Patents by Inventor Hitomi Hioki
Hitomi Hioki 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: 8692674Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag supplying apparatus that supplies a substantially sheet-like antenna base on which an RFID circuit element provided with an IC circuit part that stores information and an antenna that transmits and receives information is disposed between a first tape and a second tape that are fed to a predetermined bonding position to be mutually bonded, comprising: a tape processing device that makes a tape orderly on said antenna base to prevent the generation of parts out of order in a tag tape including said first tape and said second tape.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Patent number: 8448871Abstract: A disclosure discloses tag tape comprising a plurality of RFID tag main bodies, and a first tape and a second tape provided on opposite sides in the tape thickness direction so as to position said plurality of RFID tag main bodies therebetween, wherein: said RFID tag main body comprises a sheet-shaped antenna base, a tag antenna provided on said antenna base that transmits and receives information, and an IC holding body that includes an IC circuit part storing information and a holding member holding said IC circuit part to said antenna base; said second tape comprises an affixing adhesive layer for affixing said plurality of RFID tag main bodies to an object to be affixed, and a separation material layer provided on said affixing side of said affixing adhesive layer and peeled off by a user at the affixing; and an affixing streamlining process for streamlining label affixing without impairing a communication function is executed on at least of said separation material layer and said IC holding body.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitomi Hioki
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Patent number: 8360123Abstract: This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprising: at least one feeding roller; a printing device; and an apparatus antenna; and a coordination control portion that controls in coordination the feeding roller, the printing device, and the apparatus antenna, such that information transmission/reception is performed between an RFID circuit element and the apparatus antenna when an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element provided to a tag medium is fed downstream in a transport direction from a segment from a nearest roller to the apparatus antenna along a feeding path.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kiyoichi Ohta, Hitomi Hioki, Shintaro Tomita
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Patent number: 8063741Abstract: This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprising: a printing device; a transmitting/receiving device that performs information transmission/reception; a feeding device that feeds said tag medium; a coordination control portion; a communication determining portion that determines whether or not information transmission/reception has succeeded; and a decision portion that decides a feeding-stop condition for stopping feeding based on a feeding condition for the transmission/reception, and a feeding-condition for printing to a print area; wherein: said coordination control portion controls in coordination operations of said feeding device, said transmitting/receiving device, and said printing device so as to stop feeding based on said feeding-stop condition decided by said decision portion and to perform retry of said information transmission/reception when said communication determining portion determines that said information transmission/reception has failed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Publication number: 20100045437Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag supplying apparatus that supplies a substantially sheet-like antenna base on which an RFID circuit element provided with an IC circuit part that stores information and an antenna that transmits and receives information is disposed between a first tape and a second tape that are fed to a predetermined bonding position to be mutually bonded, comprising: a tape processing device that makes a tape orderly on said antenna base to prevent the generation of parts out of order in a tag tape including said first tape and said second tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Publication number: 20090295542Abstract: This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprising: a printing device; a transmitting/receiving device that performs information transmission/reception; a feeding device that feeds said tag medium; a coordination control portion; a communication determining portion that determines whether or not information transmission/reception has succeeded; and a decision portion that decides a feeding-stop condition for stopping feeding based on a feeding condition for the transmission/reception, and a feeding-condition for printing to a print area; wherein: said coordination control portion controls in coordination operations of said feeding device, said transmitting/receiving device, and said printing device so as to stop feeding based on said feeding-stop condition decided by said decision portion and to perform retry of said information transmission/reception when said communication determining portion determines that said information transmission/reception has failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Publication number: 20090236429Abstract: A disclosure discloses tag tape comprising a plurality of RFID tag main bodies, and a first tape and a second tape provided on opposite sides in the tape thickness direction so as to position said plurality of RFID tag main bodies therebetween, wherein: said RFID tag main body comprises a sheet-shaped antenna base, a tag antenna provided on said antenna base that transmits and receives information, and an IC holding body that includes an IC circuit part storing information and a holding member holding said IC circuit part to said antenna base; said second tape comprises an affixing adhesive layer for affixing said plurality of RFID tag main bodies to an object to be affixed, and a separation material layer provided on said affixing side of said affixing adhesive layer and peeled off by a user at the affixing; and an affixing streamlining process for streamlining label affixing without impairing a communication function is executed on at least of said separation material layer and said IC holding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventor: Hitomi Hioki
