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公开(公告)号:US11738583B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17939242
申请日:2022-09-07
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
CPC classification number: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US11465409B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US17212143
申请日:2021-03-25
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Yasuo Ono , Tsuyoshi Ito , Masao Mimoto , Satoru Arakane , Hirotoshi Maehira
IPC: B41J2/045
Abstract: A controller acquires image recording data for recording a plurality of passes; determines a first movement distance of a carriage for recording each of the plurality of passes; determines a non-usage ratio that is a ratio of a number of unused nozzles in a last pass of the plurality of passes to a total number of the plurality of nozzles arranged in a conveyance direction; determines a second movement distance in a particular pass which is recorded before the last pass, the second movement distance being a movement distance of the carriage assuming that the particular pass is recorded without using nozzles of a first ratio smaller than or equal to the non-usage ratio; and in response to determining that the second movement distance is shorter than the first movement distance, performs image recording of the particular pass without using the nozzles of the first ratio.
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公开(公告)号:US10782924B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US16671658
申请日:2019-11-01
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito , Satoru Arakane , Yasuo Ono
Abstract: There is provided a controller configured to execute: obtaining of color values of picture elements, respectively, of P pieces of target picture element columns; identifying of a blank picture element, indicating a white color as a brightest color; and identifying a candidate picture element line as a blank line which is a picture element line indicating the white color as the brightest color, the candidate picture element line being constructed of T pieces of picture elements arranged side by side in a second direction and including the P pieces of target picture elements located at a same position in the first direction, in a case that the candidate picture element line satisfies a first blank line condition, wherein the P is a integer in a range of not less than 2 to less than the T.
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公开(公告)号:US11720044B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17816478
申请日:2022-08-01
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi
IPC: G03G15/00
CPC classification number: G03G15/70
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.
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公开(公告)号:US11407243B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US16929368
申请日:2020-07-15
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito , Masao Mimoto , Yasuo Ono , Satoru Arakane , Hirotoshi Maehira
Abstract: An image forming system, having a recording head, a sheet conveyer, an inverting mechanism, and a controller, is provided. The sheet conveyer conveys a sheet in a sheet-conveying direction. The sheet is nipped at nipping points located at positions upstream and downstream in the sheet-conveying direction with respect to a discharging position. The inverting mechanism inverts the sheet from a first side to the second side. The controller determines an initial arrangement of the sheet in the sheet conveyer where image-forming on the second side starts, and controls a length of a period between time, when image-forming on the first side of the sheet in the posture with the first side facing the recording sheet is completed, and time, when the image-forming on the second side of the sheet inverted and refed to the sheet conveyer starts, based on the determined initial arrangement of the sheet in the sheet conveyer.
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公开(公告)号:US11161350B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
申请号:US16805928
申请日:2020-03-02
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ito , Yasuo Ono , Satoru Arakane
IPC: B41J2/21 , B41J13/00 , B41J29/393
Abstract: A control device is configured to cause a print execution unit to print an image by repetitively executing: partial printing of causing a print head to eject ink while causing a main scanning unit to perform the main scanning; and conveying processing of causing a conveyor to perform a conveyance, and the control device is configured to execute: selection processing of selecting one of first processing and second processing for printing an Nth band area when the Nth band area includes a blank pixel line extending in a second direction; and execution processing of executing the one of the first processing and the second processing, and in the selection processing, the control device is configured to: select the second processing when a total count condition is satisfied; and select the first processing when the total count condition is not satisfied.
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公开(公告)号:US11724525B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17215743
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
CPC classification number: B41J13/0009 , B41J3/46 , B41J3/543 , B41J11/58 , B41J13/025 , B41J13/106
Abstract: A first conveyance path and a second conveyance path are formed in a housing. The first conveyance path extends in a conveyance direction to reach a first discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second conveyance path extends in the conveyance direction at a position higher than the first conveyance path to reach a second discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second discharge port is located at a position upstream of the first discharge port in the conveyance direction. A first print engine is provided at the first conveyance path. The first print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the first conveyance path. A second print engine is provided at the second conveyance path. The second print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the second conveyance path.
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公开(公告)号:US11465429B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US17210968
申请日:2021-03-24
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US12005720B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US18344132
申请日:2023-06-29
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
CPC classification number: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US11442394B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17364933
申请日:2021-07-01
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi
IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.
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