Patents Assigned to Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20160207300
    Abstract: A method for forming a thermal transfer printing sheet, including (a) feeding a release sheet having a release surface; (b) transferring an image, which is to be thermally transferred and printed on a transfer medium, onto the release surface of the release sheet; (c) forming a thermoplastic resin pattern, which corresponds to the image as a transfer base material and which is to be colorless and transparent by heat and pressure, and transferring the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet; and (d) fixing the image and the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet in a film shape, through heat and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicants: Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohumi SANO, Toshiaki KANAMURA, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20160187824
    Abstract: A label forming method includes while transporting a base sheet having a print surface by a first transportation mechanism, forming a first pattern on the print surface and forming a marker at a prescribed position on the print surface; transporting the base sheet to a second transportation mechanism, the base sheet being transported by the first transportation mechanism and with the first pattern and the marker formed thereon; detecting a position of the marker on the base sheet; determining a position of the first pattern based on the prescribed position on the print surface and the detected marker position; deriving a position to form a second pattern according to the determined position of the first pattern; and while transporting the base sheet by the second transportation mechanism, forming a second pattern at the derived position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicants: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru SATO
  • Patent number: 9333785
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for forming a thermal transfer printing sheet. The apparatus includes: a release sheet feeder that feeds a release sheet having a release surface; a first image forming section that transfers an image, which is to be thermally transferred and printed on a transfer medium, onto the release surface of the release sheet; a second image forming section that forms a thermoplastic resin pattern corresponding to the image as a transfer base material and transfers the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet; and a fixing section that fixes the image and the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet in a film shape, through heat and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohumi Sano, Toshiaki Kanamura, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9314987
    Abstract: A label forming apparatus includes a film forming device and a printer. The film forming device includes a transportation mechanism that transports a base sheet having a print surface, a storage unit that stores a position of the film based on prescribed positions of markers, a film forming unit that forms the film on the print surface, and a marker forming unit that forms the markers at the prescribed marker positions on the print surface. The printer includes a marker position detector provided on the downstream side of the film forming device to detect the markers, an image layer forming unit provided on the downstream side of the marker position detector to form an image layer on the film, and a second controller coupled with the marker position detector and the image layer forming unit to form the image layer on the film by controlling the image layer forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Sato
  • Patent number: 9280732
    Abstract: A LAN control unit receives print data from a client device or the like. An input job storage unit registered on a hard disk a series of PDL commands included in the print data received. An input job queue management unit registers print job specifying information specifying a print job represented by the print data received to the end of an input job queue. A PDL interpretation/execution unit successively executes from the head of the series of PDL commands stored on the hard disk device. When it is determined that the PDL command that has been executed is a re-execution unnecessary command, the PDL interpretation/execution unit overwrites the PDL command stored on the hard disk with a NOP command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Miyoshi Sasakura
  • Patent number: 9259901
    Abstract: A peeling sheet supply unit is formed along an endless belt and is configured to supply a peeling sheet having a peeling surface on the endless belt. A first resin sheet transfer device is provided at a downstream side of the peeling sheet supply unit, and is configured to form a resin sheet by transferring a thermoplastic toner to a first region of the peeling sheet. A second resin sheet transfer device is provided at a downstream side of the first resin sheet transfer device and is configured to form a resin sheet by transferring a thermoplastic toner to a second region of the peeling sheet, the second region having a region different from a region overlapped with the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Sato, Hisao Aihara, Satoshi Mitsui, Tomohumi Sano
  • Patent number: 9176685
    Abstract: A color converting apparatus is used for designated-color printing. The apparatus is provided with a color space converting unit for converting a designated-color designated by a printing command to a converted-color in a color space represented by brightness, saturation and hue of color, and a color classifying unit for classifying the converted-color to one of plural classified-colors on the basis of the brightness, saturation and hue of said converted-color. Color correlating-relationship information is prepared, which sets correlating relationship between the plural classified-colors and one or more printing colors. The apparatus is further provided with a classified-color/printing-color correlating unit for selecting one printing color correlated with the one classified-color from among one or more printing colors, based on the color correlating-relationship information and for correlating the selected printing color with the printing command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9168724
    Abstract: This invention provides a label forming apparatus including a release sheet having a release surface from which an adhered adhesive material is releasable, an adhesive material layer stacked on the release surface of the release sheet, a coat layer stacked on a surface of the adhesive material layer opposite to the release sheet, a label portion having a thermoplastic resin secured to a surface of the coat layer opposite to the adhesive material layer, and an edging portion provided on a surface of the coat layer opposite to the adhesive material layer and having a thermoplastic resin secured to a position spaced apart from the label portion so as to surround the label portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kanamura, Masaru Sato
  • Patent number: 9122976
    Abstract: The printing device is a printing device having a reception part receiving print data, a print job information storage storing print job information of the print data, an image data conversion part concerting the print data to image data, a print queue generation part generating print queue information administrating the print data on the basis of page upon conversion from the print data to image data, a print job ID storage storing the print job ID at the time of an order when job cancellation is ordered, and a control part comparing the print job ID stored in the print job ID storage with the print job ID at the time of execution in execution of job cancellation and cancelling the print job ID when the print job IDs are equal. The printing device allows job cancellation to be specified without multiple panel operations in ordering job cancellation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9122220
