Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Mita

Masayoshi Mita 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: 20240004593
    Abstract: An image processing device performs, multiple times a candidate displaying process of displaying one or more candidate images on a display, each of the one or more candidate images being a candidate of the print image, and an evaluation obtaining process of obtaining image evaluation information representing evaluation of each of the one or more candidate images displayed on the display, the image evaluation information being information based on a user input. In the candidate displaying process performed a second time or later is a process of determining the one or more candidate images based on the image evaluation information and displaying the same on the display. The image processing device determines the print image based on at least part of a multiple candidate images and at least part of multiple pieces of the image evaluation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yoichi SHIKAI, Masaki KONDO, Kentaro SAWANO, Kohei WATANABE, Takaaki MASUDA, Masayoshi MITA
  • Publication number: 20230297022
    Abstract: A drum cartridge attachable to and detachable from a main frame of an image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum frame; and a drum contact. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction. A toner cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is attachable to and detachable from the drum frame. In a state where the toner cartridge is attached to the drum frame, the drum contact is movable in the first direction between: a separated position in which the drum contact is positioned away from the electrical contact surface; and a contacting position in which the drum contact is in contact with the electrical contact surface. The drum contact moves from the separated position to the contacting position in accordance with attachment of the drum cartridge to the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuwen WANG, Junichi HASHIMOTO, Takuya AMAIKE, Masayoshi MITA
  • Patent number: 11169467
    Abstract: A developer cartridge includes a housing, a developing roller, an agitator, a memory, and a cover. The housing is configured to store toner therein and has one end portion and the other end portion in a first direction. The developing roller is rotatable about a first axis extending in the first direction. The agitator is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction. The agitator is positioned spaced apart from the developing roller. The memory includes an electrical contact surface. The electrical contact surface is positioned at an outer surface of the housing and at the one end portion of the housing in the first direction, and is disposed between the developing roller and the agitator in a second direction from the first axis toward the second axis. The cover has an opening open in the second direction and covers the electrical contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Hashimoto, Go Iwasa, Masayoshi Mita
  • Publication number: 20200310296
    Abstract: A developer cartridge includes a housing, a developing roller, an agitator, a memory, and a cover. The housing is configured to store toner therein and has one end portion and the other end portion in a first direction. The developing roller is rotatable about a first axis extending in the first direction. The agitator is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction. The agitator is positioned spaced apart from the developing roller. The memory includes an electrical contact surface. The electrical contact surface is positioned at an outer surface of the housing and at the one end portion of the housing in the first direction, and is disposed between the developing roller and the agitator in a second direction from the first axis toward the second axis. The cover has an opening open in the second direction and covers the electrical contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi HASHIMOTO, Go IWASA, Masayoshi MITA
  • Patent number: D868149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Toshiya Inada
  • Patent number: D868150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D868151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D868152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D868153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Toshiya Inada
  • Patent number: D868882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Toshiya Inada
  • Patent number: D868883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D868884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D868886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Toshiya Inada
  • Patent number: D869551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Toshiya Inada
  • Patent number: D894269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D895722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Inada, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D944893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D965659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kil, Hidenori Oka, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D976310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuwen Wang, Masayoshi Mita
  • Patent number: D989856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuwen Wang, Kazuaki Ooka, Masayoshi Mita