Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Kusumoto

Yoshihisa Kusumoto 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: 10661385
    Abstract: A laser machining apparatus includes: a laser beam emission device; a visible laser beam emission device; a scanner; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: generating machining data including coordinate data representing a machining pattern to be machined on a workpiece; machining the workpiece with a laser beam according to the machining data by controlling the laser beam emission device and the scanner; generating, in response to receiving a resuming command after the machining has been halted at a stopping position, a guide pattern based on a stopping point coordinate and the machining data, the guide pattern being used for resuming the machining from the stopping position, the stopping point coordinate indicating the stopping position and being determined by the coordinate data; and projecting the guide pattern onto the workpiece with a visible laser beam by controlling the visible laser beam emission device and the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10576579
    Abstract: In a laser machining apparatus, a scanner is configured to scan a laser beam emitted from a laser beam emission device. A first part of a workpiece is exposed through an opening formed in the workpiece. A controller is configured to perform: acquiring shape data indicative of a shape of the workpiece; acquiring machining pattern data indicative of a machining pattern to be machined on the first part; acquiring a length of the machining pattern based on the machining pattern data; calculating an unmachinable position on a setting surface using the length and the shape data, the unmachinable position resulting from a second part of the workpiece hindering the laser beam reaching the first part, at least a part of the machining pattern being unmachinable on the first part in a state where the workpiece is set on the unmachinable position; and displaying the unmachinable position on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishikawa, Yoshihisa Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20190126396
    Abstract: A laser machining apparatus includes: a laser beam emission device; a visible laser beam emission device; a scanner; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: generating machining data including coordinate data representing a machining pattern to be machined on a workpiece; machining the workpiece with a laser beam according to the machining data by controlling the laser beam emission device and the scanner; generating, in response to receiving a resuming command after the machining has been halted at a stopping position, a guide pattern based on a stopping point coordinate and the machining data, the guide pattern being used for resuming the machining from the stopping position, the stopping point coordinate indicating the stopping position and being determined by the coordinate data; and projecting the guide pattern onto the workpiece with a visible laser beam by controlling the visible laser beam emission device and the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshihisa KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190022794
    Abstract: In a laser machining apparatus, a scanner is configured to scan a laser beam emitted from a laser beam emission device. A first part of a workpiece is exposed through an opening formed in the workpiece. A controller is configured to perform: acquiring shape data indicative of a shape of the workpiece; acquiring machining pattern data indicative of a machining pattern to be machined on the first part; acquiring a length of the machining pattern based on the machining pattern data; calculating an unmachinable position on a setting surface using the length and the shape data, the unmachinable position resulting from a second part of the workpiece hindering the laser beam reaching the first part, at least a part of the machining pattern being unmachinable on the first part in a state where the workpiece is set on the unmachinable position; and displaying the unmachinable position on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuo NISHIKAWA, Yoshihisa KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110157375
    Abstract: A display device has a data storage section with a transfer memory area and a storage memory area, and a display section to display the stored data. A first and second communication section establish communication with a first and second external device, respectively. A connection detecting section activates the second communication section when connection with the second external device is established. A storage determining section determines whether data is stored in the transfer memory area. A particular storage control section transfers the data from the transfer memory area to the storage memory area. A transfer control section transfers the particular data to a transfer memory area of the second external device, when the second communication section is active, and the particular data is present in the transfer memory area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihisa KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100299369
    Abstract: A display device includes an internal battery that supplies electric power to the display device, a data acquisition portion that acquires an incompatible data file from a first storage portion, a remaining power determination portion that determines whether an amount of electric power that remains in the internal battery is at least a specified threshold value, a data conversion portion that is capable of converting the incompatible data file into an electronic file in a specified data format to create a converted file, and a storage control portion that stores the converted file in a second storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihisa KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100299307
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing determination portion that determines whether it is a timing of converting an incompatible file into an electronic file in a specified data format, a file acquisition portion that acquires the incompatible file from a first storage device when the timing determination portion determines that it is the timing, a conversion portion that converts the incompatible file acquired by the file acquisition portion into an electronic file in the specified data format to create a converted file, and a first storage control portion that stores, in a second storage device, the converted file created by the conversion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20100201700
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display data obtaining device that obtains display data to be displayed in a display device, a storage control device that causes a storage device to store the obtained display data, a display control device that reads the display data from the storage device, and causes the display device to display the display data, and a deletion device that deletes the display data displayed in the display device among the display data stored in the storage device, from the storage device, in timing when it is determined that the display data has been displayed in the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kusumoto, Takuya Nagai
  • Publication number: 20100201699
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including: a nonvolatile display device that retains display of information even after the power is cut, a data receiving device that receives data to be displayed on the nonvolatile display device, a volatile storage device that stores the data received by the data receiving device, a nonvolatile storage device that retains the storage of the data even after the power is cut, a display control device that causes the nonvolatile display device to display the data stored in the volatile storage device, a storage determining device that determines whether to store the data stored in the volatile storage device into the nonvolatile storage device, and a storage control device that causes the nonvolatile storage device to store the data stored in the volatile storage device when the storage determining device determines to store the data into the nonvolatile storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Nagai, Yoshihisa Kusumoto, Yu Matsubara