Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kuramoto

Hiroyuki Kuramoto 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: 11288022
    Abstract: A printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium is provided. The printing device includes: a job acquisition unit acquiring a print job designating a direction of movement of the printing device as viewed from the printing device; a print head printing on the medium, based on the print job; a detection unit detecting a direction of movement of the printing device as viewed from the printing device; a direction determination unit determining whether or not a detected direction, which is the direction of movement of the printing device detected by the detection device, is different from a designated direction, which is the direction of movement of the printing device designated by the print job; and a notification control unit performing error notification processing when the direction determination unit determines that the detected direction is different from the designated direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20220083297
    Abstract: A job processing device includes a user interface section, a communication section configured to perform communication with an external device, a job executing section configured to execute a job, and a display control section configured to display, on the user interface section, a history record indicating a history of an executed job. The display control section displays a history record of an internal job, which is a job input by operation on the user interface section, and a history record of an external job, which is a job input by operation on the external device, side by side in order of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11276092
    Abstract: A providing device includes: a communication unit communicating with a network using a blockchain; and a processing unit controlling the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering, into the blockchain, a charging processing program for performing charging processing according to a status of use of an electronic apparatus that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network via the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamakado, Tsuyoshi Kameda, Hiroyuki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20210370686
    Abstract: A printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium is provided. The printing device includes: a speed detection unit detecting a speed of movement at which the printing device is moved; and a stop control unit stopping the printing when the speed of movement exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210357714
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, the printing apparatus including a first discharger including a first nozzle row that discharges a first liquid, a second discharger including a second nozzle row that discharges a second liquid and is so provided as to be separate from the first nozzle row in a first direction perpendicular to the first nozzle row, a movement detection section that detects the moving direction of the printing apparatus viewed from the side facing the printing apparatus while the printing apparatus is moved, and an error process section that carries out an error process when printing using both the first and second dischargers is performed and the moving direction detected by the movement detection section deviates from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210354477
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, the printing apparatus including a first discharger including a first nozzle row that discharges a first liquid, a second discharger including a second nozzle row that discharges a second liquid, a mode determination section that evaluates whether the printing apparatus operates in a first mode in which the printing apparatus is movable in an oblique direction with respect to a first direction or a second mode in which the printing apparatus is not movable in an oblique direction with respect to the first direction, and a first control section that restrains printing using both the first and second dischargers when the mode determination section determines that the printing apparatus operates in a first mode in which the printing apparatus operates in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210347184
    Abstract: A printer that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, includes a job acquisition unit that acquires a print job in which a movement direction of the printer as seen from the printer is designated, a print head that performs printing on the medium based on the print job while the printer is moved, and a direction notification unit that notifies a user of a designated direction as the movement direction of the printer designated by the print job before the movement of the printer is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11146698
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a display unit configured to take a plurality of forms including a folded form in which the display unit is bent between a first display region and a second display region and an extended form in which the display unit is not bent between the first display region and the second display region; and a display control unit that controls display performed by the display unit. The display control unit causes a first image corresponding to an obverse side to be displayed in the first display region and causes a second image corresponding to a reverse side to be displayed in the second display region, when the display unit is in the folded form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Toshifumi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20210232347
    Abstract: A printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium is provided. The printing device includes: a job acquisition unit acquiring a print job designating a direction of movement of the printing device as viewed from the printing device; a print head printing on the medium, based on the print job; a detection unit detecting a direction of movement of the printing device as viewed from the printing device; a direction determination unit determining whether or not a detected direction, which is the direction of movement of the printing device detected by the detection device, is different from a designated direction, which is the direction of movement of the printing device designated by the print job; and a notification control unit performing error notification processing when the direction determination unit determines that the detected direction is different from the designated direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11040539
