Patents by Inventor Shoji Naramoto

Shoji Naramoto 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: 20230294448
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a transfer medium is equipped with: a printing unit that receives image data that represents an image to be printed and prints a print image onto a peelable sheet based on the image data; an adhesive liquid coating unit that coats an adhesive liquid on the peelable sheet on which the print image has been printed; and a control unit that controls the adhesive liquid coating unit such that an adhesive liquid is coated onto a printed image within a transfer region, from between the transfer region to be transferred onto a target medium for transfer and a non-transfer region not to be transferred onto the target medium for transfer, which are included in the printed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru FUKUDA, Shoji NARAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230256766
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a gloss forming unit that forms at least two regions having different gloss levels on a print medium; and a print image forming unit that forms a print image on the at least two regions having different gloss levels of the print medium after the gloss forming unit forms the at least two regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi TAKAKUSA, Shoji NARAMOTO
  • Patent number: 6288735
    Abstract: To suppress color moire in a color image recording apparatus, a method for recording a color image by forming recording dots of at least first through third colors on a recording medium in a plurality of lines of recording dots each extending in a main scan direction and a plurality of rows of recording dots each extending in a sub-scan direction, wherein each line is divided into a predetermined number of lines in a sub-scanning direction to form sub-lines, and dots are printed in a respective sub-line for every line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Seiko I Infotech Inc.
    Inventors: Shoji Naramoto, Masaaki Yoshida, Tomoaki Kasugaya, Norio Takahashi, Masafumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6005596
    Abstract: To suppress color moire in a color image recording apparatus, a method for recording a color image by forming record dots of at least first through third colors on a recording medium in a plurality of lines of record dots each extending in a main scan direction and a plurality of rows of record dots each extending in a sub-scan direction, includes the step of forming the record dots of first through third colors with a different disposition pattern effective to avoid the occurrence of color moire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Information Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yoshida, Tomoaki Kasugaya, Shoji Naramoto, Masafumi Kobayashi, Norio Takahashi