Patents by Inventor Hiromichi YAMAGISHI

Hiromichi YAMAGISHI 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: 9597897
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a paper cassette that includes a plurality of trays, each of which holds a printing medium, and a switching unit that sets one of the plurality of trays as an operable tray; a printing unit that performs printing on the printing medium held in the operable tray; and a display control unit that causes a user interface, on which setting of which one of the plurality of trays is set as the operable tray by the switching unit is performed by a user, to be displayed on a screen when the paper cassette is set in the printing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ikumi Watanabe, Hiromichi Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9582742
    Abstract: A printing device for implementing printing on a medium includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit is configured to detect loading of the medium into the printing device and withdrawal of the medium from the printing device. The control unit is configured to indicate contents displayed on a display screen. The control unit is further configured to generate a first signal of displaying a first screen on the display screen when the detection unit detects that the medium has been withdrawn from the printing device, and generate a second signal of displaying a second screen different from the first screen on the display screen when the detection unit detects that the medium has been loaded into the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akemi Ito, Hiromichi Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9561647
    Abstract: A print control apparatus includes: a display control unit that provides a plurality of choices for a type of printing medium and causes a user interface, on which one of the plurality of choices is selected by a user, to be displayed on a screen; and a storage unit that stores history of the choices selected at least twice. The display control unit first provides one or more choices of the plurality of choices on the user interface based on the history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ikumi Watanabe, Hiromichi Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20160059600
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a paper cassette that includes a plurality of trays, each of which holds a printing medium, and a switching unit that sets one of the plurality of trays as an operable tray; a printing unit that performs printing on the printing medium held in the operable tray; and a display control unit that causes a user interface, on which setting of which one of the plurality of trays is set as the operable tray by the switching unit is performed by a user, to be displayed on a screen when the paper cassette is set in the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ikumi WATANABE, Hiromichi YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20160059545
    Abstract: A print control apparatus includes: a display control unit that provides a plurality of choices for a type of printing medium and causes a user interface, on which one of the plurality of choices is selected by a user, to be displayed on a screen; and a storage unit that stores history of the choices selected at least twice. The display control unit first provides one or more choices of the plurality of choices on the user interface based on the history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ikumi WATANABE, Hiromichi YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20150254025
    Abstract: A printing device includes an input unit, a paper feed unit, a printing unit, and a control unit configured to record a type of paper received via the input unit as a print setting by a user, and, according to a type of paper input from the user, cause the paper feed unit to feed paper and cause the printing unit to perform printing on the paper. The control unit is configured to inquire of the user a type of paper loaded in a first case where the paper is detected to be loaded in the paper feed unit in a normal state, and configured not to perform the same inquiry as with the first case in a second case where the paper is detected to be loaded in the paper feed unit during the print setting using a type of paper different from the type of paper being recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ikumi WATANABE, Hiromichi YAMAGISHI
  • Publication number: 20150207947
    Abstract: A printing device for implementing printing on a medium includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit is configured to detect loading of the medium into the printing device and withdrawal of the medium from the printing device. The control unit is configured to indicate contents displayed on a display screen. The control unit is further configured to generate a first signal of displaying a first screen on the display screen when the detection unit detects that the medium has been withdrawn from the printing device, and generate a second signal of displaying a second screen different from the first screen on the display screen when the detection unit detects that the medium has been loaded into the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Akemi ITO, Hiromichi YAMAGISHI