Patents by Inventor Kaoru Nakabayashi

Kaoru Nakabayashi 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: 8395808
    Abstract: The technique of the present invention enhances the workability of bonding and improves the finish in poster printing. The procedure first sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in an image expressed by master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit page to be printed. The procedure then enlarges each of the adjacent areas by preset dimensions (corresponding to an enlarged area in marginless printing) and sequentially extracts image data included in each enlarged area. The procedure subsequently magnifies the extracted image data by a predetermined magnification to generate each piece of page image data. The area actually printed is a little greater than the size of each sheet of printing paper. This arrangement thus enables an image part, for example, each part of a letter ‘A’, to be printed to the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each sheet of printing paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Yudasaka, Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shoichi Nakajo
  • Patent number: 8134748
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, A.I. Soft, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20110181898
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, A. I. Soft, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru NAKABAYASHI, Shingo YUDASAKA, Yasushi HIRAOKA
  • Publication number: 20090217195
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, A. I. Soft, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20090185209
    Abstract: The technique of the present invention enhances the workability of bonding and improves the finish in poster printing. The procedure first sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in an image expressed by master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit page to be printed. The procedure then enlarges each of the adjacent areas by preset dimensions (corresponding to an enlarged area in marginless printing) and sequentially extracts image data included in each enlarged area. The procedure subsequently magnifies the extracted image data by a predetermined magnification to generate each piece of page image data. The area actually printed is a little greater than the size of each sheet of printing paper. This arrangement thus enables an image part, for example, each part of a letter ‘A’, to be printed to the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each sheet of printing paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Shingo Yudasaka, Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shoichi Nakajo
  • Patent number: 7551310
    Abstract: The technique of the present invention enhances the workability of bonding and improves the finish in poster printing. The procedure first sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in an image expressed by master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit page to be printed. The procedure then enlarges each of the adjacent areas by preset dimensions (corresponding to an enlarged area in marginless printing) and sequentially extracts image data included in each enlarged area. The procedure subsequently magnifies the extracted image data by a predetermined magnification to generate each piece of page image data. The area actually printed is a little greater than the size of each sheet of printing paper. This arrangement thus enables an image part, for example, each part of a letter ‘A’, to be printed to the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each sheet of printing paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Yudasaka, Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shoichi Nakajo
  • Patent number: 7538908
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, A.I. Soft Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 7333241
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, A.I. Soft Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20070291292
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, A. I. Soft, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru NAKABAYASHI, Shingo YUDASAKA, Yasushi HIRAOKA
  • Patent number: 7113306
    Abstract: There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic data 30b corresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, A.I. Soft Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20030202211
    Abstract: The technique of the present invention enhances the workability of bonding and improves the finish in poster printing. The procedure first sets multiple areas adjacent to one another in an image expressed by master image data, where each of the multiple areas corresponds to each unit page to be printed. The procedure then enlarges each of the adjacent areas by preset dimensions (corresponding to an enlarged area in marginless printing) and sequentially extracts image data included in each enlarged area. The procedure subsequently magnifies the extracted image data by a predetermined magnification to generate each piece of page image data. The area actually printed is a little greater than the size of each sheet of printing paper. This arrangement thus enables an image part, for example, each part of a letter ‘A’, to be printed to the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each sheet of printing paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Shingo Yudasaka, Kaoru Nakabayashi, Shoichi Nakajo
  • Patent number: 6249817
    Abstract: A user I/F unit 200 transmits an instruction given by a user to an access management unit 100 and displays data on a monitor 76. The access management unit 100 transfers requirements to a communication control unit 300 and a data management unit 400 in response to the instruction from the user, transfers data from a communications host to the data management unit 400, and outputs data from a database 410 to the user I/F unit 200. The data management unit 400 writes data into the database 410 and reads storage data from the database 410 in response to the requirement from the access management unit 100. Data transmitted from the communications host are sorted out according to communication services and stored in the database 410. The communication control unit 300 translates the requirement from the access management unit 100 to a menu number representing each communication service available from the communications host or a command and sends the translated requirement to a communication I/F unit 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignees: A.I. SOFT Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Akihiro Sato, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka, Noboru Kitazawa, Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5905866
    Abstract: A user I/F unit 200 transmits an instruction given by a user to an access management unit 100 and displays data on a monitor 76. The access management unit 100 transfers requirements to a communication control unit 300 and a data management unit 400 in response to the instruction from the user, transfers data from a communications host to the data management unit 400, and outputs data from a database 410 to the user I/F unit 200. The data management unit 400 writes data into the database 410 and reads storage data from the database 410 in response to the requirement from the access management unit 100. Data transmitted from the communications host are sorted out according to communication services and stored in the database 410. The communication control unit 300 translates the requirement from the access management unit 100 to a menu number representing each communication service available from the communications host or a command and sends the translated requirement to a communication I/F unit 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignees: A.I. Soft Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Akihiro Sato, Shingo Yudasaka, Yasushi Hiraoka, Noboru Kitazawa, Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5826263
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data management system realizing simple, clear, and easily understandable display and operation. The data management system is applicable, for example, to management of name cards. In management of name cards, name card data (101) includes a plurality of name card records (100). A card summary record (110, 112) prepared as title data includes a card ID and part of item data included in each name card record (100). Each summarized card data (111, 113) includes a plurality of card summary records (110, 112) collected according to a predetermined condition, and is placed into a certain card box (120, 121). Each card box has a characteristic name such as `business` or `private`. Visually hierarchical display of data in the form of a card box list, a target list including a plurality of target data, and individual name card data helps the user clearly understand the whole data display and data retrieval. This allows quick access to a desired name card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Akira Mochida
  • Patent number: 5675672
    Abstract: A two-dimensional coded character string linker for eliminating duplications when first and second two-dimensional coded character string files partially overlap each other, by automatically deleting the duplicated coded character data from one file, and linking the two-dimensional coded character string files. In order to achieve this object, in the two-dimensional file linker of this invention, any duplications between a first file written into a first memory and a second file written into a second memory are identified by an aligner. A linking element removes any duplication, and links the first and second files as one two-dimensional coded character string file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 5600827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data management system realizing simple, clear, and easily understandable display and operation. The data management system is applicable, for example, to management of name cards. In management of name cards, name card data (101) includes a plurality of name card records (100). A card summary record (110, 112) prepared as title data includes a card ID and part of item data included in each name record (100). Each summarized card data (111, 113) includes a plurality of card summary records (110, 112) collected according to a predetermined condition, and is placed into a certain card box (120, 121). Each card box has a characteristic name such as `business` or `private`. Visually hierarchical display of data in the form of a card box list, a target list including a plurality of target data, and individual name card data helps the user clearly understand the whole data display and data retrieval. This allows quick access to a desired name card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Nakabayashi, Akira Mochida