Patents by Inventor Satoru Arakane

Satoru Arakane 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: 20250010640
    Abstract: An image forming device is configured to form an image on sheet-type medium including a rolled-type medium and a plurality of sheet-type media. The image forming device comprises a first medium container configured to accommodate the rolled-type medium by winding a long sheet-type medium in a roll, a second medium container configured to accommodate the plurality of sheet-type media in a stacked manner, a medium conveyer, an image forming device configured to form an image on the sheet-type medium, a cutting device configured to cut the rolled-type medium, and a controller. The medium conveyer conveys the plurality of sheet-type media accommodated in the second medium container even in a case where an error occurs in an operation related to printing on the rolled-type medium accommodated in the first medium container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO, Ayaka HOTTA
  • Publication number: 20250004682
    Abstract: There is provided a recording system including: a memory configured to store recording instructions, and medium size information. Each of the recording instructions includes image data, and image size information. The controller is configured to execute a data generating process of generating recording data, and is configured to generate, as the recording data, combined recording data in which images of first and second recording instructions are combined, the first recording instruction instructing recording of an image for one page or odd number pages. The combined recording data is configured to cause a recorder to record, on one recording medium, a first image of a final page among the image for the one page or the odd number pages of the first recording instruction, and a second image of an initial page among an image for one page or a plurality of pages specified by the second recording instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 12168347
    Abstract: In a control system, a controller is configured to determine presence or absence of an obstructed area within the intermediate section, and control movement of the moving body in accordance with a selected one of controlling methods including a first and a second control methods. The first control method causes the moving body to move at a first constant speed in the processing section defined within the intermediate section and at a second constant speed faster than the first constant speed in at least a part of a non-processing section within the intermediate section and other than the processing section, the first control method being selected when the obstructed area is absent. The second control method causes the moving body to move at the first constant speed in the processing section and the non-processing section, the second control method being selected when the obstructed area is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Masahiro Hoga, Shohei Ichikawa, Eisuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240399760
    Abstract: A liquid ejection system includes a head and a controller system. The head has nozzles including a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The nozzles are aligned in a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row that extend in a first direction and are arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The controller system determines a first individual amount of liquid to be ejected from the first nozzle, and a second individual amount of liquid to be ejected from the second nozzle, based on a pixel value of a particular pixel in image data. The controller system controls the head to eject liquid from at least one of the first and second nozzles into a particular area on a recording medium according to the first and second individual amounts while moving one of the head and a recording medium relative to the other along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKANO, Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI
  • Patent number: 12157309
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head including a plurality of nozzles communicating with a pressure chamber and an actuator configured to apply pressure on liquid stored in the pressure chamber, a carriage, a storage storing information relating to a first timing when a non-ejecting flashing operation is started, and a controller. The actuator applies pressure on the liquid in the pressure chamber in the non-ejecting flashing operation so as to vibrate, without ejecting, the liquid in the plurality of nozzles of the ejection head, while the carriage is decreased in speed so as to be stopped. The controller is configured to select, based on status information, one of the first timing and a second timing, and start the non-ejecting-flashing operation at the selected timing while the carriage is decreased in speed so as to be stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru Arakane
  • Patent number: 12128677
    Abstract: An image forming device performs image formation on a medium selected by a computer. When a cutting device is unusable, a long sheet-type medium accommodated in a first medium container is unusable. However, a conveyance passage used for conveying a short sheet-type medium is usable in at least one of a first state where the cutting device is unusable or a second state where the sheet-type medium is unable to pass through the cutting device. A necessary condition to make both the long sheet-type medium and the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting neither the first status nor the second status. A necessary condition to make the long sheet-type medium unselectable and make the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting one of the first status and the second status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Ohhashi, Satoru Arakane, Koichi Tsugimura, Haruka Azechi, Yasuhiro Nakano, Ayaka Hotta
  • Patent number: 12115800
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection head, a carriage, a conveyor and a controller configured to, when it is determined that the state of the ejection is in a first state, execute a first printing process and, when it is determined that the state of the ejection is in a second state, execute a second printing process. In the first printing process, (i) a previous pass-printing is performed, (ii) the printed medium is conveyed by a first distance after the previous pass-printing, and (iii) a succeeding pass-printing is performed after the conveyance of the printed medium. In the second printing process, (i) the previous pass-printing is performed, (ii) the printed medium is conveyed by a second distance larger than the first distance after the previous pass-printing, and (iii) the succeeding pass-printing is performed after the conveyance of the printed medium, in the interlaced-printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru Arakane
  • Publication number: 20240326414
    Abstract: A liquid discharging system includes a head and a controller system. The head has a first nozzle row including a first nozzle and a second nozzle row including a second nozzle. The nozzles in the first and second nozzle rows are aligned in a first direction, and the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row are arrayed along a second direction, which intersects with the first direction. The controller system is configured to control the head to discharge liquid of the same type from the first nozzle and the second nozzle at a recording medium when the first nozzle and the second nozzle are each located at a same position with respect to the recording medium while the head moves in the second direction relatively to the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Satoru ARAKANE
  • Publication number: 20240208247
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a controller configured to control a conveyor and an image recording engine to perform borderless image recording. To perform the borderless image recording, the controller performs, when a medium length is equal to or less than a particular length, a first enlargement process to enlarge an image to a size with a first overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond an image recording target area, the first overhang area having an overhang width of a first value. The controller further performs, when the medium length is not equal to or less than the particular length, a second enlargement process to enlarge the image to a size with a second overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond the image recording target area, the second overhang area having an overhang width of a second value smaller than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NAKANO, Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Haruka AZECHI
  • Publication number: 20240187538
