Patents by Inventor Shin Goto

Shin Goto 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: 20210252875
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a tube-shaped print medium; a print head configured to perform printing on the tube-shaped print medium that is conveyed by the conveyance means in a conveyance direction; a heater unit arranged on an upstream side relative to the print head in the conveyance direction and configured to include a metal member and a heat generation body for heating on the metal member; and a pressing unit configured to press the tube-shaped print medium toward the metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shin Goto, Hiroki Kurosu, Kiyotaka Henmi, Yasutaka Iwasa
  • Patent number: 10562324
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an acquiring unit to acquire information on a shape of a label, a printing unit to perform printing on the label, a conveying unit to convey the print medium, and a detecting unit to detect the label. In addition, the detecting unit is movable in a direction intersecting a width direction of the sheet, and a control unit, when the label has a shape including a portion protruding towards a downstream side in a conveyance direction, moves the detecting unit to a region corresponding to a most protruding position of the label on the downstream side in the conveyance direction and stops the detecting unit in the region on the basis of the acquired information, and starts the printing unit to start the printing on the label on the basis of a detection result of the detecting unit that is located in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventor: Shin Goto
  • Publication number: 20180361760
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that prints an image on a print medium, which includes a sheet serving as a base and a label formed on the sheet, said apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information on a shape of the label; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the label; a conveying unit configured to convey the print medium in a predetermined conveyance direction; a detecting unit configured to detects the label; a moving unit configured to cause the detecting unit to be movable in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the label has a shape including a portion protruding on the downstream side in conveyance direction, move the detecting unit to a region corresponding to a most protruding position of the label on the downstream side in the conveyance direction on the basis of information acquired by the acquiring unit, and starts the printing on the label on the basis of a detection result of the detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Shin Goto
  • Patent number: D999818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
    Inventors: Syoji Ito, Shin Goto