Patents by Inventor Junko Ikegami

Junko Ikegami 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: 5868505
    Abstract: A printer apparatus in which a multi-nozzle print head can be produced at low cost and which can deal with changes caused with lapse of time. With the printer apparatus, effective resolution can be improved and a more accurate gradation level in picture printing can be achieved for assuring uniform printing quality. The printer apparatus has a shading correction unit 14 for correcting the picture printing data signal for printing using shading correction data previously found and stored in the EE-PROM 10 and shading correction data entered from a man/machine interfacing unit 2 and for generating a head impression signal for driving a print head 16 based on the corrected picture printing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Koichiro Kakinuma, Masao Araya, Shinichiro Mikami, Junko Ikegami
  • Patent number: 5823690
    Abstract: A printer apparatus in which a multi-nozzle print head can be produced at low cost and which can deal with changes caused with lapse of time. With the printer apparatus, effective resolution can be improved and a more accurate gradation level in picture printing can be achieved for assuring uniform printing quality. The printer apparatus has a shading correction unit 14 for correcting the picture printing data signal for printing using shading correction data previously found and stored in the EE-PROM 10 and shading correction data entered from a man/machine interfacing unit 2 and for generating a head impression signal for driving a print head 16 based on the corrected picture printing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Koichiro Kakinuma, Masao Araya, Shinichiro Mikami, Junko Ikegami