# US 12,109,838 B2 · Apparatus for producing transfer medium and transfer medium

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- Number: US 12,109,838 B2
- Document ID: US12109838B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/118,950
- Filed: 2023-03-08
- Published: 2023-09-21
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2022-03-18
- Assignees: Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Applicants: Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Inventors: Mamoru Fukuda; Shoji Naramoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109838B2

## CPC

- B44C 1/1712: {Decalcomanias applied under heat and pressure, e.g. provided with a heat activable adhesive}
- B41M 3/12: Transfer pictures or the like, e.g. decalcomanias {(processes for producing decorative surface effects B44C1/00; B41M5/0256 takes precedence)}
- B41J 3/4078: {Printing on textile}
- B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)}
- B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P)
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

An apparatus for producing a transfer medium is equipped with: a printing unit that receives image data that represents an image to be printed and prints a print image onto a peelable sheet based on the image data; an adhesive liquid coating unit that coats an adhesive liquid on the peelable sheet on which the print image has been printed; and a control unit that controls the adhesive liquid coating unit such that an adhesive liquid is coated onto a printed image within a transfer region, from between the transfer region to be transferred onto a target medium for transfer and a non-transfer region not to be transferred onto the target medium for transfer, which are included in the printed image.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for producing a transfer medium, comprising:
a printing unit that receives image data that represents an image to be printed and prints a print image onto a peelable sheet based on the image data, wherein the print image includes a printed image within a transfer region and a printed image within a non-transfer region;
an adhesive liquid coating unit that coats an adhesive liquid on the peelable sheet on which the print image has been printed; and
a control unit that controls the adhesive liquid coating unit such that an adhesive liquid is coated onto the printed image within the transfer region and not coated on the printed image within the non-transfer region, wherein the transfer region is to be transferred onto a target medium for transfer and the non-transfer region is not to be transferred onto the target medium for transfer, wherein
the control unit is configured to determine the non-transfer region by performing pattern recognition to recognize patterns within the image data representing the image to be printed within the transfer region and the image to be printed within the non-transfer region.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for producing a transfer medium as defined in claim 1, wherein the printed image within the non-transfer region is a positional alignment image that determines a transfer position of the printed image within the transfer region onto the target medium for transfer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus for producing a transfer medium as defined in claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the adhesive liquid coating unit based on image data that includes only the printed image within the transfer region.