Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Harashina

Hiromasa Harashina 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: 11772389
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a barcode printer (printer device), if a sleep mode transition detection unit (first state transition detection unit) detects that a barcode printer transitions to a sleep mode (first state), or if a power state control unit detects an instruction to turn off the power of the barcode printer, a head position control unit pulls the thermal head (print head) away from the platen roller and holds the thermal head in the state of being pulled away from the platen roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20220088942
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a barcode printer (printer device), if a sleep mode transition detection unit (first state transition detection unit) detects that a barcode printer transitions to a sleep mode (first state), or if a power state control unit detects an instruction to turn off the power of the barcode printer, a head position control unit pulls the thermal head (print head) away from the platen roller and holds the thermal head in the state of being pulled away from the platen roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Patent number: 10167103
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a printing apparatus comprises a conveyance path, a detection section and a control section. The conveyance path conveys a mount to which labels are attached. The detection section detects the existence of the label peeled off by a peeling bar which peels off the label attached to the mount. The control section controls start time of back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20160375704
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a printing apparatus comprises a conveyance path, a detection section and a control section. The conveyance path conveys a mount to which labels are attached. The detection section detects the existence of the label peeled off by a peeling bar which peels off the label attached to the mount. The control section controls start time of back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20160311232
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a printing apparatus comprises a conveyance path, a detection section and a control section. The conveyance path conveys a mount to which labels are attached. The detection section detects the existence of the label peeled off by a peeling bar which peels off the label attached to the mount. The control section controls start time of back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Patent number: 9457925
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a printing apparatus comprises a conveyance path, a detection section and a control section. The conveyance path conveys a mount to which labels are attached. The detection section detects the existence of the label peeled off by a peeling bar which peels off the label attached to the mount. The control section controls start time of back feed of the mount in a case in which it is detected that the label is taken away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20160107458
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a printer for printing on labels has a controller that controls how a mount paper is conveyed. The plurality of labels is attached to the mount paper. The controller controls a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit such that a feed amount of the mount paper conveyed in a forward direction by the second conveyance unit is smaller than a feed amount of the mount paper conveyed in the forward direction by the first conveyance unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Hiromasa HARASHINA
  • Patent number: 9315052
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a printer for printing on labels has a controller that controls how a mount paper is conveyed. The plurality of labels is attached to the mount paper. The controller controls a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit such that a feed amount of the mount paper conveyed in a forward direction by the second conveyance unit is smaller than a feed amount of the mount paper conveyed in the forward direction by the first conveyance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Patent number: 8286959
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Patent number: 7950652
    Abstract: A sheet discharge apparatus includes a discharge portion configured to discharge sheets, a wall member provided below the discharge portion, a tray configured to receive the discharged sheets from the discharge portion, and a holding member provided on the wall member to approach relatively the tray, holding the sheets between itself and the tray, and moving linearly by holding the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunobu Terao, Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20110057978
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a transverse adjusting mechanism and an abutting frame. The transverse adjusting mechanism moves a passbook in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction to make a first side of the passbook abut on the abutting frame while the passbook set to be inserted to a medium inlet is being received and conveyed. Accordingly, the transverse adjusting mechanism positions the passbook with respect to a printing region of a dot head, and retracts the abutting frame from a conveying path while a statement paper is being conveyed. The printing apparatus includes a controller to determine whether the first side of the passbook is placed inward from the abutting frame. The controller controls receiving and conveying the inserted passbook based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20110057383
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medium processing apparatus includes a support axis and height-adjusting pins. The support axis movably supports a printer unit so that a front end of a conveying path is moved upward and downward. The height-adjusting pins are installed on a moving end of the printer unit. The height-adjusting pins are inserted to be guided into slit portions of brackets of a front panel by the sliding movement of any one of the front panel and the printer unit, thereby moving the printer unit around the axis and positioning the front end of the conveying path with respect to a medium inlet of the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20100244370
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Patent number: 7762541
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20080315504
    Abstract: A sheet discharge apparatus includes a discharge portion configured to discharge sheets, a wall member provided below the discharge portion, a tray configured to receive the discharged sheets from the discharge portion, and a holding member provided on the wall member to approach relatively the tray, holding the sheets between itself and the tray, and moving linearly by holding the sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunobu Terao, Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Hiromasa Harashina
  • Publication number: 20080157457
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus of the present invention includes a post-processing unit provided inside a housing and configured to perform post-processing on sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit configured to guide sheets having undergone post-processing to a discharge port, a paper discharge tray configured to accommodate sheets discharged from the discharge port and allowed to ascend and descend within a specific height range lower than the discharge port, and a sheet member disposed directly below the discharge port and configured to move along a wall surface of the housing in association with ascending and descending of the paper discharge tray and receive rear ends of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray, a width of a receiving portion thereof in a height direction varying with a quantity of the sheets accommodated in the paper discharge tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromasa Harashina