公开(公告)号：US20070285488A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-13

申请号：US11724503

申请日：2007-03-14

申请人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： B41J11/60

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2/471 ,  B41M5/305 ,  B41M5/363 ,  G02B26/105

摘要： To provide an image processing method including at least an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a laser beam is parallel light and wherein the laser scanning speed for the peripheral region surrounding the central region of the optical axis of the laser beam is lower than the laser scanning speed for the central region, the laser output for the peripheral region is greater than the output for the central region, or an overlapping area between a laser irradiation area that corresponds to a peripheral region surrounding a central region of the optical axis of the laser beam and a nearby laser irradiation area is larger than an overlapping area between a laser irradiation area that corresponds to the central region and the nearby laser irradiation area.

摘要翻译： 为了提供至少包括图像记录步骤和图像擦除步骤的图像处理方法，其中激光束是平行光，并且其中围绕激光束的光轴的中心区域的周边区域的激光扫描速度较低 与中心区域的激光扫描速度相比，周边区域的激光输出大于中心区域的输出，或者与围绕光轴的中心区域的周边区域对应的激光照射区域之间的重叠区域 的激光束和附近的激光照射区域大于对应于中心区域的激光照射区域与附近的激光照射区域之间的重叠区域。

公开(公告)号：US09370955B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US14101719

申请日：2013-12-10

申请人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi

发明人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi

IPC分类号： B41M5/26 ,  B41J2/475 ,  B41M5/30 ,  G02B5/22

CPC分类号： B41M5/26 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/305 ,  G02B5/22

摘要： The present invention provides an image processing method which includes any one of recording an image on a thermally reversible recording medium that can reversibly change any one of its transparency and color tone depending on temperature by irradiating and heating the thermally reversible recording medium with a laser beam, and erasing the image recorded on the thermally reversible recording medium by heating the thermally reversible recording medium, wherein in any one of the image recording and the image erasing, the thermally reversible recording medium is located at a position farther than a focal position of the laser beam, and at least any one of the image recording and the image erasing is performed.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种图像处理方法，其包括在热可逆记录介质上记录图像的任何一种，其可以通过用激光束照射和加热热可逆记录介质来根据温度可逆地改变其透明度和色调中的任何一个 并且通过加热热可逆记录介质来擦除记录在热可逆记录介质上的图像，其中在任何一个图像记录和图像擦除中，热可逆记录介质位于比该位置的焦点位置更远的位置 激光束，并且执行图像记录和图像擦除中的至少任一个。

公开(公告)号：US08933981B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US13502298

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Kazutaka Yamamoto ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Kazutaka Yamamoto ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： B41J2/435 ,  B41J2/475 ,  G06K1/12 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06K15/12

CPC分类号： B41M5/284 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/34 ,  G06K1/126 ,  G06K15/029 ,  G06K15/1228

摘要： A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof.

摘要翻译： 公开的标记控制装置通过施加激光束来控制标记装置来标记热可逆记录介质上的目标图像，所述激光束包括将图像分割成多个标记线并确定其标记位置的标记位置确定单元; 标记顺序确定单元确定标记顺序以在相反的方向上标记标记线; 调整单元，其将第一起始点与第二起始点之间的距离调整为长于第一起始点和第二终点之间的距离，或者将施加到第二标记线的第二起始点侧的激光功率调整为 低于施加到第二标记线的第二终点侧的激光功率; 以及产生包括标记线的标记位置和其标记顺序的标记指令的标记指令发生器单元。

公开(公告)号：US08643689B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US13404197

申请日：2012-02-24

申请人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai

发明人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai

IPC分类号： B41J2/435

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2/442 ,  B41J2/47

摘要： An image processing method including: measuring a distance between a medium where an image is to be recorded and an image processing apparatus which stores a relation between irradiation energy and distance previously measured; calculating an irradiation energy from the distance measured in the measuring based on the relation stored in the image processing apparatus; and irradiating and heating the medium with laser beams having the irradiation energy obtained in the calculating to record an image in the medium.