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to perform recording of an image on a recording medium by using recording material; and a controller configured to execute a recording control regarding the recording. The controller is configured to execute an adjustment processing for adjusting an amount of the recording material to be used in the recording, and the controller is configured to change a processing other than the adjustment processing in the recording control between a case that the adjustment processing is executed and a case that no adjustment processing is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: SATORU ARAKANE, SHOTA MORIKAWA, TOMOYA KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240173970
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including: a recording part configured to perform, with a recording material, a recording of an image with respect to a recording medium; and a controller configured to control the recording part in a plurality of modes. The plurality of modes includes a first mode and a second mode. The controller is configured to adjust an amount of the recording material to be used at a time of the recording in the second mode. An adjustment width in a direction of decreasing the amount of the recording material in the first mode is smaller than an adjustment width in the direction of decreasing the amount of the recording material in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: SATORU ARAKANE, SHOTA MORIKAWA, TOMOYA KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240179265
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including: a recording part configured to perform a recording of an image onto a recording medium with a recording material; and a controller configured to adjust, based on an adjustment value, an amount of the recording material which is to be used at a time of the recording. The controller is configured to execute, based on an index value regarding dirtiness, a changing processing of changing at least one of the adjustment value and a value regarding the adjustment value, in a direction of decreasing the amount of the recording material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: SATORU ARAKANE, SHOTA MORIKAWA, TOMOYA KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240174004
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming engine configured to form on an image formation medium an image represented by image data, by a borderless image forming operation or a bordered image forming operation. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller configured to, when the image data does not contain data explicitly indicating which of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation is to be performed, select one of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation, based on a status of the image forming apparatus or a content of the image data, or based on the status of the image forming apparatus and the content of the image data, and cause the image forming engine to perform the selected one of the borderless image forming operation and the bordered image forming operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi TSUGIMURA, Masashi OHHASHI, Satoru ARAKANE, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11951752
    Abstract: A controller includes a print controller configured to cause the print execution engine to convey the print medium in a conveying direction and execute a plurality of partial printings. The print controller causes the print execution engine to execute first and second partial printings. On a print medium, first and second target ranges on which printing is to be performed by the first and second partial printings, respectively, form an overlapping range. The first and second target ranges include first and second non-overlapping ranges, respectively, that do not overlap the second and first target ranges, respectively. The print controller generates print data based on non-overlapping range data and overlapping range data. The generating the print data includes increasing a density of at least a portion of the image to be printed in the overlapping range as compared with a density of the images to be printed in the non-overlapping ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoru Arakane
  • Publication number: 20240109342
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a medium accommodating part, an image forming engine, a discharge part, a medium conveyer configured to convey a medium from the medium accommodating part to the image forming engine and to the discharge part, a medium holder configured to hold the medium discharged to the discharge part, and a controller. The controller selects a first discharge mode for causing the medium holder to continue to hold the medium when a holding condition is satisfied or a second discharge mode for causing the medium holder not to hold the medium or to hold the medium for a prescribed period and then release the medium. The holding condition includes at least one of a first condition being that material of the medium does not correspond to specific materials and a second condition being that a medium length is less than a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11878515
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head, a conveyer having a roller arranged at the downstream of the head according to a conveyance direction, and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out: a recording process, a first determining process to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the recording process, a conveying process to convey a medium in if the first determining process determines that the predetermined time has elapsed, and a setting process to set a predetermined time based on a discharge amount of a liquid from a plurality of nozzles onto a recording area and a conveyance time for the conveyer to convey the medium from the recording area to the roller, before the first determining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Shohei Ichikawa, Taichiro Kimoto, Yusuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11878528
    Abstract: A controller of a liquid ejection device obtains a temperature of a head after recording and before a pre-cap flushing and determines a pre-cap flushing voltage based on the temperature. Then, the controller outputs the pre-cap flushing voltage to the head in the pre-cap flushing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Shotaro Iida
  • Patent number: 11878539
    Abstract: A control system is configured such that a carriage that a processing head is mounted is driven by a motor and reciprocates. The motor is controlled by a controller. The controller reciprocates the carriage by selecting a control mode as a target mode based on temperature information related to temperature of the motor and controlling the motor in the target mode. The controller selects the target mode to be applied to the control of the motor for each of particular work units. The target mode is selected from a group of particular control modes. Each control mode in the group of particular control modes is a control mode in which a maximum temperature, which is estimated based on the temperature information, when the control of the motor using the selected control mode would be executed until the processing is completed, is less than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hoga, Shohei Ichikawa, Satoru Arakane, Eisuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11878517
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles; and a controller. The controller executes: a discharging processing of discharging liquid, from each of the nozzles toward a recording medium, in a liquid droplet amount which is selected for each of pixels from at least three kinds of liquid droplet amounts; and a total discharge amount calculating processing of calculating a total discharge amount of the liquid to be discharged from the nozzles in the discharging processing, based on the liquid droplet amount selected for each of the pixels and a discharge duty which is density of the liquid droplet per a unit area of the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Arakane, Tomohiro Nodsu
  • Publication number: 20240002183
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a first container, a second container, an image forming device, a medium conveyer, a command acquiring device, and a controller, is provided. When a length of the medium to be conveyed is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined length, the controller controls the medium conveyer to convey the medium from the first container and the image forming device to perform an image forming operation on one of a first side and a second side of the medium, and, after the medium is accommodated in the second container in an orientation with the other of the first side and the second side to be used as the image-formable side, control the medium conveyer to convey the medium from the second container and control the image forming device to perform the image forming operation to the medium conveyed from the second container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Masashi OHHASHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO, Satoru ARAKANE