Patents by Inventor Taketo NUMATA

Taketo NUMATA 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).

  • Patent number: 9374483
    Abstract: A reading device includes a reading unit, an output unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to: control the reading unit to read an image from an original sheet; perform an image process on the read image; and output, to the display, both an output image and an explanation image representing contents of the image process performed on the read image. The output image represents one of the read image and an image resulting from the image process performed on the read image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taketo Numata
  • Patent number: 9219835
    Abstract: A reading device includes a reading unit, an output unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to: control the reading unit to read an image from an original sheet; perform an image process on the read image; and output, to the display, both an output image and an explanation image representing contents of the image process performed on the read image. The output image represents one of the read image and an image resulting from the image process performed on the read image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taketo Numata
  • Publication number: 20150326741
    Abstract: A reading device includes a reading unit, an output unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to: control the reading unit to read an image from an original sheet; perform an image process on the read image; and output, to the display, both an output image and an explanation image representing contents of the image process performed on the read image. The output image represents one of the read image and an image resulting from the image process performed on the read image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Taketo NUMATA
  • Patent number: 9102166
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a body, a carriage, a recording head, a bendable connecting member, a memory device, and a controller is provided. The controller is configured to execute operations including a deviated amount setting operation and a discharging timing controlling operation. The deviated amount setting operation includes a first recording step, in which a first image is recorded after the carriage is placed at rest for a length being shorter than or equal to a first period; a second recording step, in which a second image is recorded after the carriage is placed at rest for a second period being longer than the first period, and a deviated amount setting step, in which the controller obtains a distance between the first image and the second image and stores the obtained distance in the memory device as a deviated amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketo Numata
  • Publication number: 20150116783
    Abstract: A reading device includes a reading unit, an output unit, and a processor. The processor is configured to: control the reading unit to read an image from an original sheet; perform an image process on the read image; and output, to the display, both an output image and an explanation image representing contents of the image process performed on the read image. The output image represents one of the read image and an image resulting from the image process performed on the read image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Taketo NUMATA
  • Patent number: 8974031
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a body, a carriage, a recording head, a bendable connecting member, and a controller is provided. The controller executes a moving step to move the carriage in an orientation after the carriage is halted for a length, a measuring step to measure the period, and a discharging step to manipulate the recording head to discharge ink at a sheet. In the discharging step, if the measured period is within a first length, the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink at a first discharging timing, and if the measured period is within a second length which is longer than the first length, the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink at a second discharging timing, which is advanced to be earlier than the first discharging timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taketo Numata
  • Publication number: 20140292852
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a body, a carriage, a recording head, a bendable connecting member, a memory device, and a controller is provided. The controller is configured to execute operations including a deviated amount setting operation and a discharging timing controlling operation. The deviated amount setting operation includes a first recording step, in which a first image is recorded after the carriage is placed at rest for a length being shorter than or equal to a first period; a second recording step, in which a second image is recorded after the carriage is placed at rest for a second period being longer than the first period, and a deviated amount setting step, in which the controller obtains a distance between the first image and the second image and stores the obtained distance in the memory device as a deviated amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketo NUMATA
  • Publication number: 20140292872
    Abstract: An inkjet printer including a body, a carriage, a recording head, a bendable connecting member, and a controller is provided. The controller executes a moving step to move the carriage in an orientation after the carriage is halted for a length, a measuring step to measure the period, and a discharging step to manipulate the recording head to discharge ink at a sheet. In the discharging step, if the measured period is within a first length, the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink at a first discharging timing, and if the measured period is within a second length which is longer than the first length, the recording head is manipulated to discharge the ink at a second discharging timing, which is advanced to be earlier than the first discharging timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketo NUMATA
  • Patent number: 8465120
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a carriage conveyance mechanism, a sheet conveyance mechanism, and a controller including: a failure detecting portion configured to detect a carriage conveyance failure; a position detecting portion configured to detect a carriage position of on a carriage conveyance path; a conveyance start position storage portion configured to store a conveyance start position of the carriage; a failure occurrence position identifying portion configured to identify a failure occurrence position; an outer-edge position identifying portion configured to identify a position of an outer edge of a sheet passing area which is an area in the carriage conveyance path; and a jam judging portion configured to judge that the detected conveyance failure is due to a sheet jam where the outer-edge position is present between the conveyance start position stored by the conveyance start position storage portion and the failure occurrence position identified by the failure occurrence position identifying po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taketo Numata
  • Publication number: 20110310168
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a carriage conveyance mechanism, a sheet conveyance mechanism, and a controller including: a failure detecting portion configured to detect a carriage conveyance failure; a position detecting portion configured to detect a carriage position of on a carriage conveyance path; a conveyance start position storage portion configured to store a conveyance start position of the carriage; a failure occurrence position identifying portion configured to identify a failure occurrence position; an outer-edge position identifying portion configured to identify a position of an outer edge of a sheet passing area which is an area in the carriage conveyance path; and a jam judging portion configured to judge that the detected conveyance failure is due to a sheet jam where the outer-edge position is present between the conveyance start position stored by the conveyance start position storage portion and the failure occurrence position identified by the failure occurrence position identifying po
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Taketo NUMATA