coordinate of the pixel of interest in dither space, and b) the address coordinate in dither space corresponding to a pixel coordinate of an integer in pixel space or a pixel coordinate of an integer in pixel space nearest to the representative point
15	8,102,566	Image processing apparatus, method, product for adjusting output profile used for color matching in output devices
16	8,102,565	Image forming apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
17	8,102,560	Device for searching print target image adapted for printable area
18	8,102,558	Image supply apparatus, control method therefor, and printing system
19	8,102,555	Image forming system and method of controlling image forming system
20	8,102,546	Information processing apparatus and information processing method
21	8,102,543	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and printing control program
22	8,102,510	Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and device fabricating method
23	8,102,503	Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device
24	8,102,500	Stage device, exposure apparatus, and microdevice manufacturing method
25	8,102,491	Liquid crystal apparatus and method of producing the same
26	8,102,466	Imaging device and control method therefor, and program for the same
27	8,102,439	Image pickup apparatus comprising a generating unit configured to generate an identifier, method for controlling image pickup apparatus, and storage medium
28	8,102,437	Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor wherein the frame rate during autofocus is adjusted according to a detected flicker
29	8,102,116	Organic light-emitting device
30	8,101,954	Photo-semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
31	8,101,899	Image pickup apparatus
32	8,101,895	Measurement method, measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical system
33	8,101,346	Identifier and nucleic acid amplification method of verification using the same
34	8,100,508	Ink jet printing head
35	8,100,505	Liquid ejecting head and manufacturing dimension control method
36	8,100,496	Signaling module, liquid container, recording apparatus, and control method
37	8,099,854	Manufacturing method of an electromechanical transducer

Canon patent applications published on 19 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:53:11 +0000

72 US patent applications published on 19 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	20120017181	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
2	20120017142	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
3	20120017126	COMMUNICATION MONITORING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION MONITORING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION MONITORING PROGRAM
4	20120016844	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM
5	20120015303	DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE
6	20120015119	RECORDING MEDIUM
7	20120014770	SUBSTRATE CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
8	20120014730	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
9	20120014726	PRESSING ROLLER AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE USING THE PRESSING ROLLER
10	20120014722	DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
11	20120014717	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
12	20120014713	DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM
13	20120014706	BELT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS
14	20120014702	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
15	20120014681	IMAGE BLURRING CORRECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS
16	20120014671	MOVING IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
17	20120014606	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
18	20120014605	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
19	20120014599	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20	20120014598	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
21	20120014597	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPRESSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAMS THEREOF
22	20120014565	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR
23	20120014453	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
24	20120014367	Methods and devices for transmitting and receiving data signals in a wireless network over a plurality of transmission paths
25	20120013997	FISHEYE ZOOM LENS BARREL HAVING MARKS ON ZOOM OPERATION RING
26	20120013996	OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING FISHEYE ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM
27	20120013995	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ZOOM LENS
28	20120013994	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM LENS
29	20120013992	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
30	20120013990	ZOOM LENS
31	20120013958	DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS
32	20120013954	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
33	20120013953	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
34	20120013949	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
35	20120013948	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
36	20120013946	PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
37	20120013944	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF
38	20120013943	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM
39	20120013926	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, INSTALLATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
40	20120013920	PRINTING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD
41	20120013916	MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR MEASURING SHAPE OF TEST SURFACE, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT
42	20120013856	PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS
43	20120013848	IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
44	20120013786	FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
45	20120013783	PHOTGRAPHING SUPPORT SYSTEM, PHOTOGRAPHING SUPPORT METHOD, SERVER PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
46	20120013782	IMAGING APPARATUS, SHOOTING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING INDIVIDUALS IN AN IMAGE
47	20120013778	METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS
48	20120013771	IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READBALE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD
49	20120013769	LUMINANCE SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS, LUMINANCE SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
50	20120013765	IMAGING APPARATUS
51	20120013764	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
52	20120013763	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
53	20120013756	IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD
54	20120013753	IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS MOUNTED ON OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
55	20120013752	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
56	20120013700	NOVEL FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
57	20120013694	TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
58	20120013682	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
59	20120013673	INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING HEAD TEMPERATURE
60	20120013666	PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND DATA GENERATION APPARATUS
61	20120013664	INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD
62	20120013662	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD
63	20120013642	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
64	20120013636	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
65	20120013582	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
66	20120013570	OPERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
67	20120013513	LOOP ANTENNA
68	20120013069	SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
69	20120012964	IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
70	20120012827	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
71	20120012788	PHOSPHOR, IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
72	20120012230	STAINLESS-STEEL SEAMLESS BELT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, FIXING BELT AND HEAT FIXING APPARATUS

Canon patents granted on 17 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:42:51 +0000

28 US patents granted on 17 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,099,676	Logon management software, control device, and logon management method
2	8,099,653	Communication apparatus and method including a plurality of descramblers
3	8,099,280	Speech recognition method and speech recognition apparatus
4	8,099,038	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
5	8,099,028	Developer supplying apparatus and developer supplying system
6	8,099,011	Image forming apparatus
7	8,099,008	Image heating apparatus with control means for controlling power to the coil that generates magnetic flux
8	8,099,003	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for eliminating image defects by considering a kind of transfer material
9	8,098,954	Distorted aberration correction processing apparatus
10	8,098,930	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer program, and storage medium
11	8,098,927	Imaging characteristics fluctuation predicting method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
12	8,098,413	Image output apparatus, image output method, computer program and recording medium
13	8,098,407	Image forming apparatus and correction of position shift of a scan line in a sub-scan direction
14	8,098,400	Gamut mapping in spectral space based on an objective function
15	8,098,398	Printing system, printing apparatus, and preview method for printing system
16	8,098,365	Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
17	8,098,363	Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing a device
18	8,098,294	Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium storing control program therefor
19	8,098,263	Image processing method and image processing apparatus
20	8,097,885	Compound semiconductor film, light emitting film, and manufacturing method thereof
21	8,097,858	Radiation imaging apparatus, processing method therefor, and radiation imaging system
22	8,097,473	Alignment method, exposure method, pattern forming method, and exposure apparatus
23	8,097,118	Method for manufacturing liquid ejection head
24	8,096,659	Fundus camera
25	8,096,644	Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection method
26	8,096,641	Flexible printed circuit board and liquid discharge head including the same
27	8,096,631	Ink-jet type image-forming apparatus and ink-jet type image-forming method
28	8,096,553	Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus

Canon patent applications published on 12 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:17:19 +0000

