Patents by Inventor Minako Ishida

Minako Ishida 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).

  • Patent number: 10733362
    Abstract: An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor performs processes. The processes include causing a print image to be displayed in a first area, and a mark and at least one portion of a target character string to be displayed in a second area. The processes include causing a selection image to be displayed in a third area. The processes include performing a first determination whether a corresponding block included in the print image overlaps with the selection image. The processes include causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in a first residual area. The processes include performing a second determination whether the mark overlaps with the selection image. The processes include reducing a size of the target character string. The processes include causing the mark and at least one portion of a reduced character string to be displayed in a second residual area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Shinya Goto, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10643656
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printer configured to print a character on a printing medium, a display including multiple individual display areas arranged in a particular order, and a controller. The controller is configured to display one of a character image and an icon on each of the multiple individual display areas, the character image being an image indicating the character, the icon corresponding to a control code indicating a process related to a print control of the character, and control printing performed by the printer based on a target code and a target character, the target code being a control code corresponding to the icons displayed in the individual display areas, the target characters being characters indicated by the character images displayed in the individual display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Minako Ishida
  • Publication number: 20190251151
    Abstract: An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor performs processes. The processes include causing a print image to be displayed in a first area, and a mark and at least one portion of a target character string to be displayed in a second area. The processes include causing a selection image to be displayed in a third area. The processes include performing a first determination whether a corresponding block included in the print image overlaps with the selection image. The processes include causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in a first residual area. The processes include performing a second determination whether the mark overlaps with the selection image. The processes include reducing a size of the target character string. The processes include causing the mark and at least one portion of a reduced character string to be displayed in a second residual area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Shinya Goto, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10296572
    Abstract: An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the editing apparatus to perform processes that include causing a mark and at least one portion of a character string to be displayed, causing a selection image to be displayed in a state in which the at least one portion of the character string and the mark are displayed, performing, in a case where the selection image is displayed, a determination whether the mark ceases to be displayed in an outer side of one of a left edge and a right edge of the selection image, and moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to a position where the mark is displayed in the outer side, in response to determining that the mark ceases to be displayed in the outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Shinya Goto, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10286693
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a medium including a transparent base layer and a separation layer stacked on each other, the medium further including a printing background layer; a printer configured to print a character on the medium conveyed by the conveyor, wherein the medium on which the character is printed is a printed medium; and a controller configured to control the conveyor and the printer. The controller is configured to: obtain outside-diameter relating information relating to an outside diameter of a wrapped member; and based on the obtained outside-diameter relating information, set a character printable region in which the printer is allowed to print the character on the printing background layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Junya Kawai, Naoto Ito, Shuhei Nohara, Harumitsu Inoue, Yukihiko Sato, Haruki Matsumoto, Kentaro Murayama
  • Publication number: 20180281480
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a medium including a transparent base layer and a separation layer stacked on each other, the medium further including a printing background layer; a printer configured to print a character on the medium conveyed by the conveyor, wherein the medium on which the character is printed is a printed medium; and a controller configured to control the conveyor and the printer. The controller is configured to: obtain outside-diameter relating information relating to an outside diameter of a wrapped member; and based on the obtained outside-diameter relating information, set a character printable region in which the printer is allowed to print the character on the printing background layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Minako ISHIDA, Junya KAWAI, Naoto ITO, Shuhei NOHARA, Harumitsu INOUE, Yukihiko SATO, Haruki MATSUMOTO, Kentaro MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180218754
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printer configured to print a character on a printing medium, a display including multiple individual display areas arranged in a particular order, and a controller. The controller is configured to display one of a character image and an icon on each of the multiple individual display areas, the character image being an image indicating the character, the icon corresponding to a control code indicating a process related to a print control of the character, and control printing performed by the printer based on a target code and a target character, the target code being a control code corresponding to the icons displayed in the individual display areas, the target characters being characters indicated by the character images displayed in the individual display areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Minako ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 9959488
    Abstract: A tape printer including a data receiving portion, a display control portion, and a print control portion is provided. The data receiving portion is configured to receive talk data containing plural pieces of speech related data along a time series, the speech related data including speech display texts from each of a first speaker and a second speaker. The display control portion is configured to control the display device so that the plural pieces of speech related data is arrayed and displayed in order of the time series along a tape length direction, and first and second speech related data respectively in relation to the first and second speaker contained in the talk data are displayed in mutually different forms. The print control portion is configured to control a printing head to form a plurality of print objects corresponding respectively to the plural pieces of speech related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minako Ishida
  • Publication number: 20170372177
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a tape printer including a data receiving portion, a display control portion, and a print control portion. The data receiving portion is configured to receive talk data containing plural pieces of speech related data along a time series, the speech related data including speech display texts from each of a first and a second speaker. The display control portion is configured to control the display device so that the plural pieces of speech related data is arrayed and displayed in order of the time series along a tape length direction, and first and second speech related data respectively in relation to the first and second speaker contained in the talk data are displayed in mutually different forms. The print control portion is configured to control a printing head to form a plurality of print objects corresponding respectively to the plural pieces of speech related data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Minako Ishida
  • Patent number: 9633286
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer including an operation device, a display device, and a controller. The controller executes a condition deciding process, a determining process, a first mode switching process, and a second mode switching process. In the condition deciding process, printable conditions in a length and a width direction are decided. In the determining process, it is determining whether contents after the edit operation satisfy the printable conditions. In the first mode switching process, the operation mode is switched from a real-time preview mode to a text input mode in the case that the printable conditions are not satisfied. In the second mode switching process, the operation mode is returned from the text input mode to the real-time preview mode in the case that the printable conditions are satisfied after the operation mode is switched to the text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Naoki Tanjima, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160267364