摘要翻译： 一种图像处理方法，包括：测量要记录图像的介质与存储照射能量与先前测量的距离之间的关系的图像处理装置之间的距离; 根据存储在图像处理装置中的关系，从测量中测量的距离计算照射能量; 并用具有在计算中获得的照射能量的激光束照射和加热介质以在介质中记录图像。

公开(公告)号：US08633958B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-21

申请号：US13363507

申请日：2012-02-01

申请人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi

发明人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi

IPC分类号： B41J2/435 ,  B41J2/47

CPC分类号： B41J2/442 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/305 ,  Y10S430/146

摘要： The present invention provides an image processing method which includes at least any one of image recording and image erasing, wherein a light irradiation intensity at a center position of the laser beam irradiated in the image recording is controlled; in the image recording, a first auxiliary line extended by a predetermined distance from a start point of each of image lines constituting an image in the opposite direction from the scanning direction and a second auxiliary line extended by a predetermined distance from an end point of each of the image lines in the scanning direction are prepared, and when the first and second auxiliary lines including an image line are continuously scanned, the image line is scanned with irradiating the laser beam, and the first and the second auxiliary lines are scanned without irradiating the laser beam to thereby record the image.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种图像处理方法，其包括图像记录和图像擦除中的至少一个，其中控制在图像记录中照射的激光束的中心位置处的光照射强度; 在图像记录中，第一辅助线从构成与扫描方向相反的方向的图像的每个图像线的起始点延伸预定距离，以及从每个的端点延伸预定距离的第二辅助线 准备扫描方向上的图像线，并且当连续扫描包括图像线的第一和第二辅助线时，通过照射激光束扫描图像线，并且扫描第一和第二辅助线，而不照射 激光束从而记录图像。

公开(公告)号：US08455161B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US12559714

申请日：2009-09-15

申请人： Toshiaki Asai ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Toshiaki Asai ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： G03F7/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  B41J2/435

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753

摘要： A method for erasing an image including irradiating an image formed on a thermoreversible recording medium with a laser light having a wavelength of 700 nm to 1,500 nm so as to erase the image, wherein an energy density of the laser light is in a range of the energy density which can erase the image and a center value or less of the range, wherein the thermoreversible recording medium includes a support, and a thermoreversible recording layer on the support, and wherein the thermoreversible recording layer contains a leuco dye serving as an electron-donating color-forming compound and a reversible developer serving as an electron-accepting compound, in which color tone reversibly changes by heat, and at least one of the thermoreversible recording layer and a layer adjacent to the thermoreversible recording layer contains a photothermal conversion material, which absorbs the light and converts the light into heat.

摘要翻译： 一种擦除图像的方法，包括用波长为700nm至1500nm的激光照射形成在热可逆记录介质上的图像，以便擦除图像，其中激光的能量密度在 能够消除图像的能量密度和该范围的中心值或更小的范围，其中所述热可逆记录介质包括支撑体，以及所述支撑体上的热可逆记录层，并且其中所述热可逆记录层含有用作电子发射层的无色染料， 提供着色形成化合物和作为电子接受性化合物的可逆显影剂，其中色调由热可逆地改变，并且热可逆记录层和与热可逆记录层相邻的层中的至少一个包含光热转换材料， 其吸收光并将光转换成热。

公开(公告)号：US08284222B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-09

申请号：US12904566

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： B41J29/16

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2/473 ,  B41J29/26 ,  B41M5/305 ,  B41M5/3335 ,  B41M5/3372 ,  B41M5/42 ,  B41M2205/04 ,  B41M2205/36 ,  B41M2205/38 ,  B41M2205/40

摘要： An image erasing apparatus including: a semiconductor laser array in which a plurality of semiconductor laser light sources are linearly aligned; a width direction collimating unit provided on an output surface of the semiconductor laser array, and configured to collimate, in a width direction, broadening of laser beams emitted from the semiconductor laser array so as to form a linear beam; and a length direction light distribution controlling unit configured to control a length of a major axis of the linear beam to be longer than a length of a major axis of an emission part of the semiconductor laser array, and to attain uniform light distribution in the length direction of the linear beam; wherein the linear beam, which has the major axis whose length is longer than the length of the major axis of the emission part of the semiconductor laser array and uniform light distribution in the length direction thereof, is to be applied to and heat a thermoreversible recording medium, in which any of transparency and color tone thereof reversibly changes depending on temperature, so as to erase an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium.

