Patents by Inventor Mitsugi Tanaka

Mitsugi Tanaka 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: 7475819
    Abstract: The tag-label producing device includes a print head for performing printing with respect to a print area of a cover film, a loop antenna for performing transmission/reception of information to/from an RFID circuit element, and a tape feed roller for imparting relative movement between the print head or loop antenna and a tag label tape with print. At this time, a control circuit determines the chronological sequence relation between the arrival of the RFID circuit element at a communication position where transmission/reception of information is performed with respect to the loop antenna, and the completion of the printing by the print head with respect to the print area. In accordance with the result of this determination, the operation modes of the tape feed roller, loop antenna, and print head are switch-controlled in a coordinated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Mitsugi Tanaka, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Iriyama
  • Publication number: 20090002791
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical scanning device, an imaging display device and a retinal scanning display which can be further miniaturized. The optical scanning device includes a vertical scanning system for scanning an incident optical flux in a primary direction and a horizontal scanning system for scanning the optical flux scanned in a secondary direction intersecting the primary direction. The optical scanning device further includes a relay optical system arranged between a Galvano mirror in the vertical scanning system and a Galvano mirror in the horizontal scanning system. The relay optical system includes at least a condensing mirror for guiding the optical flux scanned in the primary direction by the Galvano mirror in the vertical scanning system to the Galvano mirror in the horizontal scanning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080084274
    Abstract: A first roll is provided, which is formed by winding a base tape having a tape-state base film in which a plurality of RFID circuit elements are disposed with a predetermined interval in the lengthwise direction, an adhesive layer with a predetermined width for affixing the RFID circuit element to a target to be affixed, disposed on one face of the base film, and a separation sheet with a width larger than that of the adhesive layer and disposed so as to extend in the lengthwise direction of the adhesive layer around a reel axis approximately perpendicular to the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Mitsugi Tanaka, Toshio Takahashi, Kiyoichi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20080003043
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a label prevents malfunctions and/or inappropriate operations possibly associated with respective processes in a label producing procedure. An adhesive layer of a base tape is wound around the peripheral surface of a first reel member to form a base tape roll. A print-receiving tape is wound around the peripheral surface of a second reel member to form a print-receiving tape roll. The two rolls are placed in a cartridge which is then loaded into the apparatus for producing a label. The base tape and print-receiving tape are fed out from the base tape roll and print-receiving tape roll, respectively, while a predetermined character is printed on the print-receiving tape. The printed print-receiving tape is bonded to the base tape to produce a RFID label. The first reel member associated with the base tape roll included in the cartridge is formed with a groove or a projection on the peripheral surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Takuya Nagai, Yoshinori Maeda, Mitsugi Tanaka, Hiroshi Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20070147939
    Abstract: A label producing device for producing an RFID label using a tag label tape with print includes a tape feed roller for feeding the tag label tape with print, a print head for performing printing on a print area provided in a cover film, a half-cut unit for cutting, on both end sides in the tape length direction of the tag label tape with print with respect to the print area, layers other than a separation sheet in the width direction to thereby form half-cut lines, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the tag label tape with print in the width direction on sides further toward the both ends in the tape length direction with respect to these two half-cut lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070138281
    Abstract: The tag-label producing device includes a print head for performing printing with respect to a print area of a cover film, a loop antenna for performing transmission/reception of information to/from an RFID circuit element, and a tape feed roller for imparting relative movement between the print head or loop antenna and a tag label tape with print. At this time, a control circuit determines the chronological sequence relation between the arrival of the RFID circuit element at a communication position where transmission/reception of information is performed with respect to the loop antenna, and the completion of the printing by the print head with respect to the print area. In accordance with the result of this determination, the operation modes of the tape feed roller, loop antenna, and print head are switch-controlled in a coordinated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Satoru Moriyama, Koshiro Yamaguchi, Mitsugi Tanaka, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Yasuhiro Iriyama
  • Publication number: 20070131769
    Abstract: A label producing apparatus includes a pressure bonding roller configured to produce a printed tag label tape by bonding a print-receiving tape paid out from a print-receiving tape roll to a base tape having a plurality of RFID circuit elements and paid out from a cover tape roll, a signal processing circuit configured to create RFID control information to be written to IC circuit parts and a transmitting portion of a radio frequency circuit, an antenna configured to write the thus created RFID control information disposed upstream of the pressure bonding roller in the transport direction of the base tape, and a print head configured to carry out print to the RFID circuit elements disposed upstream of the pressure bonding roller in the transport direction of the print-receiving tape 103. Accordingly, the RFID circuit elements are disposed on the tape at close intervals, and read/write processing can be carried out effectively and continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070127968