63 US patent applications published on 12 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	20120011593	IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, WHICH ARE EXCELLENT IN USER LOCATION INFORMATION SECURITY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
2	20120011494	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
3	20120011429	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
4	20120011305	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM
5	20120011279	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS
6	20120011166	SKIP LIST GENERATION
7	20120010871	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM
8	20120010850	MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
9	20120009509	GENERATION METHOD, CREATION METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND GENERATION APPARATUS
10	20120009333	ORGANIC EL ELEMENT ARRAY
11	20120008998	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
12	20120008995	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
13	20120008992	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE RUBBER ROLLER, AND ROLLER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
14	20120008986	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
15	20120008974	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
16	20120008968	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
17	20120008966	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
18	20120008867	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
19	20120008864	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
20	20120008861	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPRESSION METHOD THEREFOR
21	20120008830	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
22	20120008770	DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
23	20120008519	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD
24	20120008209	DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
25	20120008180	ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS READING IMAGE FROM ORIGINAL
26	20120008177	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
27	20120008176	IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
28	20120008174	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
29	20120008172	APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
30	20120008164	PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR
31	20120008159	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
32	20120008152	COPY-FORGERY-INHIBITED PATTERN IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
33	20120008122	EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD
34	20120008101	DISPLAY SYSTEM
35	20120008037	TRACKING CONTROLLABLE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
36	20120008031	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
37	20120008030	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
38	20120008029	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
39	20120008012	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EASILY GENERATING ALBUM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
40	20120007999	IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
41	20120007997	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
42	20120007926	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
43	20120007925	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
44	20120007917	INK JET PRINTER AND A METHOD OF COMPUTING CONVEYANCE AMOUNT OF A CONVEYANCE ROLLER OF THE INK JET PRINTER
45	20120007908	PRINTING APPARATUS
46	20120007907	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
47	20120007863	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
48	20120007493	LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
49	20120007491	LIGHT EMITTING SCREEN AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE LIGHT EMITTING SCREEN
50	20120007374	GRIPPING APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM AND GRIPPING METHOD
51	20120007308	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
52	20120007302	INSERTER
53	20120007279	HOLDING DEVICE, IMPRINT APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD
54	20120007203	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
55	20120007197	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
56	20120007085	ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF ISOLATING ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE
57	20120007065	ORGANIC EL ELEMENT ARRAY
58	20120006993	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
59	20120006975	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS
60	20120006675	FILM FORMING METHOD, FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL UNIT FOR THE FILM FORMING APPARATUS
61	20120006446	POWDER FILLING APPARATUS, POWDER FILLING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
62	20120006264	FILM FORMATION APPARATUS
63	20120006257	SUBSTRATE HOLDER STOCKER DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE HOLDER MOVING METHOD USING THE SUBSTRATE HOLDER STOCKER DEVICE

Canon patents granted on 10 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:03:19 +0000

57 US patents granted on 10 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,095,791	Distributed processing system, distributed processing method and image processing apparatus
2	8,095,705	Wireless communicating apparatus and control method of the same
3	8,095,643	Communication apparatus and method providing robust service in the presence of deteriorated radio conditions
4	8,095,347	Apparatus and method for analyzing an electric field or discharge in a transfer process
5	8,095,228	Data distribution apparatus, its control method, program, and storage medium
6	8,095,058	Conveyor-belt apparatus and image heating apparatus changing the belt tension in accordance with the moving state of the belt
7	8,095,051	Image forming apparatus which achieves stability of a gap between an image bearing member and developer bearing member
8	8,095,050	Developer level control blade and process for manufacturing developer level control blade
9	8,095,044	Rotary member driving apparatus
10	8,095,036	Process cartridge
11	8,095,033	Winding member, cartridge, and cartridge assembling method
12	8,095,032	Image forming apparatus with cleaning member
13	8,095,029	Controlling fixing device temperature of an image forming apparatus based on target temperature
14	8,094,966	Image processing method and apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
15	8,094,946	Image processing system and image tampering assessment method and control program of the same
16	8,094,913	Image processing device for processing image having luminance information, and control method thereof
17	8,094,881	Action recognition apparatus and method, moving-object recognition apparatus and method, device control apparatus and method, and program
18	8,094,726	Image encoding apparatus and control method thereof
19	8,094,578	Method of predicting the transmission error rate in a communication network and server implementing such a method
20	8,094,561	Method and a device for acknowledging data received by a communication device in a communication network
21	8,094,536	Reproducing apparatus
22	8,094,394	Optical filter
23	8,094,349	Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus
24	8,094,342	Image processing device that retains a high resolution dithering matrix and image processing method therefor
25	8,094,334	Image forming apparatus for managing application and control method therefor
26	8,094,332	Print processing utilizing multiple printer drivers
27	8,094,326	Image processing apparatus, job processing method, storing medium, and program
28	8,094,289	Scanning exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
29	8,094,225	Solid-state imaging apparatus
30	8,094,220	Solid-state imaging apparatus and driving method of solid-state imaging apparatus
31	8,094,216	Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium
32	8,094,205	Imaging apparatus, image processing method and computer program for smoothing dynamic range of luminance of an image signal, color conversion process
33	8,094,202	Moving image capture apparatus and moving image capture method
34	8,094,180	Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus
35	8,093,865	Charging device with backflow prevention
36	8,093,796	Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus
37	8,093,794	Anode cap, and voltage supply unit and image display apparatus utilizing the same
38	8,093,602	Stacked organic light-emitting device and imaging apparatus and image display apparatus having the same
39	8,093,562	Radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging system, and correction method
40	8,093,530	Laser cutting apparatus and laser cutting method
41	8,093,342	Polymer, charge control agent, and toner for developing electrostatic latent images
42	8,093,076	Organic light emitting apparatus and method of producing the same
43	8,093,060	Multisite phosphorylated peptide (protein) recognizing compound and detection method, imaging method, alzheimer’s disease diagnosing method and reagent kit using the same
44	8,092,929	Optical element and exposure apparatus
45	8,092,745	Magnetic sensor, production method of the same, and target substance detecting apparatus and biosensor kit using the same
46	8,092,700	Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head
47	8,092,358	Charging member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
48	8,092,139	Inline-type wafer conveyance device
49	8,092,022	Opthalmology photographing apparatus
50	8,091,998	Liquid container and manufacturing method therefor
51	8,091,977	Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method
52	8,091,976	Inkjet printing apparatus and method of predicting
53	8,091,975	Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method
54	8,091,886	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
55	8,091,235	Method for manufacturing a substrate for a liquid ejection element
56	8,091,234	Manufacturing method for liquid discharge head substrate
57	8,091,233	Method of manufacturing liquid discharge head

Canon patent applications published on 05 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:53:04 +0000

