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Masahiro Minowa
Also filed as: MINOWA MASAHIRO
70 granted patents·15 pending applications·1,742 citations·filing 1976–2023
99Inventor score
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85 records- 0198US4113391AMethod for controlling voltage and providing temperature compensation in a thermal printerSUWA SEIKOSHA KK·Filed 1976·Granted Sep 12, 1978·82 cites·14 claims
- 0295US5028934AHand-held portable printing systemSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Jul 2, 1991·117 cites·29 claims
- 0393US6961710B1Method for billing for advertisements printed on check-out receiptsSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 1, 2005·82 cites·1 claims
- 0492US7014110B2POS system, network system, method of generating printing data for POS system, and method of managing sales and advertisement information in network systemSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 21, 2006·83 cites·22 claims
- 0592US5692110APrinting device and recording paper controlSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 25, 1997·63 cites·25 claims
- 0692US5555349APrinting device and recording paper controlSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 10, 1996·64 cites·7 claims
- 0792US4918513ASocket for an integrated circuit chip carrier and method for packaging an integrated circuit chipSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 17, 1990·74 cites·29 claims
- 0891US7689461B2Printing apparatus, POS system and printing apparatus control methodSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 30, 2010·19 cites·10 claims
- 0991US5214750APrinter and method for controlling the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1991·Granted May 25, 1993·78 cites·4 claims
- 1090US7644043B2Check processing apparatus, program, electronic payment system, and check processing methodSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 5, 2010·150 cites·28 claims
- 1190US5755521APrinter and method for controlling the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1996·Granted May 26, 1998·65 cites·9 claims
- 1290US5584590APrinter and method for controlling the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 17, 1996·65 cites·6 claims
- 1389US6408161B1Image reading apparatus and image information process apparatusSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 18, 2002·39 cites·23 claims
- 1488US7156304B2POS system, network system, method of generating printing data for POS system, and method of managing sales and advertisement information in network systemSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 2, 2007·19 cites·7 claims
- 1586US6906811B1Printer, information processing apparatus, methods of controlling thereof and storage mediumSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 14, 2005·21 cites·21 claims
- 1686US6174038B1Ink jet printer and drive method thereforSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 16, 2001·55 cites·23 claims
- 1785US7188154B2Receipt printing and issuing system, an added-value printing processing method and a data storage medium using the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 6, 2007·35 cites·20 claims
- 1883US7424443B2POS system for advertisements printed on receiptsSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 9, 2008·27 cites·8 claims
- 1983US4844632AHead biasing mechanism in a thermal printerSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1986·Granted Jul 4, 1989·33 cites·39 claims
- 2082US5437004APrinting device and recording paper controlSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 25, 1995·74 cites·14 claims
- 2181US6789482B2Printing method, recording medium containing a program for applying the printing method, printer, printer driver, POS terminal, and POS systemSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 14, 2004·20 cites·35 claims
- 2281US4912485APrint controlling apparatus for a thermal printerSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 27, 1990·30 cites·24 claims
- 2379US6967733B1Printer and a control method and recording medium for the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 22, 2005·27 cites·15 claims
- 2479US4775869AThermal transfer printer including single reversible motor for printingSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 4, 1988·26 cites·17 claims
- 2579US4409600AThermal printer drive circuitEPSON CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Oct 11, 1983·24 cites·13 claims
- 2676US5987224APrinting apparatus and a control method thereforSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 16, 1999·36 cites·25 claims
- 2775US5572242AInkjet having recovery system control method and apparatus operating during periods of non-useSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 5, 1996·33 cites·8 claims
- 2875US5365257AThermal printer and method of controlling a thermal print headSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 15, 1994·27 cites·21 claims
- 2973US10502696B2Water vapor observing apparatusFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 10, 2019·2 cites·13 claims
- 3073US7324222B2Methods of controlling an information processing device, system embodying such control, and instruction-set-containing mediumSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 29, 2008·3 cites·12 claims
- 3173US6524022B2Recording paper cutter and printer therewithSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 25, 2003·11 cites·14 claims
- 3272US6885471B1Printer controller, printer control method, and data storage medium for recording the controller and control methodSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 26, 2005·18 cites·32 claims
- 3372US6768557B1Interface device, control method for the same, and data storage medium for recording the control methodSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 27, 2004·18 cites·12 claims
- 3471US9513369B2Radar device and velocity calculation methodFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 6, 2016·4 cites·6 claims
- 3570US9835721B2Clutter suppressing device and radar apparatus provided with the sameFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·2 cites·4 claims
- 3669US9829576B2Clutter suppressing device and radar apparatus provided with the sameFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 28, 2017·2 cites·3 claims
- 3769US5061095APrinter for printing on multiple types of printing sheetsSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 29, 1991·27 cites·9 claims
- 3868US5543828ARecording apparatus having a print head drive apparatus with an IC drive circuit employing shift registers for handling drive data in sequential fashion and a method for driving the print headSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 6, 1996·23 cites·19 claims
- 3966US9214261B2Cable for high-voltage electronic deviceSAITO MARIKO·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 15, 2015·2 cites·7 claims
- 4065US6402294B2Printer, printing method, and data storage mediumSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 11, 2002·10 cites·58 claims
- 4165US6104496APrinter and control method thereforSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 15, 2000·22 cites·22 claims
- 4264US12019207B2Water vapor observation instrument and water vapor observation methodFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 25, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4361US11662471B2Water vapor observation device and water vapor observation methodFURUNO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 2021·Granted May 30, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4461US7355737B2Apparatus and method for two-color printing based on single color dataSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 8, 2008·7 cites·23 claims
- 4560US7737990B2Colorization process and system and user interface for setting colorization informationSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 15, 2010·1 cites·8 claims
- 4659US8559046B2Processing of commands in an imaging deviceSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 15, 2013·0 cites·4 claims
- 4759US6606107B2Printing system, thermal printer, printer control method, and data storage mediumSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 12, 2003·7 cites·10 claims
- 4859US5183333APrinter system for selective printing on first and second print media located in separate print zonesSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 2, 1993·15 cites·17 claims
- 4959US2003061100A1POS system, network system, advertisement information delivering method and recording medium recording the methodFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 5058US8345274B2Imaging device and method of controlling the sameSEIKO EPSON CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 1, 2013·0 cites·4 claims
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