Patents by Inventor Kousuke Fukaya
Kousuke Fukaya 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).
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Patent number: 8320011Abstract: An image forming device includes a printing unit configured to print images on a recording sheet, a page number acquiring unit configured to acquire a common page number which is common among a plurality of files subject to be printed, a page extracting unit configured to extract a page of image from page data contained in each of the plurality of files based on the common page number acquired by the page number acquiring unit, and a print control unit configured to control the printing unit to print a plurality of images respectively extracted from the plurality of files, which are extracted by the page extracting unit, on a page of a recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kunihiko Sakurai, Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya
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Patent number: 8289560Abstract: There is provided a printing device which comprises a print data receiving unit, a transparent property judgment unit, a transparency processing unit, a transparency processing buffer which stores the transparency-processed data generated in the transparency processing, an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on at least one of the transparency-processed data and the objects, an image data storage control unit, a print engine, and an object placement judgment unit which regards the page memory as a set of bands defined as prescribed areas and judges in which bands each of the objects is to be placed by use of the objects. The transparency processing unit judges whether to execute the transparency processing for a band based on whether the band is judged by the object placement judgment unit to have at least a part of a transparent object.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Mizutani, Kunihiko Sakurai, Kousuke Fukaya, Sadaaki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20120224190Abstract: Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigetaka YOSHIDA, Kousuke FUKAYA, Kunihiko SAKURAI
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Patent number: 8253965Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an input unit which inputs a keyword; a preparation unit which prepares list data relating to a print file containing the keyword among a plurality of print files stored in a storage unit; and a printing unit that prints a list based on the list data.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8248638Abstract: An image forming device capable of forming index images that correspond to a plurality of files, respectively, onto a recording medium includes an image data generating unit configured to generate one of first image data and second image data as data for forming the index image corresponding to each of the plurality of files, a file selecting unit configured to select, from the plurality of files, files for which at least one parameter related to file processing is to be detected, a parameter detecting unit configured to detect the at least one parameter for each of the selected files, a parameter judging unit configured to judge whether the at least one parameter as detected satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit configured to control the image data generating unit to generate one of the first image data and the second image data based on the judgment.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kousuke Fukaya
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Patent number: 8218161Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a selection section which selects a print target to be printed; an input section which inputs a print job for printing the print target selected by the selection section; an instruction section which instructs to continue the print job; and a printing section which executes a trial printing of printing a part of the print job including a plurality of pages input by the input section as a trial page, and thereafter, restarting and finishing the print job in response to that the instruction section instructs to continue the print job.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto, Shigetaka Yoshida
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Patent number: 8164768Abstract: A printer which has a direct-printing function for reading and printing information stored in a storage device and which includes: an interface unit which receives the storage device, the storage device storing file information including content information for print or display and restrictive information for controlling output of the content information; a reading unit which reads the restrictive information from the storage device; a setting unit which sets indication information indicating the file information according to the content information and the restrictive information; and an indication outputting unit which outputs information based on the indication information set by the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Mizutani, Naoki Hashimoto, Kousuke Fukaya
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Patent number: 8134721Abstract: A printer having a direct-printing function for reading and printing data stored in a storing unit, the printer including a connecting device, a user storage that stores user information including information of users permitted to print using the direct-printing function, a reading unit that reads identification information from data stored in the storing unit, a determining unit that determines whether the identification information corresponds to the user information, a direct-printing controlling unit that permits printing of the data using the direct-printing function if the determining unit determines that the identification information corresponds to the user information and prohibits printing of the data using the direct-printing function if the determining unit determines that the identification information does not correspond to the user information, and a print-executing unit executing printing if the direct-printing controlling unit permits printing of the data using the direct-printing function.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20090027711Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a selection section which selects a print target to be printed; an input section which inputs a print job for printing the print target selected by the selection section; an instruction section which instructs to continue the print job; and a printing section which executes a trial printing of printing a part of the print job including a plurality of pages input by the input section as a trial page, and thereafter, restarting and finishing the print job in response to that the instruction section instructs to continue the print job.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Norio MIZUTANI, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto, Shigetaka Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080297848Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an input unit which inputs a keyword; a preparation unit which prepares list data relating to a print file containing the keyword among a plurality of print files stored in a storage unit; and a printing unit that prints a list based on the list data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norio MIZUTANI, Kousuke FUKAYA, Naoki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20080266589Abstract: An image forming device includes a printing unit configured to print images on a recording sheet, a page number acquiring unit configured to acquire a common page number which is common among a plurality of files subject to be printed, a page extracting unit configured to extract a page of image from page data contained in each of the plurality of files based on the common page number acquired by the page number acquiring unit, and a print control unit configured to control the printing unit to print a plurality of images respectively extracted from the plurality of files, which are extracted by the page extracting unit, on a page of a recording sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Kunihiko Sakurai, Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya
