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Table of Contents
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A61 - Diagnosis
A61B 03/12 - for looking at the eye fundus,
e.g. ophthalmoscopes . . . . . . . . . .
A61B 03/14 - Arrangements specially
adapted for eye photography . . . . . .
A61B 03/15 - with means for aligning,
spacing or blocking spurious reflection .
B41 -
B41J 02/05 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or
automatic cut-off devices for the entire
printing mechanism . . . . . . . . . . .
C07 - acyclic or carbocyclic compounds
C07C 13/62 - with more than three
condensed rings . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16 - gearing
F16H 09/00 - Gearings for conveying rotary
motion with variable gear ratio, or for
reversing rotary motion, by endless
flexible members . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G01 - Measuring length, thickness or similar
linear dimensions 10 G11 - Information storage based on relative
G01B 09/02 - Interferometers . . . . . . . . . 10
G01B 11/14 - for measuring distance or
clearance between spaced objects or
spaced apertures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
G02 - Optical elements, systems, or apparatus 12 H01 - Electric discharge tubes or discharge
G02B 15/14 - by axial movement of one or
more lenses or groups of lenses relative
to the image plane for continuously
varying the equivalent focal length of
the objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 H02 - Electric machines not otherwise provided
G02B 26/08 - for controlling the direction of
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 H02N 11/00 - Generators or motors not
G03 - apparatus or arrangements for taking
photographs or for projecting or viewing
them
G03B 27/32 - Projection printing apparatus,
e.g. enlarger, copying camera . . . . . .
G03B 27/52 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G03B 27/54 - Lamp housings . . . . . . . . .
G03B 27/62 - Holders for the original . . . . .
G03B 27/68 - Introducing or correcting
distortion, e.g. in connection with
oblique projection . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G03F 07/20 - Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . .
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic
processes using a charge pattern . . . .
G03G 15/02 - for laying down a uniform
charge, e.g. for sensitising . . . . . . . .
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G03G 15/04 - for exposing, i.e. imagewise
exposure by optically projecting the
original image on a photoconductive
recording material . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
G03G 15/08 - using a solid developer, e.g.
powder developer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
G03G 15/20 - for fixing, e.g. by using heat . . 20
G06 - Electric digital data processing 22
G06F 03/02 - Input arrangements using
manually operated switches, e.g. using
keyboards or dials . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2 G06F 03/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch
screens or touch pads, characterised
3 by the transducing means . . . . . . . . 23
G06F 03/048 - Interaction techniques
5
for graphical user interfaces, e.g.
interaction with windows, icons or menus 26
5
G06F 03/12 - Digital output to print unit . . . 30
G06F 15/00 - Digital computers in general . . 32
5
G06K 01/00 - Methods or arrangements for
6 marking the record carrier in digital
fashion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
G06K 09/32 - Aligning or centering of the
6 image pick-up or image-field . . . . . . 43
6
G06K 09/36 - Image preprocessing, i.e.
processing the image information
7 without deciding about the identity of
the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9 G06K 15/02 - using printers . . . . . . . . . . 45
G06T 01/00 - General purpose image data
9 processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9
G09 - Arrangements or circuits for control of
indicating devices using static means to
present variable information 45
9 G09G 05/02 - characterised by the way in
which colour is displayed . . . . . . . . 45
movement between record carrier and
transducer 46
G11B 21/02 - Driving or moving of heads . . 46
G11B 27/00 - Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
lamps 48
H01J 01/62 - Luminescent screens . . . . . . 48
H01L 21/285 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
for 51
provided for elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . 51
H04 - Pictorial communication, e.g. television 52
14 H04N 05/14 - Picture signal circuitry for video
frequency region . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
14 H04N 05/228 - Circuit details for pick-up tubes 53
15 H04N 05/235 - Circuitry for compensating for
15 variation in the brightness of the object . 54
16 H04N 05/76 - Television signal recording . . . 55
H04N 05/91 - Television signal processing
therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
16 H04N 07/025 - Systems for transmission of
17 digital non-picture data, e.g. of text
during the active part of a television frame 56
17 H04N 07/173 - with two-way working,
e.g. subscriber sending a programme
18 selection signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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H04R 31/00 - Apparatus or processes Patent Index 58

specially adapted for the manufacture
of transducers or diaphragms therefor . 57 IPC Catchword Index 59

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A61B 03/14

A61B 03/12: Diagnosis Ü Apparatus for testing the eyes Ü Objective

types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients
perceptions or reactions Ü for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes
App. No. 20100123872 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Ophthalmologic apparatus
Abstract An opthalmologic apparatus changes the wavelength of index light, which is projected on an eye
to be examined, by selecting the light emission of a visible LED and an infrared LED, and changes
the position of a split unit along an optical axis based on the selection.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