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printer including an operation device, a display device, and a controller. The controller executes a condition deciding process, a determining process, a first mode switching process, and a second mode switching process. In the condition deciding process, printable conditions in a length and a width direction are decided. In the determining process, it is determining whether contents after the edit operation satisfy the printable conditions. In the first mode switching process, the operation mode is switched from a real-time preview mode to a text input mode in the case that the printable conditions are not satisfied. In the second mode switching process, the operation mode is returned from the text input mode to the real-time preview mode in the case that the printable conditions are satisfied after the operation mode is switched to the text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Naoki Tanjima, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9373232
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium, includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields and associating the records with operation keys, template data in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on a print medium are set, link information associating the arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions that instruct the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, and generating, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated, print data such that the texts that are respectively set, in the database, for the fields of the record that corresponds to the operated operation key are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Mitsuhiro Kanda, Minako Ishida
  • Patent number: 9373231
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus generating print data includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields, template data which is associated with one of operation keys and in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed are set, link information associating arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions instructing the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, selecting, from among the plurality of records of the database, the record to be used for printing, and generating print data such that the texts that are respectively set for the fields of the selected record are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields by link information, by using the template data corresponding to the operated operation key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Mitsuhiro Kanda, Minako Ishida
  • Publication number: 20150331588
    Abstract: An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the editing apparatus to perform processes that include causing a mark and at least one portion of a character string to be displayed, causing a selection image to be displayed in a state in which the at least one portion of the character string and the mark are displayed, performing, in a case where the selection image is displayed, a determination whether the mark ceases to be displayed in an outer side of one of a left edge and a right edge of the selection image, and moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to a position where the mark is displayed in the outer side, in response to determining that the mark ceases to be displayed in the outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Shinya Goto, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8922345
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication system comprising: a communication antenna that performs wireless communication using a plurality of communication formats with a plurality of types of RFID circuit elements, each of the RFID circuit elements having an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information, each type of the plurality of types of RFID circuit element having a different compatibility factor and lacking communication compatibility; a format switching portion that sequentially switches the plurality of communication formats in a switching order that corresponds to the frequency of use results of each of the plurality of communication formats used in the past; and an information acquisition portion that performs an acquisition process to acquire information by wireless communication from the RFID circuit elements using each of the communication formats that are sequentially switched by the format switching portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kanda, Yuichiro Suzuki, Mai Fukutani, Minako Ishida
  • Publication number: 20140139881
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium, includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields and associating the records with operation keys, template data in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on a print medium are set, link information associating the arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions that instruct the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, and generating, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated, print data such that the texts that are respectively set, in the database, for the fields of the record that corresponds to the operated operation key are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru MORIYAMA, Mitsuhiro KANDA, Minako ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140139867
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus generating print data includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields, template data which is associated with one of operation keys and in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed are set, link information associating arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions instructing the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, selecting, from among the plurality of records of the database, the record to be used for printing, and generating print data such that the texts that are respectively set for the fields of the selected record are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields by link information, by using the template data corresponding to the operated operation key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru MORIYAMA, Mitsuhiro KANDA, Minako ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8345270
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus generates print data to be used for printing a print result including a plurality of lines on a tape-shaped print medium. The print data generation apparatus includes an input device that inputs a plurality of character strings for the plurality of lines to be printed on the print medium, a storage device that stores the plurality of character strings for the plurality of lines, and a print data generation device that generates the print data in which each of the plurality of character strings are repeatedly arranged in a predetermined character size defined for each of the plurality of lines and at predetermined spacing in each of the plurality of lines until the print result reaches a predetermined length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mai Fukutani, Tomoki Miyashita, Minako Ishida
  • Patent number: 8098408
    Abstract: A two-dimensional code printing apparatus includes a computer device and a tape printer. A print frame is arranged on a label making work area on an edit display screen displayed on the computer device. A user inputs a text into a text box arranged on the print frame, and then highlights the text to be coded in a two-dimensional code by a mouse, and then one-clicks a two-dimensional code button. Herewith, the text and the two-dimensional code are displayed on the text box. If the user clicks a print button, a label on which both the text and the two-dimensional code printed is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Sawada, Akihiko Niwa, Chitoshi Ito, Minako Ishida, Hideo Ueno
  • Patent number: 8009964
    Abstract: For programs selected as those whose label is to be created, a list of available templates is displayed on a arrangement processing screen 200 together with contents of EPG information acquired from an EPG information DB. The EPG information is displayed on a left screen 210 and the templates list is displayed on a right screen 220, so that one template desired to be applied is selected on the right screen 220, according to which template, one or a plurality of the EPG information pieces whose label is desired to be created is selected on the left screen 210. Templates 230, 240, 250, and 260 constitute a label set comprised of a plurality of labels, thus enabling creating labels by incorporating information pieces of specified items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Ishida, Hideo Ueno, Takao Kato, Naruhito Muto