Patents Assigned to Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 11698761
    Abstract: A printer for issuing a print medium includes: a rechargeable battery configured to supply power to the printer; a printing part configured to print information on the print medium; a controller configured to determine a number of print media on which the printing part can print with present remaining battery capacity of the battery, based on information related to variation of remaining battery capacity of the battery relative to a number of print media that have been issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11691814
    Abstract: A warehousing and shipping operation support system stores first coded information contained in an optical recognition code attached to each of a plurality of objects, acquires the first coded information contained in an optical recognition code attached to a target object out of the plurality of objects, automatically acquires location information of a working radio communication terminal, and associates the stored first coded information with the acquired location information of the working radio communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ueda, Yoshimasa Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230169301
    Abstract: An RFID label includes an RFID inlay and has a waveform portion formed on at least a part of a peripheral edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruhiko NITTA
  • Publication number: 20230169550
    Abstract: An embodiment of an information processing system includes a user terminal carried by a user; and a server being capable of communicating with the user terminal. The user terminal is comprised of: an obtaining unit configured to obtain product information and expiration information related to an expiration date of a product from the product; and a display controller configured to cause a display to show information containing an offered price of the product, which is acquired from the server. The server is comprised of: a price determination unit configured to determine the offered price of the product based on the product information and the expiration information acquired from the user terminal; and a price information providing unit configured to provide information that contains the offered price of the product determined by the price determination unit, to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11661278
    Abstract: A warehousing/shipping-operation support system selects, for a first article in a warehousing/shipping operation, by using acquired positional information of an operator, a sign closer to a position of the operator among signs in the vicinity of a storage location of the article, and the warehousing/shipping-operation support system selects, for a second and following articles, by using the storage-location information of the article whose warehousing/shipping has been completed as the positional information of the operator, a sign closer to the position of the operator among the signs in the vicinity of the storage location of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ueda, Haruna Tajima
  • Publication number: 20230130398
    Abstract: A printer system includes a management server that acquires position information of a printer and identifies a role of the printer set for the position of the printer based on the acquired position information, and the printer that acquires information associated with a role of the printer identified by the management server and operates based on the acquired information. The printer may update printer settings based on setting data acquired from the management server. The printer may acquire print data stored in a storage location identified by the management server and perform printing based on the acquired print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyasu YAMADA, Shogo HARA
  • Publication number: 20230124090
    Abstract: A wireless electromagnetic coupler arrangement for reactive near field coupling comprising a sequential array of coupling elements which are geometrically arranged one-or two-dimensionally. By means of feeding an unmodulated wave of electromagnetic energy to each of the coupling elements and a respective associated harvester element, in an initial sensing state, an automatic selection of a single coupling element or plural coupling elements which establish a particularly strong and efficient interaction with an inlay is performed. By means of a respective feedback loop, a switchable array of resistances is used to activate the selected coupling element(s) for coupling of information to/from the loop and to de-activate the remaining coupling elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Markus Frank
  • Publication number: 20230117726
    Abstract: A printer system includes: a printer that acquires and transmits, to a management server, identification information for identifying a customer and that also acquires, from the management server, and outputs recommendation information for the customer; and the management server that generates and transmits, to the printer, recommendation information including position information, based on at least one of attribute information or action history information of a customer identified by identification information acquired from the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyasu YAMADA, Shogo HARA
  • Publication number: 20230081096
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to acquire position information of a communication device; and a storage configured to store first map information and second map information. The processor is further configured to, in a case in which the processor acquires position information a predetermined number of times of at least two or more, in a first partial area of plurality of first partial areas, determine that the communication device exists in the first partial area. The processor is further configured to, in a case in which the processor acquires position information a predetermined number of times of at least two or more, in a second partial area of plurality of second partial areas, determine that the communication device exists in the second partial area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki HASEGAWA, Masanori OGAWA, Kei KITANO
  • Publication number: 20230013223
