Patents by Inventor Nako Yoshimura

Nako Yoshimura 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).

  • Patent number: 9811177
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic writing device comprising an image data specifying portion and a transmission control portion. The image data specifying portion configured to, in a case where a writing determining portion determines that the writing action has been performed, and further a entry determining portion determines that either one of a first storage instruction entry column included in a first page and a second storage instruction entry column included in a second page has been filled in, specify the image data in response to an entry mode in the either one of the storage instruction entry columns as a storage target in an external storage device. The transmission control portion controls a communication device triggered by the entry determining portion detecting entry in the storage instruction entry column to perform transmission for storing the image data specified as the storage target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nako Yoshimura, Yoshihiko Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20150324020
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic writing device comprising an image data specifying portion and a transmission control portion. The image data specifying portion configured to, in a case where a writing determining portion determines that the writing action has been performed, and further a entry determining portion determines that either one of a first storage instruction entry column included in a first page and a second storage instruction entry column included in a second page has been filled in, specify the image data in response to an entry mode in the either one of the storage instruction entry columns as a storage target in an external storage device. The transmission control portion controls a communication device triggered by the entry determining portion detecting entry in the storage instruction entry column to perform transmission for storing the image data specified as the storage target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nako Yoshimura, Yoshihiko Sugimura
  • Patent number: 9152358
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a USB port, memory, a printing device, and a processor configured to control the printing device and the memory, wherein the regular storage area includes a first memory area, and at least a second memory area in which at least an instruction file including the print data, and wherein, the processor executes a plurality of processing while concurrently performing at least one processing thereof, the plurality of processing including file write processing for updating a content of original instruction file stored in the second memory area by writing the instruction file in the second memory area, update preparation processing for enabling to be updated later a content of the instruction file stored in the second memory area, and print processing for making the printing device execute printing of print data corresponding to the instruction file written in the second memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu, Junya Kawai, Nako Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9019550
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses print label producing apparatus comprising a controller, a memory including a first sub memory, a second sub memory, and a third sub memory, and the controller being configured to execute a decoration setting process to perform at least one of a first sub decoration setting process for setting a decoration style randomly, a second sub decoration setting process for setting a frame randomly, and a third sub decoration setting process for setting a symbol randomly, a first print data generating process for generating first print data, by means of including at least one or more results of the decoration setting process of any of the decoration style of one or more types randomly set, the frame of one type randomly set, or the symbol of one type randomly set, and a first coordination control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ishii, Nako Yoshimura, Yasunori Suzuki, Daisuke Mifune
  • Patent number: 8913062
    Abstract: A display device includes an operation portion, a display portion, a character designating portion, and a display control portion. The display control portion displays the at least one character on the display portion. The display control portion displays, in a case where the at least one character displayed on the display portion includes a predetermined special character and the number of at least one display lines is not less than a threshold value, a dot pattern for an alternate character instead of a dot pattern for the special character. The display control portion changes, in a case where a designated character is the alternate character, the dot pattern for the designated character displayed on the display portion to the dot pattern for the special character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoki Miyashita, Hidekazu Ishii, Nako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20130243509
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses print label producing apparatus comprising a controller, a memory including a first sub memory, a second sub memory, and a third sub memory, and the controller being configured to execute a decoration setting process to perform at least one of a first sub decoration setting process for setting a decoration style randomly, a second sub decoration setting process for setting a frame randomly, and a third sub decoration setting process for setting a symbol randomly, a first print data generating process for generating first print data, by means of including at least one or more results of the decoration setting process of any of the decoration style of one or more types randomly set, the frame of one type randomly set, or the symbol of one type randomly set, and a first coordination control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu ISHII, Nako YOSHIMURA, Yasunori SUZUKI, Daisuke MIFUNE
  • Publication number: 20130120397