A61B 03/14: Diagnosis Ü Apparatus for testing the eyes Ü Objective

types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients
perceptions or reactions Ü Arrangements specially adapted for eye
photography
App. No. 20100123871 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Fundus camera
Abstract A fundus camera includes an illumination unit which includes an optical element configured to
irradiate an eye fundus with visible light from a position conjugate with an anterior eye portion
of an eye to be examined, and an imaging unit configured to take an image of the eye fundus
with light which is emitted from the illumination unit and reflected from the eye fundus, wherein
the illumination unit includes a blue LED chip and a fluorescent member that is excited by light
emitted from the blue LED chip and emits fluorescence, and the fluorescent member is irradiated
again with apart of the light reflected by the optical element.
Pri. Date 20081117 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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B41J 02/05

A61B 03/15: Diagnosis Ü Apparatus for testing the eyes Ü Objective

types, i.e. instruments for examining the eyes independent of the patients
perceptions or reactions Ü Arrangements specially adapted for eye
photography Ü with means for aligning, spacing or blocking spurious
reflection
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123872 page 5

B41J 02/05:
App. No. 20100123759 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Liquid ejection head, liquid-ejection head substrate, liquid ejecting apparatus including liquid
ejection head, and method of cleaning liquid ejection head
Abstract A liquid ejection head includes a liquid-ejection head substrate including an element, which
generates thermal energy used for ejecting a liquid from an ejection port, and a protective layer,
which covers at least the element, and in which first layers and second layers are alternately
stacked; a flow passage member which defines a wall of a flow passage communicating with the
ejection port; and a flow-passage electrode disposed in the flow passage.
Pri. Date 20081117 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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B41J 29/38

App. No. 20100123760 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge method
Abstract A liquid discharge head includes a discharge port from which a liquid is discharged; a channel
that communicates with the discharge port; and an energy generating element that is provided in
the channel and generates energy used to discharge the liquid from the discharge port, wherein
the channel includes a first inlet path supplying the liquid to the energy generating element; a
second inlet path supplying the liquid to the energy generating element from a direction opposite
to a direction in which the first inlet path supplies the liquid; and a outlet path allowing the liquid
supplied to the energy generating element to run out.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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B41J 29/38

B41J 29/38: Typewriters Ü Details of, or accessories for, typewriters

or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for Ü Drives,
motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing
mechanism
App. No. 20100123749 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording system
Abstract An ink jet recording apparatus that executes ink jet recording based on multi-pass recording
and that achieves a high glossiness and a low granularity is provided. Based on information
corresponding to an ink discharge amount, distribution and concentration masks are selected for
low and high duty areas of a recorded image, respectively.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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F16H 09/00

C07C 13/62: acyclic or carbocyclic compounds Ü Cyclic hydrocarbons

containing rings other than, or in addition to, six-membered aromatic
rings Ü Polycyclic hydrocarbons or acyclic hydrocarbon derivatives
thereof Ü with condensed rings Ü with more than three condensed
rings
App. No. 20100123390 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Light-emitting device, image display apparatus, and novel organic compound
Abstract A novel organic compound suitable for use in a blue light-emitting device and an organic light-
emitting device having the novel organic compound are provided. The organic compound is
represented by General Formula (1) below. The organic light-emitting device includes this
compound.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

F16H 09/00: gearing Ü Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable
gear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by endless flexible members
App. No. 20100125015 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Driving force transmitting apparatus
Abstract A drive transmission apparatus for transmitting a driving force to a rotatable member includes a
driving source; a drive pulley for receiving a driving force from the driving source; a driven pulley;
a belt, extending around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, for transmitting the driving force
from the drive pulley to the driven pulley; a driving gear for receiving a driving force from the
driving source; a driven gear for receiving the driving force of the driving gear; a drive transmitting
shaft, provided with the driven pulley and the driven gear, for transmitting the driving force to the
rotatable member; a drive transmission mechanism, provided between the driven gear and the
drive transmitting shaft, for transmitting the driving force in a rotational direction from the driven
gear to the drive transmitting shaft when an angular speed of the driven pulley is lower than an
angular speed of the driven gear.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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G01B 09/02

G01B 09/02: Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions

Ü Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the
use of optical measuring means Ü Interferometers
App. No. 20100125432 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Measurement apparatus, measurement method, computer, program, and exposure apparatus
Abstract A measurement apparatus includes an interferometer, and a computer configured to calculate
a phase distribution and an amplitude distribution by Fourier-transforming a first interference
signal detected by the photoelectric conversion element of the interferometer, to correct the phase
distribution using a correction-use phase difference distribution, to calculate a second interference
signal by reverse-Fourier-transforming the phase distribution that has been corrected and the
amplitude distribution, and to calculate the position of the target surface based on the second
interference signal.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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G01B 11/14

G01B 11/14: Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions

Ü Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical means
Ü for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced
apertures
App. No. 20100124724 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Projection exposure apparatus, method for calibrating measurement criterion of displacement
measurement unit, and method for manufacturing device
Abstract A projection exposure apparatus includes an optical element, and projects a pattern formed on a
first object onto a second object to be exposed through a projection optical system for correcting
imaging characteristics by controlling the optical element. The projection exposure apparatus
includes a displacement measurement unit configured to measure a displacement of the optical
element; a storage unit configured to store a measurement criterion of the displacement
measurement unit; an imaging characteristics measurement unit configured to measure imaging
characteristics of the projection optical system; and a calibration unit configured to calibrate
the measurement criterion based on a result of measurement by the imaging characteristics
measurement unit.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091118 Pub. Date 20100520

