Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Itogawa

Yoshihiro Itogawa 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: 20210072930
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing engine, an interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining a file from an external storage device; determining whether the file has information representing a specific function; in response to determining that the file has the information, sending to a server a data request; receiving data on the updates from the server; incorporating the data on the updates into the file; and causing the printing engine to print an image based on the file including the data on the updates. In response to not determining that the file has the information, the data request is not sent to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Patent number: 10853000
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to: receive a target file including m page data relating to m pages and classification data classifying the m page data into n groups, m being an integer of 3 or larger, and n being an integer of 2 or larger and smaller than m; receive information of a designated character string; extract specific page data relating to a page including the designated character string from the m page data by analyzing the target file; determine a specific group of the n groups by using the classification data, the specific group including the extracted specific page data; determine one or more target page data to be output of the page data included in the specific group, the one or more target page data including page data different from the specific page data; and output the one or more target page data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 10802767
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing engine, an interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining a file from an external storage device; determining whether the file has information representing a specific function; in response to determining that the file has the information, sending to a server a data request; receiving data on the updates from the server; incorporating the data on the updates into the file; and causing the printing engine to print an image based on the file including the data on the updates. In response to not determining that the file has the information, the data request is not sent to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Publication number: 20200175345
    Abstract: A printer includes a print engine, a processor, and a memory. The print engine is configured to print an image on a print medium. The memory stores instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the printer to perform: in a case where a plurality of layers is included in a document file that is acquired from one of a storage medium connected to the printer and an apparatus configured to communicate with the printer, determining whether the plurality of layers includes a selection target layer that is a layer corresponding to a same language as a language indicated by language information acquired from an information source; in response to determining that the plurality of layers includes the selection target layer, determining a layer including the selection target layer as a print target layer; and controlling the print engine to print the print target layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190303050
    Abstract: A printer includes a printing engine, an interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining a file from an external storage device; determining whether the file has information representing a specific function; in response to determining that the file has the information, sending to a server a data request; receiving data on the updates from the server; incorporating the data on the updates into the file; and causing the printing engine to print an image based on the file including the data on the updates. In response to not determining that the file has the information, the data request is not sent to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190235797
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus configured to: receive a target file including m page data relating to m pages and classification data classifying the m page data into n groups, m being an integer of 3 or larger, and n being an integer of 2 or larger and smaller than m; receive information of a designated character string; extract specific page data relating to a page including the designated character string from the m page data by analyzing the target file; determine a specific group of the n groups by using the classification data, the specific group including the extracted specific page data, determine one or more target page data to be output of the page data included in the specific group, the one or more target page data including page data different from the specific page data; and output the one or more target page data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 10183508
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a stacker which is stacked with a plurality of sheet-like recording media with images being recorded thereon; an receiving device which receives at least one of information regarding the images to be recorded on the recording media and information regarding the recording media; an alignment device which applies an external force to the recording media stacked on the stacker so as to align the recording media; a controller which sets, on the basis of the at least one information received by the receiving device, at least one of (i) a stacked-sheet number that is the number of the recording media, and (ii) a magnitude of the external force that is applied to the recording media and which controls the alignment device on the basis of the setted at least one of the stacked-sheet number and the magnitude of the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 10044793
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause an information processing apparatus including a communication section configured to communicate with external devices including a server machine on a network, to perform: a process of acquiring hyperlink information corresponding to a hyperlink from document data; a process of acquiring contents specified by the hyperlink information; a process of transmitting the contents to the server machine via the communication section; a process of acquiring, from the server machine, one of URL for acquiring the contents transmitted and URL-related information related to the URL, via the communication section; and a process of generating combined document data in which the URL is combined with the document data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Publication number: 20180129538
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs: acquiring an input file name from a removable memory connected to an interface; determining whether the input file name includes a first character string and whether the input file name includes a second character string; when the input file name includes the first character string, changing current setting information into specified setting information, the current setting information being among a plurality of setting information stored in the internal memory and corresponding to a first setting item specified by first input information, the specified setting information being included in the first input information and corresponding to the first setting item; and when the input file name includes the second character string, acquiring current setting information corresponding to a second setting item specified by second input information; and storing, in the removable memory, a file including output information indicating the acquired current setting information, as an out
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya OKUNO, Katsunori ENOMOTO, Fumitake TAJIRI, Yoshihiro ITOGAWA, Sho OGURA, Hideki NOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160263918
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a stacker which is stacked with a plurality of sheet-like recording media with images being recorded thereon; an receiving device which receives at least one of information regarding the images to be recorded on the recording media and information regarding the recording media; an alignment device which applies an external force to the recording media stacked on the stacker so as to align the recording media; a controller which sets, on the basis of the at least one information received by the receiving device, at least one of (i) a stacked-sheet number that is the number of the recording media, and (ii) a magnitude of the external force that is applied to the recording media and which controls the alignment device on the basis of the setted at least one of the stacked-sheet number and the magnitude of the external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Patent number: 9346293