    Abstract: A display device includes an operation portion, a display portion, a character designating portion, and a display control portion. The display control portion displays the at least one character on the display portion. The display control portion displays, in a case where the at least one character displayed on the display portion includes a predetermined special character and the number of at least one display lines is not less than a threshold value, a dot pattern for an alternate character instead of a dot pattern for the special character. The display control portion changes, in a case where a designated character is the alternate character, the dot pattern for the designated character displayed on the display portion to the dot pattern for the special character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoki MIYASHITA, Hidekazu ISHII, Nako YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20130050757
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a USB port, memory, a printing device, and a processor configured to control the printing device and the memory, wherein the regular storage area includes a first memory area, and at least a second memory area in which at least an instruction file including the print data, and wherein, the processor executes a plurality of processing while concurrently performing at least one processing thereof, the plurality of processing including file write processing for updating a content of original instruction file stored in the second memory area by writing the instruction file in the second memory area, update preparation processing for enabling to be updated later a content of the instruction file stored in the second memory area, and print processing for making the printing device execute printing of print data corresponding to the instruction file written in the second memory area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU, Junya KAWAI, Nako YOSHIMURA
  • Patent number: 7649651
    Abstract: A print data editing apparatus includes a display that displays a print object in order to edit the print object; a cutoff area specifying device that specifies a cutoff area that is an area to be cut off in order to cut off a print result in which the print object that is displayed on the display is printed; and a print data creating device that creates print data to be printed with a print unit by providing cutoff line data to the print object, wherein the cutoff line data is for printing a cutoff line for cutting the cutoff area specified by the cutoff area specifying device from the print result outside a boundary of the cutoff area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nako Yoshimura, Naoki Tanjima, Naomi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7525876
    Abstract: The electric apparatus performs time display that is optimal for a user, without need of operations for switching time display by use of the 12-hour system and 24-hour system. In a tape printer, a keyboard section and a CPU are connected to each other via any one of a plurality of solder points A, B, and C. If the solder point is “A” (YES at S103), an hour system flag is set to “OFF” (S105). If the solder point is not “A” (NO at S103), the hour system flag is set to “ON” (S107). If the hour system flag is OFF, a target country (target district) of the keyboard section is “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 12-hour system on a liquid crystal display section, while if the hour system flag is ON, the target country (target district) of the keyboard section is not “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 24-hour system on the liquid crystal display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Tanjima, Hidekazu Ishii, Nako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20080205958
    Abstract: A tape printer for printing a tape stored in a detachable tape cassette includes a detection device that detects a type of a loaded tape cassette, a receiving device that receives data from an external device, a permission determination device that determines whether or not the type of the cassette detected by the detection device is the one permitting a predetermined action except ordinary printing instructed in data received by the receiving device, and an operation control device that enables the predetermined action if it is determined to be permitted by the permission determination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Nako Yoshimura, Yoshihiko Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20070183267
    Abstract: The electric apparatus performs time display that is optimal for a user, without need of operations for switching time display by use of the 12-hour system and 24-hor system. In a tape printer, a keyboard section and a CPU are connected to each other via any one of a plurality of solder points A, B, and C. If the solder point is “A” (YES at S103), an hour system flag is set to “OFF” (S105). If the solder point is not “A” (NO at S103), the hour system flag is set to “ON” (S107). If the hour system flag is OFF, a target country (target district) of the keyboard section is “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 12-hour system on a liquid crystal display section, while if the hour system flag is ON, the target country (target district) of the keyboard section is not “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 24-hour system on the liquid crystal display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Naoki Tanjima, Hidekazu Ishii, Nako Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20060212808
    Abstract: A print data editing apparatus includes a display that displays a print object in order to edit the print object; a cutoff area specifying device that specifies a cutoff area that is an area to be cut off in order to cut off a print result in which the print object that is displayed on the display is printed; and a print data creating device that creates print data to be printed with a print unit by providing cutoff line data to the print object, wherein the cutoff line data is for printing a cutoff line for cutting the cutoff area specified by the cutoff area specifying device from the print result outside a boundary of the cutoff area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nako Yoshimura, Naoki Tanjima, Naomi Yamamoto