Patents by Inventor Takahiko Watari
Takahiko Watari 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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Publication number: 20210237492Abstract: A medium cassette of the present disclosure is a medium cassette configured to be inserted and removed with respect to an apparatus main body and capable of selectively accommodating any recording medium of a roll medium having a continuous medium which is wound in a roll shape and a single sheet medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Takahiko WATARI, Yuji HORI, Masatomo YAMAGUCHI, Masao MIMOTO, Shoko KODAMA
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Patent number: 10864745Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion and a circuit. The ejection portion has a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject liquid supplied from a liquid storage portion defining a liquid storage space configured to store liquid. The circuit is electrically connected to at least one of a bottom electrode and a side electrode. The circuit is configured to detect a capacitance between the bottom electrode and the side electrode. The bottom electrode is provided at a bottom surface of the liquid storage portion. The side electrode is provided at one side surface of the liquid storage portion and electrically isolated from the bottom electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daiki Higashiguchi, Isao Kubo, Takahiko Watari, Satoshi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 10630849Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
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Image processing method displaying processed image representing result of color modification process
Patent number: 10559099Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato -
Publication number: 20190366731Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion and a circuit. The ejection portion has a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject liquid supplied from a liquid storage portion defining a liquid storage space configured to store liquid. The circuit is electrically connected to at least one of a bottom electrode and a side electrode. The circuit is configured to detect a capacitance between the bottom electrode and the side electrode. The bottom electrode is provided at a bottom surface of the liquid storage portion. The side electrode is provided at one side surface of the liquid storage portion and electrically isolated from the bottom electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Daiki HIGASHIGUCHI, Isao KUBO, Takahiko WATARI, Satoshi YOSHIOKA
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Patent number: 10427415Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion and a circuit. The ejection portion has a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject liquid supplied from a liquid storage portion defining a liquid storage space configured to store liquid. The circuit is electrically connected to at least one of a bottom electrode and a side electrode. The circuit is configured to detect a capacitance between the bottom electrode and the side electrode. The bottom electrode is provided at a bottom surface of the liquid storage portion. The side electrode is provided at one side surface of the liquid storage portion and electrically isolated from the bottom electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daiki Higashiguchi, Isao Kubo, Takahiko Watari, Satoshi Yoshioka
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IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD DISPLAYING PROCESSED IMAGE REPRESENTING RESULT OF COLOR MODIFICATION PROCESS
Publication number: 20190251709Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO -
Image processing method displaying processed image representing result of color modification process
Patent number: 10304216Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato -
IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD DISPLAYING PROCESSED IMAGE REPRESENTING RESULT OF COLOR MODIFICATION PROCESS
Publication number: 20180286085Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO -
Publication number: 20180262632Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO
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Image processing method displaying processed image representing result of color modification process
Patent number: 9996950Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato -
Patent number: 9979839Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
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Publication number: 20180117923Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion and a circuit. The ejection portion has a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject liquid supplied from a liquid storage portion defining a liquid storage space configured to store liquid. The circuit is electrically connected to at least one of a bottom electrode and a side electrode. The circuit is configured to detect a capacitance between the bottom electrode and the side electrode. The bottom electrode is provided at a bottom surface of the liquid storage portion. The side electrode is provided at one side surface of the liquid storage portion and electrically isolated from the bottom electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Daiki HIGASHIGUCHI, Isao KUBO, Takahiko WATARI, Satoshi YOSHIOKA
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IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD DISPLAYING PROCESSED IMAGE REPRESENTING RESULT OF COLOR MODIFICATION PROCESS
Publication number: 20170345188Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO -
Patent number: 9764546Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus, including: a drive element configured to apply discharge energy to the liquid to discharge the liquid; signal generators configured to generate a plurality of types of drive signals having mutually different waveforms to drive the drive element; and drive switches electrically located between the signal generators and the drive element to correspond to the plurality of types of drive signals respectively. The drive switches include a first drive switch and a second drive switch which are different in ON-resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayoshi Hayashi, Shuhei Hiwada, Takahiko Watari, Jie Chen
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Image processing method displaying processed image representing result of color modification process
Patent number: 9761018Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato -
Publication number: 20170208188Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO
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Patent number: 9619724Abstract: An information interchange unit, a storage unit, and a display controller are configured such that, after a image selection unit selects a first image and a second image, the information interchange unit interchanges, automatically, first image information of the first image with second image information of the second image, or interchanges, automatically, first position information of the first image with second position information of the second image, the storage unit stores and correlates the first image information and the second position information, and stores and correlates the second image information and the first position information, and the display controller controls, automatically, a display to display the one image based on the first image information and the second position information, and the another image based on the second image information and the first position information.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
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Publication number: 20170087828Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus, including: a drive element configured to apply discharge energy to the liquid to discharge the liquid; signal generators configured to generate a plurality of types of drive signals having mutually different waveforms to drive the drive element; and drive switches electrically located between the signal generators and the drive element to correspond to the plurality of types of drive signals respectively. The drive switches include a first drive switch and a second drive switch which are different in ON-resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Masayoshi HAYASHI, Shuhei HIWADA, Takahiko WATARI, Jie CHEN
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IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD DISPLAYING PROCESSED IMAGE REPRESENTING RESULT OF COLOR MODIFICATION PROCESS
Publication number: 20170004634Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) displaying a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on image data, the plurality of candidate image processes including a color modification process; (b) receiving an instruction indicating the color modification process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes; (c) displaying a display image corresponding to the image data on the display; (d) designating a display image; and (e) displaying a processed display image that represents a result of the selected color modification process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before the selected color modification process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiko WATARI, Tatsuya SATO