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G02B 15/14

Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100125432 page 10

G02B 15/14: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical objectives

with means for varying the magnification Ü by axial movement of one
or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for
continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective
App. No. 20100123956 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Zoom lens and camera having the same
Abstract A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having
a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a reflection
unit including a reflection surface for bending an optical path, a third lens unit having a negative
refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having
one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power. In the zoom lens, at least the
second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming while the reflection unit remains
stationary. In addition, a focal length of the first lens unit and respective focal lengths of the zoom
lens at a wide-angle end and at a telephoto end are appropriately set.
Pri. Date 20090909 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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G02B 26/08

G02B 26/08: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical devices

or arrangements using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling
the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light, e.g. switching,
gating, modulating Ü for controlling the direction of light
App. No. 20100124435 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same
Abstract An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam, a rotational
polygonal mirror configured to deflect and scan the light beam emitted from the light source,
a drive unit configured to drive the rotational polygonal mirror to rotate, an optical member
configured to guide the light beam with the scanning rotational polygonal mirror to a member
to be scanned, a storage member configured to accommodate the rotational polygonal mirror
and the optical member therewithin, and a wall configured to partition a space inside the storage
member into a first space in which the rotational polygonal mirror is installed and a second space
in which the optical member is installed, wherein the wall has an opening through which air can
pass, and the opening is configured to pass the light beam reflected by the scanning rotational
polygonal mirror, and the wall has a vent which is different from the opening and configured to
send at least a part of the air that has passed through the opening, to the first space while the
rotational polygonal mirror is rotating, and a width of the vent in a scanning direction of the light
beam is smaller than a width of the opening.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03B 27/32

G03B 27/32: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera
App. No. 20100123888 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device
Abstract An apparatus, which scans an original and a substrate relative to light slit-shaped on the original
and on the substrate, comprises an adjusting device configured to adjust a distribution of a width
of the light slit-shaped, the width being a width in a scanning direction, the distribution being a
distribution in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a controller.
The controller is configured to obtain information representing a relationship between a position
on the substrate and a target dose, calculate a distribution of the target dose in the perpendicular
direction with respect to each of the shot regions based on the relationship represented by the
obtained information, and control the adjusting device so as to achieve the calculated distribution
of the target dose with respect to each of the shot regions.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03B 27/62

App. No. 20100123891 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Scanning exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
Abstract An apparatus including an original stage that holds an original, a substrate stage that holds a
substrate, and a projection optical system that projects a pattern of the original onto the substrate,
and being configured to scan and expose the substrate during a period in which the speeds of
the original stage and the substrate stage change, comprises a controller configured to correct, a
distortion generated in an image transferred onto the substrate due to at least one of deformation
of the original stage in response to a change in speed of the original stage and deformation of the
substrate stage in response to a change in speed of the substrate stage, based on a correction
value determined by an acceleration of the substrate stage.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

G03B 27/52: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123888 page 14 20100124724 page 11

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G03B 27/68

G03B 27/54: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details Ü Lamp
housings
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124724 page 11

G03B 27/62: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details Ü Holders
for the original
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123891 page 15

G03B 27/68: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details Ü Introducing
or correcting distortion, e.g. in connection with oblique projection
App. No. 20100123884 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
Abstract An apparatus comprises a controller configured to generate a first list of measurement points
arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of a shot region along a direction of scanning
at a predetermined pitch, and a control by the controller includes a first control which causes
a measurement device to measure a position of a surface with respect to each measurement
point included in the first list, and a second control which causes the measurement device to
measure the position with respect to each measurement point included in a second list obtained
by excluding, from the first list, at least one of a measurement point with respect to which
measurement is performed last in a first shot region and a measurement point with respect to
which measurement is performed first in a second shot region next to the first shot region.
Pri. Date 20081114 App. Date 20091112 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03G 15/00

Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124724 page 11

G03F 07/20: Photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces,

e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices Ü Photomechanical,
e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces,
e.g. printed surfaces Ü Exposure
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124724 page 11

G03G 15/00: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern
App. No. 20100124432 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and supporting member
Abstract An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic image forming
apparatus main assembly including a preventing portion; a supporting member for supporting a
plurality of electrophotographic photosensitive members, the supporting member being movable
between an inside position inside the main assembly and an outside position outside the main
assembly in a state in which the supporting member is supported by the main assembly and
being disengageable from the main assembly at the outside position; a handle portion, provided
to the supporting member, to be touched for disengaging the supporting member from the main
assembly; and a portion to be prevented, provided to the supporting member, being movable
between a preventing position in which the portion to be prevented contacts the preventing portion
in order to prevent the supporting member from being disengaged from the main assembly and a
retracted position in which the portion to be prevented is retracted from the preventing position in
order to disengaging the supporting member from the main assembly. The portion to be prevented
is moved from the preventing position to the retracted position by the touch of the handle portion.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03G 15/02