    Abstract: The present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus including: a conveyor configured to convey an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material; an IC chip placement unit configured to place an IC chip on a photo-curable adhesive that is located on a reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body; and a light irradiator configured to irradiate, with light, the adhesive of each antenna of the antenna continuous body that is conveyed by the conveyor, wherein the light irradiator is configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with the light, while the IC chip on the adhesive is pressed to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230021265
    Abstract: The present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus including: a plurality of nozzles, each movable between a first position and a second position, each configured to suck an IC chip, when located at the first position, and to place the IC chip on the adhesive at the reference position of the corresponding antenna of an antenna continuous body, when located at the second position; a nozzle attachment to which the plurality of nozzles is attached; and a controller configured to control an angular velocity in rotating the nozzle attachment, so that a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles that reaches the second position later than a non-sucking nozzle, places an IC chip on an antenna corresponding to the non-sucking nozzle, the non-sucking nozzle being a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles that has been determined as not sucking an IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230019546
    Abstract: The present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus including: a conveyor configured to convey an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material; an ejection unit configured to eject a thermosetting adhesive toward a reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body; an IC chip placement unit configured to place an IC chip on the adhesive that is located on the reference position of each antenna in the antenna continuous body; a first light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a first light, in the vicinity of a position where an IC chip is located on the conveying surface; and a second light irradiator configured to irradiate the adhesive of each antenna with a second light, at a position downstream from a position where the adhesive is irradiated with the first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230011327
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey an antenna continuous body on a conveying surface, the antenna continuous body having a base material and plural inlay antennas continuously formed on the base material, the antenna continuous body having an adhesive and an IC chip placed at a reference position of each of the antennas; a measurement unit configured to measure an interval between adjacent two of the antennas of the antenna continuous body; a press unit moving machine configured to sequentially feed out press units each having a pressing surface, from a waiting position, to move each of the press units along the conveying surface; and a controller configured to control timing of feeding out each of the press units from the waiting position based on the interval measured by the measurement unit, so that the pressing surface of each of the press units presses a predetermined region containing the reference position of each of the ant
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230005767
    Abstract: The present invention is an IC chip mounting apparatus for mounting an IC chip at a reference position of an inlay antenna while conveying the antenna, the IC chip mounting apparatus including: a nozzle configured to suck an IC chip when located at a first position and to place the IC chip at the reference position of the antenna when located at a second position; a nozzle attachment to which the nozzle is attached; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of the IC chip sucked by the nozzle; and a correction amount determination unit configured to determine correction amounts for the IC chip sucked by the nozzle, based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit. The correction amounts includes a first correction amount for correcting an angle of the nozzle around the axis, a second correction amount for correcting a position of the antenna in a conveying direction of the antenna, and a third correction amount for correcting the position of the antenna in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20220413083
    Abstract: The present invention is an information processor including: a storage configured to store information related to an area in which a user moves around; a position calculator configured to calculate, based on a transmission signal of a communication device that moves together with the user, positions in the area of the communication device with the lapse of time; and a measuring unit configured to measure time during which each of virtual points continuously exists in a region with movement of the user, each of the virtual points being defined at a point of intersection between virtual lines that are arranged in grid in the area, the region centering at each position that is calculated by the position calculator, wherein a size of the region is set to contain at least two of the virtual points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki TACHINAMI
  • Publication number: 20220407967
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a printer communicable with an external device in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. The printer includes: a data reception unit configured to receive data containing a character string to be printed, from the external device; an acquisition unit configured to acquire extraction setting information that is information relating to a method of extracting the character string contained in the data that is received by the data reception unit; an extraction unit configured to, upon receiving the data from the external device, extract the character string from the received data, based on the extraction setting information that is acquired by the acquisition unit; and a print unit configured to print the character string that is extracted by the extraction unit, on a print medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fujio YOSHIDA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: D976998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: D976999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: D977000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: D976308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Hoshi