71 US patent applications published on 05 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	20120005744	COMMUNICATING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION OVER IP NETWORK BY USING SIP, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM
2	20120005601	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
3	20120005600	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM
4	20120005579	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
5	20120005544	DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS THEREFOR
6	20120005487	IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS
7	20120005336	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS
8	20120003839	CHEMICAL TREATMENT METHOD
9	20120003764	METHOD OF PRODUCING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
10	20120003666	METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE
11	20120003580	IMAGE FORMING METHOD
12	20120003576	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
13	20120003502	ORGANIC SOLVENT DISPERSION, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL DEVICE
14	20120003346	SHEET SURFACE TREATING APPARATUS
15	20120003024	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
16	20120003023	PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
17	20120003018	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
18	20120003016	COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
19	20120003010	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS IMAGE FORMATION USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRIVING FORCES IN COMBINATION
20	20120003009	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
21	20120003005	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
22	20120003003	PROCESS CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER SUPPLY CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
23	20120003002	DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
24	20120002989	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
25	20120002988	RECORDING MATERIAL DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
26	20120002900	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
27	20120002841	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
28	20120002681	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
29	20120002562	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
30	20120002300	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
31	20120002243	DELIVERY OF SCAN SERVICES OVER A DEVICE SERVICE PORT
32	20120002238	IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
33	20120002232	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
34	20120002228	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
35	20120002227	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
36	20120002217	COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS OF THE COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME
37	20120002214	OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
38	20120002166	OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC SYSTEM
39	20120002165	OPTICAL IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS HAVING ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
40	20120002098	IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
41	20120002085	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
42	20120002083	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM
43	20120002079	IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS
44	20120002077	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD
45	20120002071	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
46	20120002070	SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA
47	20120002060	OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF
48	20120002013	VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
49	20120001995	EXPOSURE DEVICE CAPABLE OF STABILIZING DENSITY OF IMAGE FORMED BY MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE EXPOSURE DEVICE
50	20120001983	INKJET APPARATUS
51	20120001980	INK JET INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK CARTRIDGE
52	20120001972	PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF
53	20120001971	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
54	20120001940	DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD, DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING PROGRAM AND DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING APPARATUS
55	20120001937	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
56	20120001698	OSCILLATOR
57	20120001611	DC/DC CONVERTER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
58	20120001592	POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
59	20120001591	POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
60	20120001576	APPARATUS INCLUDING MOTOR
61	20120001387	PRINTING SYSTEM, SHEET PROCESSING METHOD IN THE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
62	20120001386	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
63	20120001385	SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
64	20120001384	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
65	20120001382	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
66	20120001377	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET FEED CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
67	20120001291	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR
68	20120001063	ABSOLUTE ENCODER
69	20120000897	IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS
70	20120000383	RECORDING APPARATUS
71	20120000376	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER ABSORBER

Canon patents granted on 03 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:57:01 +0000

46 US patents granted on 03 January 2012 and assigned to Canon

1	8,091,048	Method for predicting resist pattern shape, computer readable medium storing program for predicting resist pattern shape, and computer for predicting resist pattern shape
2	8,090,753	Image input system including remote image input apparatus having display and external apparatus having storage means, and control method or controlling storage of input image information by remote control of file directory management for storage means
3	8,090,728	Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium that stores program thereof
4	8,090,712	Method for navigating large image sets using sort orders
5	8,090,546	Analysis apparatus and analysis method
6	8,090,297	Corona charger including a grid with an SP3 and SP2 surface layer formed thereon
7	8,090,292	Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
8	8,090,288	Method and apparatus for cleaning an image forming apparatus
9	8,090,245	Apparatus for heat-treating substrate and method for heat-treating substrate
10	8,090,218	Imaging system performance measurement
11	8,090,181	Radiographic image processing apparatus and radiographic image processing method
12	8,089,997	Laser device
13	8,089,915	Synchronous data transmissions by relay node
14	8,089,700	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same
15	8,089,696	Illumination optical system and image projector using same
16	8,089,661	Embedding authentication information to prevent document spoofing
17	8,089,653	Document processing apparatus, method and program for variable printing with document file dividing
18	8,089,612	Position detection apparatus, position detection method, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
19	8,089,554	Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program
20	8,089,550	Image sensing apparatus, control method thereof, and program
21	8,089,545	Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof, and camera
22	8,089,538	Image processing apparatus and image processing method for correcting image data associated with a defective pixel
23	8,089,536	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
24	8,089,525	White balance control device and white balance control method
25	8,089,524	Flicker correction apparatus, flicker correction method, and image sensing apparatus
26	8,089,442	Image projection apparatus
27	8,089,205	Wiring board with groove in which wiring can move, image display apparatus, and image reproducing apparatus
28	8,089,204	Display panel, display and image display apparatus
29	8,088,876	Copolymer, resin for electrophotographic functional component parts, developing roller, and electrophotographic apparatus
30	8,088,678	Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method
31	8,088,652	Electron device using oxide semiconductor and method of manufacturing the same
32	8,088,543	Electrophotographic photosensitive member and electrophotographic apparatus
33	8,088,541	Polyvinyl acetal resin, electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus
34	8,087,762	Ink storing system and ink delivering system
35	8,087,759	Print head with offset ejection ports
36	8,087,749	Ink jet recording head, ink jet cartridge, and method for manufacturing ink jet recording head
37	8,087,748	Ink jet recording head, producing method therefor and composition for ink jet recording head
38	8,087,747	Ink jet recording head unit and production process thereof
39	8,087,744	Ink jet printing apparatus
40	8,087,667	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
41	8,087,665	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with movable unit at a branch position
42	8,087,664	Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
43	8,087,659	Conveying device, method of controlling the conveying device, and recording device using the conveying device
44	8,087,655	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus with movable receiving member
45	8,087,153	Manufacturing method of an electromechanical transducer
46	8,087,152	Manufacturing method of an electromechanical transducer

Canon patent applications published on 29 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:22:33 +0000