G03G 15/02: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern Ü for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for
sensitising
App. No. 20100124436 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image forming apparatus using cleaner-less system
Abstract An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; a charging device
for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a developing device for developing with
toner an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member electrically charged
by the charging device; a transfer device for transferring a toner image from the photosensitive
member onto an image-receiving member; and an auxiliary charging device for electrically
charging untransferred toner on the photosensitive member to a normal charge polarity before the
photosensitive member is electrically charged by the charging device; wherein effective widths W
Pri. Date 20091104 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03G 15/08

G03G 15/04: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern Ü for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by
optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording
material
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124435 page 13

G03G 15/08: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern Ü for developing Ü using a solid developer, e.g.
powder developer
App. No. 20100124427 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus
Abstract An image forming apparatus is provided that reduces the occurrence of downtime in the case in
which the interval between sheets needs to be expanded, and also suppresses the degradation
of a photosensitive drum and a developing roller, when continuously forming images. The
image forming apparatus of the present invention predicts the start timing of image formation
onto the next printing material, and performs control of the positional relationship between the
photosensitive drum and the developing roller without decreasing productivity, based on a result
of the prediction. Further, the image forming apparatus performs control of the rotating operation
of the photosensitive drum, based on the above prediction result.
Pri. Date 20091028 App. Date 20091105 Pub. Date 20100520

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G03G 15/20

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G03G 15/20

G03G 15/20: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern Ü for fixing, e.g. by using heat
App. No. 20100124425 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image forming apparatus and control method therefor
Abstract An image forming apparatus that is capable of preventing an abnormal operation due to a voltage
drop of a commercial power source and continuing an image forming operation efficiently even
if the voltage drop occurs. A fixing unit fixes a toner image transferred onto a sheet. A voltage
detection unit detects an input voltage of the commercial power source. A setting unit sets a
fixing electric power supplied to the fixing unit from the commercial power source. A control unit
suspends an operation when the set fixing electric power is less than a predetermined electric
power and when the input voltage is less than a first voltage, and to continue the operation
while reducing the set fixing electric power when the set fixing electric power is not less than
the predetermined electric power and when the input voltage is less than a second voltage.
Pri. Date 20081114 App. Date 20091111 Pub. Date 20100520

App. No. 20100124429 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Fixing controller and image forming apparatus
Abstract A fixing controller capable of rapidly detecting an excessive temperature rise, even if an abnormal
temperature rise takes place in a state that a rotor of a fixing unit, such as a thin-walled roller
or belt, stops rotating. A rotating belt is heated by a coil, a belt temperature is detected by a
thermistor, and a drive frequency of a driving circuit for driving the coil is controlled by a control
circuit. When the temperature detected by the thermistor becomes equal to or higher than a
predetermined temperature, the drive circuit is stopped by an excessive temperature rise detecting
circuit. The thermistor is heated such that a difference between the temperatures detected by the
thermistor when the belt is rotating and when the belt stops rotating becomes equal to or larger
than a predetermined temperature difference.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091113 Pub. Date 20100520

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G06F 03/02: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Input arrangements or combined input and output
arrangements for interaction between user and computer Ü Input arrangements
using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
App. No. 20100123657 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and computer-readable storage
medium
Abstract An information processing apparatus executes a variety of processing operations in accordance
with a user’s operation detected by an operation detection device. The apparatus generates a data
set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition. The apparatus determines
the content of processing corresponding to the motion detected by the operation detection device.
The apparatus adjusts the data set by increasing or decreasing data included in the data set
generated, based on the determined processing.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091030 Pub. Date 20100520

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G06F 03/041

G06F 03/041: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Input arrangements or combined input and output
arrangements for interaction between user and computer Ü Arrangements
for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a
coded form Ü Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised
by the transducing means
App. No. 20100125787 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and computer-readable storage
medium
Abstract An information processing apparatus inputs a coordinate value of a position designated on a
screen which displays one or a plurality of objects, compares an input locus expressed by the
input coordinate value string with a second locus, which is defined in advance as a locus used to
give the instruction to execute a process for an object, and determines whether the input locus
is a first locus or the second locus. When it is determined that the input locus is the first locus,
the apparatus selects an object from the one or plurality of objects based on the display positions
of the input locus and the object on the screen. When it is determined that the input locus is the
second locus, the apparatus executes a process designated by the input locus with respect to the
selected object.
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G06F 03/041

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G06F 03/048

G06F 03/048: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Input arrangements or combined input and output
arrangements for interaction between user and computer Ü Interaction
techniques for graphical user interfaces, e.g. interaction with windows,
icons or menus
App. No. 20100125792 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Information processing system, information processing apparatus, display processing method
therefor, and computer-readable storage medium
Abstract An information processing system stores a plurality of content data having different display
qualities for each content in a storage unit, and detects a user operation to instruct switching
of a content displayed on a display screen, and determines a switching speed of content display
on the display screen based on the detected user operation, and decides a distribution for content
data of each display quality to be read out to a temporary memory unit based on the determined
switching speed, and reads out the content data from the storage unit to the temporary memory
unit in accordance with the decided distribution.
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G06F 03/048