摘要翻译： 一种图像擦除装置，包括：半导体激光器阵列，其中多个半导体激光光源线性对准; 宽度方向准直单元，设置在半导体激光器阵列的输出表面上，并且被配置为沿宽度方向准直从半导体激光器阵列发射的激光束的加宽以形成线性光束; 以及长度方向配光控制单元，被配置为将所述线性光束的长轴的长度控制为长于所述半导体激光器阵列的发射部分的长轴的长度，并且在所述长度方向上获得均匀的光分布 线性光束的方向; 其特征在于，将长轴长度比半导体激光器阵列的发射部分的长轴的长度和长度方向均匀的光分布的线性光束施加于热可逆记录 介质，其中任何透明度和其色调根据温度可逆地改变，以便擦除记录在热可逆记录介质上的图像。

公开(公告)号：US20120212564A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13502298

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Kazutaka Yamamoto ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Kazutaka Yamamoto ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： B41J2/47

CPC分类号： B41M5/284 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/34 ,  G06K1/126 ,  G06K15/029 ,  G06K15/1228

摘要： A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof.

摘要翻译： 公开的标记控制装置通过施加激光束来控制标记装置来标记热可逆记录介质上的目标图像，所述激光束包括将图像分割成多个标记线并确定其标记位置的标记位置确定单元; 标记顺序确定单元确定标记顺序以在相反的方向上标记标记线; 调整单元，其将第一起始点与第二起始点之间的距离调整为长于第一起始点和第二终点之间的距离，或者将施加到第二标记线的第二起始点侧的激光功率调整为 低于施加到第二标记线的第二终点侧的激光功率; 以及产生包括标记线的标记位置和其标记顺序的标记指令的标记指令发生器单元。

公开(公告)号：US20110090299A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-21

申请号：US12900930

申请日：2010-10-08

申请人： Toshiaki ASAI ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara

发明人： Toshiaki ASAI ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara

IPC分类号： B41J2/455

CPC分类号： B41J2/473 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/305

摘要： The present invention provides an image processing method which includes recording an image by irradiating a recording medium with laser beams which are arrayed in parallel at predetermined intervals to heat the recording medium, so that the image is composed of a plurality of lines written with the laser beams on the recording medium, and wherein in the image recording, the plurality of lines written with the laser beams include a line written first and an overwritten line, a part of which is overlapped with the line written first; and the irradiation energy for the overwritten line is smaller than the irradiation energy for the line written first.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种图像处理方法，其包括通过用记录介质以预定间隔平行排列的激光照射记录介质，以加热记录介质，使得图像由写入激光的多行构成 并且其中在图像记录中，用激光束写入的多条线包括首先写入的线和重写的线，其一部分与首先写入的线重叠; 并且重写线的照射能量小于首先写入的线的照射能量。

公开(公告)号：US20090075816A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US12206133

申请日：2008-09-08

申请人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

发明人： Shinya Kawahara ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta

IPC分类号： B41M5/26 ,  H01S3/10

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2/471 ,  B41M5/305 ,  B41M5/327 ,  B41M5/3275 ,  B41M5/3335 ,  B41M2205/04 ,  G02B27/09

摘要： To provide an image processing method including at least one of recording an image onto a thermoreversible recording medium in which transparency or color tone reversibly changes depending upon temperature, by applying a laser beam with the use of a CO2 laser device so as to heat the thermoreversible recording medium, and erasing an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium, by heating the thermoreversible recording medium, wherein an intensity distribution of the laser beam applied in the image recording step satisfies the relationship represented by Expression 1 shown below, 1.59

摘要翻译： 为了提供一种图像处理方法，包括以下步骤中的至少一种：将图像记录到其中透明度或色调根据温度可逆地改变的热可逆记录介质上，通过使用CO 2激光装置施加激光束以加热热可逆 并且通过加热所述热可逆记录介质来擦除记录在所述热可逆记录介质上的图像，其中在所述图像记录步骤中施加的所述激光束的强度分布满足由下面的表达式1表示的关系， -formulae description =“In-line Formulas”end =“lead”？> 1.59 where I1表示所施加的激光束在所施加的激光束的中心位置的照射强度，I2表示施加的激光束在对应于总照射能量的80％的平面上的照射强度 f应用的激光束。