Patents by Inventor Steve Ooi

Steve Ooi 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).

  • Printer and method
    Patent number: 11173731
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printer and a method can print information printed as a header without a reduction even when a gap from a printing head to a cutting unit is short. The printer includes the printing head, the cutting unit, an input unit, a storage control unit, a first printing control unit, a cutting control unit, and a second printing control unit. The printing head performs printing on a roll paper. The cutting unit is disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the roll paper from the printing head, and cuts the roll paper. The input unit receives an input of printing information. The storage control unit stores the printing information. The first printing control unit prints the printing information if a length in the conveyance direction of the stored printing information is equal to or more than a setting value. When receiving a cut request, the cutting control unit performs cutting if the length in the conveyance direction of the printing information is the setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Steve Ooi, Noriyuki Watanabe
  • PRINTER AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190176495
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printer and a method can print information printed as a header without a reduction even when a gap from a printing head to a cutting unit is short. The printer includes the printing head, the cutting unit, an input unit, a storage control unit, a first printing control unit, a cutting control unit, and a second printing control unit. The printing head performs printing on a roll paper. The cutting unit is disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the roll paper from the printing head, and cuts the roll paper. The input unit receives an input of printing information. The storage control unit stores the printing information. The first printing control unit prints the printing information if a length in the conveyance direction of the stored printing information is equal to or more than a setting value. When receiving a cut request, the cutting control unit performs cutting if the length in the conveyance direction of the printing information is the setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Ooi, Noriyuki Watanabe