App. No. 20100125806 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
Abstract When a plurality of overlapping windows are displayed on a display screen, each window is
displayed in a convenient state for a user operation, thereby reducing the load of the user
operation. Upon detecting an object drag operation, an information processing apparatus displays
the window of a predetermined application, which is displayed behind another window, as the
topmost window. At this time, the window of the predetermined application reduces its size or
changes the display position so as not to interfere with the other window displayed in front of it.
Pri. Date 20090904 App. Date 20091111 Pub. Date 20100520

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G06F 03/12

G06F 03/12: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Digital output to print unit
App. No. 20100123916 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image processing apparatus, image data transmission method, program, and storage medium
Abstract An image processing apparatus that can transmit an image outputted after the execution of a
workflow as well as an attribute information file including attribute information suitable for an
external system as a transmission destination to the external system. An attribute information
management unit manages attributes required by the external system when the image data is
transmitted to the external system. A workflow execution unit executes a workflow as a sequential
processing in which a plurality of functions of the image processing apparatus are combined. An
attribute value setting unit sets attribute values for the attributes required by the external system
when the communication unit transmits the image data to the external system. An external system
interconnection unit causes the communication unit to transmit the image data output from the
workflow execution unit to the external system with reference to the attribute values set by the
attribute value setting unit.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091113 Pub. Date 20100520

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App. No. 20100123920 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image processing system, image processing apparatus and method for controlling image
processing system
Abstract In a push scan of a web services on devices (WSD) scan service, an information terminal
apparatus performs a registration request to receive a service from a reading apparatus. A name
of the information terminal apparatus is included in the registration request command, and a user
can select the name of the information terminal apparatus as a destination of scan data when
executing the push scan from the reading apparatus. However, at this point of time, a user name
which is logging on the information terminal apparatus cannot be recognized. For this reason, a
requisition command of an operation start request is issued to the information terminal apparatus
on a network before the information terminal apparatus as a destination of image data is selected
through a display unit of the reading apparatus. Therefore, a log-on user name extracted from
a command including the log-on user name transmitted from the information terminal apparatus
can be displayed on the display unit.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

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G06F 15/00

G06F 15/00: Electric digital data processing Ü Digital computers in

general
App. No. 20100123726 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and program for executing the image
processing method
Abstract In image processing including a PDL processing in which a display list is generated from PDL
data described in a page description language (PDL), and a RIP processing in which bitmap
data is generated by rendering the display list, before starting the PDL processing on the PDL
data, it is determined to generate a display list with overlap removed in the PDL processing when
a prediction of the load on the RIP processing is larger than that on the PDL processing, and
to generate a display list without overlap removed when the prediction of the load on the PDL
processing is larger than that on the RIP processing. According to the present invention, it is
possible to quickly and easily balance the load of PDL processing and the load of RIP processing,
thereby realizing efficient pipeline processing.
Pri. Date 20081117 App. Date 20091102 Pub. Date 20100520

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App. No. 20100123917 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Printing control apparatus and method thereof
Abstract An apparatus allocates a value of page attribute to each page included in a job according to a
job attribute set to the job in an intermediate code format that corresponds to data to be printed
generated by an application. If a combining instruction is issued to combine a plurality of jobs
whose specific job attributes in which only one attribute value can be allocated to one job are
allocated different attribute values, the apparatus processes the intermediate code format data so
that printing is performed according to the allocated page attribute values. The apparatus then
generates a combined job and transmits the generated combined job as print data to the printing
apparatus.
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G06F 15/00

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App. No. 20100123919 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and computer-readable
storage medium
Abstract An image forming apparatus which, when storing image data generated from a read original
document in a connected detachable storage device, when the storage cannot be continued,
associates the image data which is not stored with authentication information and stored the
image data in a storage section included in the image forming apparatus. When a detachable
storage device is newly connected, and authentication information is entered, the image forming
apparatus determines whether image data associated with the entered authentication information
is stored in the image forming apparatus. If it is determined that such image data is stored in
the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data to be
stored in the newly-connected storage device. On the other hand, if it is not determined that such
image data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the
stored image data not to be stored in the newly-connected storage device.
Pri. Date 20081117 App. Date 20091116 Pub. Date 20100520

App. No. 20100123926 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
Abstract The image forming apparatus determines the type of page description language or file format of
received print data even if the image forming apparatus is not capable of handling the type of page
description language or file format of the received print data. According to the determined result,
the image forming apparatus performs control to process the print data or not to process the print
data.
Pri. Date 20081117 App. Date 20091021 Pub. Date 20100520

