Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Namikoshi

Takayoshi Namikoshi 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).

  • RECEIPT PRINTER AND RECEIPT PRINTER CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20190050839
    Abstract: A receipt printer according to the invention includes a first communication section, a second communication section, a printing mechanism, a memory, and a processor. The processor receives receipt print information including POS data via the first communication section, generates receipt information including generation data generated in accordance with the receipt print information and processing history information, performs at least one of processing for causing a printing mechanism to print a receipt in accordance with the receipt print information and processing for transmitting receipt information to an external device via the second communication section, and includes in the processing history information information indicating details of the receipt information having been processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi NAMIKOSHI, Haruyoshi OHORI, Hikonosuke UWAI
  • Method, computer and printer system for converting binary data indicates printer status information into mark-up language data
    Patent number: 9690526
    Abstract: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Takayoshi Namikoshi, Hirotada Yokosawa
  • Method, Computer, and System for an Operating System Independent Device Driver
    Publication number: 20160098236
    Abstract: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Takayoshi Namikoshi, Hirotada Yokosawa
  • Method, computer, and system for an operating system independent device driver
    Patent number: 9244893
    Abstract: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Takayoshi Namikoshi, Hirotada Yokosawa
  • Method, computer, and system for an operating system independent device driver
    Patent number: 8416433
    Abstract: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Takayoshi Namikoshi, Hirotada Yokosawa
  • Method, Computer, and System for an Operating System Independent Device Driver
    Publication number: 20070182978
    Abstract: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up language document to binary data composed of commands and data that can be processed by the device. The method also includes a binary data output step in which the converted binary data is output to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Nakamura, Takayoshi Namikoshi, Hirotada Yokosawa