Patents by Inventor Shingo Hitose

Shingo Hitose 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: 8568044
    Abstract: An ink ribbon cartridge includes: a supply spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which a driving shaft of a printer apparatus is engaged; a winding spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which the driving shaft of the printer apparatus is engaged; and a cartridge main body which has a supply-side ribbon housing section, a winding-side ribbon housing section, and a thermal head entry opening portion formed between the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, and in which opening portions for the ribbon are formed on the head entry opening portion sides of the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, wherein in the cartridge main body, a concave guide portion is formed, and on a bottom face of the concave guide portion, a projection portion, which comes into contact with a guide portion of the printer apparatus side, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Murata, Noboru Koyama, Shingo Hitose
  • Patent number: 8411315
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a printer unit configured to perform a printing process, a display unit configured to display an image and display printing information including setting information of the printing process using the printer unit, a position sensor configured to output a detection signal enabling a determination of whether the information processing device is set in an image display position or a printing position, and a control unit configured to receive the detection signal from the position sensor and display the printing information on the display unit when it is determined that the information processing device is in the printing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Hitose, Noboru Koyama, Tetsuya Hoshino, Yuma Kokuzawa
  • Publication number: 20110043842
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a printer portion performing a printing process. The printer portion has a sheet-discharge outlet for discharging a sheet, an opening-closing door for opening and closing the sheet- discharge outlet, the door performing an opening/closing operation for the sheet-discharge outlet through rotation of a rotation shaft disposed to an end portion of the door, and an opening-closing door lock mechanism that maintains the sheet-discharge outlet in a closed state by a weight of the door in the case where the information processing apparatus is set to a second position different from a first position that is a printing position of the apparatus where printing is performed by the printer portion, the second position being a position where the weight of the door is applied toward the end portion of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Hitose, Noboru Koyama, Tetsuya Hoshino, Yuma Kokuzawa
  • Publication number: 20110043860
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a printer unit configured to perform a printing process, a display unit configured to display an image and display printing information including setting information of the printing process using the printer unit, a position sensor configured to output a detection signal enabling a determination of whether the information processing device is set in an image display position or a printing position, and a control unit configured to receive the detection signal from the position sensor and display the printing information on the display unit when it is determined that the information processing device is in the printing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Hitose, Noboru Koyama, Tetsuya Hoshino, Yuma Kokuzawa
  • Publication number: 20100272488
    Abstract: An ink ribbon cartridge includes: a supply spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which a driving shaft of a printer apparatus is engaged; a winding spool which has at one end portion a driving hole, with which the driving shaft of the printer apparatus is engaged; and a cartridge main body which has a supply-side ribbon housing section, a winding-side ribbon housing section, and a thermal head entry opening portion formed between the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, and in which opening portions for the ribbon are formed on the head entry opening portion sides of the supply-side and winding-side ribbon housing sections, wherein in the cartridge main body, a concave guide portion is formed, and on a bottom face of the concave guide portion, a projection portion, which comes into contact with a guide portion of the printer apparatus side, is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Murata, Noboru Koyama, Shingo Hitose
  • Publication number: 20100272489
    Abstract: An ink ribbon cartridge includes: a supply spool, on which an ink ribbon is wound; a winding spool which takes up the ink ribbon sent from the supply spool; and a cartridge main body which has a supply-side ribbon housing section which houses the supply spool so as to be able to rotate, and a winding-side ribbon housing section which houses the winding spool so as to be able to rotate, and in which a head entry opening portion, into which a thermal head enters, is formed between the supply-side ribbon housing section and the winding-side ribbon housing section, and opening portions for the ribbon, which make the ink ribbon extend in the head entry opening portion, are formed on the head entry opening portion side of the supply-side ribbon housing section and the head entry opening portion side of the winding-side ribbon housing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Koyama, Kazuyoshi Murata, Shingo Hitose