Patents by Inventor Tomoko Obata

Tomoko Obata 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).

  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 6106170
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus prints at least one line of a character string formed of characters on a tape. The at least one line of the character string is/are entered. At least one character size rank is/are designated respectively for the at least one line of the character string. The at least one character size rank designated are converted to at least one numerical value, respectively, to thereby determine at least one line-by-line relative character size corresponding respectively to the at least one character size rank. At least one line-by-line absolute character size corresponding respectively to the at least one line-by-line relative character size is/are determined based on a total absolute size corresponding to a tape width of the tape. At least one line of the character string on the tape is/are printed based on the line-by-line absolute character size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Takanobu Kameda, Shinji Ishizuka, Tomoyuki Shimmura, Kenichi Tanabe, Tomoko Obata
  • Tape printing apparatus
    Patent number: 5887997
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus prints at least one line of a character string formed of characters on a tape. The at least one line of the character string is/are entered. At least one character size rank is/are designated respectively for the at least one line of the character string. The at least one character size rank designated are converted to at least one numerical value, respectively, to thereby determine at least one line-by-line relative character size corresponding respectively to the at least one character size rank. At least one line-by-line absolute character size corresponding respectively to the at least one line-by-line relative character size is/are determined based on a total absolute size corresponding to a tape width of the tape. At least one line of the character string on the tape is/are printed based on the line-by-line absolute character size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Takanobu Kameda, Shinji Ishizuka, Tomoyuki Shimmura, Kenichi Tanabe, Tomoko Obata, Hiroyasu Kurashina, Takeshi Hosokawa