    Abstract: The first printing system SY1 includes a printing apparatus 4 including an ink container and a server 2 coupled to the printing apparatus 4 via a network NW, wherein the server 2 acquires maintenance information including residual ink amount information indicating an residual amount of ink in the ink container of the printing apparatus 4, determines whether a maintenance process is configured to be performed based on the acquired maintenance information, and instructs the printing apparatus 4 to perform the maintenance process when it is determined that the maintenance process is configured to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Shiratori, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Norihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210174283
    Abstract: An advertisement system that issues a leaflet by a distributor printer of the distributor who distributes the leaflet on which an advertisement image is printed includes a processing unit that causes a same model printer whose model is the same as a model of the distributor printer to issue, as a sample of the leaflet, a print sample on which the advertisement image is printed, and that transmits a requests for delivering the print sample issued by the same model printer to an advertiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KURATA, Hideki KATO, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210132873
    Abstract: In a print management system, a terminal device transmits a print request designating a content to be printed, a first server receives the print request, transmits a print instruction including data of the content and an e-mail address designating a printer to a second server, the second server transmits print data to the printer designated by the e-mail address, and transmits, to the first server, print result information indicating a result of the print data printed by the printer, and the first server generates, based on the print result information, billing information indicating a price for a copyright of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kohei SHIRATORI, Motoaki HARA, Tomoyuki KURATA, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210029259
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a display unit configured to take a plurality of forms including a folded form in which the display unit is bent between a first display region and a second display region and an extended form in which the display unit is not bent between the first display region and the second display region; and a display control unit that controls display performed by the display unit. The display control unit causes a first image corresponding to an obverse side to be displayed in the first display region and causes a second image corresponding to a reverse side to be displayed in the second display region, when the display unit is in the folded form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO, Toshifumi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20200269583
    Abstract: The first printing system SY1 includes a printing apparatus 4 including an ink container and a server 2 coupled to the printing apparatus 4 via a network NW, wherein the server 2 acquires maintenance information including residual ink amount information indicating an residual amount of ink in the ink container of the printing apparatus 4, determines whether a maintenance process is configured to be performed based on the acquired maintenance information, and instructs the printing apparatus 4 to perform the maintenance process when it is determined that the maintenance process is configured to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei Shiratori, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Norihiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200175507
    Abstract: A providing apparatus includes a communication unit performs communication with a network that uses a blockchain, and a processing unit that controls the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering with the blockchain an ordering processing program for performing processing that places an order for a consumable item for electronic equipment which is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMAKADO, Tsuyoshi KAMEDA, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200175508
    Abstract: A providing apparatus includes a communication unit performs communication with a network that uses a blockchain, and a processing unit that controls the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering with the blockchain a service providing processing program for performing service providing processing on electronic equipment that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network through the communication unit. The service providing processing program performs processing that makes a request to a service provider, which is indicated by information on the service provider stored in the blockchain, for a service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMAKADO, Tsuyoshi KAMEDA, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200074516
    Abstract: A providing device includes: a communication unit communicating with a network using a blockchain; and a processing unit controlling the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering, into the blockchain, a charging processing program for performing charging processing according to a status of use of an electronic apparatus that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMAKADO, Tsuyoshi KAMEDA, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200074420
    Abstract: A providing device includes: a communication unit communicating with a network using a blockchain; and a processing unit controlling the communication unit. The processing unit generates a transaction for registering, into the blockchain, a processing program for controlling an electronic apparatus that is a management target, and issues the generated transaction to the network via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMAKADO, Tsuyoshi KAMEDA, Hiroyuki KURAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8851615
    Abstract: A temperature sensor provided to a recording head detects a temperature when the recording head relatively moves outside an opposite region opposite to a platen heater. A driving signal generating circuit compensates an ejection pulse in accordance with the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Ozawa, Hiroyuki Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20120249639
    Abstract: A temperature sensor provided to a recording head detects a temperature when the recording head relatively moves outside an opposite region opposite to a platen heater. A driving signal generating circuit compensates an ejection pulse in accordance with the detected temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Ozawa, Hiroyuki Kuramoto