Patents by Inventor Tomonobu Ozawa

Tomonobu Ozawa 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: 11030497
    Abstract: There is provided a PC that performs print control on a printing apparatus which stores a plurality of pieces of color conversion information for color-converting first color information included in print data into second color information different from the first color information, the PC including a PC control unit that generates the print data including first designation information for designating in the print data a conversion target of the color conversion and second designation information for designating color conversion information used for the color conversion among the plurality of pieces of color conversion information stored in the printing apparatus, and transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonobu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11030498
    Abstract: A PC includes a first set information DB that stores a plurality of pieces of first set information including color conversion information for color-converting first color information into second color information different from the first color information and a print setting corresponding to the color conversion information in association with each other, and a PC control unit that obtains a designation print setting which is a print setting designated for print data, causes a PC display unit to display a color conversion list including one or more options of the color conversion information associated with the print setting corresponding to the obtained designation print setting based on the plurality of pieces of first set information stored in the first set information DB, and controls color conversion to be performed on the print data based on color conversion information selected from the color conversion list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomonobu Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20200226437
    Abstract: A PC includes a first set information DB that stores a plurality of pieces of first set information including color conversion information for color-converting first color information into second color information different from the first color information and a print setting corresponding to the color conversion information in association with each other, and a PC control unit that obtains a designation print setting which is a print setting designated for print data, causes a PC display unit to display a color conversion list including one or more options of the color conversion information associated with the print setting corresponding to the obtained designation print setting based on the plurality of pieces of first set information stored in the first set information DB, and controls color conversion to be performed on the print data based on color conversion information selected from the color conversion list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Tomonobu OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200226436
    Abstract: There is provided a PC that performs print control on a printing apparatus which stores a plurality of pieces of color conversion information for color-converting first color information included in print data into second color information different from the first color information, the PC including a PC control unit that generates the print data including first designation information for designating in the print data a conversion target of the color conversion and second designation information for designating color conversion information used for the color conversion among the plurality of pieces of color conversion information stored in the printing apparatus, and transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Tomonobu OZAWA
  • Patent number: 10306078
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is configured to acquire, from a multi-function apparatus including a first device and a second device, first device information regarding the first device and being a collection target and second device information regarding the second device and being a collection target, the monitoring apparatus including: a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire from the first device, at a monitoring timing of the multi-function apparatus, status information denoting a state of the first device; and a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire the first device information from the first device and the second device information from the second device, wherein the device information acquisition unit does not perform acquisition of the second device information from the second device when the status information acquired by the status information acquisition unit is information denoting a sleep mode of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshie Imai, Ryosuke Kakio, Tomoki Takahashi, Eiichi Harada, Tetsuya Wakasa, Hiroyasu Ogata, Tomonobu Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20180103159
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is configured to acquire, from a multi-function apparatus including a first device and a second device, first device information regarding the first device and being a collection target and second device information regarding the second device and being a collection target, the monitoring apparatus including: a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire from the first device, at a monitoring timing of the multi-function apparatus, status information denoting a state of the first device; and a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire the first device information from the first device and the second device information from the second device, wherein the device information acquisition unit does not perform acquisition of the second device information from the second device when the status information acquired by the status information acquisition unit is information denoting a sleep mode of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshie IMAI, Ryosuke Kakio, Tomoki Takahashi, Eiichi Harada, Tetsuya Wakasa, Hiroyasu Ogata, Tomonobu Ozawa