Patents by Inventor Norio Tagawa
Norio Tagawa 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).
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Patent number: 9877221Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20150312794Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Makoto MATSUDA, Kiyotaka OHARA, Norio TAGAWA
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Patent number: 9078281Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 7996506Abstract: When a user of a PC of a setting management system designates an IP address that should be deleted from IP addresses that have been set for a management target device, the PC presumes that another parameter should be changed together with the designated IP address based on a setting function that was used for setting the IP address. Also, the PC informs the user about the existence of such a parameter by displaying a message on a display unit that another parameter closely related to the IP address (designated by the user to be changed) should also be changed in conjunction with the IP address.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 7924768Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20100202426Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 7644154Abstract: When a management PC (as an address information display device in an address information display system) displays IPv6 addresses that have been assigned to a device in the system, the addresses may be displayed in a pull-down menu, for example. The display order in the pull-down menu may be determined according to a priority order which can be set arbitrarily by the user. Further, addresses judged to be important (according to settings by the user) may be displayed using a bold font, local addresses are displayed in italic, addresses close to the expiration of term of validity may be grayed out) and invalid addresses (addresses already expired) may be grayed out with strikethroughs. As a result, an address information display system may be realized that is capable of displaying addresses assigned to a device in a style easy for the user to understand.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Tagawa, Naoki Otsuka
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Patent number: 7508539Abstract: An image forming device includes a layouter for generating layout data for a document file; a renderer for generating rendering data for the document file; a data control section connected to the layouter and the renderer; and a print section. The data control section includes a detector for detecting location information on image data when the data control section receives a request for dimensions information on the image data from the layouter and when the data control section receives a request for the image data from the renderer; an acquirer for acquiring the requested image data and the dimensions information on the image data on the basis of the location information detected by the detector; and an output controller for controlling so that the document file is output to the layouter and the image data and the dimensions information on the image data acquired by the acquirer are outputted to the renderer and the layouter, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 7477656Abstract: A network apparatus has a data transmitting unit that transmits data by wireless at a predetermined output level out of a plurality of output levels, a data processing unit that processes data to be transmitted based on a predetermined protocol selected from a plurality of protocols, a storage unit that stores the output levels of the data transmitting unit associated with the plurality of protocols respectively, and a transmission control unit that controls the data transmitting unit so as to transmit data processed by the data processing unit at an output level associated with the predetermined protocol.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20060069807Abstract: When a user of a PC of a setting management system designates an IP address that should be deleted from IP addresses that have been set for a management target device, the PC presumes that another parameter should be changed together with the designated IP address based on a setting function that was used for setting the IP address. Also, the PC informs the user about the existence of such a parameter by displaying a message on a display unit that another parameter closely related to the IP address (designated by the user to be changed) should also be changed in conjunction with the IP address.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20060067343Abstract: When a management PC (as an address information display device in an address information display system) displays IPv6 addresses that have been assigned to a device in the system, the addresses may be displayed in a pull-down menu, for example. The display order in the pull-down menu may be determined according to a priority order which can be set arbitrarily by the user. Further, addresses judged to be important (according to settings by the user) may be displayed using a bold font, local addresses are displayed in italic, addresses close to the expiration of term of validity may be grayed out) and invalid addresses (addresses already expired) may be grayed out with strikethroughs. As a result, an address information display system may be realized that is capable of displaying addresses assigned to a device in a style easy for the user to understand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Norio Tagawa, Naoki Otsuka
