Patents by Inventor Ayako Yoshimura

Ayako Yoshimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090198813
    Abstract: Prior to a request from an integrated system 131, a browser engine pool managing section 104 makes browser engines correspond to the respective types of data processing of an existing system 141 and acquire predetermined standby screens, and then puts the browser engines on standby in that state, upon receipt of the request from the integrated system 131, the browser engine pool managing section 104 makes a browser engine corresponding to requested data processing perform an operation subsequent to an operation using a standby screen, and instruct the existing system 141 to execute the data processing requested from the integrated system 131.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshimura, Mitsuyoshi Yamatari
  • Patent number: 7313457
    Abstract: A pattern selecting portion selects a desired embroidery pattern from a plurality of embroidery patterns. A pattern editing portion edits the embroidery pattern displayed on the display. A first determining portion determines, before the selected embroidery pattern is edited by the pattern editing portion, whether each of a plurality of embroidery frames is usable for sewing the selected embroidery pattern based on embroidery data for the selected embroidery pattern. A second determining portion determines, after the selected embroidery pattern is edited by the pattern editing portion, whether each of the plurality of embroidery frames is usable for sewing the edited embroidery pattern based on embroidery data for the edited embroidery pattern. A reporting portion reports when at least one embroidery frame determined to be usable by the second determining portion is different from at least one embroidery frame determined to be usable by the first determining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshimura, Tomohiko Mori, Naoki Tanjima
  • Patent number: 7218986
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame moving device detachably attachable to a sewing machine body and a control device. An embroidery sewing operation is executable when the embroidery frame moving device is attached to the body, and a normal sewing operation is executable when the moving device is detached from the body. The control device controls the sewing machine in a first stage under only a normal sewing mode in which the normal sewing operation is executed. The first stage ends when a detector detects the embroidery frame moving device initially attached to the body. The control device further controls the sewing machine in a second stage under either the normal sewing mode or an embroidery sewing mode in which the embroidery sewing operation is executed. The second stage starts after the detector has detected the embroidery frame moving device attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshimura, Tomohiko Mori
  • Patent number: 7210419
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes an embroidery stitching data storage storing embroidery stitching data of a plurality of divided patterns with respect to large-size embroidery patterns, a pattern display data storage storing pattern display data for displaying each large-size embroidery pattern in a real image close to an embroidered state, and a display control device reading pattern display data with respect to an appointed large-size embroidery pattern from the pattern display data storage and controls to display an image. The display control device is adapted so that, when each divided pattern constituting the large-size embroidery pattern is subjected to the embroidery stitching, a display is caused to display the pattern display data of the large-size embroidery pattern read from the pattern display data storage and displayed area data indicating the stitching area occupied by each divided pattern in the large-size embroidery pattern in a state being combined with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takafumi Naka, Takashi Hirata, Ayako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20060219141
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame moving device detachably attachable to a sewing machine body and a control device. An embroidery sewing operation is executable when the embroidery frame moving device is attached to the body, and a normal sewing operation is executable when the moving device is detached from the body. The control device controls the sewing machine in a first stage under only a normal sewing mode in which the normal sewing operation is executed. The first stage ends when a detector detects the embroidery frame moving device initially attached to the body. The control device further controls the sewing machine in a second stage under either the normal sewing mode or an embroidery sewing mode in which the embroidery sewing operation is executed. The second stage starts after the detector has detected the embroidery frame moving device attached to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshimura, Tomohiko Mori
  • Publication number: 20060224271
    Abstract: A pattern selecting portion selects a desired embroidery pattern from a plurality of embroidery patterns. A pattern editing portion edits the embroidery pattern displayed on the display. A first determining portion determines, before the selected embroidery pattern is edited by the pattern editing portion, whether each of a plurality of embroidery frames is usable for sewing the selected embroidery pattern based on embroidery data for the selected embroidery pattern. A second determining portion determines, after the selected embroidery pattern is edited by the pattern editing portion, whether each of the plurality of embroidery frames is usable for sewing the edited embroidery pattern based on embroidery data for the edited embroidery pattern. A reporting portion reports when at least one embroidery frame determined to be usable by the second determining portion is different from at least one embroidery frame determined to be usable by the first determining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayako Yoshimura, Tomohiko Mori, Naoki Tanjima
  • Publication number: 20060027154
    Abstract: An electronic sewing machine M capable of embroidery stitching is provided with an embroidery frame driving mechanism for driving a embroidery frame based on embroidery stitching data, in the case of a large-size embroidery pattern larger than the embroidery area of the embroidery frame, capable of dividing the pattern into a plurality of divided patterns to perform the embroidery stitching. Included are an embroidery stitching data storage unit that stores embroidery stitching data of a plurality of divided patterns of a plurality of large-size embroidery patterns; a display adapted to display the embroidery patterns etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Naka, Takashi Hirata, Ayako Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6996451
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device to control a sewing machine which executes a sewing operation using a bobbin thread wound on a bobbin and a needle thread by the drive of the sewing machine motor. The control device includes a sewing restarting unit that restarts the sewing operation after stopping the sewing machine motor in response to a detection of bobbin thread scarcity by a bobbin thread remaining amount detection unit. A permitted sewing amount is preset for the sewing operation restarted after stopping the sewing machine motor and when an actual amount of sewing performed after the stop of the sewing machine motor reaches the permitted sewing amount, information is given by the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiko Asai, Yuji Ilda, Ayako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20060021556
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device to control a sewing machine which executes a sewing operation using a bobbin thread wound on a bobbin and a needle thread by the drive of the sewing machine motor. The control device includes a sewing restarting unit that restarts the sewing operation after stopping the sewing machine motor in response to a detection of bobbin thread scarcity by a bobbin thread remaining amount detection unit. A permitted sewing amount is preset for the sewing operation restarted after stopping the sewing machine motor and when an actual amount of sewing performed after the stop of the sewing machine motor reaches the permitted sewing amount, information is given by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiko Asai, Yuji Iida, Ayako Yoshimura