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a controller that, upon receipt of a printing suspension instruction during printing on a print medium by a printing device, causes a conveyor to stop a conveyance of the print medium from an upstream side to a downstream side after printing a mark on the print medium, causes the conveyor to convey the print medium from the downstream side to the upstream side, then to stop the conveyance of the print medium after a sensor detects the mark printed on the print medium, and upon receipt of a printing restart instruction, causes the conveyor to convey the print medium from a returned position where the print medium is stopped to the downstream side and controls a timing of a printing based on a detection of the mark by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Numazu
  • Publication number: 20150239277
    Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a sticking part, an arm part and a drive unit. The sticking part sticks to the page of the book being opened. The arm part is provided with the sticking part on a top end and swings such that the sticking part sticks to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the sticking part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the page of the book. The drive unit swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the drive unit. The drive shaft is inclined with respect to a seam of the opened book and/or a plane on which the book is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicants: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9091998
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print head; an image carrier; a print controller which controls the print head to execute printing on a recording medium for printing via the image carrier, based on print data; a judgement unit which judges whether a lubricant is to be provided on a surface of the image carrier or not, based on a coverage rate by the print data, wherein the coverage rate is the total number of dots to be printed for an area divided by the total number of dots of the area; and a lubricant controller which controls provision of the lubricant on the surface when the judgement unit judges that the surface is to be provided with the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150174942
    Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a turning unit and a blower. The turning unit holds the page at a departure position of the page of the book being opened and releases the holding of the page at a destination position of the page. The blower sends air above the page at the departure position to blow against the page at the destination position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9063494
    Abstract: A penetrating hole is positioned facing a concave area between a separation guide and a separation guide of a sheet supporting the separation guides. When the front edge of a printing medium has passed through and emerged from a fixing clasp, water vapor generated from the printing medium by heating from a heating belt catches airflow flowing along a circulation movement surface of the heating belt and is sucked into a spatial region where a frame of the fixing device body is positioned from the penetrating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Tokuda
  • Patent number: 9056516
    Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a sticking part, an arm part and a drive unit. The sticking part sticks to the page of the book being opened. The arm part is provided with the sticking part on a top end and swings such that the sticking part sticks to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the sticking part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the page of the book. The drive unit swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the drive unit. The drive shaft is inclined with respect to a seam of the opened book and/or a plane on which the book is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignees: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9028641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for manufacturing a label including providing a release sheet having an adhesive layer on a releasable surface thereof, forming the film-like label portion by electrophotography which includes developing a latent image using the label forming composition to form a solid image of a label shape on a photoconductor, transferring the developed image on the adhesive layer of the release sheet, and fixing the transferred image by applying heat and pressure thereto, and irradiating the film-like label portion and an exposed portion of the adhesive layer other than the film-like label portion with rays to cure the exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohumi Sano, Tadahiro Tsubaki, Toshiaki Kanamura
  • Patent number: 9019572
    Abstract: An image-reading device images each page of a book as a basic image and cuts out a predetermined area of the basic image. The device includes an initial-parameter specification unit, a final-parameter specification unit, a determination unit and a correction unit. The initial-parameter specification unit specifies a parameter for the predetermined area of a page around beginning of turning pages. The final-parameter specification unit specifies a parameter for the predetermined area of a page around an end of turning pages. The determination unit determines a parameter for a certain page of the book on the basis of the parameters specified by the initial-parameter specification unit and the final-parameter specification unit. The correction unit corrects an image of the certain page on the basis of the parameter determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8989647
    Abstract: A toner conveying unit includes a first toner conveying passage, a second toner conveying passage, a conveying member, a crank, and a vertical slide member. The first toner conveying passage includes a receiving port and allows toner to fall down from the receiving port. The second toner conveying passage joins a lower portion of the first toner conveying passage. The conveying member is provided in the second toner conveying passage and conveys the toner in a predetermined direction while rotating. The crank is provided in the second toner conveying passage below the first toner conveying passage and is connected to the conveying member. The vertical slide member is connected to the crank, is inserted into the first toner conveying passage, and is formed so as to come into slide contact with an inner wall of the first toner conveying passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Toshiyuki
  • Patent number: 8983338
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus provided with a detachable fixing unit having fixing paired-rollers, a heating unit heats at least one of the fixing paired-rollers, and a temperature detecting unit detects a temperature of the detachable fixing unit. The image forming apparatus is further provided with an adjustment mechanism for preventing the detachable fixing unit from being taken out from the apparatus body, when the temperature detecting unit determines that the temperature of the detachable fixing unit exceeds a predetermined value, and allowing the detachable fixing unit to be taken out from the apparatus body, when the temperature detecting unit determines that the temperature of the detachable fixing unit is the predetermined value or less, whereby protecting users from getting their hands burned when taking out the detachable fixing unit from the apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Numazu, Kazuhiro Kameyama, Yusuke Tokuda, Toshihiro Ogawa, Ryoji Abe
  • Patent number: 8982428
    Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a turning unit and a blower. The turning unit holds the page at a departure position of the page of the book being opened and releases the holding of the page at a destination position of the page. The blower sends air above the page at the departure position to blow against the page at the destination position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa