Patents by Inventor Akinori Tsuji

Akinori Tsuji 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).

  • Patent number: 11847514
    Abstract: An information processing device that transmits print data to a printing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of a print medium and a color of a color material and an adaptive density range that is a range of print densities suitable for reading a code image, a print combination information acquisition unit that acquires print combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of the print medium and a color of the color material, a density setting value acquisition unit that acquires a density setting value, a density determination unit that determines, whether the density setting value is included in the adaptive density range stored in association with the combination information same as the print combination information, and a density change unit that changes a print density of the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20230177295
    Abstract: An information processing device that transmits print data to a printing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of a print medium and a color of a color material and an adaptive density range that is a range of print densities suitable for reading a code image, a print combination information acquisition unit that acquires print combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of the print medium and a color of the color material, a density setting value acquisition unit that acquires a density setting value, a density determination unit that determines, whether the density setting value is included in the adaptive density range stored in association with the combination information same as the print combination information, and a density change unit that changes a print density of the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori TSUJI
  • Patent number: 10650183
    Abstract: A display control apparatus exaggeratedly displays a change in a printing image based on an alteration in a setting value of an editing item, on a display, when editing results of printing data on an editing screen are displayed on the display as the printing image and the setting value of the editing item of the printing data is altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Tsuji, Mikihiro Kajihara
  • Patent number: 10536592
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect a movement of the information processing device, and a display unit configured to display a print image in which a layout has been changed in accordance with a detected movement of the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10445040
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a file name reading unit that reads a file name including form information indicating a printing form of an image to be printed, a preview image generating unit that specifies the printing form from the read file name, and generates a simple preview image of the image based on the printing form, and a selection display unit that displays the simple preview image as a selection for selecting the image which is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Tsuji, Seiji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10338868
    Abstract: A display control apparatus, when a display displays side by side a plurality of serial number elements with a predetermined regularity in order of serial number printing in which the plurality of serial number elements are printed in turn, includes a controller configured to replace at least two consecutive serial number elements from among the plurality of serial number elements excepting first and last serial number elements with omission information, which is a symbol or a character indicating omission of the at least two consecutive serial number elements, and to display the omission information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikihiro Kajihara, Akinori Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20190005002
    Abstract: A display control apparatus exaggeratedly displays a change in a printing image based on an alteration in a setting value of an editing item, on a display, when editing results of printing data on an editing screen are displayed on the display as the printing image and the setting value of the editing item of the printing data is altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori TSUJI, Mikihiro Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20190004756
    Abstract: A display control apparatus, when a display displays side by side a plurality of serial number elements with a predetermined regularity in order of serial number printing in which the plurality of serial number elements are printed in turn, includes a controller configured to replace at least two consecutive serial number elements from among the plurality of serial number elements excepting first and last serial number elements with omission information, which is a symbol or a character indicating omission of the at least two consecutive serial number elements, and to display the omission information on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikihiro KAJIHARA, Akinori TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180367684
    Abstract: An information processing device including a display configured to display a print image on a cut setting screen, a touch panel provided to overlap the display and configured to detect a tap position on the cut setting screen, and a cut information setting unit configured to set cut information indicating that a position on a tape corresponding to a position on the print image overlapping a detected tap position in a length direction of the print image is a cut position in which the tape is cut in a width direction of the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180359372
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect a movement of the information processing device, and a display unit configured to display a print image in which a layout has been changed in accordance with a detected movement of the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akinori TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180307449
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a file name reading unit that reads a file name including form information indicating a printing form of an image to be printed, a preview image generating unit that specifies the printing form from the read file name, and generates a simple preview image of the image based on the printing form, and a selection display unit that displays the simple preview image as a selection for selecting the image which is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori TSUJI, Seiji TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160246555
    Abstract: A PC in which an information processing device according to the invention is applied includes: an acquisition unit which acquires tape information including information that can specify a tape color of a print tape; an option display unit which displays a plurality of options to be display color candidates for the tape preview, on the basis of the tape information; a selection unit which selects an arbitrary option from the plurality of options; and a preview display unit which displays the tape preview in a display color corresponding to the arbitrary option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9292768
    Abstract: Provided is a label data generating method of generating label data to create a label by printing a printing image on a tape-shaped member, the method comprising: setting sequential printing for creating the labels by printing a plurality of types of printing images based on each item of individual information which is sequentially read from an information list including the plurality of items of individual information; setting the number of printed copies; and generating the label data so that a plurality of copies of the labels are created, wherein in the generating of the label data, the label data is generated so that the label data creating apparatus performs non-sequential printing that prints the plurality of types of printing images respectively printed for a plurality of copies by the sequential printing in a sequence in which the same printing images are collected for a plurality of copies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikihiro Kajihara, Akinori Tsuji, Minoru Kasahara, Junpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8885196
    Abstract: A portable terminal for transmitting printing data to a printing apparatus, the portable terminal including: a printing-data generating unit for generating the printing data; a detecting unit for detecting movement of a main body of the portable terminal; and a printing-data transmitting unit for transmitting the printing data to the printing apparatus when movement is detected by the detecting unit in a printing instruction waiting state after the printing data generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140307273
    Abstract: Provided is a label data generating method of generating label data to create a label by printing a printing image on a tape-shaped member, the method comprising: setting sequential printing for creating the labels by printing a plurality of types of printing images based on each item of individual information which is sequentially read from an information list including the plurality of items of individual information; setting the number of printed copies; and generating the label data so that a plurality of copies of the labels are created, wherein in the generating of the label data, the label data is generated so that the label data creating apparatus performs non-sequential printing that prints the plurality of types of printing images respectively printed for a plurality of copies by the sequential printing in a sequence in which the same printing images are collected for a plurality of copies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mikihiro Kajihara, Akinori Tsuji, Minoru Kasahara, Junpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8743413
    Abstract: A tape printing system includes a control apparatus and a tape printer, wherein the control apparatus includes an image data generating section generating character strings and/or image data, and an image data transmitting section transmitting the generated character strings and/or image data to the tape printer, and the tape printer includes a processing pattern storing section storing a processing pattern for each tape type, the processing pattern of processing the character strings and/or image data to printing image data, a tape type determining section determining the tape type of a printing tape, an image data receiving section receiving the character strings and/or image data from the data transmitting section, a printing image data generating section generating printing image data by processing the received character strings and/or image data based on the processing pattern, and a tape printing section printing the generated printing image data on the printing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8714847
    Abstract: A tape printer which prints an inputted character string on a tape includes: an input unit receiving input of the character string; a detecting unit detecting a keyword which contains a first character string expressing a number from the character string received by the input unit; and a printing unit performing sequential number printing which repeats printing while sequentially changing the first character string when the detecting unit detects the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8451491
    Abstract: Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Akinori Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20130003122
    Abstract: A portable terminal for transmitting printing data to a printing apparatus, the portable terminal including: a printing-data generating unit for generating the printing data; a detecting unit for detecting movement of a main body of the portable terminal; and a printing-data transmitting unit for transmitting the printing data to the printing apparatus when movement is detected by the detecting unit in a printing instruction waiting state after the printing data generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20120327438
    Abstract: Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji TANAKA, Akinori TSUJI