Patents by Inventor Fumio Tokutomi

Fumio Tokutomi 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: 20230305762
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing unit configured to divide original image data for a larger number of channels Nb than the number of channels Na into a plurality of groups so that a number of channels of each of the groups becomes no larger than the number of channels Na, generate compressed image data for the Na channels according to the processing unit from the original image data included in each of the groups, and generate the print command including the compressed image data for the Na channels corresponding to each of the groups, and a communication unit configured to transmit the print command to the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shuichi YAMANAKA, Fumio TOKUTOMI, Hiroki OKABE, Yuto TOGAWA
  • Patent number: 11561749
    Abstract: A print system includes a print job generating device including a print job generating section configured to generate a print job including ink color information indicating ink colors to be used in printing and raster image data for each of the ink colors, and a transmission section configured to transmit the generated print job to an image forming device, and an image forming device including a reception section configured to receive a print job transmitted from the transmission section, a processing section configured to determine ink colors to be used in printing and ink colors not to be used in printing based on the ink color information included in the print job, and a display controller configured to display preview images indicated by the raster image data of the ink colors to be used in printing in a display section based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mukai, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Patent number: 11537827
    Abstract: An image processing device in which a display section is caused to display a preview image for printing. The image processing device includes a processing section configured to generate the preview image obtained by converting raster image data of each of ink colors of color inks or special color inks into an RGB bitmap format, and a display controller configured to cause the display section to display the generated preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mukai, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Publication number: 20220043615
    Abstract: A print system includes a print job generating device including a print job generating section configured to generate a print job including ink color information indicating ink colors to be used in printing and raster image data for each of the ink colors, and a transmission section configured to transmit the generated print job to an image forming device, and an image forming device including a reception section configured to receive a print job transmitted from the transmission section, a processing section configured to determine ink colors to be used in printing and ink colors not to be used in printing based on the ink color information included in the print job, and a display controller configured to display preview images indicated by the raster image data of the ink colors to be used in printing in a display section based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro MUKAI, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Publication number: 20220044085
    Abstract: An image processing device in which a display section is caused to display a preview image for printing. The image processing device includes a processing section configured to generate the preview image obtained by converting raster image data of each of ink colors of color inks or special color inks into an RGB bitmap format, and a display controller configured to cause the display section to display the generated preview.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro MUKAI, Fumio TOKUTOMI
  • Patent number: 10120620
    Abstract: An information management system includes a storage unit that stores media information, which is information relating to media for printing, and used in print processing using the media, a recording unit that records information relating to usage results of the media information, and an information disclosure unit that discloses, through a communication line, the media information of which the usage results satisfy a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Fumio Tokutomi
  • Publication number: 20170017441
    Abstract: An information management system includes a storage unit that stores media information, which is information relating to media for printing, and used in print processing using the media, a recording unit that records information relating to usage results of the media information, and an information disclosure unit that discloses, through a communication line, the media information of which the usage results satisfy a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: Fumio Tokutomi
  • Patent number: 8243329
    Abstract: A printing control device that specifies to a printing apparatus a coloring material volume set which is a combination of usage amounts of coloring materials when the printing apparatus executes printing by depositing a plurality of coloring materials onto a recording medium, including: a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data of pixels having an information area for storing an index associated with the coloring material volume set; a color conversion unit that acquires the coloring material volume set corresponding to the index stored in the pixel; and a printing control unit that executes printing by specifying to the printing apparatus the coloring material volume set acquired by the color conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hoshii, Takashi Ito, Hisanori Nakajima, Kazuhisa Saka, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Publication number: 20090195845
    Abstract: A printing control device that specifies to a printing apparatus a coloring material volume set which is a combination of usage amounts of coloring materials when the printing apparatus executes printing by depositing a plurality of coloring materials onto a recording medium, including: a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data of pixels having an information area for storing an index associated with the coloring material volume set; a color conversion unit that acquires the coloring material volume set corresponding to the index stored in the pixel; and a printing control unit that executes printing by specifying to the printing apparatus the coloring material volume set acquired by the color conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hoshii, Takashi Ito, Hisanori Nakajima, Kazuhisa Saka, Masanori Ishida, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Publication number: 20020054340
    Abstract: A consumable purchase assist program is built in a computer (500) to which a print apparatus (400) is connected, and contains at least a purchase source information acquisition step for acquiring via a network (220), purchase source information containing dealer information of a consumable required for the print apparatus to print or selling condition information, a type information acquisition step for acquiring consumable type information from the print apparatus, and a consumable information display step for displaying the contents of the purchase source information and the type information on a screen of the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumio Tokutomi, Masumi Yoshino, Eiko Yanagida