Patents by Inventor Chiemi Takeuchi

Chiemi Takeuchi 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).

  • User interface for selecting feed port and printing medium size
    Patent number: 7761021
    Abstract: A printer control method for controlling, by means of a computer equipped with a display screen, a printer having a plurality of feed ports for feeding a printing medium. The printer control method comprises the steps of (a) through (d). The step (a) is a step of displaying on the display screen: a feed port specifying portion for specifying at least one of the feed ports from the plurality of feed ports; a first size display portion for displaying information relating to printing medium size; and a first size specifying portion for the user to specify a printing medium size to be printed, on the basis of the information relating to printing medium size displayed on the first size display portion. The step (b) is a step of, from pre-registered user-defined printing medium sizes, identifying the user-defined printing medium size included within a printing medium size permissible range dependent upon the feed port specified through the feed port specifying portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Chiemi Takeuchi
  • Printer control method and computer program product
    Publication number: 20080069583
    Abstract: A printer control method for controlling, by means of a computer equipped with a display screen, a printer having a plurality of feed ports for feeding a printing medium. The printer control method comprises the steps of (a) through (d). The step (a) is a step of displaying on the display screen: a feed port specifying portion for specifying at least one of the feed ports from the plurality of feed ports; a first size display portion for displaying information relating to printing medium size; and a first size specifying portion for the user to specify a printing medium size to be printed, on the basis of the information relating to printing medium size displayed on the first size display portion. The step (b) is a step of, from pre-registered user-defined printing medium sizes, identifying the user-defined printing medium size included within a printing medium size permissible range dependent upon the feed port specified through the feed port specifying portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Chiemi Takeuchi