Patents by Inventor Masayuki Takata
Masayuki Takata 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: 20140292867Abstract: An inkjet printer configured to print by ejecting ink based on print data, an inkjet head comprising a plurality of nozzles, the plurality of nozzles divided into a plurality of nozzle groups, each nozzle of a nozzle group configured to eject ink of a same color and type and a control device configured to control the inkjet head to print in a normal print mode and a low-temperature print mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masayuki TAKATA
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Patent number: 8837023Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints a composite image formed of a background image and an input image on a recording medium includes: a display; a display image data generating section which generates data of a display image to be displayed on the display; a display controller which controls the display; an input region determining mechanism which determines at least one input region in which the input image is to be inputted on the background image displayed on the display; an image capturing mechanism which captures the input image inputted via the display; a composite image data generating section which generates data of the composite image from data of the background image and the input image captured by the image capturing mechanism; and a printing mechanism which prints the composite image on the recording medium based on the data of the composite image generated by the composite image data generating section.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Takata, Kazuma Goto, Atsushi Nakamura, Narumi Kawai, Yuichi Ito
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Publication number: 20140240395Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid jetting head having a liquid jetting surface in which a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row are formed, each of the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles aligned in a predetermined direction, a cap member configured to be in a close contact with the liquid jetting surface to cover the first and second nozzle rows, a liquid discharge section connected to the cap member, a liquid guiding member accommodated in the cap member, and a control unit configured to control the liquid jetting head to jet a liquid from each of the first and second nozzle rows. First and second liquid receiving grooves extending in the predetermined direction are formed in a facing surface of the liquid guiding member configured to face the liquid jetting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: TATSUYA SHINDO, MASAYUKI TAKATA
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Patent number: 8804170Abstract: In a printing system, a print data generating unit generates first print data of an original image that includes a bar code storing a disposing position and a particular sub-image. The particular sub-image is disposed at the disposing position when the original image is read and processed. A first printing unit prints the original image on a first recording medium based on the first print data. A controller controls a reading unit to read the original image printed on the first recording medium and to retrieve the disposing position and the particular sub-image from the bar code. The controller generates second print data of a processed image in which the retrieved particular sub-image is disposed at the retrieved disposing position. The controller controls the second printing unit to print the processed image on a second recording medium based on the second print data.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Takata, Tomoyuki Kubo, Yoshinori Yokoe, Hiroto Sugahara
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Patent number: 8735859Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a first interconnect; a second interconnect at a position opposing the first interconnect; and a variable resistance layer between the first interconnect and the second interconnect, the variable resistance layer being capable of reversibly changing between a first state and a second state by a voltage applied via the first interconnect and the second interconnect or a current supplied via the first interconnect and the second interconnect, the first state having a first resistivity, the second state having a second resistivity higher than the first resistivity. Wherein the variable resistance layer has a compound of carbon and silicon as a main component and including hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shuichi Kuboi, Masayuki Takata, Tsukasa Nakai, Hiroyuki Fukumizu, Yasuhiro Nojiri, Kenichi Ootsuka
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Patent number: 8702214Abstract: A liquid cartridge detachably loadable in a cartridge loading section of a liquid supplying device is provided. The liquid cartridge includes: a main body defining therewithin a liquid accommodation chamber storing liquid therein, the liquid accommodation chamber having a light-transmission portion transmitting light therethrough; a moving member disposed within the liquid accommodation chamber and configured to move in accordance with an amount of the liquid; a light-emitting element configured to emit light and move in conjunction with the movement of the moving member; and a light outlet configured to irradiate the light emitted from the light-emitting element toward outside of the main body via the light-transmission portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Kubo, Hiroto Sugahara, Masayuki Takata
