Patents by Inventor Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA

Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA 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: 11685168
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Kenta Horade
  • Publication number: 20230177296
    Abstract: In a case where a first sheet paper having a first size is contained and a second sheet paper having a second size is not contained, a printer sends capability information including first size information indicating that the first size is contained and second size information indicating that the second size is contained to a terminal device. The printer receives image data and selection information indicating that a target size has been selected, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the second size has been selected as the target size, the printer executes the predetermined process on the first sheet paper, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the first size has been selected as the target size, the printer does not execute the predetermined process on the first sheet paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yushi DEURA, Haruka AZECHI, Wataru HASEGAWA, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Takatsugu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230171353
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction, an image recording engine configured to record an image on the sheet, a cutter configured to cut the sheet, a reader configured to read an image on a medium, an operation interface, a display, and a controller. The controller executes reading an image on the medium with the reader, recording an image on the medium which is read in the reading on the sheet with the image recording engine, cutting the sheet at a prescribed position in the conveying direction with the cutter, and displaying a first screen on the display before executing the reading, the recording, and the cutting. The first screen includes a first icon representing the medium to be read with a rectangle and a second icon representing the cut sheets with at least portions of at least two rectangles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke KASAMATSU, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230169291
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus, having a conveyer, an image recorder, a cutter assembly, a reader, a display device, a controller, and an operation interface, is provided. The controller is configured to control the reader to read the image of the readable medium, the image recorder to record the image of the readable medium read by the reader on the sheet, and the cutter assembly to cut the sheet at a predetermined position in a conveying direction. The operation includes a first receivable portion, through which a selection from the user for causing the controller to control the reader to read the image of the readable medium, control the image recorder to record the image of the readable medium read by the reader on the sheet, and control the cutter assembly to cut the sheet at the predetermined position is receivable in a single action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke KASAMATSU, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11635922
    Abstract: A controller of an image reading device is configured to obtain template data from an information processing device through a communication interface. The template data includes format data, first replacement data, and second replacement data. The controller replaces the first replacement data with identification data of the image recording device, replaces the second replacement data with detailed information, and generates transmission data containing the format data, the identification data, and the detailed information. The controller transmits the generated transmission data to the information processing device through the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okuno, Shinya Esaki, Shunsuke Minamikawa, Haruka Azechi, Yushi Deura
  • Publication number: 20230107583
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a first conveyer path, a printer, a cutter assembly, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the printer to print images for at least two pages on a first side of a printing medium; after printing the images on the first side of the printing medium, controls the conveyer to move the printing medium to a second conveyer path being a different path from the first conveyer path through a switchback action and invert the printing medium by conveying in a second conveying direction; after inverting the printing medium, controls the printer to print an image in a predetermined part on a second side opposite to the first side of the printing medium; and after printing the image in the predetermined part on the second side of the printing medium, control the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Yusuke ARAI, Isao KOBAYASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230094160
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a container to store a printing medium therein, an acquisition device to acquire image data, a printing device to print an image on the printing medium, a cutter assembly to cut the printing medium, and a controller, is provided. In a case where a size of the image contained in the image data acquired by the acquisition device is smaller than a size of the printing medium stored in the container, the controller generates rotated image data containing a rotated image, which is an image rotated from an original posture of the image in the image data acquired by the acquisition device, controls the printing device based on the generated rotated image data to print the rotated image on the printing medium, and controls the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium having the rotated image printed by the printing device thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Yusuke ARAI, Isao KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230031029
    Abstract: A printing system controls a printing member to perform printing based on a print job for which a charged fee is already settled. The printing system receives a first instruction to suspend the printing started by the printing member and suspends the printing started by the printing member in response to reception of the first instruction. The printing system receives a second instruction as to a post suspending process to be executed after the printing is suspended. The printing system performs one of a post fee-settlement process and a restart process, as the post suspending process. The post fee-settlement process is related to provision of a benefit corresponding to refunding at least part of the charged fee. The restart process is to restart the suspended printing to complete the print job after a reason that the first instruction is made is resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayaka HOTTA, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Haruka AZECHI, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230029123
    Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing unit; and a controller. The printing unit is configured to print an image on a print medium. The controller is configured to perform: (a) receiving; (b) transmitting; (c) receiving; and (d) transmitting. The (a) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) transmitting transmits the print job to a data processing server. The (c) receiving receives, from the external device, destination information representing a destination of payment information of a fee required for executing the print job with the printing unit. The (d) transmitting transmits the destination information to the data processing server to cause the data processing server to provide the payment information to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Haruka AZECHI, Ayaka HOTTA, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230025765
