Patents by Inventor Haruka AZECHI
Haruka AZECHI 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: 12208607Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a controller to calculate n that is a maximum natural number satisfying nX?X0, where X0 represents a width of a sheet medium, and X represents a longest one of respective lengths, in a width direction of the sheet medium, of a plurality of first images or a single second image based on image data. The plurality of first images are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the sheet medium. When the calculated n is equal to or more than two, the controller performs a juxtaposed image recording process to control a print engine in such a manner that two or more and n or less images, among the plurality of first images or among a plurality of divisional images into which the single second image is divided, are recorded to be arranged side by side along the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yushi Deura, Taisei Okuzono, Haruka Azechi, Yasuhiro Nakano, Gakuro Kanazawa, Yuki Tsujimura
-
Publication number: 20250010640Abstract: An image forming device is configured to form an image on sheet-type medium including a rolled-type medium and a plurality of sheet-type media. The image forming device comprises a first medium container configured to accommodate the rolled-type medium by winding a long sheet-type medium in a roll, a second medium container configured to accommodate the plurality of sheet-type media in a stacked manner, a medium conveyer, an image forming device configured to form an image on the sheet-type medium, a cutting device configured to cut the rolled-type medium, and a controller. The medium conveyer conveys the plurality of sheet-type media accommodated in the second medium container even in a case where an error occurs in an operation related to printing on the rolled-type medium accommodated in the first medium container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO, Ayaka HOTTA
-
Publication number: 20250004682Abstract: There is provided a recording system including: a memory configured to store recording instructions, and medium size information. Each of the recording instructions includes image data, and image size information. The controller is configured to execute a data generating process of generating recording data, and is configured to generate, as the recording data, combined recording data in which images of first and second recording instructions are combined, the first recording instruction instructing recording of an image for one page or odd number pages. The combined recording data is configured to cause a recorder to record, on one recording medium, a first image of a final page among the image for the one page or the odd number pages of the first recording instruction, and a second image of an initial page among an image for one page or a plurality of pages specified by the second recording instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
-
Publication number: 20240399760Abstract: A liquid ejection system includes a head and a controller system. The head has nozzles including a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The nozzles are aligned in a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row that extend in a first direction and are arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The controller system determines a first individual amount of liquid to be ejected from the first nozzle, and a second individual amount of liquid to be ejected from the second nozzle, based on a pixel value of a particular pixel in image data. The controller system controls the head to eject liquid from at least one of the first and second nozzles into a particular area on a recording medium according to the first and second individual amounts while moving one of the head and a recording medium relative to the other along the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro NAKANO, Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI
-
Patent number: 12159066Abstract: A printing device includes a controller configured to perform: (a) storing identification information and transmission address information in association with each other; (b) acquiring, in response to receiving a print job together with the identification information from an external device, the transmission address information stored in association with the identification information in the (a) storing on the basis of the received identification information; and (c) transmitting the transmission address information acquired in the (b) acquiring to a data processing server so that payment process information is transmitted to a transmission address corresponding to the transmission address information, the payment process information being information to pay a fee charged for performing printing based on the received print job.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Haruka Azechi, Ayaka Hotta, Yushi Deura
-
Patent number: 12149667Abstract: A printing system includes a print engine, and one or more controllers configured to perform a data obtaining process of obtaining print data, a print controlling process of controlling the print engine to print an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium based on a print setting value, and a fee determining process of determining a fee corresponding to a plurality of the print setting values to be applied when the print engine prints the image on the printing medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Azechi, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Ayaka Hotta, Yushi Deura
-
Patent number: 12149666Abstract: A printing system includes a printing mechanism. The printing mechanism is configured to perform printing. The printing system stores a plurality of print jobs in a storage, and receives selections of two or more print jobs to be executed as two or more target jobs from among the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage. The printing system determines a total fee to be charged for executing the two or more target jobs, and performs a settlement related process related to settlement of the determined total fee. The printing system executes the two or more target jobs to print images by using the printing mechanism in response to completion of settlement of the total fee.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Haruka Azechi, Yushi Deura, Tetsuya Okuno, Ayaka Hotta
-
Patent number: 12128677Abstract: An image forming device performs image formation on a medium selected by a computer. When a cutting device is unusable, a long sheet-type medium accommodated in a first medium container is unusable. However, a conveyance passage used for conveying a short sheet-type medium is usable in at least one of a first state where the cutting device is unusable or a second state where the sheet-type medium is unable to pass through the cutting device. A necessary condition to make both the long sheet-type medium and the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting neither the first status nor the second status. A necessary condition to make the long sheet-type medium unselectable and make the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting one of the first status and the second status.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Ohhashi, Satoru Arakane, Koichi Tsugimura, Haruka Azechi, Yasuhiro Nakano, Ayaka Hotta
-
Patent number: 12075015Abstract: A printing system comprises a print engine and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers perform a data obtaining process of obtaining print data, a print controlling process of controlling the print engine to print an image based on a print setting value, a fee determining process of determining a fee to be charged when printing the image, and a setting value changing process of changing the print setting value.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Azechi, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Ayaka Hotta, Yushi Deura
-
Publication number: 20240208247Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a controller configured to control a conveyor and an image recording engine to perform borderless image recording. To perform the borderless image recording, the controller performs, when a medium length is equal to or less than a particular length, a first enlargement process to enlarge an image to a size with a first overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond an image recording target area, the first overhang area having an overhang width of a first value. The controller further performs, when the medium length is not equal to or less than the particular length, a second enlargement process to enlarge the image to a size with a second overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond the image recording target area, the second overhang area having an overhang width of a second value smaller than the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro NAKANO, Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI
-
