Patents by Inventor Ryo Yasui

Ryo Yasui 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: 11712903
    Abstract: A printing data creating apparatus comprises a display, a transmitter, a controller, an input unit, and a storage. The controller is configured to display a label creation screen for the label including an attribution information input field and a standard label instruction field for instructing edition of a standard label in accordance with a prescribed standard, when the standard label instruction field is operated, display a plurality of standard input fields in addition to the attribution information input field, each of the plurality of standard input fields being a input field to which standard information as information in accordance with the prescribed standard is input, create printing data of the standard label, and transmit the created printing data of the standard label from the transmitter to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Yasui, Jun Komura
  • Patent number: 11580340
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to display on a screen of a display an object for receiving an instruction to cause the electronic device to perform a specific operation including controlling an image processing device, obtain a position of the object in the screen, obtain a position of the indicator based on output signals from a millimeter wave radar, determine whether the position of the indicator is within a particular range relative to the position of the object, and when determining that the position of the indicator is within the particular range, transmit to the image processing device a preliminary operation command instructing the image processing device to start a preliminary operation to shorten a time required to complete the specific operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Patent number: 11579826
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. The instructions cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: displaying an edit screen, the edit screen being configured to receive a translation instruction, the edit screen including a text area and a print area, the print area being configured to place therein a target text string to be printed; upon receiving on the edit screen an operation for inputting the target text string, displaying the target text string in a first language in the text area; upon receiving on the edit screen the translation instruction for translating the target text string displayed in the text area from the first language into a second language, translating the target text string to obtain a translation data piece representing a translated text string in the second language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoji Ban, Ryo Yasui, Satoki Nagao
  • Patent number: 11550517
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs: receiving a print instruction for repeatedly printing an object along a particular direction, the print instruction including an image length; determining whether the image length exceeds a particular length; in a case where the image length exceeds the particular length, creating print image data of a first image and a second image, the first and second images including the object arranged repeatedly, a length of the first image being within the particular length, the second image continuing from the first image, a total length of the first and second images being equal to the image length; in a case where the image length does not exceed the particular length, creating print image data of a third image in which the object is arranged repeatedly, a length of the third image being equal to the image length; and outputting the print image data to a printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Publication number: 20210397911
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to display on a screen of a display an object for receiving an instruction to cause the electronic device to perform a specific operation including controlling an image processing device, obtain a position of the object in the screen, obtain a position of the indicator based on output signals from a millimeter wave radar, determine whether the position of the indicator is within a particular range relative to the position of the object, and when determining that the position of the indicator is within the particular range, transmit to the image processing device a preliminary operation command instructing the image processing device to start a preliminary operation to shorten a time required to complete the specific operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Ryo YASUI
  • Publication number: 20210237476
    Abstract: A printing data creating apparatus comprises a display, a transmitter, a controller, an input unit, and a storage. The controller is configured to display a label creation screen for the label including an attribution information input field and a standard label instruction field for instructing edition of a standard label in accordance with a prescribed standard, when the standard label instruction field is operated, display a plurality of standard input fields in addition to the attribution information input field, each of the plurality of standard input fields being a input field to which standard information as information in accordance with the prescribed standard is input, create printing data of the standard label, and transmit the created printing data of the standard label from the transmitter to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo YASUI, Jun Komura
  • Publication number: 20210191676
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. The instructions cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: displaying an edit screen, the edit screen being configured to receive a translation instruction, the edit screen including a text area and a print area, the print area being configured to place therein a target text string to be printed; upon receiving on the edit screen an operation for inputting the target text string, displaying the target text string in a first language in the text area; upon receiving on the edit screen the translation instruction for translating the target text string displayed in the text area from the first language into a second language, translating the target text string to obtain a translation data piece representing a translated text string in the second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ryoji BAN, Ryo Yasui, Satoki NAGAO
  • Patent number: 10915274
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions executable by a processor coupled with a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Publication number: 20200406635
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs: receiving a print instruction for repeatedly printing an object along a particular direction, the print instruction including an image length; determining whether the image length exceeds a particular length; in a case where the image length exceeds the particular length, creating print image data of a first image and a second image, the first and second images including the object arranged repeatedly, a length of the first image being within the particular length, the second image continuing from the first image, a total length of the first and second images being equal to the image length; in a case where the image length does not exceed the particular length, creating print image data of a third image in which the object is arranged repeatedly, a length of the third image being equal to the image length; and outputting the print image data to a printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Ryo YASUI
  • Patent number: 10785380
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program for causing a terminal apparatus to perform a first display processing of displaying an execution instruction object, a reception processing of receiving status information from an image processing apparatus in response to detecting execution of a first operation on a position of the execution instruction object, a first determination processing of determining whether the image processing apparatus can execute an operation for image data on the basis of the received status information in response to detecting that the first operation on the position of the execution instruction object has changed to a second operation, and an execution instruction processing of transmitting execution instruction information for instructing execution of the operation to the image processing apparatus in response to it being determined in the first determination processing that the operation can be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Patent number: 10708453