96 US patent applications published on 29 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	20110321176	AUTHORITY TRANSFER SYSTEM, AUTHORITY TRANSFER METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
2	20110321111	DYNAMIC LAYOUT OF CONTENT FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTORS
3	20110320962	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM
4	20110320952	NETWORK DEVICE CAPABLE OF EDITING AND CONFIGURING SETTING INFORMATION, DEVICE CONTROLLER, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
5	20110320937	EDITING APPARATUS, EDITING METHOD PERFORMED BY EDITING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
6	20110320933	EDITING APPARATUS, LAYOUT EDITING METHOD PERFORMED BY EDITING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
7	20110320928	INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM
8	20110320748	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS
9	20110320739	DISCOVERY OF NETWORK SERVICES
10	20110320677	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
11	20110320625	NETWORK STREAMING OVER MULTIPLE DATA COMMUNICATION CHANNELS USING CONTENT FEEDBACK INFORMATION
12	20110320610	PROVIDING CONTENT TO CLIENT DEVICE
13	20110320561	DOCUMENT GENERATION APPARATUS, DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM, DOCUMENT UPLOAD METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
14	20110318873	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE
15	20110318848	FERROMAGNETIC PREFERRED GRAIN GROWTH PROMOTION SEED LAYER FOR AMORPHOUS OR MICROCRYSTALLINE MgO TUNNEL BARRIER
16	20110318678	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
17	20110318508	INK JET RECORDING MEDIUM
18	20110318069	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
19	20110318060	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
20	20110318052	PROCESS CARTRIDGE
21	20110318049	TONER CONVEYING DEVICE OR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE TONER CONVEYING DEVICE
22	20110318048	BELT DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
23	20110318044	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
24	20110318043	PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
25	20110318040	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF THE FIXING DEVICE
26	20110318036	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
27	20110318035	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
28	20110318033	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
29	20110318031	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
30	20110317989	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS IMPROVED IN SPACE EFFICIENCY FOR OPTICAL SYSTEM ELEMENT
31	20110317938	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
32	20110317927	CLUSTERING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CLUSTERING PROCESSING METHOD
33	20110317913	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
34	20110317772	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
35	20110317761	IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING METHOD
36	20110317746	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
37	20110317680	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM
38	20110317595	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
39	20110317384	PRINTED BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
40	20110317280	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ZOOM LENS
41	20110317279	ZOOM LENS
42	20110317276	OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
43	20110317232	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
44	20110317228	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH RESONANCE-DRIVEN SWING MIRROR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
45	20110317212	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
46	20110317210	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
47	20110317209	PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
48	20110317208	PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
49	20110317207	PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
50	20110317206	IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL APPARATUS CONSTITUTING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
51	20110317202	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
52	20110317201	DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING COPY PROHIBITION INFORMATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
53	20110317191	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR
54	20110317190	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
55	20110317187	CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
56	20110317185	MISREGISTRATION CORRECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
57	20110317184	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
58	20110317183	ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
59	20110317177	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS
60	20110317176	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
61	20110317145	DRIVING APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD
62	20110317072	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
63	20110317054	IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME
64	20110317039	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
65	20110317037	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
66	20110317035	IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
67	20110317024	IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
68	20110317011	TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD
69	20110317006	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
70	20110316960	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
71	20110316956	THERMAL PRINTER AND INK RIBBON CASSETTE
72	20110316945	INK TANK
73	20110316940	DEFLECTING ELECTRODE, DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, AND DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS
74	20110316921	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
75	20110316920	EJECTION CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATION APPARATUS AND EJECTION CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATION METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
76	20110316912	LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD
77	20110316911	IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND INKJET PRINTER
78	20110316910	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
79	20110316906	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RESTORE UNIT
80	20110316903	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
81	20110316849	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON DISPLAY UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
82	20110316839	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
83	20110316786	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR OPERATION PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
84	20110316431	DISPLAY DEVICE
85	20110316352	ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
86	20110316223	SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
87	20110316222	SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
88	20110316193	TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE
89	20110316188	METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
90	20110315973	NOVEL FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
91	20110315887	RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
92	20110315886	RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM
93	20110315871	METHOD OF FORMING MASS IMAGE
94	20110315346	COOLING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS
95	20110315313	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HERMETIC CONTAINER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS
96	20110314981	PRINTER

Canon patents granted on 27 December 2011

Administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:03 +0000

99 US patents granted on 27 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	8,086,958	Layout determination method, layout determination apparatus, and layout determination program
2	8,086,942	Parallel concatenated code with bypass
3	8,086,776	Device for arbitrating bus accesses and method for controlling same
4	8,086,691	Method and device for exchanging data between mobile stations in a peer to peer network
5	8,086,687	Workflow executing apparatus and control method of the apparatus and program thereof
6	8,086,669	Multi-protocol print client-server communication
7	8,086,663	Network device and control method thereof and network system
8	8,086,636	Data storage system, data storage server apparatus, control method, and program for storing data on a server apparatus on a network
9	8,086,165	Bookbinding system and bookbinding apparatus
10	8,086,164	Image forming system
11	8,086,161	Image forming apparatus which forms a toner image on a recording medium with the use of color toner and transparent toner
12	8,086,160	Fixing apparatus, roller for the fixing apparatus, flexible sleeve for the fixing apparatus, and methods of manufacturing the roller for the fixing apparatus and the flexible sleeve for the fixing apparatus
13	8,086,135	Developing apparatus, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus with movable developing roller shaft coupling member
14	8,086,129	Image forming apparatus and cartridge therefor
15	8,086,126	Image forming apparatus with high-voltage power supply
16	8,086,124	Image forming apparatus
17	8,086,097	Optical apparatus including an image stabilizing apparatus
18	8,086,092	Video image recording apparatus
19	8,086,089	Recording apparatus
20	8,086,061	Image processing device and image processing method
21	8,086,035	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
22	8,086,014	X-ray image diagnostic apparatus and control method, and image processing method
23	8,085,950	Sound signal processing apparatus and sound signal processing method
24	8,085,842	Recording apparatus
25	8,085,771	Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
26	8,085,483	Lens barrel
27	8,085,478	Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same
28	8,085,476	Zoom lens system and an image pickup apparatus including the same
29	8,085,456	Scanning optical system
30	8,085,448	Image reading apparatus and control method thereof
31	8,085,447	Image reading apparatus and image reading method
32	8,085,429	Information processing apparatus and method for generating print data for a book with a cover sheet
33	8,085,427	Image processing method and apparatus
34	8,085,425	Information processing apparatus
35	8,085,422	Printing system, printing apparatus, and printing method
36	8,085,420	Image processing apparatus with hot folder functionality
37	8,085,419	Image input/output system, control method of image input/output system, and program for implementing the method
38	8,085,413	Adaptor, image supply device, printing system, and control method therefor
39	8,085,412	Sheet conveying apparatus, sheet conveying method, and image forming apparatus
40	8,085,411	Data processing apparatus, print control method, computer-readable storage medium, and program stored therein
41	8,085,405	Detecting element, and target substance detecting device and method of detecting target substance using the same
42	8,085,386	Method for determining exposure condition and computer-readable storage media storing program for determining exposure condition
43	8,085,384	Exposure apparatus
44	8,085,347	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
45	8,085,340	Camera
46	8,085,337	Image-pickup apparatus
47	8,085,336	Optical apparatus having device for removing foreign substance
48	8,085,332	Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus
49	8,085,330	Image pickup apparatus
50	8,085,328	Image pickup apparatus
51	8,085,324	Solid-state imaging apparatus
52	8,085,319	Photoelectric conversion device and image capturing device
53	8,085,314	Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, storage medium, and program
54	8,085,311	Optical apparatus with motor drive control selected based on rotor position sensor or determined time interval
55	8,085,310	Image capturing apparatus and power supply control method therefor
56	8,085,305	Image processing apparatus, image sensing apparatus, and control method of image processing apparatus
57	8,085,282	Image display apparatus and driving method of image display apparatus
58	8,085,262	Image display apparatus and image taking apparatus including the same
59	8,085,224	Image display apparatus
60	8,085,223	Image display apparatus and its driving method
61	8,085,159	Electronic apparatus including a battery chamber and method for controlling the display of battery information
62	8,085,158	Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same
63	8,085,098	PLL circuit
64	8,084,950	Drive circuit
65	8,084,937	Binaphthyl compound and organic light emitting element using the same
66	8,084,932	Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same
67	8,084,931	Fluorescent material substrate and image display device, and methods for manufacture thereof
68	8,084,899	Driving apparatus
69	8,084,782	Light-emitting film, light-emitting device and production method thereof
70	8,084,745	Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system
71	8,084,743	Sensor and image pickup device
72	8,084,729	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and photoelectric conversion apparatus manufacturing method
73	8,084,702	Image forming apparatus
74	8,084,365	Method of manufacturing a nano structure by etching, using a substrate containing silicon
75	8,084,331	Method of treating semiconductor element
76	8,084,307	Method for manufacturing thin film transistor
77	8,084,287	Photoelectric conversion apparatus, producing method therefor, image pickup module and image pickup system
78	8,084,214	Treatment solution, method for pretreatment, method for acquiring information and method for detection
79	8,084,178	Non-magnetic toner
80	8,084,174	Toner
81	8,084,162	Fuel cell and fuel cell apparatus with a switch responsive to an amount of water contained in the electrolyte membrane
82	8,084,147	Organic light-emitting device
83	8,084,082	Optical member, optical system using the optical member, and method of manufacturing an optical member
84	8,083,562	Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using sputtering
85	8,083,341	Thermal ink-jet ink and ink cartridge using the ink
86	8,083,337	Ink jet printing apparatus, ink jet printing method, data generating apparatus, computer program, and ink jet printing system
87	8,083,325	Liquid ejection recording head having element substrate with plural supply ports
88	8,083,322	Ink-jet recording head
89	8,083,318	Liquid ejection head
90	8,083,317	Liquid-discharging recording head
91	8,083,314	Ink jet head and production process thereof
92	8,083,311	Ink-jet printing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium
93	8,083,231	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus with opening conveying path
94	8,083,223	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
95	8,083,220	Sheet processing apparatus
96	8,082,917	Inhaler
97	8,082,759	Producing method for drawn glass member, producing method for spacer, and producing method for image display apparatus
98	8,082,651	Micro-structure fabrication method
99	8,082,640	Method for manufacturing a ferroelectric member element structure

