Patents by Inventor Kazunori Tachi

Kazunori Tachi 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: 8953210
    Abstract: A function execution may device determine whether the function execution device can communicate with an external device using a short-range communication protocol when a first screen is displayed on a display screen. When the function execution device determines that the function execution device can communicate with the external device using the short-range communication protocol, the function execution device may display a second screen that indicates an operation to be performed using the external device to start executing a predetermined function of the function execution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Kazunori Tachi
  • Publication number: 20140240763
    Abstract: A function execution may device determine whether the function execution device can communicate with an external device using a short-range communication protocol when a first screen is displayed on a display screen. When the function execution device determines that the function execution device can communicate with the external device using the short-range communication protocol, the function execution device may display a second screen that indicates an operation to be performed using the external device to start executing a predetermined function of the function execution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Urakawa, Kazunori Tachi
  • Publication number: 20070097445
    Abstract: There is provided a printing system, comprising a detection unit configured to search first data to detect link address information representing a link target address linked to second data, a storage unit that stores identification information identifying the printing system, an image code generation unit configured to generate an image code representing link information containing the link address information detected by the detection unit and the identification information obtained from the storage unit, and a print control unit configured to print the image code generated by the image code generation unit together with an image corresponding to the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Tachi, Satoshi Watanabe