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App. No. 20100123927 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and storage medium
Abstract An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an image
processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to designate, out of a plurality
of directories stored in the information processing apparatus, an opened directory before
performing wireless communication with the image processing apparatus, a receiving unit
configured to receive image data from the image processing apparatus by performing the wireless
communication, and a control unit configured to control the image data received by the receiving
unit to be stored in the directory designated by the specifying unit.
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App. No. 20100123931 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image forming apparatus
Abstract The image forming apparatus includes a video controller unit that receives image information to
convert the image information into an image signal for image formation, an engine controller unit
that controls image formation, a laser driver unit that emits a laser beam, and a plurality of signal
lines that connect the video controller unit, the engine controller unit, and the laser driver unit
to each other, wherein the laser driver unit detects the laser beam emitted from the illumination
element and generates a horizontal synchronization signal which is electrically transmitted via any
one of the plurality of signal lines and used as the reference of an image writing timing in response
to the detection. Among the signal lines, a signal line for transmitting the image signal or a control
signal electrically and a signal line for electrically transmitting the horizontal synchronization signal
are used as a common signal line.
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App. No. 20100123932 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image forming apparatus, and control method and storage medium therefor
Abstract An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized printing while reducing
manager’s work load. IP addresses of host computers for which printing should be permitted
are registered beforehand in a print permission list. When a print job is received, whether the IP
address of a host computer from which the print job has been transmitted is present in the list
is determined. If the IP address is not present, the received print job is not printed but stored.
Subsequently, when the print job is selected and a print instruction is given, printing is executed.
If the print instruction has once been given to the stored print job, the IP address of the host
computer is added to the list. Subsequently, printing is executed without any print instruction
when a print job is transmitted.
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App. No. 20100123933 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Image processing system, information processing apparatus,image processing apparatus,method
of controlling information processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing
apparatus and storage medium
Abstract An image processing system capable of executing a processing flow in a destination image
processing apparatus without retransmitting the processing flow from a source image processing
apparatus to the destination image processing apparatus when the version of the destination
image processing apparatus is upgraded. The source image processing apparatus analyzes
whether or not the processing flow is executable by the destination image processing apparatus
before transmitting the processing flow, and if it is unexecutable, the source image processing
apparatus performs alternate configuration of an inexecutable setting based on the analysis result.
The source image processing apparatus transmits the processing flow including the alternate
setting to the destination image processing apparatus. If the destination image processing
apparatus fails in executing the processing flow, the destination image processing apparatus
executes the processing flow based on the alternate setting included in the received processing
flow.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091118 Pub. Date 20100520

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App. No. 20100123935 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Document processing apparatus and document processing method
Abstract A document processing apparatus reads document data and carries out a preflight check. In the
preflight check, the content of the document is interpreted page by page to determine resources
that are needed for output. Then, it is determined for each page whether the resources needed for
output are available in a printing system. If a resource that is not available is needed, a warning
is issued for the page. If the resources are available, intermediate data for a printed output is
generated for the page. Then, a result of the preflight check is output.
Pri. Date 20031210 App. Date 20100122 Pub. Date 20100520

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App. No. 20100123936 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Title Information processing apparatus and control method thereof
Abstract The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof
and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the
optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded,
and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically
connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes a deciding section for deciding on
whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to
generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating,
when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and
transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section
decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus.
Pri. Date 20061127 App. Date 20100126 Pub. Date 20100520

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Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123916 page 30 20100125432 page 10

G06K 01/00: Recognition of data Ü Methods or arrangements for marking

the record carrier in digital fashion
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123916 page 30

G06K 09/32: Recognition of data Ü Methods or arrangements for reading

or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,
e.g. fingerprints Ü Image acquisition Ü Aligning or centering of the
image pick-up or image-field
App. No. 20100124380 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image encoding apparatus and method of controlling the same
Abstract This invention generates efficient encoded data to restore original image data from reduced image
data. An input unit inputs block data of 2xd7;2 pixels from original image data. A converter
generates reduced image data having a size smaller than the original image data by sampling
one pixel data at a preset position in the input block data. A generator generates encoded data
to restore three non-sampling target pixel data in each block data so as to restore the original
image data from the reduced image data generated by the resolution converter. To do this, the
generator determines whether all non-sampling target pixels in a block of interest are restorable
from a sampling target pixel in the block of interest or from sampling target pixels in three blocks
adjacent to the block of interest, and generates and outputs three kinds of additional information
based on the determination result.
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G09G 05/02

G06K 09/36: Recognition of data Ü Methods or arrangements for reading

or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,
e.g. fingerprints Ü Image preprocessing, i.e. processing the image
information without deciding about the identity of the image
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124380 page 43

G06K 15/02: Recognition of data Ü Arrangements for producing a permanent

visual presentation of the output data Ü using printers
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123920 page 31

G06T 01/00: Image data processing or generation, in general Ü General

purpose image data processing
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123726 page 32

G09G 05/02: Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices

using static means to present variable information Ü Control arrangements
or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators
and other visual indicators Ü characterised by the way in which colour
is displayed
App. No. 20100123744 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image display apparatus
Abstract In an image display apparatus, each sub-pixel includes a phosphor configured to emit light of a
predetermined color when the phosphor is irradiated with electrons, an electron emission device
configured to irradiate the phosphor with the electrons, and a resistor connected in series to
the electron emission device and having a negative temperature characteristic of resistance. In
three or more sub-pixels with different luminescent colors included in each pixel, the resistor
is configured such that a sub-pixel having a phosphor with a smaller temperature dependency of
luminescent brightness has a resistor with a greater activation energy, or the resistor is configured
such that the resistor is made of the same material for the three or more sub-pixel and such that
a sub-pixel having a phosphor with a smaller temperature dependency of luminescent brightness
has a resistor with a greater resistance.
Pri. Date 20081118 App. Date 20091117 Pub. Date 20100520

