Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Kitahara

Yoshinao Kitahara 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: 9002271
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided, which includes: a first wireless unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a second wireless unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a data processing unit which executes processing of data input from at least one of the first wireless unit and the second wireless unit; and a control unit that, when any one of the first wireless unit and the second wireless unit is connected with an electronic equipment, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected in accordance with the execution of the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, releases the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and executes connection of any one of the first wireless unit and the second wireless unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakuda, Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Patent number: 8432564
    Abstract: A printing request apparatus includes a first printing request generator, operable to generate a first printing request for printing information by a direct printing method; a second printing request generator, operable to generate a second printing request for printing information by an HTML-based printing method; and a printing controller, operable to select one of the first printing request generator and the second printing request generator and to cause the one of the first printing request generator and the second printing request generator to generate the corresponding printing request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Hideki Morozumi, Kenji Sakuda
  • Patent number: 8390858
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus which receives image data from a host device by communication and forms an image based on the received image data on a target, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit which receives the image data by the communication with the host device; a storage unit which is able to store the received image data; an image forming unit which ejects a fluid, to overlap one partial image forming process with another partial image forming process, in the performing of an image forming process of forming the image on the target by ejecting the fluid from nozzles on a portion of the target and performing a partial image forming process of forming a portion of the image based on the image data stored in the storage unit on the target plural times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Kenji Sakuda
  • Patent number: 8379256
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a host controller that serves as a wireless USB host, one or more information processing units that have the function of a wireless USB device that can perform wireless communication with the host controller, a communication unit that can communicate with another electronic apparatus, and a control unit that acquires from the host controller connection information that is information on whether or not the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are connected to each other and whether or not the connection can be cut off when a connection request for one information processing unit out of the one or more information processing units is received from the another electronic apparatus through the communication unit, permits connection of the another electronic apparatus and the information processing unit requested to be connected to through wireless communication in a case where the host controller and the information processing unit requested
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Kenji Sakuda
  • Patent number: 8284436
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus, increase: a reader that reads image data included in an image file in read units of a specified data length from an external storage medium storing the image file; a storage that temporarily saves the image data read by the reader; and a data processor that requests image data to the reader and applying a specified data processing to the image data given from the reader in response to the request; wherein the reader reads image data requested by the data processor from the storage and supplies them to the data processor and, if the image data requested by the data processor cannot be read from the storage, reads image data of a specified data length including the image data from the storage medium and supplies them to the data processor, and the reader optimizes the read unit according to the form of the request from the data processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Patent number: 8134736
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus including: a reader that reads image data included an image file from an external storage medium, the image data being variable-length coded data of image blocks The reader performs a first reading processing for reading the image data in an arrangement order thereof from a storage medium and the data processor performs a boundary information derivation processing based on the image data for obtaining boundary information representing a boundary in a data arrangement in the storage medium between the image data belonging to two image blocks located adjacent in the data arrangement in the storage medium and at mutually different positions in the sub scanning direction. The reader performs a second reading processing for reading the image data from the storage medium in an order determined based on the boundary information and saving them in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Shoji Kojima, Manabu Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20100167651
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided, which includes: a first wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a second wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a data processing unit which executes processing of data input from at least one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit; and a control unit that, when any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit is connected with an electronic equipment, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected in accordance with the execution of the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, releases the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and executes connection of any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sakuda, Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20100153595
    Abstract: A wireless USB communication system includes: a USB host that has a first communication module for performing communication based on a wireless USB standard; and a USB device that has a second communication module for performing communication based on the wireless USB standard, another communication module for performing communication based on a standard other than the wireless USB standard, and a memory capable of storing various information. In the system, the USB host establishes connection with the USB device by sharing a connection context with the USB device in an in-band method based on the wireless USB standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sakuda, Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20100141989
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a host controller that serves as a wireless USB host, one or more information processing units that have the function of a wireless USB device that can perform wireless communication with the host controller, a communication unit that can communicate with another electronic apparatus, and a control unit that acquires from the host controller connection information that is information on whether or not the host controller and the information processing unit requested for connection are connected to each other and whether or not the connection can be cut off when a connection request for one information processing unit out of the one or more information processing units is received from the another electronic apparatus through the communication unit, permits connection of the another electronic apparatus and the information processing unit requested to be connected to through wireless communication in a case where the host controller and the information processing unit requested
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Kenji Sakuda
  • Publication number: 20100134833
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus which receives image data from a host device by communication and forms an image based on the received image data on a target, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit which receives the image data by the communication with the host device; a storage unit which is able to store the received image data; an image forming unit which ejects a fluid, to overlap one partial image forming process with another partial image forming process, in the performing of an image forming process of forming the image on the target by ejecting the fluid from nozzles on a portion of the target and performing a partial image forming process of forming a portion of the image based on the image data stored in the storage unit on the target plural times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Kenji Sakuda