Patent number: 12011932Abstract: An image recording device includes a display panel, a cartridge mount, an information input interface, memory, and a controller. The controller obtains service provider information through the information input interface, stores the obtained service provider information in the memory, obtains first identification information or second identification information related to a cartridge mounted in the cartridge mount, sets an operation mode to a first mode in response to obtaining the first identification information, sets the operation mode to a second mode in response to obtaining the second identification information, causes the display panel to display a type of the cartridge in response to setting the operation mode to the first mode, and causes the display panel to display the service provider information in response to setting the operation mode to the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Azechi, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Shinya Esaki, Yushi Deura, Tetsuya Okuno, Tony Lee
-
Patent number: 12005720Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Miyase, Yoshinori Osakabe, Tsuyoshi Kuwayama, Jun Morikawa, Haruka Azechi, Yasuo Ono, Yuto Chiba
-
Patent number: 12008279Abstract: A printer includes: a print executing unit configured to execute printing on a sheet paper; a process executing unit configured to execute a predetermined process related to cutting of the sheet paper; and a controller. The controller is configured to, in a case where a first sheet paper having a first size is contained, send capability information to a terminal device, wherein the capability information includes specific size information indicating a sheet paper having a specific size. The specific size information includes a specific character string. The controller is configured to receive selection information indicating that the specific size was selected from the terminal device in response to a user selecting the specific character string. The controller is configured to, in a case where the selection information is received from the terminal device, cause the process executing unit to execute the predetermined process on the first sheet paper.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Azechi, Yushi Deura, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Takatsugu Yamada, Wataru Hasegawa
-
Patent number: 11999170Abstract: An image recording device includes a cartridge mount to which a cartridge is mounted, a cartridge interface, a memory, a communication interface, a print engine configured to execute printing, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain a transmission address stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge through the cartridge interface, store the obtained transmission address in the memory, obtain, from the memory, notification information including at least one from a group of remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumable in the cartridge mounted to the cartridge mount, order information indicating an order for the cartridge and status information indicating a state of the print engine, and transmission source information, and transmit the obtained notification information and the obtained transmission source information to the obtained transmission address through the communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yushi Deura, Shinya Esaki, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Haruka Azechi, Tony Lee
-
Publication number: 20240174004Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming engine configured to form on an image formation medium an image represented by image data, by a borderless image forming operation or a bordered image forming operation. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller configured to, when the image data does not contain data explicitly indicating which of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation is to be performed, select one of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation, based on a status of the image forming apparatus or a content of the image data, or based on the status of the image forming apparatus and the content of the image data, and cause the image forming engine to perform the selected one of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi TSUGIMURA, Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
-
Patent number: 11989467Abstract: An image recording device stores correspondence information associating a plurality of status information types, output determination information and request type information. The status information is related to at least one of information on a cartridge and information corresponding to operation of a printing head. The output determination information corresponds to usage type information. The request type information is used to determine a type of a person requesting the status information. A controller of the image recording device is configured to perform receiving an output request of output of the status information, determining a type of the request type information, and identifying the status information of which type is associated with the determined request type information and the output determination information based on the correspondence information from among a plurality of types of the status information.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Esaki, Yushi Deura, Haruka Azechi, Tetsuya Okuno, Shunsuke Minamikawa
-
Patent number: 11962735Abstract: A printing system controls a printing member to perform printing based on a print job for which a charged fee is already settled. The printing system receives a first instruction to suspend the printing started by the printing member and suspends the printing started by the printing member in response to reception of the first instruction. The printing system receives a second instruction as to a post suspending process to be executed after the printing is suspended. The printing system performs one of a post fee-settlement process and a restart process, as the post suspending process. The post fee-settlement process is related to provision of a benefit corresponding to refunding at least part of the charged fee. The restart process is to restart the suspended printing to complete the print job after a reason that the first instruction is made is resolved.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ayaka Hotta, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Haruka Azechi, Yushi Deura
-
Publication number: 20240109342Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a medium accommodating part, an image forming engine, a discharge part, a medium conveyer configured to convey a medium from the medium accommodating part to the image forming engine and to the discharge part, a medium holder configured to hold the medium discharged to the discharge part, and a controller. The controller selects a first discharge mode for causing the medium holder to continue to hold the medium when a holding condition is satisfied or a second discharge mode for causing the medium holder not to hold the medium or to hold the medium for a prescribed period and then release the medium. The holding condition includes at least one of a first condition being that material of the medium does not correspond to specific materials and a second condition being that a medium length is less than a first threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
-
Patent number: 11934732Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing unit; and a controller. The printing unit is configured to print an image on a print medium. The controller is configured to perform: (a) receiving; (b) transmitting; (c) receiving; and (d) transmitting. The (a) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) transmitting transmits the print job to a data processing server. The (c) receiving receives, from the external device, destination information representing a destination of payment information of a fee required for executing the print job with the printing unit. The (d) transmitting transmits the destination information to the data processing server to cause the data processing server to provide the payment information to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Haruka Azechi, Ayaka Hotta, Yushi Deura
-
Patent number: 11922086Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device and a data processing server. The printing device includes a first controller. The data processing server includes a second controller. The first controller acquires a print job from an external device and transmits the print job to the server. The second controller receives the print job and stores the print job in a server memory. The first controller receives designation of the print job subject to printing and transmits a print request for printing the print job subject to printing to the server. After a fee payment approval to approve a payment for execution of the designated print job is transmitted, the second controller transmits to the printing device the print job. The first controller receives the print job and performs printing the print job on a print medium by controlling a printing member.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Tetsuya Okuno, Haruka Azechi, Ayaka Hotta, Yushi Deura