Patents by Inventor Tsunehiro Makino

Tsunehiro Makino 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).

  • Image communicating apparatus controlling data reception based on number of non-discharge condition
    Patent number: 6123403
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is equipped with an ink jet printer in which the recording head is inspected for ink discharge failure in response to a call signal, then a head recovery process is effected in case of discharge failure, and the normal data reception process is started after the discharge failure is rectified. If the discharge failure is not rectified after repeated recovery processes, the communication is interrupted, so that wasted communication resulting from malfunction of the recording head can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Makino, Akihiro Ryuka, Yasuhito Shimamura, Hideaki Chishima
  • Location display apparatus
    Patent number: 5867563
    Abstract: A location display apparatus has a display section for displaying a location and voice-synthesizes the location in response to a DTMF signal received from a circuit so as to transmit a corresponding message to the circuit. Moreover, in accordance with received DTMF signals, a power source of the apparatus is controlled, the message is transferred, and the displayed location is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Kato, Kentaro Matsumoto, Tsunehiro Makino, Yasunori Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Data communication apparatus for multi-address transmission which directly transmits to the destination station upon detecting non-delivery status
    Patent number: 5585854
    Abstract: A data communication apparatus for conducting relaying multi-address transmission comprises a detector for detecting the occurrence of a non-delivery status in which data is not transmitted to a relay station or a relay destination station, and a control unit for sending the data directly to the relay destination station without routing the relay station when the non-delivery status is detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsunehiro Makino
  • Image communication system using ink jet recorder with recovery processing and capping device
    Patent number: 5485286
    Abstract: An image communication apparatus, for recording an image using a recording head for ejecting an ink from an ejection port by utilizing energy generated by an ejection energy generation element, includes a communication section for communication a procedure signal associated with a communication and image data, a driving section for driving the recording head in accordance with the image data received by the communication section, a preservation section for performing preservation processing of the recording head, and a control section for discriminating a procedure signal transmitted after the image data, and controlling an operation of the preservation section on the basis of the discrimination result. When the control section discriminates that a specific procedure signal for successively performing reception is transmitted, it causes the preservation section to execute the preservation processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seishi Ejiri, Yasuyuki Shinada, Yasuhito Shimamura, Akihiro Ryuka, Tsunehiro Makino, Hideaki Chishima