  • Patent number: 7630094
    Abstract: An image print apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a plurality of set values for printing an image on a paper; a deciding unit that decides whether or not the image print apparatus can print the image on the paper according to a combination of the received plurality of set values; a correction unit that replaces, in a case the deciding unit decides that the image print apparatus cannot print the image on the paper according to a combination of the received plurality of set values, at least one of the plurality of set values with another set value to provide a combination of the plurality of set values according to which the image print apparatus can print; and a print unit that prints the image on the paper according to the plurality of set values generated by the correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Hideki Morozumi, Kenji Sakuda
  • Patent number: 7626719
    Abstract: A device is disclosed. A reader is adapted to optically read contents described on a medium as an image and converting the image into image data. A network interface is adapted to be connected to a network. A communicator communicates data with a mating device through the network interface in accordance with setting information of a prescribed protocol. An acquirer acquires the setting information from the image data. A setter sets the acquired setting information to the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakuda, Yoshinao Kitahara, Hideki Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20090225338
    Abstract: An image printing device configured to be directly connected to an image recording device into and from which a recording medium may be loaded and removed, respectively, and to print an image represented by a plurality of image data to be printed recorded on the recording medium, is provided. The image printing device includes a display unit, a buffer memory, a printing unit, a printer control unit and a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Patent number: 7576884
    Abstract: In an image output system in which a client terminal device is connected via a network to an image output device, the client terminal device contains a first transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving text data containing control information related to an image output by way of an electronic mail, whereas the image output device contains a second transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving the text data containing the control information related to the image output by way of the electronic mail between the first transmitting/receiving unit and the own second transmitting/receiving unit, and an image output unit for outputting an image based upon an image data file in accordance with the control information which is transmitted/received by the second transmitting/receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Hideki Morozumi
  • Publication number: 20090059265
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus including: a reader that reads image data included an image file from an external storage medium, the image data being variable-length coded data of image blocks The reader performs a first reading processing for reading the image data in an arrangement order thereof from a storage medium and the data processor performs a boundary information derivation processing based on the image data for obtaining boundary information representing a boundary in a data arrangement in the storage medium between the image data belonging to two image blocks located adjacent in the data arrangement in the storage medium and at mutually different positions in the sub scanning direction. The reader performs a second reading processing for reading the image data from the storage medium in an order determined based on the boundary information and saving them in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20090059312
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus includes: a reader that reads image data included an image file in an arrangement order thereof from a storage medium, the image data being coded data of image blocks obtained by dividing an image in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction and arranged in an order of the main scanning direction and the sub scanning direction; a storage that temporarily saves the image data read by the reader; and a data processor that requests image data to the reader and performs a specified data processing to the image data fed from the reader in response to the request, wherein the reader executes a variable-length reading mode as a reading mode in which the image data are read from the storage medium and saved in the storage, the variable-length reading mode being for successively reading image data having a shorter data length out of image data of a predetermined specified data length and image data from leading end data to be first read to tail end data in a data arrange
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20090033998
    Abstract: An image data processing apparatus, increase: a reader that reads image data included in an image file in read units of a specified data length from an external storage medium storing the image file; a storage that temporarily saves the image data read by the reader; and a data processor that requests image data to the reader and applying a specified data processing to the image data given from the reader in response to the request; wherein the reader reads image data requested by the data processor from the storage and supplies them to the data processor and, if the image data requested by the data processor cannot be read from the storage, reads image data of a specified data length including the image data from the storage medium and supplies them to the data processor, and the reader optimizes the read unit according to the form of the request from the data processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20090002757
    Abstract: A converter that converts a data received from a wireless communication interface to a data that is based on a wire-communication standard, the converter including a wire-communication interface that communicates with a printer based on a wire-communication standard, a wireless communication interface that communicates with a terminal unit based on the wireless communication standard, a receiving unit that receives a data from the terminal unit via the wireless-communication interface, a communication establishment unit that establishes a communication with the printer via the wire-communication interface, and a wire-communication unit that transmits the data received by the receiving unit via the established communication to the printer, wherein the communication establishment unit establishes a communication with the printer when the receiving unit receives the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Yasumasa Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20070253026
    Abstract: A communicator is connected, through a network, to a predetermined server including first frame image data and to a display device operable to select the first frame image data in association with first selection screen information linked to the first frame image data. An acquirer is adapted to acquire the first frame image data from the predetermined server through the communicator. A transmitter is adapted to transmit the first selection screen information to the display device through the communicator. A printer is adapted to print an image on a medium in association with the image data and the first frame image data selected by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakuda, Hideki Morozumi, Yoshinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20070030513
    Abstract: An image output apparatus includes a first communicator, operable to receive a first image output request transmitted from a first image output request apparatus by a first communication method; a second communicator, operable to receive a second image output request transmitted from a second image output request apparatus by a second communication method; a controller, operable to select one of the first image output request and the second image output request in a case where the first image output request and the second image output request conflict; and a processor, operable to generate control information for performing image output in accordance with the selected image output request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kitahara, Hideki Morozumi, Kenji Sakuda