Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro KATAHIRA

Yasuhiro KATAHIRA 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: 8882375
    Abstract: A print apparatus includes a print-medium sender configured to send out a print medium, a print-medium transportation unit disposed downstream of the print-medium sender in a print-medium transportation direction, and configured to transport the print medium, a print unit disposed between the print-medium sender and the print-medium transportation unit, and configured to perform printing on the print medium while moving in a direction perpendicular to the print-medium transportation direction, and a transport-amount correction controller configured to correct the amount of transportation of the print medium by the print-medium sender or the print-medium transportation unit in accordance with the position of an end of the print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Katahira
  • Patent number: 8610946
    Abstract: Even when print data whose print density is high is printed, lowering of print efficiency according to long print operation time is restrained. In a print apparatus for printing received data received from an upper apparatus by repeatedly moving a print head, an expanding section that expands the received data into print image data; a confirming section that confirms a print density of the print image data and confirms existence/inexistence of high-density print data whose print density is higher than a predetermined value; a determining section that calculates a print operation time in the case to print by moving the print head in a forward direction and a print operation time in the case to print by moving the print head in a backward direction and determines a print direction according to these print operation time; and a print controlling section that prints in the determined direction are furnished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Katahira
  • Publication number: 20120163892
    Abstract: A print apparatus includes a print-medium sender configured to send out a print medium, a print-medium transportation unit disposed downstream of the print-medium sender in a print-medium transportation direction, and configured to transport the print medium, a print unit disposed between the print-medium sender and the print-medium transportation unit, and configured to perform printing on the print medium while moving in a direction perpendicular to the print-medium transportation direction, and a transport-amount correction controller configured to correct the amount of transportation of the print medium by the print-medium sender or the print-medium transportation unit in accordance with the position of an end of the print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KATAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20110080599
    Abstract: Even when print data whose print density is high is printed, lowering of print efficiency according to long print operation time is restrained. In a print apparatus for printing received data received from an upper apparatus by repeatedly moving a print head, an expanding section that expands the received data into print image data; a confirming section that confirms a print density of the print image data and confirms existence/inexistence of high-density print data whose print density is higher than a predetermined value; a determining section that calculates a print operation time in the case to print by moving the print head in a forward direction and a print operation time in the case to print by moving the print head in a backward direction and determines a print direction according to these print operation time; and a print controlling section that prints in the determined direction are furnished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: OKI DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro KATAHIRA