Patents by Inventor Manami OTA
Manami OTA 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: 10252435Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store data of a pattern having plural parts of different colors or designs; a display unit; and a control device. The control device is configured to: acquire data of a color or a design of at least one workpiece; change a color or a design of at least one part of a pattern in the data stored in the storing unit to the color or the design acquired for the at least one workpiece; and display the pattern having the at least one part in which the color or the design has been changed on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Manami Ota, Kentaro Sugiyama, Hideaki Nagasaka
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Patent number: 9739000Abstract: A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars, a needle bar case having a thread supply path along which threads are supplied to needles attached to lower ends of the needle bars respectively, the needle bar case supporting the needle bars, an arm on which the needle bar case is mounted, an embroidery frame located below the needle bar case and configured to hold a workpiece cloth, a projector configured to project an image onto the workpiece cloth from above the embroidery frame, and a support member supporting the projector and configured to be capable of switching the projector between a first position where the image is projectable onto the workpiece cloth and a second position differing from the first position.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akie Shimizu, Yoshio Nishimura, Yutaka Nomura, Yuki Ihira, Manami Ota, Hidenori Oka, Satoru Ichiyanagi
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Patent number: 9410274Abstract: A sewing machine includes a detection unit configured to detect a moving direction of an object when the object placed on a sewing machine bed is moved in any direction, a cutting needle having a distal end formed with a blade edge and configured to form a cut in the object, an up-down drive mechanism configured to reciprocate the needle in an up-down direction, a rotational drive mechanism configured to rotate the needle about a rotation axis line of the needle, and a control device configured to control the up-down drive mechanism and the rotational drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the detection unit so that an orientation of the blade edge is changed according to the moving direction of the object and the needle is reciprocated to form the cut in the object with the blade edge being in the changed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Manami Ota, Akie Shimizu, Yoshio Nishimura, Yoshinori Nakamura, Yutaka Nomura, Daisuke Abe, Yuki Ihira
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Publication number: 20160092092Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store data of a pattern having plural parts of different colors or designs; a display unit; and a control device. The control device is configured to: acquire data of a color or a design of at least one workpiece; change a color or a design of at least one part of a pattern in the data stored in the storing unit to the color or the design acquired for the at least one workpiece; and display the pattern having the at least one part in which the color or the design has been changed on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Manami Ota, Kentaro Sugimura, Hideaki Nagasaka
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Patent number: 9228279Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing portion, a display, a processor, and a memory. The sewing portion is configured to perform sewing on a sewing workpiece. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the sewing machine to perform processes that include determining a plurality of first positions based on embroidery data, causing the display to display an image showing an embroidery pattern and a plurality of feature points superimposed on the image, identifying one of the plurality of first positions indicated by one of the plurality of feature points displayed on the display, identifying, as a second position, an arbitrary position on the sewing workpiece, changing positions of a plurality of stitches identified by the embroidery data, and causing the sewing portion to sew the plurality of stitches based on the changed positions of the plurality of stitches.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Abe, Yuki Ihira, Yutaka Nomura, Hidenori Oka, Akie Shimizu, Satoru Ichiyanagi, Manami Ota
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Publication number: 20150259841Abstract: A sewing machine includes a plurality of types of embroidery frames having respective holding parts holding workpiece cloth, the holding parts having forms differing from one type of embroidery frame to another, a carriage to which one of the embroidery frames is selectively attached, the carriage being configured to transfer the embroidery frame, a projector configured to project an image onto the workpiece cloth, a detector configured to detect a type of the embroidery frame attached to the carriage, a storage unit configured to store frame information set for every type of embroidery frame, a setting unit configured to read the frame information according to result of detection by the detector and to set a projection region for an image to be projected, based on the frame information, and a control unit configured to control the projector so that the projector projects the image onto the set projection region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Yuki IHIRA, Daisuke ABE, Yoshinori NAKAMURA, Hidenori OKA, Satoru ICHIYANAGI, Yoshio NISHIMURA, Manami OTA
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Publication number: 20150233032Abstract: A sewing machine includes a detection unit configured to detect a moving direction of an object to be processed when the object placed on a sewing machine bed is moved in any direction, a cutting needle having a distal end formed with a blade edge and configured to form a cut in the object, an up-down drive mechanism configured to reciprocate the cutting needle in an up-down direction, a rotational drive mechanism configured to rotate the cutting needle about a rotation axis line of the cutting needle, and a control device configured to control the up-down drive mechanism and the rotational drive mechanism based on a result of detection by the detection unit so that the cutting needle forms the cut in the object while changing an orientation of the blade edge according to the moving direction of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Manami OTA, Akie SHIMIZU, Yoshio NISHIMURA, Yoshinori NAKAMURA, Yutaka NOMURA, Daisuke ABE, Yuki IHIRA
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Publication number: 20150184321Abstract: A multi-needle sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars, a needle bar case having a thread supply path along which threads are supplied to needles attached to lower ends of the needle bars respectively, the needle bar case supporting the needle bars, an arm on which the needle bar case is mounted, an embroidery frame located below the needle bar case and configured to hold a workpiece cloth, a projector configured to project an image onto the workpiece cloth from above the embroidery frame, and a support member supporting the projector and configured to be capable of switching the projector between a first position where the image is projectable onto the workpiece cloth and a second position differing from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Akie SHIMIZU, Yoshio NISHIMURA, Yutaka NOMURA, Yuki IHIRA, Manami OTA, Hidenori OKA, Satoru ICHIYANAGI
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Publication number: 20150152581Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing portion, a display, a processor, and a memory. The sewing portion is configured to perform sewing on a sewing workpiece. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the sewing machine to perform processes that include determining a plurality of first positions based on embroidery data, causing the display to display an image showing an embroidery pattern and a plurality of feature points superimposed on the image, identifying one of the plurality of first positions indicated by one of the plurality of feature points displayed on the display, identifying, as a second position, an arbitrary position on the sewing workpiece, changing positions of a plurality of stitches identified by the embroidery data, and causing the sewing portion to sew the plurality of stitches based on the changed positions of the plurality of stitches.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Daisuke ABE, Yuki IHIRA, Yutaka NOMURA, Hidenori OKA, Akie SHIMIZU, Satoru ICHIYANAGI, Manami OTA