Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Kubota

Hirotaka Kubota 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: 20240128571
    Abstract: The battery pack includes a tray having a bottom wall, a cell module disposed on the tray and having at least one battery cell, a high voltage connection portion provided on the bottom surface of the cell module and electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, a high voltage busbar connected to the high voltage connection portion, and a water absorbing sheet disposed between the bottom wall of the tray and the bottom surface of the cell module. A first opening portion is defined in the water absorbing sheet at a position opposite the high voltage connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Masahiro YAMADA, Akiya KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20240069825
    Abstract: A print system has a terminal device, a printer including a printing unit, and a service server including a memory storing user identification information and a print-permitted amount. The print system has a controller to perform displaying a charge screen for receiving a charge of a printing amount to be printed by the printing unit, acquiring the received printing amount to be charged and first user identification information of a user, adding the acquired printing amount to the print-permitted amount associated with the first user identification information, acquiring a print-completed amount printed by the printing unit of the printer and second user identification information of a user who instructed the printing of the print-completed amount, subtracting the acquired print-completed amount from the print-permitted amount associated with the second user identification information stored in the memory, and determining whether printing is permitted or not based on the print-permitted amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Masafumi Kawaguchi, Hirotaka Kubota
  • Publication number: 20240020064
    Abstract: A recording system includes: an information processing device including an input interface and a display unit; and a recording device including a recording unit that executes a recording operation on a recording medium, the recording device being configured to control the recording unit to execute the recording operation within a range of a recording permission amount for permitting the recording operation by the recording unit, wherein the recording system is configured to execute a tutorial process such that, in the tutorial process, a tutorial operation screen for notifying a guidance to a user about a charge operation is displayed on the display unit, the charge operation being an operation on the input interface for purchasing the recording permission amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kamiya, Hirotaka Kubota
  • Patent number: 11836401
    Abstract: An information processing device can communicate with a printer and a server. The printer includes a printing unit which carries out printing on a sheet with using a colorant. The server includes a server memory unit which stores user identification information and a print-permitted amount of printing permitted for a user in association with those. When a program is executed by a computer of the information processing device, the program causes the information processing device to perform display processing of displaying, a display unit of the information processing device, a selection screen for prompting the user to select a printing amount, and addition processing of, in response to a user's operation of the selection screen, causing the server to add the selected printing amount to the print-permitted amount associated with the user identification information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Kawaguchi, Hirotaka Kubota
  • Publication number: 20230289118
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Patent number: 11693610
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Publication number: 20220197575
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220137891
    Abstract: An information processing device can communicate with a printer and a server. The printer includes a printing unit which carries out printing on a sheet with using a colorant. The server includes a server memory unit which stores user identification information and a print-permitted amount of printing permitted for a user in association with those. When a program is executed by a computer of the information processing device, the program causes the information processing device to perform display processing of displaying, a display unit of the information processing device, a selection screen for prompting the user to select a printing amount, and addition processing of, in response to a user's operation of the selection screen, causing the server to add the selected printing amount to the print-permitted amount associated with the user identification information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Masafumi Kawaguchi, Hirotaka Kubota
  • Patent number: 11301186
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Publication number: 20210064311
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10853009
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Publication number: 20200097231
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10528306
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Patent number: 10379930
    Abstract: A terminal device may send first setting information to a plurality of devices as destinations, specify M success devices and N failure devices from among the plurality of devices, and display a device screen including a plurality of device information including M success device information and N failure device information. In the device screen, each of the M success device information is displayed in an unselected form, and each of the N failure device information is displayed in a selected form. In response to accepting a change instruction, the terminal device may display a changed screen. In the changed screen, each of N1 failure device information is displayed in the unselected form, and each of N2 failure device information other than the N1 failure device information is displayed in the selected form. The terminal device may send second setting information to N2 failure devices as destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kodai Mizuno, Hirotaka Kubota
  • Publication number: 20190107981
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Patent number: 10191700
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Patent number: 10157026
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu
  • Publication number: 20180095992
    Abstract: A terminal device may send first setting information to a plurality of devices as destinations, specify M success devices and N failure devices from among the plurality of devices, and display a device screen including a plurality of device information including M success device information and N failure device information. In the device screen, each of the M success device information is displayed in an unselected form, and each of the N failure device information is displayed in a selected form. In response to accepting a change instruction, the terminal device may display a changed screen. In the changed screen, each of N1 failure device information is displayed in the unselected form, and each of N2 failure device information other than the N1 failure device information is displayed in the selected form. The terminal device may send second setting information to N2 failure devices as destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kodai MIZUNO, Hirotaka KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180024792
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotaka KUBOTA, Yoshitsugu TOMOMATSU
  • Patent number: 9830118
    Abstract: A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kubota, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu