Patents by Inventor Masaaki Wakizaka

Masaaki Wakizaka 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: 20090168104
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-readable record medium storing computer-readable instructions that cause a print control device (for controlling a first printing unit which prints a document image on a sheet) to execute a positional data determination step of determining positional data representing positions of one or more fill-in areas for document image data corresponding to the document image, an addition instruction step of instructing the first printing unit to add an identifier (to be used for acquiring the positional data determined by the positional data determination step) to the sheet, and a print instruction step of instructing the first printing unit to execute the printing of the document image corresponding to the document image data on the sheet to which the identifier is added according to the instruction by the addition instruction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki WAKIZAKA, Koji AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20090027721
    Abstract: A multi function peripheral with a plurality of functions includes a function selecting unit accepting therethrough an input to select a function to be executed from the plurality of functions, a display unit displaying thereon an information screen showing information on the function selected through the function selecting unit, and a display control unit controlling the display unit to, each time a function is selected through the function selecting unit, display thereon a first information screen showing information on the selected function. When a second information screen showing information on a function in execution has been displayed on the display unit, the display control unit controls the display unit to display thereon the first information screen concurrently with the second information screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Noriko MISUMI, Ayako Sakai, Takahiro Ikeno, Masaaki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20080238945
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first display section configured to display an image, an input receiving device configured to receive an input associated with the image, and a computer processing unit (CPU). The CPU is configured to determine a selected portion of the image based on the input, to reduce a scaling factor associated with the selected portion of the image as an amount of time that the input device continuously receives the input increases, and to apply the scaling factor to the selected portion of the image to generate a scaled image. The device also includes a second display section configured to display the scaled portion of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20080240066
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus including: a specific external communication section configured to communicate with a specific external communication device through a wireless communication while successively changing a communication frequency band that is a frequency band in which a communication is performed; and a communication condition recognizing section configured to recognize a communication condition in each of a plurality of frequency ranges each having a predetermined range width, wherein the specific external communication section determines, on the basis of the recognized communication condition in each of the plurality of frequency ranges, a set number of a plurality of communication planned frequency bands in each of which the specific external communication section is planned to communicate with the specific external communication device, by allocating to a part of the plurality of frequency ranges, and wherein the specific external communication section communicates, in the determined comm
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20080240205
    Abstract: A wireless device including a first radio communication portion configured to effect radio communication with a first external communication device while using frequency bands selected one after another from among a group of frequency bands, a field intensity measuring portion which is configured to measure a field intensity value for each of a plurality of frequency bands belonging to at least the group of frequency bands and which is provided in a portion different from the first radio communication portion, and an excluding portion configured to exclude each of the above-indicated plurality of frequency bands for which the measured field intensity value is higher than a predetermined threshold value, from the above-indicated group of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Wakizaka
  • Publication number: 20080207132
    Abstract: There is disclosed a communication apparatus which wirelessly communicates information with a first other communication apparatus by a first communication method and using a second frequency band which is at least partially overlapping a first frequency band usable according to the first communication method. The communication apparatus includes a first communicator which implements the wireless information communication with the first other communication apparatus by the first communication method, and a requestor which requests the first other communication apparatus, where at least there is a possibility that a field strength of an external radio wave in the second frequency band is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, to increase the number of times the first other communication apparatus sends information when making the wireless information communication with the communication apparatus using the second frequency band, as compared to where there is not the possibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Wakizaka