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a stacker which is stacked with a plurality of sheet-like recording media with images being recorded thereon; an receiving device which receives at least one of information regarding the images to be recorded on the recording media and information regarding the recording media; an alignment device which applies an external force to the recording media stacked on the stacker so as to align the recording media; a controller which sets, on the basis of the at least one information received by the receiving device, at least one of (i) a stacked-sheet number that is the number of the recording media, and (ii) a magnitude of the external force that is applied to the recording media and which controls the alignment device on the basis of the setted at least one of the stacked-sheet number and the magnitude of the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Publication number: 20160031236
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a stacker which is stacked with a plurality of sheet-like recording media with images being recorded thereon; an receiving device which receives at least one of information regarding the images to be recorded on the recording media and information regarding the recording media; an alignment device which applies an external force to the recording media stacked on the stacker so as to align the recording media; a controller which sets, on the basis of the at least one information received by the receiving device, at least one of (i) a stacked-sheet number that is the number of the recording media, and (ii) a magnitude of the external force that is applied to the recording media and which controls the alignment device on the basis of the setted at least one of the stacked-sheet number and the magnitude of the external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Patent number: 9180701
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes: a stacker which is stacked with a plurality of sheet-like recording media with images being recorded thereon; an receiving device which receives at least one of information regarding the images to be recorded on the recording media and information regarding the recording media; an alignment device which applies an external force to the recording media stacked on the stacker so as to align the recording media; a controller which sets, on the basis of the at least one information received by the receiving device, at least one of (i) stacked-sheet number that is the number of the recording media, and (ii) a magnitude of the external force that is applied to the recording media and which controls the alignment device on the basis of the setted at least one of the stacked-sheet number and the magnitude of the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Publication number: 20150154157
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause an information processing apparatus including a communication section configured to communicate with external devices including a server machine on a network, to perform: a process of acquiring hyperlink information corresponding to a hyperlink from document data; a process of acquiring contents specified by the hyperlink information; a process of transmitting the contents to the server machine via the communication section; a process of acquiring, from the server machine, one of URL for acquiring the contents transmitted and URL-related information related to the URL, via the communication section; and a process of generating combined document data in which the URL is combined with the document data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro ITOGAWA
  • Patent number: 9039138
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium along a conveying path in a conveying direction, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the recording medium being conveyed, a supporting member arranged in a position to face the image forming unit and configured to support the recording medium, and an aspirator configured to aspirate dust through an aspiration inlet, which is formed in a downstream position along the conveying direction with respect to the image forming unit and in proximity to a downstream end of the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 9039161
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: (a) a storage device for storing an image data set representing a plurality of images; (b) a liquid ejection head for performing an image formation on each recording medium; (c) a curl reduction device for reducing curl caused in each recording medium having the corresponding image formed thereon by the liquid ejection head; (d) an output tray for receiving each recording medium whose curl has been reduced by the curl reduction device, such that the received recording media are stacked on the output tray; and (e) a control device configured to control the curl reduction device, such that the curl caused in an earlier one of the recording media is reduced by a smaller degree than the curl caused in a later one of the recording media that has been subjected to the image formation later than the earlier one of the recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 9019523
    Abstract: A printing system comprising a printing device and a server configured to perform data communication with the printing device. The printing device comprises a printing unit configured to print an image on a printing sheet, an attachment unit to which a removable medium is removably attached, a first communication interface configured to communicate with the server, and a first controller configured to acquire at least part of data in the removable medium attached to the attachment unit, control the first communication interface to transmit the acquired data to the server, delete the data in the removable medium corresponding to the acquired data. The server comprises a second communication interface configured to communicate with the printing device, a server-side storage configured to store the acquired data, and a second controller configured to store the acquired data received by the second communication interface in the server-side storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 8982401
    Abstract: An image recording system includes a mobile terminal and an image recording apparatus. The mobile terminal successively stores signals representative of its position at least from establishment of first wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the image recording apparatus. When information produced based on the signals coincides with at least one of sets of reference information which respectively correspond to image recording conditions, the mobile terminal determines at least one command for commanding at least one image recording condition respectively corresponding to the at least one set of reference information. The mobile terminal transmits the at least one command to the image recording apparatus over the first wireless communication or second wireless communication and transmits image data to the image recording apparatus over the second wireless communication. The image recording apparatus uses at least one image recording condition to record an image based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 8964232
    Abstract: When first wireless communication is established, a mobile terminal sends image data specific information for specifying a set of image data to an image recording apparatus by the first wireless communication. When a set of image data associated with the image data specific information corresponding to the image data specific information received by the first wireless communication is stored, an image recording apparatus records an image corresponding to the stored set of image data onto a recording medium. When such a set of image data is not stored, the image recording apparatus receives the set of image data from the mobile terminal by the second wireless communication and records an image corresponding to the received set of image data onto the recording medium. The image recording apparatus then stores the received set of image data and the image data specific information in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa
  • Patent number: 8955958
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid onto a recording medium; a drying device that dries the recording medium; a sheet discharged tray including a sheet placed face; a sheet discharging device that discharges the recording medium to a space over the sheet placed face; a stopper that causes the recording medium discharged by the sheet discharging device to collide with the stopper; an obtaining device that obtains a height of the plurality of recording media stacked on the sheet placed face; and a controller that controls the drying device so that a degree of drying of the recording medium becomes larger in a case in which the height obtained by the obtaining device is equal to or more than a set specific value, than in a case in which the height is less than the set specific value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Itogawa