Patents by Inventor Naoto SHIRAGA

Naoto SHIRAGA 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: 9348551
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device is provided, which includes a control device configured to acquire contents data, output screen data for controlling a display unit to display thereon images based on the acquired contents data, acquire, in response to an accepting unit accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the images displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, and transmit, in response to a near field wireless communication unit establishing near field wireless communication with a printer, a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 9323486
    Abstract: A terminal device may perform receiving a specific key from a print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending the received specific key to a print intermediation server in response to the terminal device accepting a print related instruction relating to printing in a printer after the specific key is received. The terminal device may perform receiving an authentication key from the print intermediation server in response to sending the specific key. The terminal device may perform sending a first request to the print intermediation server after a first item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending a second request to the printer after a second item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Publication number: 20160093272
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing device including an operation device and a display. The instructions cause the information processing device to: display a first image; display a cropping frame for cropping of the first image when the operation device accepts a user operation for displaying the cropping frame in a state in which the first image is displayed; rotate the first image about a center of the cropping frame when the operation device accepts a user operation for rotating the first image in a state in which the first image and the cropping frame are displayed; and rotate the first image about a center of the first image when the operation device accepts a user operation for rotating the first image in a state in which the first image is displayed, and the cropping frame is not displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto SHIRAGA, Yuji MIYATA
  • Patent number: 9274733
    Abstract: A terminal device may register printer related information including virtual print condition information indicating a virtual print condition in a print intermediation server, obtain authentication information from the print intermediation server, receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from an actual printer after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server, and changing, by using the authentication information and the print condition related information, contents of the printer related information being registered in the print intermediation server, from a state including the virtual print condition information to a state including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Shiraga, Fumio Okumura, Takanobu Suzuki, Takeshi Miyake
  • Patent number: 9262115
    Abstract: A terminal device may supply a first request to a print intermediation server. The first request may cause the print intermediation server to register file related information being related to a target file. The terminal device may receive, from a printer, print condition related information being related to an actual print condition, and control a display unit to display a selection screen. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may send a print instruction including print setting information indicating the print setting to the printer. The print setting information may be supplied from the printer to the print intermediation server in order for the printer to obtain print data from the print intermediation server. The print data may be created from the target file in accordance with the print setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyake, Takanobu Suzuki, Fumio Okumura, Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 9134932
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit receiving whether to print a first-kind data item or a second-kind data item; a storing unit storing a plurality of the first-kind data items in association with a data name; an acquiring unit acquiring the first-kind data item from the storing unit; a transmission control unit transmitting the acquired fist-kind data item if the reception unit receives the print of the first-kind data item; a second-kind data storage control unit storing, in the storing unit, the second-kind data item, which is a converted data item of the transmitted first-kind data item, in association with the data name of the transmitted first-kind data item; and a first display control unit displaying a display image including an image generated from the second-kind data item stored in the storing unit and an image representing the data name corresponding to the second-kind data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 9110614
    Abstract: A terminal device may send authentication information to a printer, obtain, from a print intermediation server by using the authentication information, M pieces of file identification information for identifying M files in a case where M pieces of file related information and the authentication information are being registered in association in the print intermediation server, control a display unit of the terminal device to display a first selection screen causing a user to select first file identification information from among the M pieces of file identification information, and send, to the printer, a print instruction including the first file identification information. The authentication information and the first file identification information may be used by the printer, in order to obtain, from the print intermediation server, print data created from a first file identified by the first file identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyake, Takanobu Suzuki, Fumio Okumura, Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 9111374
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium storing a program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a storage configured to store an image data set containing image data having order numbers; and a display. The program causes the computer to function as a display controller that controls displays a first image based on image data that is a selected one of the image data. The display controller, where images respectively based on the image data have a two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image and a second image consecutive to the first image in a two-page spread layout in which the first image and the second image are arranged respectively on one and the other of the right and left pages; and where the images do not have the two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image in a layout that differs from the two-page spread layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Publication number: 20150205547
    Abstract: A terminal device may perform receiving a specific key from a print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending the received specific key to a print intermediation server in response to the terminal device accepting a print related instruction relating to printing in a printer after the specific key is received. The terminal device may perform receiving an authentication key from the print intermediation server in response to sending the specific key. The terminal device may perform sending a first request to the print intermediation server after a first item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may perform sending a second request to the printer after a second item of the authentication key is received from the print intermediation server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 9047029
    Abstract: A terminal device may receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from a printer, and register, in a print intermediation server, by using the print condition related information, printer related information including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition. The terminal device may control a display unit to display a selection screen by using the actual print condition information in a case where file related information related to a target file is to be registered in the print intermediation server after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may register the file related information and print setting information in association with the printer related information in the print intermediation server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Takeshi Miyake, Naoto Shiraga, Fumio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150036189
