Patents by Inventor Mikitoshi Suzuki
Mikitoshi Suzuki 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: 8739054Abstract: In a case wherein a drop area of a capture window is clicked with a mouse and text is entered through a keyboard, a CPU of a computer device changes the drop area of a capture window to an edit area which displays text characters that were entered from the keyboard. The CPU changes the capture button to a print button used to enter a command for text printing. If the print button is clicked with the mouse, the CPU outputs the text which is displayed on the edit area to a tape printer as print data.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8432573Abstract: A printer includes a processor configured to execute, when a dedicated USB flash drive is plugged in a second USB port, a process of (i?) making a USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive recognized as a removable drive while managing an access to the USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive, with respect to a host connected to a first USB port, and to further execute, when the execution file of a second application program is read and executed by the host, processes of (a?) renewing a command file in a command-purpose memory region with a command file received from the host; (b?) analyzing the command file currently renewed and taking out print data therefrom, and (c?) making a printing device execute printing based on the print data currently taken out.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8125656Abstract: In a case wherein a rolled sheet loaded in a tape printer is a non-fixed length rolled sheet, the CPU of the computer device displays a layout edit window which is set to a free length print mode on a display screen of a display. If the free length/fixed length switch button is clicked with a mouse for setting to a fixed length print mode, the CPU displays the layout edit window which is set to the fixed length print mode on the display screen of the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Motonori Tanaka, Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110157652Abstract: A printer includes a processor configured to execute, when a dedicated USB flash drive is plugged in a second USB port, a process of (i?) making a USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive recognized as a removable drive while managing an access to the USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive, with respect to a host connected to a first USB port, and to further execute, when the execution file of a second application program is read and executed by the host, processes of (a?) renewing a command file in a command-purpose memory region with a command file received from the host; (b?) analyzing the command file currently renewed and taking out print data therefrom, and (c?) making a printing device execute printing based on the print data currently taken out.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7715940Abstract: The disclosure presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of creating a single unit of tree structure vector data by coupling plural pieces of independent tree structure vector data. A coupling node is added between nodes and of a tree structure vector data, and a vector data to for coupling nodes and, and a vector data to for coupling nodes and are created, and thereby a tree structure vector data is created. In a tree structure vector data, the node mutual direction is converted so that the node existing at the connecting position may be a root node, and a tree structure vector data is created, and this root node is coupled with the coupling node of the tree structure vector data, and a single tree structure vector data is created.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20100073138Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of RFID circuit elements, each of the RFID circuit elements having a tag antenna that transmits and receives information and an IC circuit part that stores information, comprising: a communication antenna that forms a communication range that includes said RFID circuit elements and performs wireless communication; at least one information acquisition device that attempts to acquire tag identification information from said RFID circuit elements positioned within said communication range by selectively using a plurality of communication protocols different from each other; and a storage processing device that performs predetermined storage processing with respect to a plurality of tag identification information with associating with each communication protocol, said plurality of tag identification information being acquired by said at least one information acquisition device with using said plurality of commuType: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Sugimoto, Kenichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20090138812Abstract: In a case wherein a drop area of a capture window is clicked with a mouse and text is entered through a keyboard, a CPU of a computer device changes the drop area of a capture window to an edit area which displays text characters that were entered from the keyboard. The CPU changes the capture button to a print button used to enter a command for text printing. If the print button is clicked with the mouse, the CPU outputs the text which is displayed on the edit area to a tape printer as print data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090103123Abstract: In a case wherein a rolled sheet loaded in a tape printer is a non-fixed length rolled sheet, the CPU of the computer device displays a layout edit window which is set to a free length print mode on a display screen of a display. If the free length/fixed length switch button is clicked with a mouse for setting to a fixed length print mode, the CPU displays the layout edit window which is set to the fixed length print mode on the display screen of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Motonori Tanaka, Mikitoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7515985Abstract: The disclosure presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of tearing off an elastic sheet easily after an item of embroidery has been sewn, thus enhancing working efficiency. A CPU extracts a contour line from needle drop points PN (N=1, 2, . . . , n) stored in embroidery data (S1 to S3).Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Akihiro Wakayama