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Publication number: 20090032193Abstract: This disclosure discloses a tag label producing apparatus comprising: at least one feeding roller; a printing device; and an apparatus antenna; and a coordination control portion that controls in coordination the feeding roller, the printing device, and the apparatus antenna, such that information transmission/reception is performed between an RFID circuit element and the apparatus antenna when an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element provided to a tag medium is fed downstream in a transport direction from a segment from a nearest roller to the apparatus antenna along a feeding path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Tsuyoshi Nagae, Kiyoichi Ohta, Hitomi Hioki, Shintaro Tomita
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Publication number: 20070147937Abstract: A print cassette comprises a double-sided adhesive tape composing a print tape. The double-sided adhesive tape from which a release paper is removed so that a second-sided adhesive layer is exposed, can be adhered to an adherend. The second-sided adhesive layer which is in contact with the adherend is made of an acid-free adhesive (containing no unsaturated carboxylic acid).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta
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Patent number: 7168869Abstract: A tape printer includes a detection device that detects a type of tape in a tape cassette, a print data storage device that stores print data, a print head that performs printing on the tape based on the print data stored in the print data storage device, a recycle mark storage device that stores recycle mark data to be printed on the tape, wherein the recycle mark data can indicate whether the tape can be recycled, a composition device that composes, if the tape is detected by the detection device to be recyclable tape, the recycle mark data stored in the recycle mark storage device with the print data stored in the print data storage device, and a print control device that controls the print head so that the print head performs printing based on composite.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitomi Hioki, Takeo Ito
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Patent number: 7132387Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material comprises a heat sensitive color forming layer formed on a support and containing a color forming compound and a color developing compound in reaction with the color forming compound to develop a color; an intermediate layer formed on the heat sensitive color forming layer; and a protective layer formed on the intermediate layer and comprising a UV-ray curable resin. The intermediate layer is formed of a composition containing an acrylic emulsion and a polyvinyl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoya Yamagishi, Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta
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Publication number: 20060204304Abstract: A tape printer includes a detection device that detects a type of tape in a tape cassette, a print data storage device that stores print data, a print head that performs printing on the tape based on the print data stored in the print data storage device, a recycle mark storage device that stores recycle mark data to be printed on the tape, wherein the recycle mark data can indicate whether the tape can be recycled, a composition device that composes, if the tape is detected by the detection device to be recyclable tape, the recycle mark data stored in the recycle mark storage device with the print data stored in the print data storage device, and a print control device that controls the print head so that the print head performs printing based on composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitomi Hioki, Takeo Ito
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Publication number: 20060182921Abstract: A tape cassette includes: a casing; and a printing tape accommodated in the casing. The printing tape includes: a main sheet member; an adhesive; and a release sheet. The main sheet member is made of a paper material and is elongated in its longitudinal direction. The adhesive is provided on one surface of the main sheet member. The adhesive is either alkali-soluble or water-soluble. The release sheet is separably bonded to the one surface of the main sheet member via the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hitomi Hioki, Toshio Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060177618Abstract: The disclosure describes a print tape which allows a separating sheet to be removed easily and quickly without bending the print tape and a tape cassette containing the tape. The print tape is accommodated in the tape cassette and has a tape base material, an adhesive agent layer and a separating sheet. Side portions are each provided adjacent both sides, in a width direction, of the tape base material. A back scoring portion is provided in a center in the width direction of the separating sheet. Therefore, both sides in the width direction of an end portion of the print tape can be gripped and pulled in a direction in which they separate from each other. As a consequence, the separating sheet separates along the back scoring and a center portion of the tape base material is freed for application. Because of the structure, the separating sheet can be peeled easily and quickly from the printed base material without bending the print tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsutomu Kato, Toshio Takahashi, Hitomi Hioki
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Publication number: 20050070432Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material comprises a heat sensitive color forming layer formed on a support and containing a color forming compound and a color developing compound in reaction with the color forming compound to develop a color; an intermediate layer formed on the heat sensitive color forming layer; and a protective layer formed on the intermediate layer and comprising a UV-ray curable resin. The intermediate layer is formed of a composition containing an acrylic emulsion and a polyvinyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2004Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Yamagishi, Hitomi Hioki, Kiyoichi Ohta