Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Kumagawa

Toshiaki Kumagawa 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).

  • Print management system, method and computer-readable medium containing program for the same
    Patent number: 8040559
    Abstract: Colors of printed materials are easily matched. Provided is a print management system used in a printing system including a plurality of printing presses and performing printing using plates respectively created for each printing press. The print management system includes a tone-curve storage unit for linking and storing identifying information of the printing presses and tone curves for the printing presses; a communication device for obtaining binary image data from a host system; a binary-image-data correction unit for creating binary image data for each of the printing presses by correcting the binary image data using the tone curves stored in the tone-curve storage unit; and CTPs for creating respective plates for each of the printing presses on the basis of the corrected binary image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd., NEC Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Hashimoto, Shuichi Takemoto, Takahide Toshito, Norifumi Tasaka, Toshiaki Kumagawa, Minoru Nagata, Hisakatu Ochi
  • Print Management System, and Method and Program for the Same
    Publication number: 20090303501
    Abstract: Colors of printed materials are easily matched. Provided is a print management system used in a printing system including a plurality of printing presses and performing printing using plates respectively created for each printing press. The print management system includes a tone-curve storage unit for linking and storing identifying information of the printing presses and tone curves for the printing presses; a communication device for obtaining binary image data from a host system; a binary-image-data correction unit for creating binary image data for each of the printing presses by correcting the binary image data using the tone curves stored in the tone-curve storage unit; and CTPs for creating respective plates for each of the printing presses on the basis of the corrected binary image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., NEC Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Hashimoto, Shuichi Takemoto, Takahide Toshito, Norifumi Tasaka, Toshiaki Kumagawa, Minoru Nagata, Hisakatu Ochi