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display and a controller that executes a display processing for displaying at least one print image a first or second manner as a display manner. In the first manner, single-page images each containing a one-page-equivalent print image are arranged in a first direction. In the second manner, at least one plural-page image each containing a plurality of one-page-equivalent print images are arranged in a second direction. The controller executes an obtaining processing for obtaining setting information for printing to be performed by a printer. In the display processing, the controller determines the display manner to one of the first manner and the second manner and displays the print image on the display in accordance with a setting in a specific item for the setting information obtained in the obtaining processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Aiko Mizutani, Ryo Yasui, Jun Komura
  • Publication number: 20200097227
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions executable by a processor coupled with a terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Ryo YASUI
  • Patent number: 10572194
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that cause an information processing apparatus to serve as: a display controller that displays an edit screen including a setting region for setting of a print processing to be executed by a label printing device, an edit region for editing of an object to be printed, and a selection region for selection of the object; an obtainer that obtains selected data, as at least a portion of at least one data, when an operation of copying the at least the portion being selected on a data display screen, to the edit screen is input; and a determiner that determines whether the obtained selected data is data in tabular format. The display controller displays at least one candidate data on the selection region based on the selected data when the obtained selected data is data in tabular format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Brothey Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Yasui, Jun Komura, Ryoji Ban
  • Patent number: 10423369
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps on a CPU. In an editing screen display step, a display device displays an editing screen that includes an appearance virtual image of a printed matter. In a drag operation determination step, it is determined whether or not a text object or a text editing area frame is moved and arranged on an extended line of the appearance virtual image. In a first virtual image expansion step, the display device expands the appearance virtual image to include at least a portion of the text object or the text editing area frame arranged on the extended line, in the case that it is determined that the text object or the text editing area frame is arranged on the extended line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Publication number: 20190245990
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display and a controller that executes a display processing for displaying at least one print image a first or second manner as a display manner. In the first manner, single-page images each containing a one-page-equivalent print image are arranged in a first direction. In the second manner, at least one plural-page image each containing a plurality of one-page-equivalent print images are arranged in a second direction. The controller executes an obtaining processing for obtaining setting information for printing to be performed by a printer. In the display processing, the controller determines the display manner to one of the first manner and the second manner and displays the print image on the display in accordance with a setting in a specific item for the setting information obtained in the obtaining processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Aiko Mizutani, Ryo Yasui, Jun Komura
  • Publication number: 20190212951
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that cause an information processing apparatus to serve as: a display controller that displays an edit screen including a setting region for setting of a print processing to be executed by a label printing device, an edit region for editing of an object to be printed, and a selection region for selection of the object; an obtainer that obtains selected data, as at least a portion of at least one data, when an operation of copying the at least the portion being selected on a data display screen, to the edit screen is input; and a determiner that determines whether the obtained selected data is data in tabular format. The display controller displays at least one candidate data on the selection region based on the selected data when the obtained selected data is data in tabular format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ryo Yasui, Jun Komura, Ryoji Ban
  • Publication number: 20190087137
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps on a CPU. In an editing screen display step, a display device displays an editing screen that includes an appearance virtual image of a printed matter. In a drag operation determination step, it is determined whether or not a text object or a text editing area frame is moved and arranged on an extended line of the appearance virtual image. In a first virtual image expansion step, the display device expands the appearance virtual image to include at least a portion of the text object or the text editing area frame arranged on the extended line, in the case that it is determined that the text object or the text editing area frame is arranged on the extended line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Ryo YASUI
  • Patent number: 10095959
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a label production process program for executing steps on a computing portion of a terminal is provided. The terminal is connected to a label producing apparatus that produces a label. The label includes an information print part having information printed thereon, and a winding part connected to the information print part and to be wound on an adherend. The steps include a position determination step, a mark data generation step, and a mark data output step. In the position determination step, a position of a mark to be a guidepost for a position to wind the winding part on the adherend, is determined. In the mark data generation step, mark data to form the mark at the position determined, is generated. In the mark data output step, the generated mark data is output to the label producing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Yasui, Aiko Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9900470
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor of a symbol entry device comprising a display, a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the symbol entry device to execute: displaying an entry screen including a plurality of entry locations; receiving a location signal from the first touch sensor and one of a first operation signal and a second operation signal; determining that a first symbol associated with an entry location has been entered; determining that a second symbol associated with the entry location and different from the first symbol has been entered; and storing information corresponding to a determined symbol in memory for inclusion in authentication information, the determined symbol being based on one of the first symbol or the second symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Yasui
  • Publication number: 20170251124
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program for causing a terminal apparatus to perform a first display processing of displaying an execution instruction object, a reception processing of receiving status information from an image processing apparatus in response to detecting execution of a first operation on a position of the execution instruction object, a first determination processing of determining whether the image processing apparatus can execute an operation for image data on the basis of the received status information in response to detecting that the first operation on the position of the execution instruction object has changed to a second operation, and an execution instruction processing of transmitting execution instruction information for instructing execution of the operation to the image processing apparatus in response to it being determined in the first determination processing that the operation can be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo YASUI