Patents by Inventor Kayoko Makihara

Kayoko Makihara 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).

  • Word processor for reformatting a character group by locating line feed codes and selecting the beginning and end of the text when the line feed codes cannot be located
    Patent number: 5287538
    Abstract: A word processor for setting a format of a text, having a format controller for controlling a newly set format to be effective from the beginning of a character data group to which the position where the format setting operation is carried out belongs, and a reformatter for reforming at least the character data group based upon the newly set format. The word processor searches backward and forward in the text for locating line feed codes designating the beginning and end of the character data group, respectively, and selects the beginning and end of the text when the line feed codes could not be located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawakami, Fukue Obata, Kayoko Makihara
  • Data processing device with screen seperated into line format area and data display area
    Patent number: 4897804
    Abstract: In a data processing device such as a word processor comprising input means for inputting character data and format data, display means for displaying the input data on a screen, and means for processing the input data and displaying the processed data on the display means, the screen on the display means is separated into a line format area for displaying line format data and other area for displaying the other, and the processing device is provided with means for shifting the data displayed on the line format area relative to the data displayed on the other area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawakami, Fukue Obata, Kayoko Makihara, Shiro Yamada, Minoru Oishi, Yoshinari Morimoto, Atsuko Kawasumi, Kazuko Nakagawa, Yukimi Mizutani