Patents by Inventor Shinichi Tukagoshii

Shinichi Tukagoshii 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).

  • Method and device for forming/processing character string image
    Patent number: 6298159
    Abstract: There are provided a method and device for forming a character string image in a predetermined image area based on a plurality of character images each occupying an area for one character, each of the character images being formed of an actual character image and blank images arranged on horizontally opposite sides of the actual character image in a manner immediately adjacent thereto. Actual character images are taken out from the character images, respectively. The thus taken-out actual character images are arranged in the predetermined image area according to a desired sequence, to thereby form the character string image. The thus formed character string image is handled as an equivalent to an image of one character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Tukagoshii, Kenji Watanabe, Tomoyuki Shimmura