Canon patent applications published on 22 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:03:13 +0000

73 US patent applications published on 22 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	20110314319	SECONDARY BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS
2	20110314241	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING STORAGE UNIT AND CONNECTION UNIT FOR CONNECTING EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE
3	20110313562	DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS
4	20110312179	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS
5	20110312178	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS
6	20110311910	TONER
7	20110311293	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
8	20110311276	METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FUNCTIONAL REGIONS, LED ARRAY, LED PRINTER HEAD, AND LED PRINTER
9	20110311274	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE
10	20110311272	PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
11	20110311269	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
12	20110311265	PROCESS CARTRIDGE
13	20110311260	SWITCHING POWER SOURCE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
14	20110311259	SWITCHING POWER SOURCE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
15	20110311258	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH STANDBY AND POWER SAVING MODES
16	20110311254	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
17	20110311240	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
18	20110311237	METHOD FOR DETECTING OPENING/CLOSED STATE OF AN INTERLOCK SWITCH PROVIDED IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
19	20110311207	PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20	20110311155	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
21	20110311154	Method and device for enhancing a digital image
22	20110311112	IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
23	20110310983	DISPLAY APPARATUS
24	20110310975	Method, Device and Computer-Readable Storage Medium for Encoding and Decoding a Video Signal and Recording Medium Storing a Compressed Bitstream
25	20110310957	ENCODING OF A VIDEO FRAME FOR TRANSMISSION TO A PLURALITY OF CLIENTS
26	20110310564	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
27	20110310555	IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, HOLDING MEMBER THEREOF, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM
28	20110310486	PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM
29	20110310484	OPTICAL DEVICE
30	20110310457	OPTICAL APPARATUS
31	20110310445	IMAGE READING METHOD AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
32	20110310431	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
33	20110310429	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
34	20110310426	PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM
35	20110310425	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM
36	20110310418	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM
37	20110310410	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGING OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS USING IMAGING OPTICAL ELEMENTS MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD
38	20110310407	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS
39	20110310403	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED
40	20110310373	LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
41	20110310366	EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD
42	20110310350	IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND COLOR SEPARATION/COMBINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM
43	20110310284	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE DISPLAY PANEL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
44	20110310283	IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
45	20110310267	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
46	20110310259	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR
47	20110310210	DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SAME
48	20110310202	INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
49	20110310183	SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
50	20110310178	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD
51	20110310164	INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
52	20110310163	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
53	20110310162	INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS
54	20110310161	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
55	20110310160	INKJET APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR JUDGING REPLACEMENT TIMING FOR COMPONENTS OF THE APPARATUS
56	20110310159	INKJET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF JUDGING REPLACEMENT TIMING FOR COMPONENTS OF THE APPARATUS
57	20110310155	INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD
58	20110310152	INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD
59	20110310151	PRINTING APPARATUS
60	20110310141	PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF
61	20110310083	DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME
62	20110309921	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
63	20110309737	ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AS WELL AS MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
64	20110309722	VIBRATION-TYPE DRIVING APPARATUS
65	20110309548	IMPRINTING METHOD AND IMPRINTING APPARATUS, SAMPLE SHOT EXTRACTION METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME
66	20110309356	METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
67	20110309262	IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME
68	20110309258	RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM
69	20110309235	A/D CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR USING PLURALITY OF A/D CONVERTERS AND DRIVING METHOD OF A/D CONVERTER
70	20110309050	PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELEMENT INCLUDING SUBSTRATE TO BE PROCESSED
71	20110308936	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LANTHANUM BORIDE FILM
72	20110308720	METHOD FOR FORMING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD
73	20110308544	CLEANING METHOD OF PROCESSING CHAMBER OF MAGNETIC FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC DEVICE, AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS

Canon patents granted on 20 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:10:55 +0000

