Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Kanda

Ryuichi Kanda 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).

  • Publication number: 20260257827
    Abstract: A label affixing device includes a peeling portion to peel a label from a release material, a winding portion to wind the release material, a wrapping portion to wrap and affix the label around a rod-shaped member, and a guide portion to guide the rod-shaped member toward the wrapping portion. The winding portion includes a reel to wind the release material around an outer peripheral surface thereof. When viewed along a rotation axis of a shaft of the reel, the shaft is disposed between a first virtual line passing through the peeling portion and parallel to a second convey direction from the peeling portion toward the winding portion and a second virtual line passing through the peeling portion and parallel to a third direction from the peeling portion toward the wrapping portion. The outer peripheral surface of the reel does not cross the second virtual line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2026
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Shota IIJIMA, Ryuichi KANDA, Yuya NAKAMURA, Yoshimi IWAMOTO, Masashi TANIZAKI, Tomohiro WADA
  • Publication number: 20260257826
    Abstract: A label wrapping device includes a wrapping assembly, and a controller. The controller stops conveyance of the label such that a downstream edge of the label is at a stopping position. The label crosses an object-insertion path in a state where the downstream edge is at the stopping position. After a target object has entered an interior space of the wrapping assembly along the object-insertion path, the controller wraps the label around the target object about a specific axis by rotating a rotary body of the wrapping assembly. When a dimension of the target object in a transverse direction perpendicular to the specific axis is a first dimension, the stopping position is set to a first position whereas when the dimension of the target object is a second dimension different from the first dimension, the stopping position is set to a second position different from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Yoshimi IWAMOTO, Masashi TANIZAKI, Tomohiro WADA, Ryuichi KANDA, Yuya NAKAMURA, Shota IIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20260257829
    Abstract: A label wrapping machine includes a conveying guide for conveying a label with an adhesive surface and a release paper, and a peeling guide intersecting the conveying direction. A peeling portion peels the label from the release paper at the intersection. A support portion downstream of the peeling portion supports the peeled label from the non-adhesive side. A wrapping portion includes an insertion opening and a rotation member configured to rotate, while supporting, a rod-shaped member, around which the label is wrapped. A first guide portion, located upstream of the insertion opening in the insertion direction, guides the rod-shaped member to the opening. The first guide portion includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion, which respectively include at least part of the peeling portion and the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2025
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Yoshimi IWAMOTO, Masashi TANIZAKI, Tomohiro WADA, Shota IIJIMA, Yuya NAKAMURA, Ryuichi KANDA
  • Patent number: 12327055
    Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Misato Osuka, Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20250050659
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions including: (a) generating; (b) generating; (c) setting; and (d) displaying. The (a) generating generates a plurality of sets of print data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels used in an overlaid state. The (b) generating generates a plurality of sets of medium type information for respective ones of the plurality of print labels. Each medium type information indicates a type of a printing medium used for creating a corresponding print label. The (c) setting sets a layering order for the plurality of print labels. The (d) displaying displays a list of the plurality of sets of medium type information on a display. The plurality of sets of medium type information is arranged in the layering order for the plurality of print labels corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of sets of medium type information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Tomoyasu Fukui, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo, Michihiko Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 12162296
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions including: (a) generating; (b) generating; (c) setting; and (d) displaying. The (a) generating generates a plurality of sets of print data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels used in an overlaid state. The (b) generating generates a plurality of sets of medium type information for respective ones of the plurality of print labels. Each medium type information indicates a type of a printing medium used for creating a corresponding print label. The (c) setting sets a layering order for the plurality of print labels. The (d) displaying displays a list of the plurality of sets of medium type information on a display. The plurality of sets of medium type information is arranged in the layering order for the plurality of print labels corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of sets of medium type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Tomoyasu Fukui, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo, Michihiko Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 12079528
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions for a terminal device including a processor. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform: generating a plurality of sets of label data for creating a plurality of print labels, each set of label data including print data and attribute specification information; acquiring a plurality of sets of medium type information for a plurality of printing devices, each set of medium type information indicating a type of a printing medium mounted in the corresponding printing device; determining a plurality of output destinations for the plurality of sets of print data from among the plurality of printing devices on the basis of the plurality of sets of label data and the plurality of sets of medium type information; and transmitting each of the plurality of sets of print data to the corresponding output destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo
  • Patent number: 12073134
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a computer prepares first label data including first object data. The first label data and the first object data represent respectively a first image and a first object. The first label data is to be used to create a first label. The computer generates second label data including second object data by using the first label data. The second object data is generated by using the first object data. The second label data and the second object data represent respectively a second image and a second object. The second label data is to be used to create a second label. The first label and the second label are to be overlaid to create a composite label. A region of the first object and a region of the second object are partially overlapped when the first and second labels are to be overlaid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Tomoyasu Fukui
  • Patent number: 12050826
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions executed by a computer included in an information processing device. The set of program instructions includes: acquiring first print data representing a first image; acquiring second print data representing a second image; outputting a first print instruction to print the first image on a first print medium; outputting a second print instruction to print the second image on a second print medium; and outputting, to a display, a display signal to display a multilayer illustrating image illustrating that the first image and the second image are arranged in layers after the outputting the first print instruction and the outputting the second print instruction are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda, Yosuke Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20240211190
    Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Misato OSUKA, Ryuichi KANDA, Masashi IWAMOTO, Yuichiro SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12001741
