Patents by Inventor Shoji Takayama
Shoji Takayama 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).
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Patent number: 9030511Abstract: An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Publication number: 20140333710Abstract: An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 8854643Abstract: An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 8587820Abstract: A tape printing apparatus capable of printing plural paragraphs arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a tape, with each paragraph including one or more lines includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates the paragraphs; a feeding quantity setting unit which set a quantity of feeding between the paragraphs in the longitudinal direction of the tape; an arrangement deciding unit which decides an arrangement of each paragraph on the basis of the setting by the feeding quantity setting unit; and a printing unit which prints each paragraph created by the paragraph creating unit on the tape in a manner that realizes the arrangement decided by the arrangement deciding unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 8534941Abstract: A printing apparatus has: a dot discrimination section that discriminates whether a print dot is present in a discrimination target area D including a cut position at which an elongated sheet is cut in a sheet width direction, the discrimination target area being at least either one of a front edge area D1 or a rear edge area D2 having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the sheet in a print area; and a print section that prints after providing a margin area adjacent to an outer side of either one of the front edge area or the rear edge area where whether the print dot is present or not is discriminated when the dot discrimination section discriminates such that the dot is present, and that prints without providing the margin area when the dot discrimination section discriminates such that the dot is not present.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 8368943Abstract: There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, wherein the image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, and the informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Kim Jim Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Takayama, Takayuki Uehara
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Publication number: 20120243927Abstract: An information processing apparatus used in connection with a tape printing apparatus has a tape information acquisition section which acquires from the tape printing apparatus tape information about a tape mounted therein, a new standardized tape discrimination section which discriminates whether a new standardized tape having a standard different from an existing standard has been mounted or not based on the tape information, a printing parameter acquisition section which acquires a printing parameter corresponding to the new standardized tape in a case that it is discriminated that the new standardized tape has been mounted, and a data transmission section which transmits the printing parameter acquired by the printing parameter acquisition section to the tape printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Publication number: 20120243049Abstract: A printing apparatus has: a dot discrimination section that discriminates whether a print dot is present in a discrimination target area D including a cut position at which an elongated sheet is cut in a sheet width direction, the discrimination target area being at least either one of a front edge area D1 or a rear edge area D2 having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the sheet in a print area; and a print section that prints after providing a margin area adjacent to an outer side of either one of the front edge area or the rear edge area where whether the print dot is present or not is discriminated when the dot discrimination section discriminates such that the dot is present, and that prints without providing the margin area when the dot discrimination section discriminates such that the dot is not present.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 8085430Abstract: A printer includes: an area judging unit which judges whether a character printing area necessary for standard printing of an image corresponding to the character data on the printing material exceeds a definite length printing area; a printing data processing unit which creates corrected image data corresponding to a corrected printing image produced by thinning out the image corresponding the character data in the printing direction to perform compressive conversion process for fitting the character printing area to the definite length printing area when the area judging unit judges that the character printing area exceeds the definite length printing area; and a printing device which prints the corrected printing image on the printing material based on the corrected printing data created by the printing data processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Publication number: 20110236104Abstract: A tape printing apparatus includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates a paragraph including plural lines of character strings; a justification setting unit which sets justification to evenly allocate other lines to the same length as a longest line, of the plural lines in the paragraph; a character mode setting unit which sets a non-target range to be a non-target of the justification, on a character basis within the paragraph, and sets a length of character spacing within the non-target range; a character arrangement deciding unit which carries out justification based on the justification setting unit in a target range excluding the non-target range set by the character mode setting unit, and thus decides an arrangement of characters in each line included in the paragraph; and a printing unit which prints the paragraph on a tape with the character arrangement decided by the character arrangement deciding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Publication number: 20110236114Abstract: A tape printing apparatus capable of printing plural paragraphs arrayed in a longitudinal direction of a tape, with each paragraph including one or more lines includes: a paragraph creating unit which creates the paragraphs; a feeding quantity setting unit which set a quantity of feeding between the paragraphs in the longitudinal direction of the tape; an arrangement deciding unit which decides an arrangement of each paragraph on the basis of the setting by the feeding quantity setting unit; and a printing unit which prints each paragraph created by the paragraph creating unit on the tape in a manner that realizes the arrangement decided by the arrangement deciding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 7978363Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: an image creating device which creates a plurality of two-dimensional code images; an interval setting device which sets an interval between the plurality of two-dimensional code images; and a printing device which prints the plurality of two-dimensional code images having the interval set therebetween by the interval setting device.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shoji Takayama