68 US patents granted on 20 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	8,082,573	Broadcast receiving device and method of controlling a broadcast receiving device with controller for updating a panel element in a display
2	8,082,323	Monitoring host apparatus, image forming apparatus, and access control method for access to their web pages
3	8,082,257	Recording and reproducing apparatus
4	8,082,169	User interface for workflow builder
5	8,081,998	Communication apparatus and communication control method with power adjustment to avoid interference between apparatuses on first and second networks
6	8,081,919	Image processing apparatus
7	8,081,912	Image forming apparatus with marginless printing mode
8	8,081,907	Developer feeding apparatus and developing apparatus
9	8,081,906	Image forming apparatus wherein, when a rotary member is located at a reference position, a color developing device is located in a region extending from a position of a transparent developing device toward a downstream side of a rotation direction of the rotary member to a lowermost point in the gravity direction of the rotary member
10	8,081,898	Process cartridge and method for removing processing means from process cartridge
11	8,081,890	Image forming apparatus, and unit removably installed in an image forming apparatus
12	8,081,870	Receiving apparatus and method
13	8,081,843	Image-pickup apparatus
14	8,081,833	Color processing apparatus and method to convert spectral information
15	8,081,829	Motion estimation apparatus and control method thereof
16	8,081,819	Color processing method and apparatus
17	8,081,815	Marker arrangement information measuring apparatus and method
18	8,081,761	Communication encryption processing apparatus
19	8,081,679	Image processing apparatus
20	8,081,653	Communication apparatus and control method thereof
21	8,081,638	Communication system and communication apparatus controlling a switching for power saving
22	8,081,613	Wireless communication system and wireless communication apparatus and control method thereof
23	8,081,456	Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus
24	8,081,366	Oscillating device, light deflector, and image forming apparatus using the same
25	8,081,357	Image scanning apparatus, image scanning method, and program for use in image scanning apparatus
26	8,081,356	Image reading apparatus
27	8,081,352	Image reading/recording apparatus
28	8,081,348	Image processing device, method and program product processing barcodes with link information corresponding to other barcodes
29	8,081,342	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and print control program
30	8,081,338	Form processing apparatus and method
31	8,081,327	Information processing apparatus that controls transmission of print job data based on a processing designation, and control method and program therefor
32	8,081,324	Information processing apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable storage medium storing a program for reducing print processing time
33	8,081,323	Apparatus and method for transferring data to remote printer
34	8,081,250	Image pickup apparatus having a correction unit for correction of noise components generated by clamping circuits
35	8,081,246	Drive circuit of solid-state image pickup device and method thereof utilizing a pulse generated based on a polynomial arithmetic operation
36	8,081,245	Image sensing apparatus and imaging system
37	8,081,241	Solid-state image pickup device and camera
38	8,081,235	Image pickup apparatus and flicker detection method therefor
39	8,081,231	Lens-interchangeable camera and method of controlling the same
40	8,081,218	Communication apparatus and method for providing a service to a desired communication device
41	8,081,202	Image forming apparatus and apparatus for correcting difference in oscillation speed among oscillating devices
42	8,081,185	Information processing apparatus and information processing method
43	8,081,166	Information processing apparatus and method of controlling same
44	8,081,094	Signal transmission system and signal conversion circuit
45	8,080,979	Charging system and charger utilizing battery state information received from a battery unit to determine if the battery unit is in a normal state
46	8,080,943	Image display apparatus
47	8,080,933	Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus
48	8,080,932	Electron-emitting device, electron source, image display apparatus and method for manufacturing electron-emitting device
49	8,080,931	Conductive film, electron emitting device and image display apparatus
50	8,080,928	Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus using the same
51	8,080,917	Driving apparatus, holding apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
52	8,080,430	Target substance detection material and method and kit for detecting target substance
53	8,080,381	Infectious etiologic agent detection probe and probe set, carrier, and genetic screening method
54	8,080,372	Method for detecting nucleic acid in sample, method for designing probes, system for designing probes therefor
55	8,080,335	Powder material, electrode structure using the powder material, and energy storage device having the electrode structure
56	8,080,322	Light emitting device having high luminous efficiency and high stability
57	8,080,291	Ink jet recording medium and production process thereof
58	8,079,686	Liquid storage container and recording apparatus
59	8,079,675	Ink jet recording head and manufacturing method of ink jet recording head
60	8,079,674	Ink jet recording apparatus
61	8,079,665	Printing apparatus
62	8,079,659	Printing apparatus and conveying control method
63	8,079,589	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
64	8,079,585	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
65	8,079,375	Processing apparatus and atmosphere exchange method
66	8,079,363	Inhaler
67	8,079,360	Inhaler
68	8,079,260	Fall detection apparatus

Canon patent applications published on 15 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:43:09 +0000

57 US patent applications published on 15 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	20110307763	RECORDING APPARATUS
2	20110307642	DATA PROCESSING DEVICE
3	20110307181	ULTRASONIC APPARATUS
4	20110306382	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
5	20110306373	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM
6	20110306119	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE AMPLIFICATION AND DISSOCIATION BEHAVIOR OF DNA MOLECULES
7	20110306033	BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING APPARATUS
8	20110305989	METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER
9	20110305984	TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER
10	20110305822	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER
11	20110305488	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
12	20110305481	CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
13	20110305480	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
14	20110305479	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
15	20110305475	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
16	20110305474	IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
17	20110305473	IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS
18	20110305469	HEATING APPARATUS AND VOLTAGE DETECTION APPARATUS
19	20110305466	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SAME
20	20110305445	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
21	20110305428	PLAYBACK APPARATUS
22	20110305403	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
23	20110305385	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
24	20110305351	AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
25	20110305323	RADIOGRAPHY CONTROL APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHY CONTROL METHOD
26	20110305314	ELECTRON EMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME, RADIATION GENERATION APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM
27	20110305278	Method of accessing a spatio-temporal part of a video sequence of images
28	20110304933	CONTROL APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR VIBRATORY ACTUATOR USING A PLURALITY OF VIBRATORS, VIBRATORY ACTUATOR, AND LENS UNIT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE VIBRATORY ACTUATOR
29	20110304922	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
30	20110304918	DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
31	20110304917	DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
32	20110304916	DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
33	20110304915	DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS
34	20110304893	IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD
35	20110304887	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ACCURATE GRADATION CORRECTION
36	20110304885	PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
37	20110304884	MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR
38	20110304883	PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO BE USED THEREIN
39	20110304882	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM
40	20110304879	DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING OUTPUT CONTROL INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
41	20110304853	WAVELENGTH SWEEPING LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
42	20110304775	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
43	20110304756	IMAGING APPARATUS
44	20110304749	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
45	20110304741	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
46	20110304666	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD
47	20110304664	ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, HEAD CARTRIDGE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONFIRMING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STATUS OF PRINTHEAD AND PRINTING APPARATUS
48	20110304637	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
49	20110304635	RENDERING PROCESSOR
50	20110304535	COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS
51	20110304293	DRIVING APPARATUS
52	20110304265	LIGHT EMITTING SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
53	20110304242	VIBRATION-TYPE DRIVING DEVICE
54	20110303831	ROTARY ENCODER THAT DETECTS ROTATION ANGLE
55	20110303527	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC DEVICE
56	20110303222	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INHALER
57	20110303015	PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING APPARATUS

Canon patents granted on 13 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:18:43 +0000

