Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Annen

Mitsuru Annen 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: 11385787
    Abstract: A printer device includes an operation panel and a printer device control unit that determines whether or not a flick operation performed on the operation panel includes repeatedly performed operations and disables acceptance of a tap operation from the time the flick operation has ended for a longer period when it is determined that the flick operation performed on the operation panel includes repeatedly performed operations than when it is determined that the flick operation performed on the operation panel does not include repeatedly performed operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Annen, Yasutaka Shibagaki
  • Patent number: 11204730
    Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device communication section configured to receive a print job sent from a host device, a print mechanism configured to perform printing of the received print job, and a printing device control section configured to receive an operation to change a setting of the print job and issue an instruction to send a changed print job in which the setting of the print job has been changed to the host device that is the sender of the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Minami, Mitsuru Annen
  • Publication number: 20200293251
    Abstract: A printing device includes a printing device communication section configured to receive a print job sent from a host device, a print mechanism configured to perform printing of the received print job, and a printing device control section configured to receive an operation to change a setting of the print job and issue an instruction to send a changed print job in which the setting of the print job has been changed to the host device that is the sender of the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi MINAMI, Mitsuru ANNEN
  • Publication number: 20200285378
    Abstract: A printer device includes an operation panel and a printer device control unit that determines whether or not a flick operation performed on the operation panel includes repeatedly performed operations and disables acceptance of a tap operation from the time the flick operation has ended for a longer period when it is determined that the flick operation performed on the operation panel includes repeatedly performed operations than when it is determined that the flick operation performed on the operation panel does not include repeatedly performed operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuru ANNEN, Yasutaka SHIBAGAKI
  • Patent number: 7999967
    Abstract: Provided is a print control apparatus including a display image processing unit and a printing process unit so as to execute a printing process, wherein the display processing unit includes a unit arranging a plurality of images in a predetermined layout and acquiring an arrangement printing instruction for executing printing; a unit outputting the arrangement printing instruction, which is a printing output instruction, to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information of the image; a unit outputting an arrangement image generation instruction for generating the arrangement image data to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information which is information about the arrangement of the image; a unit which, when arrangement image data of a predetermined format is acquired from the printing process unit as a response of the arrangement image generation instruction, generates display image data from the acquired arrangement image data and ou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iezaki, Mitsuru Annen
  • Publication number: 20090284765
    Abstract: Provided is a print control apparatus including a display image processing unit and a printing process unit so as to execute a printing process, wherein the display processing unit includes a unit arranging a plurality of images in a predetermined layout and acquiring an arrangement printing instruction for executing printing; a unit outputting the arrangement printing instruction, which is a printing output instruction, to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information of the image; a unit outputting an arrangement image generation instruction for generating the arrangement image data to the printing process unit using at least one specified image and layout information which is information about the arrangement of the image; a unit which, when arrangement image data of a predetermined format is acquired from the printing process unit as a response of the arrangement image generation instruction, generates display image data from the acquired arrangement image data and ou
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iezaki, Mitsuru Annen