    Abstract: A label image generation device generates label images corresponding to labels for creating composite labels. In each composite label, a label created from a first printing medium and a label created from a second printing medium are overlaid. A control device generates first and second label images to be formed on the first printing medium, and a third label image to be formed on the second printing medium. The control device displays a first composite image and a second composite image. In the first composite image, the first and third label images are overlaid. In the second composite image, the second and third label images are overlaid. The control device controls a printing mechanism to perform printing for creating the first number of first labels, the second number of second labels, and the third number of third labels. The third number depends on both the first and second numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda, Hiromichi Nampo, Koichi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11977790
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a processor is configured to perform: acquiring; displaying; receiving; and identifying. The acquiring acquires from a memory a single set of template data for a composite label. The single set of template data includes a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels and representing respective ones of a plurality of label images. The single composite label is to be created using the plurality of print labels. The displaying displays on a display a composite label image in which the plurality of label images is superimposed on each other. The receiving receives a designating operation on the composite label image via an operating interface. The designating operation targeting a target label image. The identifying identifies target image data corresponding to the target label image from among the plurality of sets of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo
  • Patent number: 11954385
    Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Misato Osuka, Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11954384
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions for a terminal device including a processor. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform: generating a plurality of sets of label data for creating a plurality of print labels, each set of label data including print data and attribute specification information; acquiring a plurality of sets of medium type information for a plurality of printing devices, each set of medium type information indicating a type of a printing medium mounted in the corresponding printing device; determining a plurality of output destinations for the plurality of sets of print data from among the plurality of printing devices on the basis of the plurality of sets of label data and the plurality of sets of medium type information; and transmitting each of the plurality of sets of print data to the corresponding output destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo
  • Patent number: 11868830
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller. The controller acquires an appearance image configured of a plurality of colors, identifies the plurality of colors configuring the acquired appearance image, and specifying a plurality of printing medium types based on the plurality of identified colors. The plurality of printing medium types includes a first printing medium type and a second printing medium type. The controller generates a first print dataset and a second print dataset by using the appearance image. The first print dataset corresponds to the specified first printing medium type. The second print dataset corresponds to the specified second printing medium type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromichi Nampo, Koichi Kondo, Tomoyasu Fukui, Ryuichi Kanda
  • Publication number: 20230398794
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions including: (a) generating; (b) generating; (c) setting; and (d) displaying. The (a) generating generates a plurality of sets of print data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels used in an overlaid state. The (b) generating generates a plurality of sets of medium type information for respective ones of the plurality of print labels. Each medium type information indicates a type of a printing medium used for creating a corresponding print label. The (c) setting sets a layering order for the plurality of print labels. The (d) displaying displays a list of the plurality of sets of medium type information on a display. The plurality of sets of medium type information is arranged in the layering order for the plurality of print labels corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of sets of medium type information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Tomoyasu Fukui, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo, Michihiko Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 11833793
    Abstract: A jig for sticking a first sheet superposed on a second sheet to the second sheet in a thickness direction of the first and second sheets includes a first regulating portion, a second regulating portion, and a nipper. The first regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The second regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The nipper nips the first sheet and the second sheet superposed and aligned with each other in the thickness direction such that at least a part of a peripheral portion of the first sheet is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Masashi Iwamoto, Misato Osuka
  • Publication number: 20230305773
    Abstract: In an information processing device, a computer prepares first label data including first object data. The first label data and the first object data represent respectively a first image and a first object. The first label data is to be used to create a first label. The computer generates second label data including second object data by using the first label data. The second object data is generated by using the first object data. The second label data and the second object data represent respectively a second image and a second object. The second label data is to be used to create a second label. The first label and the second label are to be overlaid to create a composite label. A region of the first object and a region of the second object are partially overlapped when the first and second labels are to be overlaid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuichi KANDA, Tomoyasu FUKUI
  • Patent number: 11760108
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions including: (a) generating; (b) generating; (c) setting; and (d) displaying. The (a) generating generates a plurality of sets of print data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels used in an overlaid state. The (b) generating generates a plurality of sets of medium type information for respective ones of the plurality of print labels. Each medium type information indicates a type of a printing medium used for creating a corresponding print label. The (c) setting sets a layering order for the plurality of print labels. The (d) displaying displays a list of the plurality of sets of medium type information on a display. The plurality of sets of medium type information is arranged in the layering order for the plurality of print labels corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of sets of medium type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanda, Tomoyasu Fukui, Koichi Kondo, Hiromichi Nampo, Michihiko Furuhashi
  • Publication number: 20230289121
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions executed by a computer included in an information processing device. The set of program instructions includes: acquiring first print data representing a first image; acquiring second print data representing a second image; outputting a first print instruction to print the first image on a first print medium; outputting a second print instruction to print the second image on a second print medium; and outputting, to a display, a display signal to display a multilayer illustrating image illustrating that the first image and the second image are arranged in layers after the outputting the first print instruction and the outputting the second print instruction are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyasu FUKUI, Ryuichi KANDA, Yosuke OHASHI