79 US patents granted on 13 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	8,079,090	License management system, control method thereof, image processing apparatus, and control method thereof
2	8,079,057	Broadcast receiving apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus
3	8,079,050	System and method for performing initial setup of a device via remote control
4	8,079,016	Information processing apparatus and application management method
5	8,078,767	Display apparatus, control method thereof, and program
6	8,078,752	Method and program for managing the quantity of data transmitted by a transmission device over a telecommunication network
7	8,078,720	Management of networked devices
8	8,078,699	Setting a network address for communicating with a network device when installing a device control program
9	8,078,668	Method and device for processing a message in a communication network
10	8,078,627	File management apparatus, method for controlling file management apparatus, computer program, and storage medium
11	8,078,600	Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium
12	8,078,584	Document retrieving system, document retrieving apparatus, method, program and storage medium therefor
13	8,078,080	Image forming apparatus
14	8,078,071	Image forming apparatus and control method of the image forming apparatus
15	8,078,070	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
16	8,078,049	Imaging apparatus
17	8,078,046	Image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium
18	8,078,044	Image stabilization apparatus, image sensing apparatus and image stabilization method
19	8,078,043	Image shake correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus
20	8,078,041	Shake correction unit and imaging apparatus
21	8,078,039	Recording apparatus capable of recording moving image and still image
22	8,078,035	Image data recording apparatus
23	8,078,005	Method for controlling the combining of original image data and coded image data
24	8,077,986	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling same and computer program
25	8,077,976	Image search apparatus and image search method
26	8,077,971	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program
27	8,077,957	X-ray image diagnostic system, image processing apparatus and image processing method
28	8,077,923	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
29	8,077,601	Method, device and software application for scheduling the transmission of data stream packets
30	8,077,575	Information recording method that records management information for managing dummy information as a file in a user data area
31	8,077,410	Optical apparatus and image pickup apparatus provided with the optical apparatus
32	8,077,397	Zoom lens and image projection apparatus including the same
33	8,077,391	Wavefront aberration measuring method, mask, wavefront aberration measuring device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
34	8,077,354	Print control program, print control apparatus, and print control method
35	8,077,348	Information processing apparatus and its method therefore for printing an image with a first combination of process colors materials and a second combination of the process color materials and a spot color materials
36	8,077,347	Image forming apparatus and method mitigating effects of pixel correction while compensating for shift in scanning position
37	8,077,345	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing control program capable of processing document data
38	8,077,344	Print controlling apparatus and method of controlling the same
39	8,077,342	Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, program, and storage medium
40	8,077,339	Printing control apparatus, information processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
41	8,077,335	Image processing apparatus, mobile terminal apparatus, image processing system and control method
42	8,077,333	Printing control apparatus and printing control method
43	8,077,320	Wavefront measuring method and wavefront measuring apparatus using the wavefront measuring method
44	8,077,290	Exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
45	8,077,288	Exposure apparatus
46	8,077,251	Photometry apparatus and camera
47	8,077,246	Method and apparatus for controlling imaging direction and magnification of camera
48	8,077,239	Solid-state image pickup device and camera
49	8,077,232	Imaging device for adding signals including same color component
50	8,077,225	Image pickup apparatus
51	8,077,222	Image processing apparatus to transmit moving image data
52	8,077,221	Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor with determination whether storage medium is limited-rewriteable storage medium
53	8,077,220	Image display apparatus
54	8,077,210	Image capturing apparatus to prevent image blurring and control method therefor
55	8,077,193	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same
56	8,076,954	Memory control circuit, memory control method, and integrated circuit
57	8,076,845	Display apparatus
58	8,076,844	Organic EL display device and manufacturing method of the same
59	8,076,841	Organic electroluminescent display apparatus
60	8,076,681	White organic electroluminescent device
61	8,076,161	Target substance detection kit and target substance detection method
62	8,076,146	Methods for evaluating and manufacturing rubber and method for manufacturing joint seal for inkjet printer
63	8,075,944	Film forming method and producing method for electron source substrate
64	8,075,838	Composite metal molding and method for manufacturing thereof
65	8,075,791	Chemical treatment method
66	8,075,361	Electron source manufacturing method
67	8,075,360	Electron-emitting device, electron source, image display apparatus, and manufacturing method of electron-emitting device
68	8,075,205	Image pickup apparatus and lens device
69	8,075,143	Foreign substance removing apparatus
70	8,075,126	Ink, ink jet recording method, recording unit, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording apparatus
71	8,075,120	Ink jet print head and ink jet printing apparatus
72	8,075,114	Liquid container, liquid supplying system and circuit board for liquid container
73	8,075,107	Liquid ejection head
74	8,075,103	Ink jet print head substrate and ink jet print head
75	8,075,102	Substrate for ink jet head and ink jet head
76	8,075,101	Recording head driving method and recording apparatus
77	8,075,094	Liquid ejection head and process for producing the same
78	8,075,083	Ink jet printer and a method of computing conveyance amount of a conveyance roller of the ink jet printer
79	8,074,357	Method for manufacturing ink jet recording head

Canon patent applications published on 08 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:38:37 +0000

75 US patent applications published on 08 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	20110302642	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
2	20110302639	SERVER APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR
3	20110302575	PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE SAME
4	20110302552	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
5	20110302512	INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM
6	20110302396	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS PROCESSING ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTION DEFINING THE PROCESSING, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
7	20110302373	OPERATION APPARATUS, CACHE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
8	20110301455	OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS
9	20110301315	FILM-FORMING METHOD BASED ON LB METHOD
10	20110300662	METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE
11	20110300648	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
12	20110300478	MAGENTA TONER
13	20110300474	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER
14	20110300317	RECORDING MEDIUM
15	20110300316	RECORDING MEDIUM
16	20110300315	RECORDING MEDIUM
17	20110299886	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
18	20110299885	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
19	20110299883	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
20	20110299882	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
21	20110299881	COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
22	20110299873	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
23	20110299872	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A CHARGE MEMBER DISPOSED NEAR AN IMAGE BEARING MEMBER
24	20110299868	FIXING APPARATUS
25	20110299862	PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
26	20110299861	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING BANDING CORRECTION FUNCTION
27	20110299847	IMAGING APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS
28	20110299767	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
29	20110299662	X-RAY WAVEGUIDE
30	20110299661	X-RAY WAVEGUIDE
31	20110299660	X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS
32	20110299179	OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM
33	20110299142	OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
34	20110299141	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS PROCESS ACCORDING TO PROCESS DEFINITION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR
35	20110299134	OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
36	20110299130	CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
37	20110299129	OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
38	20110299126	PRINT SYSTEM, CLIENT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
39	20110299123	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
40	20110299118	IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
41	20110299117	APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS JOB DATA TO TERMINAL, TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
42	20110299113	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
43	20110299112	CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SAME
44	20110299111	PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD
45	20110299107	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS
46	20110299105	RASTERING DISJOINT REGIONS OF THE PAGE IN PARALLEL
47	20110299102	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
48	20110299101	PROFILE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROFILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
49	20110299093	INTERFEROMETER
50	20110299064	DEFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS AND DEFORMATION MEASURING METHOD
51	20110299035	OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY METHOD, OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
52	20110298959	IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
53	20110298950	IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
54	20110298884	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
55	20110298879	RECORDING MEDIUM
56	20110298859	RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS
57	20110298858	RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS
58	20110298856	RECORDING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR RECORDING APPARATUS
59	20110298853	PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF
60	20110298850	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
61	20110298849	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS
62	20110298848	INKJET APPARATUS
63	20110298828	PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS
64	20110298825	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
65	20110298775	DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME
66	20110298400	CONTROL APPARATUS OF VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR
67	20110298357	LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS USING LIGHT EMITTER SUBSTRATE
68	20110298336	CERAMIC, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
69	20110297977	DISPLAY DEVICE
70	20110297870	PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
71	20110297663	IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND HEATER FOR USE IN THE DEVICE
72	20110297655	MIRROR ANGULAR-POSITIONING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING APPARATUS
73	20110297537	MAGNET UNIT AND MAGNETRON SPUTTERING APPARATUS
74	20110297304	THERMALLY CAULKED COMBINED STRUCTURE, METHOD OF THERMAL CAULKING, AND IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
75	20110297146	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD TO BE USED FOR INHALER AND INHALER

