Patents by Inventor Takashi Awai

Takashi Awai 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).

  • Recording apparatus and method which takes into account image information being recorded
    Patent number: 5144329
    Abstract: A heat transfer recording apparatus for transferring the ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium to thereby effect the recording of images on the recording medium has ink sheet conveying means for conveying the ink sheet, recording medium conveying means for conveying the recording medium, recording means for acting on the ink sheet to effect the recording of images on the recording medium, counting means for counting the number of bits of black information of image data recorded by the recording means, and control means for controlling so as to change the recording period by the recording means in conformity with the number of the bits of black information counted by the counting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takeda, Takehiro Yoshida, Takeshi Ono, Makoto Kobayashi, Satoshi Wada, Yasushi Ishida, Minoru Yokoyama, Akihiro Tomoda, Masakatsu Yamada, Takashi Awai
  • Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus with control recording medium before, during, and following recording
    Patent number: 5122882
    Abstract: There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus utilizing an ink sheet and a recording sheet, provided with a thermal head, an ink sheet feeding mechanism, and a recording sheet feeding mechanism, in which, after the image recording, the ink sheet is fed at a speed lower than that of the recording sheet, thereby preventing the formation of creases or slack in the ink sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Ishida, Akihiro Tomoda, Minoru Yokoyama, Takashi Awai, Satoshi Wada, Takehiro Yoshida, Hisao Terajima, Takeshi Ono, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Thermal printer suitable for both thermal transfer and heat sensitive recording
    Patent number: 5115255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal printer which can perform both heat-sensitive recording and heat-transfer recording and comprises a recording medium loading portion for removably receiving a recording medium for the heat-sensitive recording operation and a recording medium for the heat-transfer recording operation; an ink sheet loading portion for removably receiving an ink sheet used with the heat-transfer recording operation; a recording means for recording an image on the recording medium; and a control means for energizing the recording means to heat a predetermined number of dots when the image is recorded on the recording medium for the heat-transfer recording operation by means of the recording means and for energizing the recording means to heat a number of dots larger than the predetermined number of dots when the image is recorded on the recording medium for the heat-sensitive recording operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Takehiro Yoshida, Satoshi Wada, Hisao Terajima, Takeshi Ono, Minoru Yokoyama, Takashi Awai, Akihiro Tomoda, Yasushi Ishida