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Publication number: 20080212123Abstract: A printer which has a direct-printing function for reading and printing information stored in a storage device and which includes: an interface unit which receives the storage device, the storage device storing file information including content information for print or display and restrictive information for controlling output of the content information; a reading unit which reads the restrictive information from the storage device; a setting unit which sets indication information indicating the file information according to the content information and the restrictive information; and an indication outputting unit which outputs information based on the indication information set by the setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Norio Mizutani, Naoki Hashimoto, Kousuke Fukaya
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Patent number: 7413301Abstract: An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus is provided with an inkjet head, a platen and a positioning member. The inkjet head reciprocally moves in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to a fabric (e.g., clothes). The platen holds the fabric to extend on a plane parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction with a first predetermined distance spaced from the inkjet head. On the positioning member, the fabric is set. The fabric is positioned on the platen in place in a direction parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction. The positioning member supports at least one of a neck portion and a shoulder portion of the fabric such that the neck portion and/or a shoulder portion is spaced from the inkjet head by a second predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akiko Niimi, Katsuya Watarai, Kousuke Fukaya
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Publication number: 20080170261Abstract: A printer having a direct-printing function for reading and printing data stored in a storing unit, the printer including a connecting device, a user storage that stores user information including information of users permitted to print using the direct-printing function, a reading unit that reads identification information from data stored in the storing unit, a determining unit that determines whether the identification information corresponds to the user information, a direct-printing controlling unit that permits printing of the data using the direct-printing function if the determining unit determines that the identification information corresponds to the user information and prohibits printing of the data using the direct-printing function if the determining unit determines that the identification information does not correspond to the user information, and a print-executing unit executing printing if the direct-printing controlling unit permits printing of the data using the direct-printing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20080122868Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an overwriter, an area storage, and a controller. The overwriter overwrites a plurality of images over another image by performing a transparent process in a writing order from one of the plurality of images disposed uppermost. The area storage stores areas in each of which each of the plurality of images is written by the overwriter. The controller controls the overwriter so as to write the plurality of images such that, when each of the plurality of images is written in the writing order, the areas of the plurality of images do not overlap with the areas already stored by the area storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norio Mizutani, Kousuke Fukaya, Kunihiko Sakurai, Sadaaki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20080049273Abstract: An image forming device capable of forming index images that correspond to a plurality of files, respectively, onto a recording medium includes an image data generating unit configured to generate one of first image data and second image data as data for forming the index image corresponding to each of the plurality of files, a file selecting unit configured to select, from the plurality of files, files for which at least one parameter related to file processing is to be detected, a parameter detecting unit configured to detect the at least one parameter for each of the selected files, a parameter judging unit configured to judge whether the at least one parameter as detected satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit configured to control the image data generating unit to generate one of the first image data and the second image data based on the judgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kousuke Fukaya
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Publication number: 20080010236Abstract: A printing device comprises: a character string acquiring unit which acquires a file selection character string from a character string storage unit storing the file selection character string which has been set for selection of files to be handled as print targets; a file selecting unit which selects files having a file name including the file selection character string acquired by the character string acquiring unit from files stored in a file storage unit; and a file printing unit which prints contents of each file selected by the file selecting unit on a print medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kousuke FUKAYA
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Publication number: 20070296749Abstract: There is provided a printing device which comprises a print data receiving unit, a transparent property judgment unit, a transparency processing unit, a transparency processing buffer which stores the transparency-processed data generated in the transparency processing, an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on at least one of the transparency-processed data and the objects, an image data storage control unit, a print engine, and an object placement judgment unit which regards the page memory as a set of bands defined as prescribed areas and judges in which bands each of the objects is to be placed by use of the objects. The transparency processing unit judges whether to execute the transparency processing for a band based on whether the band is judged by the object placement judgment unit to have at least a part of a transparent object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norio MIZUTANI, Kunihiko SAKURAI, Kousuke FUKAYA, Sadaaki MIYAZAKI
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Publication number: 20070203948Abstract: Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Shigetaka Yoshida, Kousuke Fukaya, Kunihiko Sakurai
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Patent number: 7237890Abstract: An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus is provided with an inkjet head, a platen and a positioning member. The inkjet head reciprocally moves in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to a fabric (e.g., clothes). The platen holds the fabric to extend on a plane parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction with a first predetermined distance spaced from the inkjet head. On the positioning member, the fabric is set. The fabric is positioned on the platen in place in a direction parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction. The positioning member supports at least one of a neck portion and a shoulder portion of the fabric such that the neck portion and/or a shoulder portion is spaced from the inkjet head by a second predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akiko Niimi, Katsuya Watarai, Kousuke Fukaya