Canon patents granted on 06 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:16:31 +0000

56 US patents granted on 06 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	8,074,249	Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor
2	8,074,244	Receiving apparatus and method
3	8,074,216	Device management apparatus, client apparatus, and device management method
4	8,073,827	Processing device and processing method
5	8,073,377	Cleaning device, developing device, cartridge, cleaning blade securing method, and developing blade securing method
6	8,073,370	Image forming apparatus having a mechanism for detecting a mark on a belt
7	8,073,360	Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus
8	8,073,349	Image forming apparatus
9	8,073,281	Generating a dilation image utilizing parallel pixel processing
10	8,073,257	Information processing system, information processing method, image processing apparatus, program, and recording medium
11	8,073,256	Image processing apparatus and method therefor
12	8,073,255	Keyword generation process
13	8,073,201	Position/orientation measurement method and apparatus
14	8,073,035	Surface emitting laser, manufacturing method of surface emitting laser, surface emitting laser array, manufacturing method of surface emitting laser array, and optical apparatus including surface emitting laser array
15	8,073,032	Surface emitting laser and manufacturing method therefor
16	8,073,023	Surface emitting laser
17	8,072,964	Communication apparatus for connecting to another apparatus in accordance with occupancy of beacon slots and communication method for the same
18	8,072,898	Method for managing a transmission of data streams on a transport channel of a tunnel, corresponding tunnel end-point and computer-readable storage medium
19	8,072,851	Position control apparatus and optical apparatus
20	8,072,698	Lens barrel support apparatus
21	8,072,661	Computer generated hologram, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
22	8,072,658	Image processing apparatus and its method
23	8,072,653	Image reading and recording apparatus
24	8,072,640	Recording system and controlling method therefor
25	8,072,636	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and print control system
26	8,072,632	Network compliant output device, information processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program on computer-readable storage medium, and network system which determine alternative network compliant output device
27	8,072,628	Printing apparatus, network device, printing control method, and printing control program capable of transmitting print image data to printing hardware prior to registration of print job
28	8,072,624	Image processing device, method, and program with editing, range setting, and printing screen conditionally displayed when application is started
29	8,072,621	Image processing apparatus and image processing method
30	8,072,612	Method and apparatus for detecting a feature of an input pattern using a plurality of feature detectors, each of which corresponds to a respective specific variation type and outputs a higher value when variation received by the input pattern roughly matches the respective specific variation type
31	8,072,579	Measuring method, adjustment method for stage movement characteristics, exposure method, and device manufacturing method
32	8,072,550	Remote control unit
33	8,072,544	Video output apparatus and control method thereof
34	8,072,542	Sampling device, display device using sampling device, and camera
35	8,072,526	Image sensor, imaging system, and image sensor control method
36	8,072,519	Solid-state imaging apparatus, imaging system, and drive method of solid-state imaging apparatus
37	8,072,514	Imaging system and method for error reduction processing
38	8,072,513	Image capturing system, signal processing circuit, and signal processing method
39	8,072,176	Displacement sensing method and motor control apparatus
40	8,072,137	Fused heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting device
41	8,072,136	Compound and organic light emitting device using the compound
42	8,072,133	Light emitter substrate and image displaying apparatus using the same
43	8,072,040	Image pickup apparatus, radiation image pickup apparatus and radiation image pickup system
44	8,071,993	Organic electroluminescence element, image display device, and imaging apparatus
45	8,071,257	Fuel cartridge and fuel cell
46	8,071,250	Fuel cell stack
47	8,071,057	Microfluidic device
48	8,070,871	Ink jet ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus
49	8,070,852	Oxygen partial-pressure control unit and method of gas supply
50	8,070,547	Method for manufacturing image display apparatus
51	8,070,291	Fundus camera
52	8,070,276	Ink jet recording cartridge
53	8,070,267	Ink jet recording head and production process thereof
54	8,070,263	Printing head substrate, ink jet printing head and ink jet printing apparatus with substrate temperature detecting element
55	8,070,262	Print element substrate, printhead, and printing apparatus
56	8,070,249	Inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method

Canon patent applications published on 01 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:29:14 +0000

79 US patent applications published on 01 December 2011 and assigned to Canon

1	20110296301	DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
2	20110296280	METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONFIGURING AN OVERALL ENCODING/DECODING SCHEME IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
3	20110296008	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR
4	20110295970	CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, SERVER COMPUTER, DEVICE CONNECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
5	20110295962	SERVICE DISCLOSURE DEVICE, SERVICE DISCLOSURE METHOD, AND PROGRAM
6	20110295103	VISUAL STIMULATION PRESENTING APPARATUS, FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPH APPARATUS, AND BRAIN FUNCTION MEASUREMENT METHOD
7	20110295047	METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND
8	20110294987	COMPOSITE PARTICLE, CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOSITE PARTICLE
9	20110294251	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR
10	20110294071	ELECTRON GUN, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE, AND ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS
11	20110294056	MAGNETIC TONER
12	20110293860	RECORDING MEDIUM
13	20110293346	CONVEYING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS USING SAME
14	20110293337	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
15	20110293333	TONER SUPPLYING DEVICE
16	20110293332	DEVELOPER STIRRING MEMBER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
17	20110293331	SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
18	20110293326	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
19	20110293324	COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
20	20110293323	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
21	20110293315	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
22	20110293314	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
23	20110293313	CURRENT RESONANCE POWER SUPPLY
24	20110293311	PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TYPE HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
25	20110293310	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
26	20110293306	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
27	20110293304	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
28	20110293302	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
29	20110293300	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
30	20110293295	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
31	20110293258	OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS
32	20110293257	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
33	20110293255	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
34	20110293245	REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
35	20110293241	VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
36	20110293198	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
37	20110293197	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
38	20110293087	DATA ENCRYPTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
39	20110292523	LENS BARREL
40	20110292522	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
41	20110292520	ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
42	20110292510	OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION
43	20110292509	IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
44	20110292461	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
45	20110292460	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
46	20110292442	PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD
47	20110292422	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA
48	20110292379	REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASURING METHOD AND REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASURING APPARATUS
49	20110292351	IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS THEREFOR
50	20110292339	OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF PROGRAM
51	20110292338	OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
52	20110292337	OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
53	20110292307	PROJECTION APPARATUS THAT PROPERLY REDUCES FLICKER
54	20110292289	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
55	20110292263	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM
56	20110292257	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME
57	20110292254	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
58	20110292250	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
59	20110292242	USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT IN AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE
60	20110292237	IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE COLOR BALANCE ADJUSTMENT
61	20110292234	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
62	20110292154	ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND HEAD CARTRIDGE
63	20110292132	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
64	20110292127	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
65	20110292125	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
66	20110292118	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS
67	20110292112	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
68	20110292105	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
69	20110292080	PROJECTION SYSTEM
70	20110292070	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
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