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).
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Patent number: 11609722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Haruka Nishimura, Yusuke Yamada, Shigeo Tajima
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Patent number: 11570329Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yusuke Yamada
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Publication number: 20220094810Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Shigeo TAJIMA, Yusuke YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220083287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Haruka NISHIMURA, Yusuke YAMADA, Shigeo TAJIMA
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Patent number: 10410199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shigeo Tajima
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Patent number: 10091388Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Patent number: 10083432Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shigeo Tajima
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Patent number: 9804809Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9754248Abstract: 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 receivType: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuichi Sugiyama, Keigo Mori, Shigeo Tajima, Masahiro Ito
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Publication number: 20170078524Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Patent number: 9557942Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yuichi Shito, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Patent number: 9542133Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Publication number: 20160231967Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9348548Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Yuichi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20160103636Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo TAJIMA, Shigeru HIRAI
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Publication number: 20160042335Abstract: 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 receivType: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yuichi Sugiyama, Keigo Mori, Shigeo Tajima, Masahiro Ito
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Publication number: 20160041799Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Publication number: 20160042336Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventor: Shigeo Tajima
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Publication number: 20160034233Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Shigeo Tajima, Yuichi Shito, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori
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Patent number: 9195418Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tajima, Koji Nishizawa, Keigo Mori