Patents by Inventor Chitoshi Ito
Chitoshi Ito 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).
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Patent number: 10237444Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20180063368Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9876935Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9807275Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20170019559Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9459823Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9299015Abstract: This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a template processing program for executing an editing accepting step, a template producing step, a text main body data acquisition step, and a template transmission step. In the template producing step, a template including at least one the print object is produced. In the search target setting step, a setting whether or not the print object included in the template is set to a key word search target is accepted. In the text main body data acquisition step, text main body data extracted from the print object to be set to the key word search target and expresses text contents of the print object, is acquired. In the template transmission step, the template is transmitted to a template server and stored therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20150317114Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9172841Abstract: An image processing device including an image information acquirer and a control device configured to detect encircling lines written on a document sheet, based on acquired image information, determine an arrangement order of a partial image formed within each encircling line, detect first symbols each written on the document sheet and added to a corresponding partial image, the first symbols relating to how to lay out the partial images, determine a layout of the partial images based on the arrangement orders and the first symbols, extract, from the image information, a plurality of pieces of image information each of which is image information of a partial image within a corresponding encircling line, and generate layout image information in which the pieces of image information are arranged according to the layout.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9092168Abstract: This disclosure discloses a non-transitory recording medium storing a contents information processing program for executing steps on a computing device, the steps comprising: an explanatory text acquisition step for acquiring explanatory text associated in a fixed manner with specific contents selected from a plurality of contents prepared and related to producing the print label, a keyword acquisition step for acquiring at least one keyword associated with each of a plurality of preview images prepared, an image determining step for determining for each preview image a compatibility between corresponding the at least one keyword and details of the explanatory text acquired, and determining an image of the plurality of preview images that has a highest compatibility as a preview image to be associated with the specific contents, and an image output step for outputting the preview image to the operation terminal for display on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9069500Abstract: An information processing device including a communication unit communicating with a conversion device, and a control unit configured to select one or more target spreadsheets from among spreadsheets contained in target information, the target information being described in a format of a markup language and contains the spreadsheets, each of the spreadsheets being individually identified based on tag information contained in the target information, generate transmission information based on the one or more selected target spreadsheets, control the communication unit to transmit the generated transmission information to the conversion device, and control the communication unit to receive one or more pieces of image information from the conversion device, each of the one or more pieces of image information being generated through conversion by the conversion device based on a corresponding one of the one or more selected target spreadsheets included in the transmission information transmitted to the conversionType: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20150160733Abstract: A paper medium includes an information writing area, a first command area, and a second command area. The information writing area is an area that allows a writing instrument to write one or more linear figures that express information. The first command area is an area that allows the writing instrument to write a linear figure for issuing a command to create a first linear figure file. The second command area is an area that allows the writing instrument to write a linear figure for issuing a command to create a second linear figure file.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 9047035Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20150071544Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform processes that include acquiring type information indicating a type of a paper medium, acquiring line information indicating a plurality of positions on the paper medium, the line information being information configured to specify a line image written on the paper medium, defining an image area as one of a first area and a second area, based at least on the type information, the image area being an area included in an image, the first area being an entire area of the paper medium, and the second area including the line image and an immediate vicinity of the line image, and creating an image file for the image including the defined one of the first image area and the second image area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20150029560Abstract: An image processing device including an image information acquirer and a control device configured to detect encircling lines written on a document sheet, based on acquired image information, determine an arrangement order of a partial image formed within each encircling line, detect first symbols each written on the document sheet and added to a corresponding partial image, the first symbols relating to how to lay out the partial images, determine a layout of the partial images based on the arrangement orders and the first symbols, extract, from the image information, a plurality of pieces of image information each of which is image information of a partial image within a corresponding encircling line, and generate layout image information in which the pieces of image information are arranged according to the layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi ITO
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Publication number: 20150029528Abstract: An information processing device including a communication unit communicating with a conversion device, and a control unit configured to select one or more target spreadsheets from among spreadsheets contained in target information, the target information being described in a format of a markup language and contains the spreadsheets, each of the spreadsheets being individually identified based on tag information contained in the target information, generate transmission information based on the one or more selected target spreadsheets, control the communication unit to transmit the generated transmission information to the conversion device, and control the communication unit to receive one or more pieces of image information from the conversion device, each of the one or more pieces of image information being generated through conversion by the conversion device based on a corresponding one of the one or more selected target spreadsheets included in the transmission information transmitted to the conversionType: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi ITO
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Publication number: 20140268231Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device side wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication with a mobile terminal, an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire user operation thereof, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire operation data which is generated as the operation acquisition unit acquires a user operation, acquire establishment data which is generated as the printing device side wireless communication unit establishes a wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and issue a request control to control the printing device side wireless communication unit to transmit request data requesting the mobile terminal to transmit print data necessary for printing, via the wireless communication, when the establishment data is acquired, the request control being issued in accordance with the operation data as acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20140092409Abstract: This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a template processing program for executing an editing accepting step, a template producing step, a text main body data acquisition step, and a template transmission step. In the template producing step, a template including at least one the print object is produced. In the search target setting step, a setting whether or not the print object included in the template is set to a key word search target is accepted. In the text main body data acquisition step, text main body data extracted from the print object to be set to the key word search target and expresses text contents of the print object, is acquired. In the template transmission step, the template is transmitted to a template server and stored therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi ITO
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Patent number: 8534828Abstract: Operation commands, each corresponding to an input operation through an input unit, are linked together. Thereby, a single operation command string is generated from a sequence of input operations and the thus generated operation command string is recorded on a command record buffer. The recorded operation command string is converted into two dimensional bar code data and printed. The operation command string is read out from a two dimensional bar code by a bar code scanner. The operation command string thus read out is executed by a CPU etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chitoshi Ito
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Publication number: 20130050719Abstract: This disclosure discloses a non-transitory recording medium storing a contents information processing program for executing steps on a computing device, the steps comprising: an explanatory text acquisition step for acquiring explanatory text associated in a fixed manner with specific contents selected from a plurality of contents prepared and related to producing the print label, a keyword acquisition step for acquiring at least one keyword associated with each of a plurality of preview images prepared, an image determining step for determining for each preview image a compatibility between corresponding the at least one keyword and details of the explanatory text acquired, and determining an image of the plurality of preview images that has a highest compatibility as a preview image to be associated with the specific contents, and an image output step for outputting the preview image to the operation terminal for display on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chitoshi ITO