    Abstract: A printing device includes a controller configured to perform: (a) storing identification information and transmission address information in association with each other; (b) acquiring, in response to receiving a print job together with the identification information from an external device, the transmission address information stored in association with the identification information in the (a) storing on the basis of the received identification information; and (c) transmitting the transmission address information acquired in the (b) acquiring to a data processing server so that payment process information is transmitted to a transmission address corresponding to the transmission address information, the payment process information being information to pay a fee charged for performing printing based on the received print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Haruka AZECHI, Ayaka HOTTA, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230014463
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a printer including a controller; and a contract processing server. The controller is configured to perform: determining, in response to receiving from an external device a print job including print data representing an image, whether authority information indicating an authority to print the image has been issued; and transmitting, in response to determining that the authority information has been issued, to the contract processing server an inquiry for determining whether the authority information is valid. The contract processing server is configured to perform: transmitting, in response to receiving the inquiry, a response to the controller. The controller is configured to further perform: determining, in response to receiving the response, whether the authority information is valid on the basis of the received response; and printing, in response to determining that the authority information is valid, the image on a print medium by controlling the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya OKUNO, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Haruka AZECHI, Ayaka HOTTA, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230020402
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing mechanism. The printing mechanism is configured to perform printing. The printing system stores a plurality of print jobs in a storage, and receives selections of two or more print jobs to be executed as two or more target jobs from among the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage. The printing system determines a total fee to be charged for executing the two or more target jobs, and performs a settlement related process related to settlement of the determined total fee. The printing system executes the two or more target jobs to print images by using the printing mechanism in response to completion of settlement of the total fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Haruka AZECHI, Yushi DEURA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Ayaka HOTTA
  • Publication number: 20230014099
    Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device and a data processing server. The printing device includes a first controller. The data processing server includes a second controller. The first controller acquires a print job from an external device and transmits the print job to the server. The second controller receives the print job and stores the print job in a server memory. The first controller receives designation of the print job subject to printing and transmits a print request for printing the print job subject to printing to the server. After a fee payment approval to approve a payment for execution of the designated print job is transmitted, the second controller transmits to the printing device the print job. The first controller receives the print job and performs printing the print job on a print medium by controlling a printing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Haruka AZECHI, Ayaka HOTTA, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230016418
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a data processing server. A first controller of the printing device is configured to perform: a reading process to read a reading target to generate image data; and a data transmission process to transmit the image data to the data processing server. A second controller of the data processing server is configured to perform: a data receiving process to receive the image data; a fee calculation process to calculate a fee to be charged for forming an image based on the image data; and a payment-related process related to a payment of the fee. The first controller is configured to further perform: an acquisition process to acquire print data corresponding to the image data after the payment of the fee is completed; and a printing process to form the image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayaka HOTTA, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Haruka AZECHI, Tetsuya OKUNO, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230014162
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a data processing server. A first controller of the printing device is configured to perform: a reading process to read a reading target to generate image data; a determination process to determine whether to transmit the image data to the data processing server according to at least one of available capacity information and capacity-related information; and a data transmission process to transmit the image data to the data processing server. A second controller of the data processing server is configured to perform: a payment-related process related to a fee payment for printing based on the image data. The first controller is configured to further perform, after the fee payment is completed: an acquisition process to acquire print data corresponding to the image data; and a printing process to form an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayaka HOTTA, Haruka AZECHI, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Yushi DEURA
  • Publication number: 20230012082
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller receives a first e-mail from an external device. The first e-mail has a print file attached thereto and is addressed to a device e-mail address assigned to a printing device. The controller determines a fee to be charged for image formation based on the attached print file. The controller generates a second e-mail including: a first amount that is the amount of the determined fee; and a first URL for a payment page for paying the first amount. The controller transmits the generated second e-mail to the external device in reply to the received first e-mail. After payment of the first amount is completed through access to the first URL included in the transmitted second e-mail, the controller transmits to the external device either print data based on the print file or storage destination information for the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yushi DEURA, Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Tetsuya OKUNO, Haruka AZECHI, Ayaka HOTTA
  • Publication number: 20220266600
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and including a first compartment configured to store a colorant, a container configured to be connected with the cartridge and including a second compartment configured to store the colorant flowing from the cartridge, and a display configured to display a first object indicating a first remainder amount and a second object indicating a second remainder amount in a single screen, is provided. The first remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the first compartment, and the second remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Kenta HORADE
  • Publication number: 20220266599
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and including a first compartment configured to store a colorant, a container configured to be connected with the cartridge and including a second compartment configured to store the colorant flowing from the cartridge, and a display configured to display a first object indicating a first remainder amount and a second object indicating a second remainder amount in a single screen, is provided. The first remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the first compartment, and the second remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Kenta HORADE
  • Publication number: 20220242134
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke MINAMIKAWA, Kenta HORADE
  • Patent number: 11396187
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Kenta Horade