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Patent number: 8690284Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles; a common chamber; a liquid chamber; a liquid supply port; and a communication channel; and a discharge control mechanism which controls the liquid discharge head to perform a discharge operation of discharging the liquid from the nozzles to the medium. The discharge control mechanism controls the liquid discharge head to perform a flushing operation, as the discharge operation, so that the liquid is discharged from a first nozzle group in a discharge mode, which is different from a discharge mode of a second nozzle group, to generate a flow of the liquid in the communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Takata, Tatsuya Shindo
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Patent number: 8678553Abstract: A recording apparatus has a cartridge installing section including a case which is formed with an opening and which is configured to receive printing fluid cartridges respectively via the opening; a flat plate-shaped lid which has a rotational shaft and which undergoes posture change to a closed posture and an open posture by being rotated around the rotational shaft. The lid has a curved section which is disposed on a side of one end in a widthwise direction along the rotational shaft and which is curved so that the one end is directed to a side of the ending surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the closed posture; and the curved section is upstanding upwardly from a side of a bottom surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the open posture.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Takata, Hisaki Sakurai, Jiro Yamamoto, Yasunari Yoshida, Yuji Koga, Katsuro Miura, Isao Kubo, Motohito Muraki
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Patent number: 8651636Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes: a plurality of discharge openings for discharging bubbles in liquid supply flow passages supplying liquid from liquid chambers to a liquid droplet ejection head, for each of the liquid chambers; a first opening and closing section being capable of opening and closing the discharge openings; and a first pushing section causing the discharge openings to be opened and closed by moving the first opening and closing section. The first opening and closing section includes a plurality of first cover portions that can cover each of the discharge openings, a first contact portion corresponding to the first pushing section and common to the first cover portions, and a first connecting portion connecting the first cover portions with the first contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Yamamoto, Masayuki Takata
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Patent number: 8576444Abstract: A print data generating device comprises a retrieving unit, a bar code data generating unit, and a print data generating unit. The retrieving unit is configured to retrieve image data of an original image. The bar code data generating unit is configured to generate, based on the image data of the original image, data of at least one bar code that stores the original image. The print data generating unit is configured to generate, based on the image data of the original image and the data of the at least one bar code, print data of a print image that includes the at least one bar code arranged on one page and the original image arranged on one or more pages.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroto Sugahara, Masayuki Takata, Tomoyuki Kubo, Yoshinori Yokoe
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Publication number: 20130258003Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus includes: a plurality of discharge openings for discharging bubbles in liquid supply flow passages supplying liquid from liquid chambers to a liquid droplet ejection head, for each of the liquid chambers; a first opening and closing section being capable of opening and closing the discharge openings; and a first pushing section causing the discharge openings to be opened and closed by moving the first opening and closing section. The first opening and closing section includes a plurality of first cover portions that can cover each of the discharge openings, a first contact portion corresponding to the first pushing section and common to the first cover portions, and a first connecting portion connecting the first cover portions with the first contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Yamamoto, Masayuki Takata
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Publication number: 20130250014Abstract: A liquid cartridge detachably loadable in a cartridge loading section of a liquid supplying device is provided. The liquid cartridge includes: a main body defining therewithin a liquid accommodation chamber storing liquid therein, the liquid accommodation chamber having a light-transmission portion transmitting light therethrough; a moving member disposed within the liquid accommodation chamber and configured to move in accordance with an amount of the liquid; a light-emitting element configured to emit light and move in conjunction with the movement of the moving member; and a light outlet configured to irradiate the light emitted from the light-emitting element toward outside of the main body via the light-transmission portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyuki KUBO, Hiroto SUGAHARA, Masayuki TAKATA
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Patent number: 8534791Abstract: A liquid droplet jetting apparatus comprises a liquid droplet jetting head which jets liquid droplets, a storage tank which stores a liquid to be jetted by the liquid droplet-jetting head, a tube which connects the liquid droplet jetting head and the storage tank, and a liquid-state detecting mechanism which detects a state of the liquid contained in the tube at a plurality of positions in a longitudinal direction of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Takata, Tomoyuki Kubo, Hiroto Sugahara, Yoshinori Yokoe
