Patents by Inventor Masashi OHHASHI
Masashi OHHASHI 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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Publication number: 20230348215Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism conveying a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction, a recorder recording an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, and a controller. The controller receives image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, from an external apparatus, and determines whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium. In a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed, the controller causes the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium, and causes the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
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Publication number: 20230202217Abstract: An image forming device performs image formation on a medium selected by a computer. When a cutting device is unusable, a long sheet-type medium accommodated in a first medium container is unusable. However, a conveyance passage used for conveying a short sheet-type medium is usable in at least one of a first state where the cutting device is unusable or a second state where the sheet-type medium is unable to pass through the cutting device. A necessary condition to make both the long sheet-type medium and the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting neither the first status nor the second status. A necessary condition to make the long sheet-type medium unselectable and make the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting one of the first status and the second status.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO, Ayaka HOTTA
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Patent number: 11347457Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a communication interface, an image forming device, a user interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the user interface to display a print standby screen including a specific object, on condition that received reservable print job data indicates a first parameter being applied to the received reservable print job. The controller controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with the first parameter when the execution instructing operation is rendered through the user interface without accompanying an operation to the specific object in the print standby screen, but controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with a second parameter when the operation to the specific object in the print standby screen and the execution instructing operation are rendered through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Patent number: 11350008Abstract: A controller is configured to store a received print job in a RAM or an EEPROM, determine whether to group multiple print jobs in response to receipt of input to an input I/F, obtain device status information in response to determine to grouping the multiple print jobs, generate size information and sheet information matching to the device status information as a group key, group the multiple print jobs including size information and sheet information matching the group key, and display the group, in a selectable manner, as a subject of image recording on a display.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Patent number: 11237778Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20210099601Abstract: A controller is configured to store a received print job in a RAM or an EEPROM, determine whether to group multiple print jobs in response to receipt of input to an input I/F, obtain device status information in response to determine to grouping the multiple print jobs, generate size information and sheet information matching to the device status information as a group key, group the multiple print jobs including size information and sheet information matching the group key, and display the group, in a selectable manner, as a subject of image recording on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Publication number: 20210034312Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a communication interface, an image forming device, a user interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the user interface to display a print standby screen including a specific object, on condition that received reservable print job data indicates a first parameter being applied to the received reservable print job. The controller controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with the first parameter when the execution instructing operation is rendered through the user interface without accompanying an operation to the specific object in the print standby screen, but controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with a second parameter when the operation to the specific object in the print standby screen and the execution instructing operation are rendered through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Patent number: 10846037Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a communication interface, an image forming device, a user interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the user interface to display a print standby screen including a specific object, on condition that received reservable print job data indicates a first parameter being applied to the received reservable print job. The controller controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with the first parameter when the execution instructing operation is rendered through the user interface without accompanying an operation to the specific object in the print standby screen, but controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with a second parameter when the operation to the specific object in the print standby screen and the execution instructing operation are rendered through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Patent number: 10817761Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a printing device, a communication interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. In a case where the controller determines that an image in image data is to be rotated and that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller conducts rotation of the image in the image data concurrently with rasterization of the image data and stores raster data including the rotated image in the memory. In a case where the controller determines that the image in the image data is to be rotated and that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the controller conducts rasterization of the image data without rotating the image in the image data, and rotates a raster image in the raster data stored in the memory and generates the print data from the raster data including the rotated raster image.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20200293248Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Patent number: 10671330Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20200104660Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a printing device, a communication interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. In a case where the controller determines that an image in image data is to be rotated and that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller conducts rotation of the image in the image data concurrently with rasterization of the image data and stores raster data including the rotated image in the memory. In a case where the controller determines that the image in the image data is to be rotated and that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the controller conducts rasterization of the image data without rotating the image in the image data, and rotates a raster image in the raster data stored in the memory and generates the print data from the raster data including the rotated raster image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Publication number: 20200050412Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a communication interface, an image forming device, a user interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the user interface to display a print standby screen including a specific object, on condition that received reservable print job data indicates a first parameter being applied to the received reservable print job. The controller controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with the first parameter when the execution instructing operation is rendered through the user interface without accompanying an operation to the specific object in the print standby screen, but controls the image forming device to print images for the reservable print job in compliance with a second parameter when the operation to the specific object in the print standby screen and the execution instructing operation are rendered through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Publication number: 20190179579Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Patent number: 10235108Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Patent number: 9921789Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured to transmit setting related information to the portable terminal in response to performing one of receipt of identification information through a receiving unit and establishment of wireless communication with a portable terminal in a first communication method within a prescribed period of time from performing another of the receipt of the identification information through the receiving unit and the establishment of the wireless communication with the portable terminal in the first communication method. The setting related information is one of: setting information stored in a storage unit in association with identification information received through the receiving unit; and acquisition information used for acquiring the setting information stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information received through the receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toyoshi Adachi, Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20170322756Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI
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Patent number: 9727284Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20160253136Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured to transmit setting related information to the portable terminal in response to performing one of receipt of identification information through a receiving unit and establishment of wireless communication with a portable terminal in a first communication method within a prescribed period of time from performing another of the receipt of the identification information through the receiving unit and the establishment of the wireless communication with the portable terminal in the first communication method. The setting related information is one of: setting information stored in a storage unit in association with identification information received through the receiving unit; and acquisition information used for acquiring the setting information stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information received through the receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Toyoshi Adachi, Masashi Ohhashi
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Publication number: 20160253133Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventor: Masashi OHHASHI