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G11B 21/02

G11B 21/02: Information storage based on relative movement between

record carrier and transducer Ü Head arrangements not specific to the
method of recording or reproducing Ü Driving or moving of heads
App. No. 20100123971 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Recording element substrate and recording head including recording element substrate
Abstract A recording element substrate includes a recording element array including a plurality of recording
elements, a drive circuit configured to drive the recording elements, and a heater located to
surround the recording element array as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a surface of
the recording element substrate and located above or below a capacitive element or a resistive
element included in the drive circuit as viewed on a cross section of the recording element
substrate.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091118 Pub. Date 20100520

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G11B 27/00

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H01L 21/285

G11B 27/00: Information storage based on relative movement between

record carrier and transducer Ü Editing
App. No. 20100124402 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Recording apparatus for recording program content transmitted in broadcast signal and control
method thereof
Abstract A recording apparatus includes a storage unit configured to record program content data
transmitted in a broadcast signal and store the transmitted program content data in a storage unit,
a selection unit configured to select multi-view content data broadcast by a plurality of channels
and including content data associated with each other from among the program content data
stored in the storage unit, and a deletion unit configured to delete, from the storage unit, content
data of at least one but not all of the plurality of channels included in the multi-view content data
selected by the selection unit.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091118 Pub. Date 20100520

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H01L 21/285

H01J 01/62: Electric discharge tubes or discharge lamps Ü Details of

electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting
or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge
tubes or lamps Ü Screens on or from which an image or pattern is
formed, picked-up, converted, or stored Ü Luminescent screens
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100123390 page 9

H01L 21/285:
App. No. 20100124825 Assignee CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
Title Barrier metal film production apparatus, barrier metal film production method, metal film
production method, and metal film production apparatus
Abstract A Cl
Pri. Date 20020221 App. Date 20100126 Pub. Date 20100520

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H02N 11/00

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H04N 05/14

H02N 11/00: Electric machines not otherwise provided for Ü Generators

or motors not provided for elsewhere
App. No. 20100123366 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Electromechanical transducer and method for manufacturing the same
Abstract An electromechanical transducer of the present invention includes a first electrode, a vibrating
membrane formed above the first electrode through a gap, a second electrode formed on the
vibrating membrane, and an insulating protective layer formed on a surface of the second
electrode side. A region where the protective layer is not formed is present on at least part of
a surface of the vibrating membrane.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091109 Pub. Date 20100520

H04N 05/14: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of television

systems Ü Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region
App. No. 20100123829 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Moving image processing apparatus and method thereof
Abstract A distribution ratio Rtx2032; of sub-frames Pt and Qt that correspond to an input frame Ft is
calculated based on motion of an image in an input frame. The calculated distribution ratio
Rtx2032; is then corrected according to a distribution ratio Rtx2212;1 between sub-frames
Ptx2212;1 and Qtx2212;1 corresponding to an input frame Ftx2212;1 which is to be reproduced
before the input frame Ft. A distribution ratio Rt is thus acquired.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091118 Pub. Date 20100520

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H04N 05/228

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H04N 05/235

H04N 05/228: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of

television systems Ü Studio circuitry Ü Television cameras Ü Circuit
details for pick-up tubes
App. No. 20100123787 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof
Abstract In an image pickup apparatus in which image stabilization is performed based on shake sensor
and movement-vector-obtaining method which can perform accurate blur correction since shake
components difficult to be detected by shake sensor can be detected by the movement-vector-
obtaining method, the image blur due to high frequency vibration such as vehicle vibration cannot
be corrected by the movement vector in low-frame-rate shooting since the detectable frequency
band narrows in high frequency. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the combination of blur
information from the angular velocity sensor and from the movement vector, according to the
frequency band detectable by the movement vector depending on change in frame rate. The
combination ratio of blur correction based on blur information from angular velocity sensor,
acceleration sensor and blur correction based on movement vector is determined depending on
frequency detectable by the movement vector which inevitably changes depending on frame rate.
Pri. Date 20081114 App. Date 20091111 Pub. Date 20100520

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H04N 05/76

H04N 05/235: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of

television systems Ü Studio circuitry Ü Television cameras Ü Circuitry
for compensating for variation in the brightness of the object
App. No. 20100123795 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Image pickup apparatus and control method of the same
Abstract An image pickup apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect an object,
a brightness value acquisition unit configured to obtain a brightness value of each division
region of an object field, an object photometric-value generation unit configured to generate a
photometric value of the object from information of the object and a brightness value of each
division region, a region selection unit configured to select a high brightness region, and an
exposure-control photometric-value generation unit configured to generate a photometric value
used for an exposure control from a photometric value of the object and a photometric value of
the high brightness region.
Pri. Date 20081120 App. Date 20091111 Pub. Date 20100520