    Abstract: A terminal device may register printer related information including virtual print condition information indicating a virtual print condition in a print intermediation server, obtain authentication information from the print intermediation server, receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from an actual printer after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server, and changing, by using the authentication information and the print condition related information, contents of the printer related information being registered in the print intermediation server, from a state including the virtual print condition information to a state including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Shiraga, Fumio Okumura, Takanobu Suzuki, Takeshi Miyake
  • Publication number: 20150036170
    Abstract: A terminal device may send authentication information to a printer, obtain, from a print intermediation server by using the authentication information, M pieces of file identification information for identifying M files in a case where M pieces of file related information and the authentication information are being registered in association in the print intermediation server, control a display unit of the terminal device to display a first selection screen causing a user to select first file identification information from among the M pieces of file identification information, and send, to the printer, a print instruction including the first file identification information. The authentication information and the first file identification information may be used by the printer, in order to obtain, from the print intermediation server, print data created from a first file identified by the first file identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyake, Takanobu Suzuki, Fumio Okumura, Naoto Shiraga
  • Publication number: 20150036191
    Abstract: A terminal device may receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from a printer, and register, in a print intermediation server, by using the print condition related information, printer related information including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition. The terminal device may control a display unit to display a selection screen by using the actual print condition information in a case where file related information related to a target file is to be registered in the print intermediation server after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may register the file related information and print setting information in association with the printer related information in the print intermediation server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Takeshi Miyake, Naoto Shiraga, Fumio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150036188
    Abstract: A terminal device may supply a first request to a print intermediation server. The first request may cause the print intermediation server to register file related information being related to a target file. The terminal device may receive, from a printer, print condition related information being related to an actual print condition, and control a display unit to display a selection screen. The selection screen may cause a user to select a print setting from among the actual print condition. The terminal device may send a print instruction including print setting information indicating the print setting to the printer. The print setting information may be supplied from the printer to the print intermediation server in order for the printer to obtain print data from the print intermediation server. The print data may be created from the target file in accordance with the print setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyake, Takanobu Suzuki, Fumio Okumura, Naoto Shiraga
  • Patent number: 8947720
    Abstract: There is provided a communication terminal device including a memory, a display, a selection operation accepting section, first and second wireless communication sections configured to perform data communication with a printer via first and second wireless communication, and a controller. In a case that the to-be printed file is a file in a particular non-support format, the first wireless communication section transmits the to-be printed file to a conversion device and obtains a to-be printed file, which has been converted to a support file at the conversion device. In a case that the second wireless communication is started and that the converted to-be printed image is not being obtained, a communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is changed to the printer. In a case that the converted to-be printed file is being obtained, the communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Publication number: 20150002884
    Abstract: A terminal device may send a registration request to a print intermediation server. The registration request may cause the print intermediation server to register virtual printer related information. The terminal device may receive authentication information from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send image data related information to the print intermediation server. The image data related information may be related to target image data representing a target image of a print target. The image data related information may be associated with the virtual printer related information and the authentication information in the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send the authentication information to an actual printer. The authentication information may be used by the actual printer to obtain target print data. The target print data may be data which is created from the target image data by the print intermediation server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumio Okumura, Naoto Shiraga, Takeshi Miyake, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140240762
    Abstract: There is provided a communication terminal device including a memory, a display, a selection operation accepting section, first and second wireless communication sections configured to perform data communication with a printer via first and second wireless communication, and a controller. In a case that the to-be printed file is a file in a particular non-support format, the first wireless communication section transmits the to-be printed file to a conversion device and obtains a to-be printed file, which has been converted to a support file at the conversion device. In a case that the second wireless communication is started and that the converted to-be printed image is not being obtained, a communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is changed to the printer. In a case that the converted to-be printed file is being obtained, the communication counterpart of the first wireless communication is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto SHIRAGA
  • Publication number: 20140185097
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device is provided, which includes a control device configured to acquire contents data, output screen data for controlling a display unit to display thereon images based on the acquired contents data, acquire, in response to an accepting unit accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the images displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, and transmit, in response to a near field wireless communication unit establishing near field wireless communication with a printer, a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto Shiraga
  • Publication number: 20130139051
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium storing a program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a storage configured to store an image data set containing image data having order numbers; and a display. The program causes the computer to function as a display controller that controls displays a first image based on image data that is a selected one of the image data. The display controller, where images respectively based on the image data have a two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image and a second image consecutive to the first image in a two-page spread layout in which the first image and the second image are arranged respectively on one and the other of the right and left pages; and where the images do not have the two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image in a layout that differs from the two-page spread layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Naoto SHIRAGA
  • Publication number: 20120246566
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a reception unit receiving whether to print a first-kind data item or a second-kind data item; a storing unit storing a plurality of the first-kind data items in association with a data name; an acquiring unit acquiring the first-kind data item from the storing unit; a transmission control unit transmitting the acquired fist-kind data item if the reception unit receives the print of the first-kind data item; a second-kind data storage control unit storing, in the storing unit, the second-kind data item, which is a converted data item of the transmitted first-kind data item, in association with the data name of the transmitted first-kind data item; and a first display control unit displaying a display image including an image generated from the second-kind data item stored in the storing unit and an image representing the data name corresponding to the second-kind data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoto SHIRAGA