公开(公告)号：US12159066B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17936902

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Tetsuya Okuno ,  Haruka Azechi ,  Ayaka Hotta ,  Yushi Deura

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G03G15/00

Abstract: A printing device includes a controller configured to perform: (a) storing identification information and transmission address information in association with each other; (b) acquiring, in response to receiving a print job together with the identification information from an external device, the transmission address information stored in association with the identification information in the (a) storing on the basis of the received identification information; and (c) transmitting the transmission address information acquired in the (b) acquiring to a data processing server so that payment process information is transmitted to a transmission address corresponding to the transmission address information, the payment process information being information to pay a fee charged for performing printing based on the received print job.

公开(公告)号：US11989467B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17563747

申请日：2021-12-28

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shinya Esaki ,  Yushi Deura ,  Haruka Azechi ,  Tetsuya Okuno ,  Shunsuke Minamikawa

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  B41J2/175 ,  G06K15/10

CPC classification number: G06F3/1229 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1253 ,  G06F3/1286 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  G06K15/102

Abstract: An image recording device stores correspondence information associating a plurality of status information types, output determination information and request type information. The status information is related to at least one of information on a cartridge and information corresponding to operation of a printing head. The output determination information corresponds to usage type information. The request type information is used to determine a type of a person requesting the status information. A controller of the image recording device is configured to perform receiving an output request of output of the status information, determining a type of the request type information, and identifying the status information of which type is associated with the determined request type information and the output determination information based on the correspondence information from among a plurality of types of the status information.

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

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B41J3/46 ,  B41J13/02 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B41J3/54

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.

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.

公开(公告)号：US12008279B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-11

申请号：US18066397

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Haruka Azechi ,  Yushi Deura ,  Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Takatsugu Yamada ,  Wataru Hasegawa

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1264 ,  G06F3/1205 ,  G06F3/1228 ,  G06F3/1232 ,  G06F3/1258

Abstract: A printer includes: a print executing unit configured to execute printing on a sheet paper; a process executing unit configured to execute a predetermined process related to cutting of the sheet paper; and a controller. The controller is configured to, in a case where a first sheet paper having a first size is contained, send capability information to a terminal device, wherein the capability information includes specific size information indicating a sheet paper having a specific size. The specific size information includes a specific character string. The controller is configured to receive selection information indicating that the specific size was selected from the terminal device in response to a user selecting the specific character string. The controller is configured to, in a case where the selection information is received from the terminal device, cause the process executing unit to execute the predetermined process on the first sheet paper.

公开(公告)号：US11934732B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17936455

申请日：2022-09-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Tetsuya Okuno ,  Haruka Azechi ,  Ayaka Hotta ,  Yushi Deura

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/34

CPC classification number: G06F3/1288 ,  H04N1/344

Abstract: A printing device includes: a printing unit; and a controller. The printing unit is configured to print an image on a print medium. The controller is configured to perform: (a) receiving; (b) transmitting; (c) receiving; and (d) transmitting. The (a) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) transmitting transmits the print job to a data processing server. The (c) receiving receives, from the external device, destination information representing a destination of payment information of a fee required for executing the print job with the printing unit. The (d) transmitting transmits the destination information to the data processing server to cause the data processing server to provide the payment information to the external device.

公开(公告)号：US11733933B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17486994

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Haruka Azechi ,  Tetsuya Okuno ,  Shinya Esaki ,  Yushi Deura ,  Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Sadaaki Miyazaki ,  Tony Lee

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06K1/00 ,  G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1236 ,  G06F3/1238

Abstract: An image recording device includes a cartridge mount configured to hold a cartridge detachably, a cartridge interface, a print engine configured to execute printing, a communication interface configured to connect to a communication network connected to the Internet, memory and a controller. The controller determines whether appropriate authentication information has been obtained from a cartridge memory of the cartridge mounted in the cartridge mount through the cartridge interface, in response to determining that the appropriate authentication information has been obtained, obtains, from the cartridge memory through the cartridge interface, a destination address of an information processing device connected to the Internet, communication setting information in the communication network, and identification information, stores the obtained communication setting information in the memory to execute communication setting, and transmits transmission data including the identification information to the obtained destination address through the communication interface after executing the communication setting.

公开(公告)号：US11635922B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17485866

申请日：2021-09-27

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Tetsuya Okuno ,  Shinya Esaki ,  Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Haruka Azechi ,  Yushi Deura

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: A controller of an image reading device is configured to obtain template data from an information processing device through a communication interface. The template data includes format data, first replacement data, and second replacement data. The controller replaces the first replacement data with identification data of the image recording device, replaces the second replacement data with detailed information, and generates transmission data containing the format data, the identification data, and the detailed information. The controller transmits the generated transmission data to the information processing device through the communication interface.

公开(公告)号：US12128677B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US18068634

申请日：2022-12-20

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masashi Ohhashi ,  Satoru Arakane ,  Koichi Tsugimura ,  Haruka Azechi ,  Yasuhiro Nakano ,  Ayaka Hotta

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B26D1/18 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J11/48 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B26D1/20 ,  B26D7/24

CPC classification number: B41J13/0054 ,  B26D1/185 ,  B41J11/006 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J11/485 ,  B41J11/70 ,  B41J13/0018 ,  B26D1/20 ,  B26D7/24

Abstract: An image forming device performs image formation on a medium selected by a computer. When a cutting device is unusable, a long sheet-type medium accommodated in a first medium container is unusable. However, a conveyance passage used for conveying a short sheet-type medium is usable in at least one of a first state where the cutting device is unusable or a second state where the sheet-type medium is unable to pass through the cutting device. A necessary condition to make both the long sheet-type medium and the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting neither the first status nor the second status. A necessary condition to make the long sheet-type medium unselectable and make the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting one of the first status and the second status.

公开(公告)号：US12011932B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17486991

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Haruka Azechi ,  Shunsuke Minamikawa ,  Shinya Esaki ,  Yushi Deura ,  Tetsuya Okuno ,  Tony Lee

IPC: B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17526 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17573 ,  B41J2002/17589

Abstract: An image recording device includes a display panel, a cartridge mount, an information input interface, memory, and a controller. The controller obtains service provider information through the information input interface, stores the obtained service provider information in the memory, obtains first identification information or second identification information related to a cartridge mounted in the cartridge mount, sets an operation mode to a first mode in response to obtaining the first identification information, sets the operation mode to a second mode in response to obtaining the second identification information, causes the display panel to display a type of the cartridge in response to setting the operation mode to the first mode, and causes the display panel to display the service provider information in response to setting the operation mode to the second mode.