Patents by Inventor Yuken Tanabe

Yuken Tanabe 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).

  • Printing method, printing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 7090331
    Abstract: A printing method comprises the steps of: in a first movement, moving a print head to form dots on a medium at aperiodic intervals in a moving direction of the print head, wherein the print head includes N pieces of nozzles arranged at a constant pitch in a direction that intersects with the moving direction, wherein the N pieces of nozzles are for forming N dots of a same color, and wherein N is an integer of at least two; in second through M-th movements, moving the print head to form, on the medium, the rest of the dots that were not formed in the first movement, wherein M is an integer of at least two; and repeating the first through M-th movements to print information on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Karasawa, Yuken Tanabe, Takayuki Ishii
  • Printing method, printing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
    Publication number: 20050002717
    Abstract: A printing method comprises the steps of: in a first movement, moving a print head to form dots on a medium at aperiodic intervals in a moving direction of the print head, wherein the print head includes N pieces of nozzles arranged at a constant pitch in a direction that intersects with the moving direction, wherein the N pieces of nozzles are for forming N dots of a same color, and wherein N is an integer of at least two; in second through M-th movements, moving the print head to form, on the medium, the rest of the dots that were not formed in the first movement, wherein M is an integer of at least two; and repeating the first through M-th movements to print information on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Toshio Karasawa, Yuken Tanabe, Takayuki Ishii