Patents by Inventor Kunihito TERASHITA
Kunihito TERASHITA 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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Publication number: 20230319214Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Kunihito TERASHITA, Naoki YOSHIDA, Tatsuhiko SONE
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Patent number: 11711481Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihito Terashita, Naoki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Sone
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Publication number: 20220014644Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Kunihito TERASHITA, Naoki YOSHIDA, Tatsuhiko SONE
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Patent number: 11159696Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihito Terashita, Naoki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Sone
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Patent number: 10631155Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Patent number: 10609532Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether a first external apparatus is a target apparatus by referring content of a predetermined area included in a first connection request, in a case where the first connection request is received from the first external apparatus via a wireless interface, under a state where the communication apparatus operates in a first operation mode, and establishes a first wireless communication with the first external apparatus in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is the target apparatus. A wireless communication with the first external apparatus may not be established in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is not the target apparatus. The communication apparatus may store setting information in a setting area in a memory in a case where the setting information is received from the first external apparatus by using the first wireless connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Publication number: 20200068089Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface. The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Kunihito TERASHITA, Naoki YOSHIDA, Tatsuhiko SONE
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Patent number: 10506129Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihito Terashita, Naoki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Sone
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Publication number: 20190268745Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Kunihito TERASHITA
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Publication number: 20190261147Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether a first external apparatus is a target apparatus by referring content of a predetermined area included in a first connection request, in a case where the first connection request is received from the first external apparatus via a wireless interface, under a state where the communication apparatus operates in a first operation mode, and establishes a first wireless communication with the first external apparatus in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is the target apparatus. A wireless communication with the first external apparatus may not be established in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is not the target apparatus. The communication apparatus may store setting information in a setting area in a memory in a case where the setting information is received from the first external apparatus by using the first wireless connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Publication number: 20190149689Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Kunihito TERASHITA, Naoki YOSHIDA, Tatsuhiko SONE
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Patent number: 10292032Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Patent number: 10285027Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether a first external apparatus is a target apparatus by referring content of a predetermined area included in a first connection request in a case where the first connection request is received from the first external apparatus via a wireless interface under a state where the communication apparatus operates in a first operation mode, and establishes a first wireless communication with the first external apparatus in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is the target apparatus. A wireless communication with the first external apparatus may not be established in a case where it is determined that the first external apparatus is not the target apparatus. The communication apparatus may store setting information in a setting area in a memory in a case where the setting information is received from the first external apparatus by using the first wireless connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Patent number: 10205847Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihito Terashita, Naoki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Sone
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Patent number: 10120629Abstract: A communication system includes a printing device, a terminal device, and another device. The printing device includes a communication interface that enables communication through at least two modes; an operating portion that accepts a mode-switch instruction; a printing portion that prints an image based on print data, and a processor. In a direct communication mode, the printing device communicates directly with the terminal device. In an indirect communication mode, the printing device communicates indirectly with the other device. The processor switches the communication mode from the indirect communication mode to the direct communication mode when the operating portion accepts the mode-switch instruction, and switches the communication mode from the direct communication mode to the indirect communication mode when the processor determines that the printing device has finished receiving print data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Publication number: 20180270639Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: Kunihito TERASHITA
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Patent number: 9986126Abstract: A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Publication number: 20180124274Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Kunihito TERASHITA, Naoki YOSHIDA, Tatsuhiko SONE
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Patent number: 9904778Abstract: A function performing apparatus includes a function performing unit performing a specific function, a processor, and memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the function performing apparatus to perform, in response to receiving a user authentication information when the user authentication information has been registered in an authentication memory, transitioning a state of the apparatus from a non-permission state to a permission state, registering, in the authentication memory, a device authentication information in association with the user authentication information upon establishing a first connection with a portable device, and transitioning the state of the apparatus from the non-permission state to the permission state when a second connection with the portable device is established and the device authentication information is obtained from the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunihito Terashita
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Patent number: 9860417Abstract: A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihito Terashita, Naoki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Sone