Patents by Inventor Hideyuki HOSHIKAWA

Hideyuki HOSHIKAWA 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: 11328190
    Abstract: A controller of an editing device executes displaying, on a display unit, an input area image corresponding to an input area in which the characters are arranged by overlapping the input area image on a medium image showing the printing medium, changing a size of the input area image displayed in the displaying, using first method or second method, according to a first instruction for changing the size of the input area, the first method being changing the size of the input area by setting a portion of the medium image corresponding to the non-light-transmitting area as a maximum range, the second method being changing the size of the input area by setting the entire medium image as a maximum range, and switching between the first method and the second method as a first switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hoshikawa, Hideaki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20210303948
    Abstract: A controller of an editing device executes displaying, on a display unit, an input area image corresponding to an input area in which the characters are arranged by overlapping the input area image on a medium image showing the printing medium, changing a size of the input area image displayed in the displaying, using first method or second method, according to a first instruction for changing the size of the input area, the first method being changing the size of the input area by setting a portion of the medium image corresponding to the non-light-transmitting area as a maximum range, the second method being changing the size of the input area by setting the entire medium image as a maximum range, and switching between the first method and the second method as a first switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hoshikawa, Hideaki Ueda
  • Patent number: 8635523
    Abstract: A layout editing includes a display portion, an operation portion, a template storage portion, a template acquiring portion that acquires a similar template, an area displaying portion that displays a candidate area on the interactive screen, a setting determination portion that determines whether the candidate area that is displayed will be set on the interactive screen, a object disposing portion that sets the candidate area as the image object area and disposes the object in the set image object area, and an image generating portion that generates image data that describe the image for which the layout has been edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideyuki Hoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20130016397
    Abstract: A layout editing includes a display portion, an operation portion, a template storage portion, a template acquiring portion that acquires a similar template, an area displaying portion that displays a candidate area on the interactive screen, a setting determination portion that determines whether the candidate area that is displayed will be set on the interactive screen, a object disposing portion that sets the candidate area as the image object area and disposes the object in the set image object area, and an image generating portion that generates image data that describe the image for which the layout has been edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki HOSHIKAWA