H04N 05/76: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of television

systems Ü Television signal recording
App. No. 20100123798 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title External storage device for image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, image pickup
apparatus and control method therefor
Abstract An external storage device is connected to an image pickup apparatus provided with a first image
storage medium capable of storing plural taken images and image display means, and adapted
for backup of image information stored in the first image storage medium. The device includes a
second image storage medium, a connection detecting unit, a reception unit, a transfer means, a
conversion unit, and a second transfer unit. The transfer unit writes predetermined taken image
information read from the first image storage medium into the second image storage medium and
erases the predetermined taken image information from the first image storage medium according
to a detection output of the connection detecting unit and an output of the reception unit. The
conversion unit converts the predetermined taken image information into an image matching a
display ability of the image display means. The second transfer unit writes the converted image
information in the first image storage medium.
Pri. Date 20011015 App. Date 20100125 Pub. Date 20100520

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H04R 31/00

H04N 05/91: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of television

systems Ü Television signal recording Ü Television signal processing
therefor
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100124402 page 48

H04N 07/025: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Television

systems Ü Systems for transmission of digital non-picture data, e.g.
of text during the active part of a television frame
App. No. 20100125870 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Content player and method of controlling the same
Abstract A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back
a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select
a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location
information of an information content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel
selected by the channel selection unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast
content on the selected channel has been viewed starting halfway; a determination unit configured
to, if the detection unit has detected that the broadcast content has been viewed starting halfway,
determine whether to notify that it is possible to view, from the beginning, the broadcast content
that has been viewed starting halfway; and a notification unit configured to generate a notification
image for notification when the determination unit has determined to notify.
Pri. Date 20081119 App. Date 20091026 Pub. Date 20100520

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H04R 31/00

H04N 07/173: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Television

systems Ü Secrecy systems Ü with two-way working, e.g. subscriber
sending a programme selection signal
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100125870 page 56

H04R 31/00: Loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like

acoustic electromechanical transducers Ü Apparatus or processes specially
adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor

Canon - 3rd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 57

Patent Index

Patent Index
Patent Application Page Patent Application Page Patent Application Page
20100123366 52 20100123390 9 20100123657 22
20100123726 32 20100123744 45 20100123749 8
20100123759 6 20100123760 7 20100123787 54
20100123795 55 20100123798 55 20100123829 52
20100123871 5 20100123872 5 20100123884 16
20100123888 14 20100123891 15 20100123916 30
20100123917 33 20100123919 36 20100123920 31
20100123926 36 20100123927 37 20100123931 38
20100123932 39 20100123933 40 20100123935 41
20100123936 42 20100123956 12 20100123971 46
20100124380 43 20100124402 48 20100124425 21
20100124427 19 20100124429 21 20100124432 17
20100124435 13 20100124436 18 20100124724 11
20100124825 49 20100125015 9 20100125432 10
20100125787 23 20100125792 26 20100125806 28
20100125870 56

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IPC Catchword Index

IPC Catchword Index

Catch Word IPC Page

ACID(S) organic ACID(S) C07 9
CHEMISTRY of organic compounds C07 9
COLLET(S) F16 9
COMPILING statistics G06 22
COMPUTER(S) G06 22
CUTTING sheets or webs in connection with printing, manifolding, stamping B41 6
or typewriting
DATA processing G06 22
DIOPTRICS G02 12
DISTENDING parts of the body for medical purposes A61 5
EDITING of record carriers G11B 27/00 48
ELECTRICITY distribution of ELECTRICITY H02 51
ENGINEERING elements or units F16 9
ENLARGERS photographic ENLARGERS G03B 27/32 14
EQUATIONS solving EQUATIONS G06 22
FUNCTIONS evaluating FUNCTIONS G06 22
GENERATION of electricity H02 51
HEALTH medical or surgical treatment for HEALTH A61 5
HORMONE(S) other HORMONE(S) of known constitution C07 9
HYGIENE A61 5
INOCULATION A61 5
INTERFEROMETERS G01B 09/02 10
JUSTIFYING of print B41 6
JUSTIFYING typewriters for JUSTIFYING B41 6
KEYBOARDS for electric digital computers G06F 03/02 22
LUMINESCENCE, LUMINOUS luminescent screens for discharge tubes H01J 01/62 49
MARKING of record carriers G06K 01/00 43
MEASURING G01 10
MECHANISMS in general F16 9
OPERATION(S) appliances for performing surgical or medical A61 5
OPERATION(S)
OPHTHALMOSCOPES A61B 03/12 5
PERPETUA MOBILIA alleged magnetic or other electric PERPETUA MOBILIA H02N 11/00 52
PHOTOGRAPHY eye PHOTOGRAPHY A61B 03/14 5
PRINT(S) making or treatment of photographic PRINT(S) G03 14
PRINTING B41 6
PRINTING of computer output-data G06K 15/02 45
PRINTING apparatus for PRINTING and issuing tickets B41 6
PROCESSING data PROCESSING equipment in general G06F 15/00 32
PROJECTION using PROJECTION apparatus for photographic printing G03B 27/32 14
PUNCHING of record cards G06K 01/00 43
RECORDING of television signals H04N 05/76 55
SEVERING of sheets or webs in connection with printing, manifolding, B41 6
stamping or typewriting
TELEVISION signal recording H04N 05/76 55
TRANSPARENCY(-IES) bearing pictures for projection G03 14

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VARIABLES measuring VARIABLES G01 10
VIDEO RECORDING apparatus H04N 05/76 55

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