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Patent number: 7695203Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input device which allows input of a plurality of information so as to allow performance of a plurality of processes, an input information display device that displays input information that is the input one or more kinds of information, a delete menu storage device that stores a delete menu having a plurality of delete options, and a delete menu display device that displays only delete options corresponding to the information input by the input device from among the plurality of delete options, as the delete menu.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Takayama, Makoto Takada, Seiji Tanaka, Takayuki Uehara
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Patent number: 7625145Abstract: A data display method of a data display apparatus includes displaying a cursor for scrolling the preview display on an input character display region having an ink character region and a Braille character region while moving the displayed cursor; and previewing the label image on the basis of a cursor position of the cursor. The previewing of the label image previews the label image to display an image of the ink character indicated by the cursor positioned in a predetermined position of the preview region when the cursor is positioned on the ink character notation, and previews the label image to display an image of the Braille characters indicated by the cursor or an image of the Braille character corresponding to a translation of the Braille characters into the ink characters positioned in a predetermined position of the preview region when the cursor is positioned on the Braille character notation.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Makoto Takada, Shoji Takayama, Takayuki Uehara
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Publication number: 20080165370Abstract: A printer includes: an area judging unit which judges whether a character printing area necessary for standard printing of an image corresponding to the character data on the printing material exceeds a definite length printing area; a printing data processing unit which creates corrected image data corresponding to a corrected printing image produced by thinning out the image corresponding the character data in the printing direction to perform compressive conversion process for fitting the character printing area to the definite length printing area when the area judging unit judges that the character printing area exceeds the definite length printing area; and a printing device which prints the corrected printing image on the printing material based on the corrected printing data created by the printing data processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Shoji TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20070195337Abstract: There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, wherein the image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, and the informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicants: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, KING JIM CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji TAKAYAMA, Takayuki UEHARA
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Publication number: 20070187508Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: an image creating device which creates a plurality of two-dimensional code images; an interval setting device which sets an interval between the plurality of two-dimensional code images; and a printing device which prints the plurality of two-dimensional code images having the interval set therebetween by the interval setting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Shoji TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 7241062Abstract: A method controls a tape processing apparatus which performs, on a tape to be sent from a tape inlet to a tape outlet along a tape travel passage through an embossing section, a series of tape processing operations of incoming-feed operation to feed the tape from the tape inlet to the embossing section, embossing operation in the embossing section, and of outgoing-feed operation to feed the tape from the embossing section to the tape outlet in an order as mentioned above, and which also indicates in an indicator that the apparatus is in the tape processing operations. The method indicates in the indicator a pre-embossing feed indication to indicate the incoming-feed operation and a post-embossing feed indication to indicate the outgoing-feed operation in an indicating mode which is different from an embossing indication to indicate that the apparatus is in the embossing operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Makoto Takada, Shoji Takayama, Takayuki Uehara
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Publication number: 20060228678Abstract: A data display method of a data display apparatus includes displaying a cursor for scrolling the preview display on an input character display region having an ink character region and a Braille character region while moving the displayed cursor; and previewing the label image on the basis of a cursor position of the cursor. The previewing of the label image previews the label image to display an image of the ink character indicated by the cursor positioned in a predetermined position of the preview region when the cursor is positioned on the ink character notation, and previews the label image to display an image of the Braille characters indicated by the cursor or an image of the Braille character corresponding to a translation of the Braille characters into the ink characters positioned in a predetermined position of the preview region when the cursor is positioned on the Braille character notation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Seiji Tanaka, Makoto Takada, Shoji Takayama, Takayuki Uehara
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Publication number: 20060228146Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input device which allows input of a plurality of information so as to allow performance of a plurality of processes, an input information display device that displays input information that is the input one or more kinds of information, a delete menu storage device that stores a delete menu having a plurality of delete options, and a delete menu display device that displays only delete options corresponding to the information input by the input device from among the plurality of delete options, as the delete menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Shoji Takayama, Makoto Takada, Seiji Tanaka, Takayuki Uehara