Patents by Inventor Shigeo Tajima

Shigeo Tajima 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: 11609722
    Abstract: When a file is selected, a user PC control section of a user PC determines whether or not a format of the file selected is a first file format, and when it is determined that the file format of the file is a first file format, the file is transmitted to a server device, and when it is determined that the file format of the file is a second file format different from the first file format, a printer driver is caused to convert the file in the second file format into the file in the first file format, and the file converted in the first file format is transmitted to the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruka Nishimura, Yusuke Yamada, Shigeo Tajima
  • Patent number: 11570329
    Abstract: A user personal computer (PC) serves as a transmission device for transmitting data to a terminal device. The user PC includes a user PC communicator, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection instruction for selecting data to be transmitted by the user PC communicator and an input of a transmission instruction for transmitting data, and a transmission controller configured to control the user PC communicator to transmit data selected by an input received by the inputter and a notification regarding the selected data. The data and the notification regarding the data are transmitted through different communication paths to the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yusuke Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220094810
    Abstract: A user personal computer (PC) serves as a transmission device for transmitting data to a terminal device. The user PC includes a user PC communicator, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection instruction for selecting data to be transmitted by the user PC communicator and an input of a transmission instruction for transmitting data, and a transmission controller configured to control the user PC communicator to transmit data selected by an input received by the inputter and a notification regarding the selected data. The data and the notification regarding the data are transmitted through different communication paths to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeo TAJIMA, Yusuke YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220083287
    Abstract: When a file is selected, a user PC control section of a user PC determines whether or not a format of the file selected is a first file format, and when it is determined that the file format of the file is a first file format, the file is transmitted to a server device, and when it is determined that the file format of the file is a second file format different from the first file format, a printer driver is caused to convert the file in the second file format into the file in the first file format, and the file converted in the first file format is transmitted to the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Haruka NISHIMURA, Yusuke YAMADA, Shigeo TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10410199
    Abstract: A print control system 1 includes a barcode reader BR; a printer 12 that receives read result data transmitted from the barcode reader BR and transmits the read result data by a WebSocket connection CT; a control server 10 that receives and transmits the read result data from the printing device; a management device 14 that receives and transmits the read result data from the control server 10; and a tablet terminal 9 that receives the read result data from the management device 14 and generates print command data based on the read result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeo Tajima
  • Patent number: 10091388
    Abstract: A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Patent number: 10083432
    Abstract: The POS system 5 of a transaction system 1 transmits transaction information, which is information related to a transaction, and transaction time information indicating the time a transaction was made, to a control server 10 during a transaction. A terminal 14 detects if the terminal 14 performed a specific movement, and transmits a customer ID and executed time information indicating when the terminal 14 performed the specific movement to the control server 10 when the specific movement is detected. Based on the transaction time information received from the POS system 5 and the executed time information received from the terminal 14, the control server 10 determines if the information matches, and if it does, relationally stores the transaction information received with the transaction time information and the customer ID received with the executed time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeo Tajima
  • Patent number: 9804809
    Abstract: A print control system 1 includes a control server 10 that opens a communication path for asynchronous duplex communication, generates print data, and outputs the generated print data by the opened communication path; and a printer 12 that opens a communication path, receives the print data by the opened communication path, and prints based on the received print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9754248
    Abstract: A POS terminal 8 in a transaction system 1 transmits control data instructing executing a transaction-related process during a transaction; a recording device 12 receives the control data, executes a process based on the control data, transmits transaction information based on the control data and transaction identification information identifying the transaction information, and outputs a 2D code representing the transaction identification information; a terminal 14 reads the transaction identification information from the 2D code output by the recording device 12, and transmits the transaction identification information that was read and a customer ID, which is identification information to store; and a control server 10 receives the transaction information and transaction identification information from the recording device 12, receives the transaction identification information and customer ID from the terminal 14, and relationally stores the transaction information and customer ID when both of the receiv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Sugiyama, Keigo Mori, Shigeo Tajima, Masahiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20170078524
    Abstract: A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Patent number: 9557942
    Abstract: A connection server includes a connector that connects to a printing device, sends print data to the printing device, and receives first and second data from the printing device, the first and second data being different; a print data processor that generates the print data based on print information data sent by a management server; a first transceiver that sends the first data to the management server and receives the print information data sent by the management server; and a second transceiver that sends the second data to a management device. In another embodiment, a printing device includes a communication controller that sends the first data to the management server through a connection server and sends the second data to the management server through the connection server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yuichi Shito, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Patent number: 9542133
    Abstract: A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Publication number: 20160231967
    Abstract: A print control system 1 includes a control server 10 that opens a communication path for asynchronous duplex communication, generates print data, and outputs the generated print data by the opened communication path; and a printer 12 that opens a communication path, receives the print data by the opened communication path, and prints based on the received print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9348548
    Abstract: A print control system 1 includes a control server 10 that opens a communication path for asynchronous duplex communication, generates print data, and outputs the generated print data by the opened communication path; and a printer 12 that opens a communication path, receives the print data by the opened communication path, and prints based on the received print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20160103636
    Abstract: A control server 15 has a control server control unit 40 that receives print data containing transaction information related to a transaction, and executes a process of segmenting the print data according to areas in the image generated based on the print data, and extracting the transaction information based on rules appropriate to each area from the segmented print data, to extract the transaction information from the received print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo TAJIMA, Shigeru HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20160042335
    Abstract: A POS terminal 8 in a transaction system 1 transmits control data instructing executing a transaction-related process during a transaction; a recording device 12 receives the control data, executes a process based on the control data, transmits transaction information based on the control data and transaction identification information identifying the transaction information, and outputs a 2D code representing the transaction identification information; a terminal 14 reads the transaction identification information from the 2D code output by the recording device 12, and transmits the transaction identification information that was read and a customer ID, which is identification information to store; and a control server 10 receives the transaction information and transaction identification information from the recording device 12, receives the transaction identification information and customer ID from the terminal 14, and relationally stores the transaction information and customer ID when both of the receiv
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yuichi Sugiyama, Keigo Mori, Shigeo Tajima, Masahiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20160041799
    Abstract: A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Publication number: 20160042336
    Abstract: The POS system 5 of a transaction system 1 transmits transaction information, which is information related to a transaction, and transaction time information indicating the time a transaction was made, to a control server 10 during a transaction. A terminal 14 detects if the terminal 14 performed a specific movement, and transmits a customer ID and executed time information indicating when the terminal 14 performed the specific movement to the control server 10 when the specific movement is detected. Based on the transaction time information received from the POS system 5 and the executed time information received from the terminal 14, the control server 10 determines if the information matches, and if it does, relationally stores the transaction information received with the transaction time information and the customer ID received with the executed time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Shigeo Tajima
  • Publication number: 20160034233
    Abstract: A connection server includes a connector that connects to a printing device, sends print data to the printing device, and receives first and second data from the printing device, the first and second data being different; a print data processor that generates the print data based on print information data sent by a management server; a first transceiver that sends the first data to the management server and receives the print information data sent by the management server; and a second transceiver that sends the second data to a management device. In another embodiment, a printing device includes a communication controller that sends the first data to the management server through a connection server and sends the second data to the management server through the connection server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yuichi Shito, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
  • Patent number: 9195418
    Abstract: A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori