公开(公告)号：US20120176463A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-12

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

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：US20100069238A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-18

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： B41M5/323

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：US20080151033A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11963226

申请日：2007-12-21

申请人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Shinya Kawahara

发明人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Shinya Kawahara

IPC分类号： B41J2/32 ,  B41M5/24

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/305 ,  B41M5/36 ,  B41M5/363 ,  G06K15/128 ,  G06K15/1295

摘要： The present invention provides an image processing method which includes at least any one of an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a light irradiation intensity I1 at a center position of the laser beam irradiated in the image recording step and a light irradiation intensity I2 on an 80% light energy bordering surface to the total light energy of the irradiated laser beam satisfy the expression, 0.40≦I1/I2≦2.00, and in the image recording step, at an overlap portion where a first image line among a plurality of image lines constituting an image is overlapped with a second image line, any one of the first image line and the second image line is not to be recorded.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种图像处理方法，其包括图像记录步骤和图像擦除步骤中的至少任一个，其中在照射在所述图像记录步骤中的激光束的中心位置处的光照射强度I 1> 1 < 在80％光能边界面上的图像记录步骤和光照射强度I 2 2与照射的激光束的总光能满足以下表达式：0.40≤I1 / > / I <2> <= 2.00，并且在图像记录步骤中，在构成图像的多个图像行中的第一图像行与第二图像行重叠的重叠部分处， 的第一图像线和第二图像线不被记录。

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：US10780710B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16050264

申请日：2018-07-31

申请人： Kazuyuki Uetake ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Ichiro Sawamura ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yasuroh Yokota

发明人： Kazuyuki Uetake ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Ichiro Sawamura ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yasuroh Yokota

IPC分类号： B41J2/455 ,  B41M5/46 ,  B41J2/46 ,  B41J2/475 ,  B41J2/447

摘要： Recording method including emitting laser light from optical fiber array to record image formed of writing units with moving recording target and the optical fiber array relatively using recording device including laser light-emitting elements and emitting unit including the optical fiber array where optical fibers configured to guide laser light emitted from the laser light-emitting elements are aligned, wherein the image includes convex-concave shapes formed by aligning convex portions relative to, as standard, vertical line to the writing units where the vertical line includes the nearest contact points at endmost side of the image in sub-scanning direction where the image is formed by overlapping or adjoining at least part of the writing units in main-scanning direction and satisfies formula below: T≤0.4X where T is average height of the convex portions and X is minimum distance between centers of the adjacent writing units in the image.

公开(公告)号：US10449782B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-22

申请号：US16050098

申请日：2018-07-31

申请人： Kazuyuki Uetake ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Ichiro Sawamura ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yasuroh Yokota

发明人： Kazuyuki Uetake ,  Yoshihiko Hotta ,  Ichiro Sawamura ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Yasuroh Yokota

IPC分类号： B41J2/455 ,  B41M5/46 ,  B41J2/46 ,  B41J2/475 ,  G02B6/38 ,  G02B6/36

摘要： Recording method including emitting laser light from optical fiber array to record image formed of writing units with moving recording target and the optical fiber array relatively using recording device including laser light-emitting elements and emitting unit including the optical fiber array where optical fibers for guiding laser light from the laser light-emitting elements are aligned wherein (A′D/A′C) that is ratio of length of diagonal line A′D to length of diagonal line A′C in the image formed in a manner that at least part of the writing units are overlapped one another in the main-scanning direction is 1.05 or greater.

公开(公告)号：US09757956B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14777053

申请日：2014-03-13

申请人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Katsuya Ohi

发明人： Tomomi Ishimi ,  Shinya Kawahara ,  Toshiaki Asai ,  Katsuya Ohi

IPC分类号： B41J2/475 ,  B41M7/00 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J2/44

CPC分类号： B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J2/442 ,  B41J2002/4756 ,  B41J2202/37 ,  B41M7/0009

摘要： Provided is an image processing apparatus configured to perform by itself image erasing and image recording to a thermally reversible recording medium by irradiating it with laser light and heating it, including a laser light emitting unit, a laser light scanning unit, a focal length control unit, and an information setting unit. During image erasing, the focal length control unit performs control to defocus at the position of the thermally reversible recording medium. During image recording, the focal length control unit performs control to be at a focal length from the position of the thermally reversible recording medium. Immediately after image erasing based on image erasing information set by the information setting unit is completed, image recording is performed based on image recording information.

公开(公告)号：US09656485B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US15121115

申请日：2015-03-06

申请人： Toshiaki Asai ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Katsuya Ohi

发明人： Toshiaki Asai ,  Tomomi Ishimi ,  Katsuya Ohi

IPC分类号： B41J2/15 ,  B41J11/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/007 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41M5/305 ,  B41M5/42 ,  B41M2205/04 ,  B41M2205/38 ,  B41M2205/40

摘要： A conveyor line system, including: an image processing device configured to irradiate a recording part with laser light to record or erase, or record and erase an image, wherein the conveyor line system is configured to manage a conveying container containing the recording part, and wherein the following formula is satisfied at a wavelength of the laser light emitted from the image processing device when recording the image: A+50>B where A is an absorbance of the recording part, and B is an absorbance of the conveying container.

公开(公告)号：US08852856B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-07

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： B41M5/30 ,  B41J2/47 ,  B41J2/475 ,  B41M5/327 ,  B41M5/333 ,  G02B27/09

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激光束的强度分布满足由下面所示的表达式1表示的关系，1.59

公开(公告)号：US20140285606A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-25

申请号：US14354739

申请日：2012-11-28

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： B41J2/315

CPC分类号： B41J2/315 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J2/47 ,  B41J2/4753 ,  B41J2202/37 ,  B41M7/0009

摘要： A method for uniformly erasing an image recorded on a thermo-reversible recording medium. The image erasing apparatus includes an LD array, which emits a laser light whose cross section has a line shape; optics which include at least one cylindrical lens which converts, into a converging light which converges in a width direction, a line-shaped laser light which is emitted from the LD array and emits the converging light; and a mono-axial galvano mirror which deflects the laser light emitted from the optics in the width direction to scan the deflected laser light onto the thermo-reversible recording medium.

摘要翻译： 一种用于均匀擦除记录在热可逆记录介质上的图像的方法。 图像擦除装置包括LD阵列，其发射截面为线状的激光; 光学元件，其包括至少一个柱面透镜，其将从LD阵列发射的线形激光转换成在宽度方向上会聚的会聚光，并发射会聚光; 以及单轴电动反射镜，其使从光学器件在宽度方向发射的激光偏转，以将偏转的激光扫描到热可逆记录介质上。