    Abstract: A tag label device includes a cartridge, a cartridge holder portion, and an antenna. The cartridge has a first roll around which a cover tape is wound and is detachably mounted in the cartridge holder portion. The cover tape has a plurality of RFID circuit elements To for transmitting and receiving information disposed thereon. Each of the RFID circuit elements To has an IC circuit part for storing information and an antenna connected to said IC circuit part. The antenna is disposed in the vicinity in a surface intersecting a tape surface of a path of the cover tape fed out from the first roll and transmits created RFID tag communicating information to the antenna by wireless communication and writes it to said IC circuit part. With this arrangement, the tag label device can arrange a tag medium as the cartridge without restricting the mounting/dismounting property of the cartridge and the layout of the cartridge holder portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070084548
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a tag tape roll around which a tag tape is wound, said tag tape having a plurality of RFID circuit elements aligned in a safety area, which is located at an end on one side in the width direction of said tag tape, and including a print area on the other side in the width direction with respect to said RFID circuit elements. A tag label producing device performs predetermined printing on said print area by a print head while paying out said tag tape from said tag tape roll, and produces a tag label by using said tag tape on which printing has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060267776
    Abstract: An RFID-tag fabricating apparatus for fabricating an RFID tag provided with an IC circuit, including a substrate-accommodating device for accommodating a first substrate in the form of a tape having a printable surface and a second substrate in the form of a tape to be bonded to the first substrate, a printing device operable to form a predetermined printed indicium on the printable surface of the first substrate, a tag-tape forming device operable to form a tag tape, by bonding together the first and second substrates such that a plurality of IC circuit portions are interposed between the first and second substrates, a tag-tape cutting device operable to cut the tag tape formed by the tag-tape forming device, and a tag-tape cutting control portion operable to change a length of a segment of the tag tape to be obtained as the RFID tag by cutting of the tag tape by the tag-tape cutting device, on the basis of a length of the printed indicium formed on the first substrate, and such that the segment includes at
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Kazunari Taki, Kunihiro Yasui, Koji Sugiyama, Mitsugi Tanaka, Hiroshi Uchigashima, Koji Takito
  • Patent number: 7077587
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus uses a tape cassette having two guide holes, the tape printing apparatus has a tape cassette holder including at least first and second guide members; the first guide member having a height that is shorter than a height of the second guide member; such that the second guide member is inserted into a second guide hole on the tape cassette before the first guide member is inserted into a first guide hole of the tape cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6930697
    Abstract: A tape printing device prints letters/characters on a tape-form thermal recording medium. The tape printing device is provided with a device body, a cassette holding section being formed in the device body to accommodate a tape cassette containing the tape-form recording medium, a cover member that covers the cassette holding section, a thermal head that applies heat to print letters/characters on the tape-form recording medium, a thermal head mounting portion formed on a bottom of the cassette holding section, the thermal head mounting portion including a plate-like member that protrudes from the bottom of the cassette holding section toward the cover member, the thermal head being attached to a side of the plate-like member, and a platen mechanism having a platen which faces the thermal head and is biased toward the thermal head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040190971
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus uses a tape cassette having two guide holes, the tape printing apparatus has a tape cassette holder including at least first and second guide members; the first guide member having a height that is shorter than a height of the second guide member; such that the second guide member is inserted into a second guide hole on the tape cassette before the first guide member is inserted into a first guide hole of the tape cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040155951
    Abstract: A tape printing device prints letters/characters on a tape-form thermal recording medium. The tape printing device is provided with a device body, a cassette holding section being formed in the device body to accommodate a tape cassette containing the tape-form recording medium, a cover member that covers the cassette holding section, a thermal head that applies beat to print letters/characters on the tape-form recording medium, a thermal head mounting portion formed on a bottom of the cassette holding section, the thermal head mounting portion including a plate-like member that protrudes from the bottom of the cassette holding section toward the cover member, the thermal head being attached to a side of the plate-like member, and a platen mechanism having a platen which faces the thermal head and is biased toward the thermal head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D537078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsugi Tanaka, Mitsuyoshi Watanabe