Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Kitajima
Tetsuya Kitajima 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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Patent number: 10065440Abstract: An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device; a cassette; a discharge tray; a conveying path; a conveyor; an electrical power supply; a cooling air flow path; an air blower configured to apply a wind-force to air so as to cause the air to flow through the cooling air flow path; and a casing, wherein: the electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged in a lower region in a vertical direction with respect to the cassette, the conveying path and the recording device; the recording device is located, in regard to the vertical direction, at a position higher than or equal to the cassette; and the electrical power supply and the cassette overlap each other in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Patent number: 10042337Abstract: An electrical circuit is provided in a casing. The electrical circuit includes a capacitor having a particular function needed for realizing the electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes an electrical component configured to generate heat due to energization. A flow creator creates, in the casing, an air flow that flows in a direction from the electrical component to the capacitor such that air heated by heat generation of the electrical component flows to the capacitor. A controller controls the flow creator. The capacitor has a characteristic that capacitance monotonically decreases or monotonically increases as temperature rises, in a part of a temperature range in which the electrical circuit operates. The controller detects a capacitance change due to a temperature change of the capacitor caused by the air heated by the heat generation, and controls the flow creator based on a detection result of the capacitance change.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Publication number: 20150279560Abstract: An electrical circuit is provided in a casing. The electrical circuit includes a capacitor having a particular function needed for realizing the electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes an electrical component configured to generate heat due to energization. A flow creator creates, in the casing, an air flow that flows in a direction from the electrical component to the capacitor such that air heated by heat generation of the electrical component flows to the capacitor. A controller controls the flow creator. The capacitor has a characteristic that capacitance monotonically decreases or monotonically increases as temperature rises, in a part of a temperature range in which the electrical circuit operates. The controller detects a capacitance change due to a temperature change of the capacitor caused by the air heated by the heat generation, and controls the flow creator based on a detection result of the capacitance change.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya KITAJIMA
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Patent number: 8913913Abstract: An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device; a cassette; a discharge tray; a conveying path; a conveyor; an electrical power supply; a cooling air flow path; an air blower to apply a wind-force to air; a casing; and an additional cassette device attached to a lower portion of the casing, and in this configuration, the additional cassette device comprises: an additional cassette and an additional conveying path. A relay path is provided between the additional conveying path and the conveying path. The electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged under the cassette. The electrical power supply is arranged to overlap with the cassette when viewed along the vertical direction, and the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Patent number: 8867098Abstract: When executed by a controller of recording apparatus, the instructions causes the recording apparatus to perform: calculating at least one of a first recording ratio and a second recording ratio based on an image data of an image recorded on a recording medium; controlling a depositing device of recording apparatus to perform a concealment process when at least one condition is satisfied, the at least one condition including a condition that the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is smaller than a threshold value; and controlling the depositing device not to perform the concealment process when the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is greater than or equal to the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Publication number: 20140185066Abstract: When executed by a controller of recording apparatus, the instructions causes the recording apparatus to perform: calculating at least one of a first recording ratio and a second recording ratio based on an image data of an image recorded on a recording medium; controlling a depositing device of recording apparatus to perform a concealment process when at least one condition is satisfied, the at least one condition including a condition that the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is smaller than a threshold value; and controlling the depositing device not to perform the concealment process when the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is greater than or equal to the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20130106939Abstract: An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device; a cassette; a discharge tray; a conveying path; a conveyor; an electrical power supply; a cooling air flow path; an air blower to apply a wind-force to air; a casing; and an additional cassette device attached to a lower portion of the casing, and in this configuration, the additional cassette device comprises: an additional cassette and an additional conveying path. A relay path is provided between the additional conveying path and the conveying path. The electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged under the cassette. The electrical power supply is arranged to overlap with the cassette when viewed along the vertical direction, and the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventor: Tetsuya KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20130107456Abstract: An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device; a cassette; a discharge tray; a conveying path; a conveyor; an electrical power supply; a cooling air flow path; an air blower configured to apply a wind-force to air so as to cause the air to flow through the cooling air flow path; and a casing, wherein: the electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged in a lower region in a vertical direction with respect to the cassette, the conveying path and the recording device; the recording device is located, in regard to the vertical direction, at a position higher than or equal to the cassette; and the electrical power supply and the cassette overlap each other in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventor: Tetsuya KITAJIMA
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Patent number: 8090964Abstract: A multi-function peripheral device includes: a plurality of interfaces that communicate data with an external devices; a power source for supplying the interfaces with power required for the respective interfaces to operate; a monitoring unit that monitors operational statuses of the respective interfaces; a display unit that displays a parameter indicating the operational status of each of the interfaces monitored by the monitoring unit; an input unit that is capable of inputting a command indicating whether or not power is to be supplied from the power source to each of the interfaces; and a power control unit that controls to supply power to an interface for which a command indicating that power is to be supplied is inputted by the input unit, and controls to shut off power to an interface for which a command indicating that power is not to be supplied is inputted by the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Publication number: 20090055673Abstract: A multi-function peripheral device includes: a plurality of interfaces that communicate data with an external devices; a power source for supplying the interfaces with power required for the respective interfaces to operate; a monitoring unit that monitors operational statuses of the respective interfaces; a display unit that displays a parameter indicating the operational status of each of the interfaces monitored by the monitoring unit; an input unit that is capable of inputting a command indicating whether or not power is to be supplied from the power source to each of the interfaces; and a power control unit that controls to supply power to an interface for which a command indicating that power is to be supplied is inputted by the input unit, and controls to shut off power to an interface for which a command indicating that power is not to be supplied is inputted by the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya Kitajima
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Publication number: 20040204976Abstract: In an electronic transaction carried out in a virtual commerce space closed on an internet, when persons concerned with the transaction belong to different counties, it has hitherto been practiced that the persons concerned with the transaction manually proceed with business processes inherent in trading such as acquisition of export application and customs procedures on paper base in addition to an electronic payment process carried out on the virtual space region. To eliminate the manual business processing, an electronic commerce system connected to the virtual commerce space constructed on the internet and having a trading function, includes server units in which tax, carriage and insurance premium incurred, when a trading transaction is carried out, are automatically calculated, added, as reference information, to estimation information and then registered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Hiroaki Oyama, Tetsuya Kitajima, Hideto Wakuta