Patents by Inventor Mizue Terai

Mizue Terai 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: 7470073
    Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium is provided to have a print control program embedded thereon. The program is executable by a print control apparatus that includes an information memory that memorizes an outer diameter for each of a plural different cylindrical members. The program, when being executed by the print control apparatus and when an outer diameter is selected from a plurality of outer diameters of cylindrical members by a user and a cylindrical member associated with the user-selected outer diameter corresponds to one of the plural cylindrical members memorized in the information memory, causes the print control apparatus to determine at least part of a label configuration based on the dimension of the selected cylindrical member and arrange a print image within at least one of a range corresponding to the at least part of the determined label configuration and a second range adjacent to the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshijiro Yamamoto, Hideo Ueno, Mizue Terai, Naruhito Muto
  • Publication number: 20080050161
    Abstract: A cable label having a desired configuration is provided without forcing a user to do any troublesome work. A character string to be printed on a cable label is memorized in a character string memory section. A print image generating section generates a character string memorized in the character string memory section. A designation and its outside diameter value, for example, of each of plural cables are memorized in a cable information memory section. A label length determining section determines the length of a cable label based on the outside diameter value of a selected cable. A print image arranging section arranges a print image generated by the print image generating section within a length determined by a label length determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshijiro Yamamoto, Hideo Ueno, Mizue Terai, Naruhito Muto
  • Patent number: 7303342
    Abstract: A cable label having a desired configuration is provided without forcing a user to do any troublesome work. A character string to be printed on a cable label is memorized in a character string memory section. A print image generating section generates a character string memorized in the character string memory section. A designation and its outside diameter value, for example, of each of plural cables are memorized in a cable information memory section. A label length determining section determines the length of a cable label based on the outside diameter value of a selected cable. A print image arranging section arranges a print image generated by the print image generating section within a length determined by a label length determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshijiro Yamamoto, Hideo Ueno, Mizue Terai, Naruhito Muto
  • Publication number: 20060263132
    Abstract: The number of lines of character strings to be printed on a cable label 11 is calculated (S730) and line spacing is calculated so that the distance between the lines of the character strings of the calculated number of lines will be equalized (S740). A print image rotated counterclockwise by 90 degrees is generated so that the character string will be in the width direction of the print tape 10 (S750). Printing is executed (S790) by successively arranging print images for the calculated number of lines while placing print images at both ends of the cable label 11 (S760) and securing the calculated line spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshijiro Yamamoto, Akihiro Sawada, Toshihide Fujikawa, Mizue Terai
  • Patent number: 7114866
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus that prints a character string including a plurality of character regions divided by specified delimiting codes, which composes of space codes, tab codes and new block codes, onto a tape, there is provided a normal printing means for performing normal printing with the character region being in a normal order, and an inversed printing means for performing inversed order printing for printing a character string with the character regions being in inversed order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Ueno, Hajime Okochi, Hidekazu Ishii, Mizue Terai
  • Publication number: 20050147453
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus that prints a character string including a plurality of character regions divided by specified delimiting codes, which composes of space codes, tab codes and new block codes, onto a tape, there is provided a normal printing means for performing normal printing with the character region being in a normal order, and an inversed printing means for performing inversed order printing for printing a character string with the character regions being in inversed order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Ueno, Hajime Okochi, Hidekazu Ishii, Mizue Terai
  • Publication number: 20040189733
    Abstract: A cable label having a desired configuration is provided without forcing a user to do any troublesome work. A character string to be printed on a cable label is memorized in a character string memory section. A print image generating section generates a character string memorized in the character string memory section. A designation and its outside diameter value, for example, of each of plural cables are memorized in a cable information memory section. A label length determining section determines the length of a cable label based on the outside diameter value of a selected cable. A print image arranging section arranges a print image generated by the print image generating section within a length determined by a label length determining section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshijiro Yamamoto, Hideo Ueno, Mizue Terai, Naruhito Muto
  • Patent number: 6062750
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises input means for inputting various characters, design setting means for selecting a design pattern including a frame to be added around the characters and a background pattern to be added on a background of the characters thereby to emphasize the characters, memory means for storing ornament frame data of an ornament frame to be arranged in both ends of the frame and mask data of the ornament frame, first data producing means for producing first frame data on the frame selected by the design setting means, the first frame data having a predetermined area, and first background pattern data on the background pattern selected by the design setting means, the first background pattern data having a predetermined area, second data producing means for producing design data by generating second background pattern data by a logical multiply of the first background pattern data and the mask data of the ornament frame and arranging the second background pattern data within second frame data
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Ueno, Minako Ishida, Sachiko Nakagawa, Mizue Terai