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Patent number: 8469500Abstract: A liquid cartridge detachably loadable in a cartridge loading section of a liquid supplying device is provided. The liquid cartridge includes: a main body defining therewithin a liquid accommodation chamber storing liquid therein, the liquid accommodation chamber having a light-transmission portion transmitting light therethrough; a moving member disposed within the liquid accommodation chamber and configured to move in accordance with an amount of the liquid; a light outlet configured to move in conjunction with the movement of the moving member; and a light guiding portion configured to guide incident light toward the light outlet, the light outlet irradiating light coming from the light guiding portion outside of the main body via the light-transmission portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyuki Kubo, Hiroto Sugahara, Masayuki Takata
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Patent number: 8441681Abstract: A printing apparatus, which prints a composite image formed of an enlargement portion and a non-enlargement portion of an original image on a printing medium, includes: an enlargement portion determining section which determines the enlargement portion, of the original image, which is to be enlarged in the composite image; an enlargement rate determining section which determines an enlargement rate of the enlargement portion with respect to the original image; a print data generating section which generates print data for printing the composite image based on image data of the original image, the enlargement portion determined by the enlargement portion determining section, and the enlargement rate determined by the enlargement rate determining section; and a printing mechanism which prints the composite image on the printing medium based on the print data generated by the print data generating section.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuma Goto, Atsushi Nakamura, Yuichi Ito, Narumi Kawai, Masayuki Takata
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Publication number: 20130063751Abstract: A multifunction device including an image recording unit and a scanner unit is provided. The scanner unit includes an image readable plane. The image recording unit includes a first tray, a conveyer path to convey the recording sheet in a first orientation, and a second tray, which is formed along an edge of an opening formed on the front face, and in which the recording sheet having been conveyed in the conveyer path is disposed. The recording sheet in a maximum conveyable size for the conveyer path is disposed to occupy a discharge area in the second tray. A downstream end of the discharge area along a second orientation is in a displaced and downstream position with respect to a downstream end of an image readable area of the image readable plane along the second orientation for a first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuro Miura, Yuji Koga, Isao Kubo, Yasunari Yoshida, Jiro Yamamoto, Masayuki Takata, Takashi Ohama, Yoshinori Osakabe
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Publication number: 20130063532Abstract: A recording apparatus has a cartridge installing section including a case which is formed with an opening and which is configured to receive printing fluid cartridges respectively via the opening; a flat plate-shaped lid which has a rotational shaft and which undergoes posture change to a closed posture and an open posture by being rotated around the rotational shaft. The lid has a curved section which is disposed on a side of one end in a widthwise direction along the rotational shaft and which is curved so that the one end is directed to a side of the ending surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the closed posture; and the curved section is upstanding upwardly from a side of a bottom surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the open posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Masayuki TAKATA, Hisaki Sakurai, Jiro Yamamoto, Yasunari Yoshida, Yuji Koga, Katsuro Miura, Isao Kubo, Motohito Muraki
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Patent number: 8376538Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid jetting head; a liquid supply channel which supplies the liquid to the liquid jetting head; an air discharge mechanism which discharges air existing in the liquid, the air discharge mechanism including an air storage portion, an air discharge passage, a valve, and a flexible member. When a negative pressure is generated in the air discharge passage, the flexible member is deformed to open the valve, and to discharge the air inside the air storage portion via the air discharge passage. Accordingly, the size of the apparatus can be made small while making it possible to discharge the air accumulated in the head unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masayuki Takata
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Patent number: 8356888Abstract: A channel forming method includes: forming a first member having a fitting groove and a second member which is to be fitted into the fitting groove; fitting the second member into the fitting groove; and joining joint peripheral portions of the first member and the second member by heating from outside the fitted second member, and a channel is foamed by channel grooves formed in a bottom portion of the fitting groove and a facing surface of the second member facing the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masayuki Takata
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Patent number: 8356891Abstract: A damper includes a reservoir which stores a liquid and damps a pressure fluctuation in the liquid and includes a gas-liquid separation membrane which demarcates an upper portion of the reservoir, and a flexible damper film which demarcates the reservoir at a lower side of the gas-liquid separation membrane. Accordingly, there is provided a damper which is capable of improving an air-discharge efficiency while suppressing an increase in the size, and moreover improving a pressure relaxation efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masayuki Takata