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Patent number: 7493187Abstract: The disclosure presents a quilting data processing apparatus and a program capable of displaying changes of fabric caused by a sewing line, and or easily displaying a visual image of a finished state of quilting. The CPU receives the fabric pattern of quilting, the thickness of fabric, the thickness of elastic material, and the sewing line of quilting, and, when the preview button is pressed, creates a basic mesh pattern, calculates the total deformation degree, deforms the basic mesh pattern sequentially along the sewing line to a deformation degree commensurate with the total deformation degree, and deforms each mesh adjacent to deformed meshes commensurately with the deformation degree, thereby creating a deformation mesh pattern (S1 to S5).Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20080266579Abstract: A PC capable of editing the print content to be printed by a print head on a cover film to which a base tape in which an RFID circuit element comprising an IC circuit part that stores information and a loop antenna that transmits and receive information is affixed, the PC comprising a display part that determines a printable area of the print head on the cover film and to display a print image to be printed by the print head on the RFID label to be produced and a disposed area of the RFID circuit element in the RFID label to be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Mikitoshi Suzuki, Satoru Moriyama, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Noriyuki Osuka, Koshiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20080266100Abstract: A PC for producing an RFID label by cutting at a predetermined full-cut position or partially cutting at a predetermined half-cutting position in the thickness direction a base tape wherein an RFID circuit element comprising an IC circuit part that stores information and a loop antenna that transmits and receives information is disposed, wherein the PC determines based on the cartridge information of a tag cartridge installed using a cartridge holder a cuttable area of the base tape wherein at least one full-cut position or half-cutting position can be set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Noriyuki Osuka, Koshiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20080267685Abstract: This disclosure discloses a label editing apparatus comprising a tape attribute information acquisition portion that acquires tape attribute information of a print-receiving tape or of a base tape to be bonded thereto; and a feed setting portion that sets the feeding behavior of the print-receiving tape, based on the tape attribute information, wherein, the label editing apparatus performs editing of a production of a label with print by using a label producing apparatus, the label producing apparatus including: the feeding device; the printing device that performs printing on the print-receiving tape; and a cutter that cuts the print-receiving tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Noriyuki Osuka, Koshiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20080266602Abstract: This disclosure discloses a label producing apparatus that produces a label with print, comprising: a feeding device that feeds a print-receiving tape or a base tape thereto; a printing device that performs printing on the print-receiving tape; a first command input part that inputs a first command signal for providing instructions from an external source; a second command input part that inputs a second command signal from an external source; and a control portion that controls said at least one of devices for working based on the first or second command signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Noriyuki Osuka, Koshiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7212880Abstract: The invention presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of easily forming images of finished state of applique even if the fabric for applique is a pattern fabric. A selected fabric image of fabric for applique is displayed, and when the user manipulates the mouse, and moves the cursor to a desired position of the fabric image, and clicks by a specified number of times, the applique pattern preliminarily inputted through the image scanner is displayed at the position of the cursor (S101 to S103). When the user clicks the preview button by the mouse, only the fabric image within the applique pattern is extracted, and an applique image is displayed, and an applique sewing stitch image is overlaid and displayed on the applique image (S104 to S109).Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20070088452Abstract: The disclosure presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of tearing off an elastic sheet easily after an item of embroidery has been sewn, thus enhancing working efficiency. A CPU extracts a contour line from needle drop points PN (N=1, 2, . . . , n) stored in embroidery data (S1 to S3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20070032899Abstract: The invention presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of easily forming images of finished state of applique even if the fabric for applique is a pattern fabric. A selected fabric image of fabric for applique is displayed, and when the user manipulates the mouse, and moves the cursor to a desired position of the fabric image, and clicks by a specified number of times, the applique pattern preliminarily inputted through the image scanner is displayed at the position of the cursor (S101 to S103). When the user clicks the preview button by the mouse, only the fabric image within the applique pattern is extracted, and an applique image is displayed, and an applique sewing stitch image is overlaid and displayed on the applique image (S104 to S109).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20070032892Abstract: The disclosure presents a quilting data processing apparatus and a program capable of displaying changes of fabric caused by a sewing line, and or easily displaying a visual image of a finished state of quilting. The CPU receives the fabric pattern of quilting, the thickness of fabric, the thickness of elastic material, and the sewing line of quilting, and, when the preview button is pressed, creates a basic mesh pattern, calculates the total deformation degree, deforms the basic mesh pattern sequentially along the sewing line to a deformation degree commensurate with the total deformation degree, and deforms each mesh adjacent to deformed meshes commensurately with the deformation degree, thereby creating a deformation mesh pattern (S1 to S5).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shoichi Taguchi, Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Akihiro Wakayama
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Publication number: 20070014436Abstract: The disclosure presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of creating a single unit of tree structure vector data by coupling plural pieces of independent tree structure vector data. A coupling node N22 is added between nodes N2 and N5 of a tree structure vector data (TV1), and a vector data N2 to N22 for coupling nodes N2 and N22, and a vector data N22 to N5 for coupling nodes N22 and N4 are created, and thereby a tree structure vector data (TVa) is created (S1 to S3). In a tree structure vector data (TV2), the node mutual direction is converted so that the node N22 existing at the connecting position may be a root node, and a tree structure vector data (TVb) is created, and this root node N22 is coupled with the coupling node N22 of the tree structure vector data (TVa), and a single tree structure vector data is created (S4 to S6).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukiyoshi Muto, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Akihiro Wakayama
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Patent number: 7155302Abstract: An embroidery data producing device is disclosed producing embroidery data on which an embroidery sewing machine forms an embroidery pattern along another pattern previously formed on cloth held by a cloth holding frame. The embroidery data producing device includes image data producing means for scanning the cloth held by the cloth holding frame to produce pattern image data corresponding to the pattern, and embroidery data producing means for producing embroidery data for forming an embroidery pattern on at least a part of the pattern on the basis of the pattern image data, the embroidery pattern having a size equal to that of the pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukiyoshi Muto, Masahiro Mizuno, Shoichi Taguchi, Mikitoshi Suzuki, Akihiro Wakayama