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Publication number: 20050272420Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20050130647Abstract: A wireless LAN system in which data communication between a wireless station whose connection method as a method for wireless connection can be set to one of a plurality of connection methods and a wireless access point whose connection method has been preset to one of the connection methods is made possible by setting the connection method of the wireless station to a method identical with the connection method of the wireless access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2004Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Matsuda, Kiyotaka Ohara, Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20050083894Abstract: A network apparatus has a data transmitting unit that transmits data by wireless at a predetermined output level out of a plurality of output levels, a data processing unit that processes data to be transmitted based on a predetermined protocol selected from a plurality of protocols, a storage unit that stores the output levels of the data transmitting unit associated with the plurality of protocols respectively, and a transmission control unit that controls the data transmitting unit so as to transmit data processed by the data processing unit at an output level associated with the predetermined protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 6783289Abstract: A print control apparatus including a disposing unit for disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language; a detecting unit for detecting a page break allowable position in the document data on the basis of page break inhibition information related to the document data; a first storage unit for storing the page break allowable position detected by the detecting unit; a second storage unit for storing a disposition range in each page for the document data to be disposed by the disposing unit; and a determining unit for determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the first storage unit and the disposition range in each page stored in the second storage unit, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 6731809Abstract: A moving picture data compression device 1 is provided with a controller 20 for inputting a realtime/non-realtime switch signal to switchers 30 and 40 when a realtime/non-realtime switch interrupt is received from a personal computer 3 in order to control a compressor 60 to compress either realtime data recorded on a video tape 5 or non-realtime data recorded on a video file 7 according to a user's desire. When compressing non-realtime data, the controller 20 sends a synchronization signal to the compressor 60, after outputting one field worth of video signal to a buffer 50, in order to instruct the compressor 60 to read data. When the controller 20 receives a one-field read end interrupt, indicative of the end of the reading operation, from the compressor 60, the controller 20 outputs the next field data to the buffer 50.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshinori Taniguchi, Norio Tagawa, Makoto Matsuda
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Patent number: 6730029Abstract: As shown in FIG. 2(a), according to the present invention, a quartz rod is used where, for example, the diameter of the end on the side to which an ultrasound probe attached is 0.58 mm, the diameter at the narrowest portion is 0.3 mm, the diameter at the end on the specimen side is 0.68 mm, and the length is 38 cm. As a result, the diameter on the side of fused quartz rod 20 to which ultrasound transducer 10 allows a favorable range of L (0,3) mode conversion efficiency; and in addition, the diameter of quartz rod 20 on the side coming into contact with specimen 50 is sufficiently large in comparison with wavelength, and in other portions it is set to be sufficiently narrow in order to obtain flexibility. FIG. 2(b) shows a transmission and a reception waveform.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Japan Science and Technology CorporationInventors: Tadashi Moriya, Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20030231346Abstract: An image forming device comprises a layouter for generating layout data for a document file; a renderer for generating rendering data for the document file; a data control section connected to the layouter and the renderer; and a print section. The data control section comprises a detector for detecting location information on image data when the data control section receives a request for dimensions information on the image data from the layouter and when the data control section receives a request for the image data from the renderer; an acquirer for acquiring the requested image data and the dimensions information on the image data on the basis of the location information detected by the detector; and an output controller for controlling so that the document file is output to the layouter and the image data and the dimensions information on the image data acquired by the acquirer are output to the renderer and the layouter, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Publication number: 20030231916Abstract: A print control apparatus comprises a disposing unit for disposing, on pages, document data described in a page description language; a detecting unit for detecting a page break allowable position in the document data on the basis of page break inhibition information related to the document data; a first storage unit for storing the page break allowable position detected by the detecting unit; a second storage unit for storing a disposition range in each page for the document data to be disposed by the disposing unit; and a determining unit for determining a page break position in the document data on the basis of the page break allowable position stored in the first storage unit and the disposition range in each page stored in the second storage unit, such that part of the document data to be disposed in each page does not overflow the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Norio Tagawa
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Patent number: 6212030Abstract: A clamping structure for disk drive for receiving a disk includes a spindle hub, a spacer, and a clamp ring. The spindle hub has a flange at a first end thereof. The flange has a first protruding portion. The discs are stacked on the first protruding portion. The first spacer is interposed between adjacent ones of the disks. The clamp ring is fixed to a second end of the spindle hub. The clamp ring has a second protruding portion for biasing the disks toward the flange of the spindle hub. In a process of forming a holder arm of the disk drive, the tip of a holder arm is contoured by wire cutting method after the holder armed is roughly formed from a metal body. In the wire cutting method, a voltage is placed between the metal body and the wire. The tip of the holder is contoured by the wire by bringing the wire into contact with the metal body.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1995Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Koriyama, Norio Tagawa, Kenji Itoh, Misa Iwamoto, Takahiro Suzuki