Patents by Inventor Takefumi INUI

Takefumi INUI 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).

  • Charging method and charging system
    Patent number: 9849686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of charging for ink in an ink container consumed by a printing unit during printing. The method of charging includes obtaining information on an amount of the ink consumed; and implementing charging on the basis of the information. Before the amount of the ink in the ink container consumed reaches a predetermined value, first charging is implemented according to a charging basis in which usage-based charging is implemented on the basis of the amount of the ink consumed. After the amount of the ink consumed reaches the predetermined value, second charging is implemented according to a charging basis different from the charging basis applied to the first charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Kuwahara, Shigeru Tsuji, Takefumi Inui, Keiichi Taguchi
  • CHARGING METHOD AND CHARGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170015105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of charging for ink in an ink container consumed by a printing unit during printing. The method of charging includes obtaining information on an amount of the ink consumed; and implementing charging on the basis of the information. Before the amount of the ink in the ink container consumed reaches a predetermined value, first charging is implemented according to a charging basis in which usage-based charging is implemented on the basis of the amount of the ink consumed. After the amount of the ink consumed reaches the predetermined value, second charging is implemented according to a charging basis different from the charging basis applied to the first charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KUWAHARA, Shigeru TSUJI, Takefumi INUI, Keiichi TAGUCHI
  • Information processing device and program
    Patent number: 9304469
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an ink distribution amount computation unit that computes an i-th (where i is an integer greater than or equal to one) ink distribution amount distributed to an i-th recording job which is performed by a recording apparatus according to an i-th ink distribution ratio obtained from division of an i-th total consumption amount cumulative total by an i-th recording consumption amount cumulative total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Koganehira, Takefumi Inui, Kenji Matsumoto, Tomohiko Sano, Yuki Kuwahara
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150277328
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an ink distribution amount computation unit that computes an i-th (where i is an integer greater than or equal to one) ink distribution amount distributed to an i-th recording job which is performed by a recording apparatus according to an i-th ink distribution ratio obtained from division of an i-th total consumption amount cumulative total by an i-th recording consumption amount cumulative total.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shuichi KOGANEHIRA, Takefumi INUI, Kenji MATSUMOTO, Tomohiko SANO, Yuki KUWAHARA