Patents by Inventor Ayumi Hirakawa

Ayumi Hirakawa 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: 20170043588
    Abstract: A recorded matter recorded on a recording medium includes a first layer formed by an ink A on or above the recording medium, the first layer having an index of refraction A; a second layer formed by an ink B on the first layer formed by the ink B, the second layer having an index of refraction B (where B<A); and a third layer formed by an ink C or by a transparent resin material on the second layer, the third layer having an index of refraction C (where C>A) and forming a surface layer of the recorded matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Takumi Kaneko, Kazuki Narumi, Ayumi Hirakawa, Yumi Kamimura
  • Patent number: 9409413
    Abstract: In a recording apparatus, a dot diameter of a first color ink formed by discharging a predetermined amount of the first color ink onto a surface of a second color ink fixed on a recording medium is smaller than a dot diameter of the second color ink formed by discharging the predetermined amount of the second color ink onto a surface of the first color ink fixed on the recording medium, and a recording head discharges the plurality of inks such that with respect to pixels forming an image in a unit area, pixels formed by discharging the second color ink and the first color ink in this order are greater than pixels formed by discharging the first color ink and the second color ink in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi, Kazuki Narumi, Ayumi Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 9333762
    Abstract: A recording method includes applying and overcoating. A color ink is applied to a region on a medium. A clear ink is applied to the region. The applied color ink and the applied clear ink are overcoated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayumi Hirakawa, Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi
  • Patent number: 9313365
    Abstract: In a case where ink having a relatively high dot height is ejected a small amount, binary data corresponding to ink having a relatively low dot height is quantized so that dot adjacency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi, Noboru Kunimine, Ayumi Hirakawa, Keita Ishimi
  • Publication number: 20150283821
    Abstract: In a case where ink having a relatively high dot height is ejected a small amount, binary data corresponding to ink having a relatively low dot height is quantized so that dot adjacency is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi, Noboru Kunimine, Ayumi Hirakawa, Keita Ishimi
  • Patent number: 9050819
    Abstract: When recording is performed using two different types of inks, the ink discharge order is controlled in a unit region on a recording medium so that the number of pixel regions in which an ink having a relatively high pH buffer capacity in a basic region is applied later is larger than the number of pixel regions in which an ink having a relatively low pH buffer capacity in a basic region is applied later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Takumi Kaneko, Ayumi Hirakawa, Keita Ishimi, Noboru Kunimine, Yumi Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20150002580
    Abstract: When recording is performed using two different types of inks, the ink discharge order is controlled in a unit region on a recording medium so that the number of pixel regions in which an ink having a relatively high pH buffer capacity in a basic region is applied later is larger than the number of pixel regions in which an ink having a relatively low pH buffer capacity in a basic region is applied later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Takumi Kaneko, Ayumi Hirakawa, Keita Ishimi, Noboru Kunimine, Yumi Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20140307017
    Abstract: In a recording apparatus, a dot diameter of a first color ink formed by discharging a predetermined amount of the first color ink onto a surface of a second color ink fixed on a recording medium is smaller than a dot diameter of the second color ink formed by discharging the predetermined amount of the second color ink onto a surface of the first color ink fixed on the recording medium, and a recording head discharges the plurality of inks such that with respect to pixels forming an image in a unit area, pixels formed by discharging the second color ink and the first color ink in this order are greater than pixels formed by discharging the first color ink and the second color ink in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi, Kazuki Narumi, Ayumi Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20140302290
    Abstract: A recorded matter recorded on a recording medium includes a first layer formed by an ink A on or above the recording medium, the first layer having an index of refraction A; a second layer formed by an ink B on the first layer formed by the ink B, the second layer having an index of refraction B (where B<A); and a third layer formed by an ink C or by a transparent resin material on the second layer, the third layer having an index of refraction C (where C>A) and forming a surface layer of the recorded matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Takumi Kaneko, Kazuki Narumi, Ayumi Hirakawa, Yumi Kamimura
  • Patent number: 8783808
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device having a print head that ejects a plurality of types of inks has: an ejection unit configured to, on the basis of ejection data that scans the print head a plurality of times to eject the inks from the print head to a predetermined area of a print medium, eject the inks to print an image; wherein the inks are classified into a first ink having a relatively large contact angle and a second ink having a relatively small contact angle, and wherein the ejection data is ejection data that, if a difference in application amount between the first ink and the second ink to be ejected to the predetermined area by the ejection unit is larger than a predetermined value, increases a ratio at which an ink having a smaller application amount is ejected in last half scans among the plurality of times of scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Ayumi Hirakawa, Takumi Kaneko, Yumi Kamimura, Kazuki Narumi, Noboru Kunimine
  • Publication number: 20120276293
    Abstract: A recording method includes applying and overcoating. A color ink is applied to a region on a medium. A clear ink is applied to the region. The applied color ink and the applied clear ink are overcoated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayumi Hirakawa, Takumi Kaneko, Rie Takekoshi
  • Publication number: 20120154468
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device having a print head that ejects a plurality of types of inks has: an ejection unit configured to, on the basis of ejection data that scans the print head a plurality of times to eject the inks from the print head to a predetermined area of a print medium, eject the inks to print an image; wherein the inks are classified into a first ink having a relatively large contact angle and a second ink having a relatively small contact angle, and wherein the ejection data is ejection data that, if a difference in application amount between the first ink and the second ink to be ejected to the predetermined area by the ejection unit is larger than a predetermined value, increases a ratio at which an ink having a smaller application amount is ejected in last half scans among the plurality of times of scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rie Takekoshi, Ayumi Hirakawa, Takumi Kaneko, Yumi Kamimura, Kazuki Narumi, Noboru Kunimine