Patents by Inventor Kazuo Matumoto

Kazuo Matumoto 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).

  • Printing apparatus having print head type detection for interchangeable and selectively mounted print heads having opposite scan directions
    Patent number: 5815192
    Abstract: A printing apparatus in which one of two types of printing heads with opposite scan directions is selectively mounted and the mounted printing head is supplied with printing data representing an image to be printed, thereby printing the image, includes a printing data transfer unit for transferring the printing data to the mounted printing head in one of an order from a beginning to an end of a scan line and an order from the end to the beginning of the scan line; a head recognition unit for recognizing the type of the mounted printing head; and a transfer control unit for enabling the printing data transfer unit to transfer the printing data in the order associated with the type of the mounted printing head recognized by the head recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
    Inventors: Tetsushi Matsuo, Kazuo Matumoto