Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Kitaoka

Hirokazu Kitaoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Product management device and product management method
    Patent number: 9734483
    Abstract: A product management device searches for a missing bar-code ID which is not present among bar-code IDs read by a reading section from among a list of bar-code IDs recorded, in advance, in a predetermined order, calculates a reading time of the missing bar-code ID using reading times associated with bar-code IDs before and after the missing bar-code ID, and instructs the outputting of image data of capture times by cameras of the product to which the missing bar-code ID is attached using the calculated reading time, the relative positions of the cameras, and a speed of a belt conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Kitaoka
  • PRODUCT MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20160267429
    Abstract: A product management device searches for a missing bar-code ID which is not present among bar-code IDs read by a reading section from among a list of bar-code IDs recorded, in advance, in a predetermined order, calculates a reading time of the missing bar-code ID using reading times associated with bar-code IDs before and after the missing bar-code ID, and instructs the outputting of image data of capture times by cameras of the product to which the missing bar-code ID is attached using the calculated reading time, the relative positions of the cameras, and a speed of a belt conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu KITAOKA
  • Method for the removal of nucleic acids and/or endotoxin
    Patent number: 4885168
    Abstract: Agent for the removal of nucleic acids and/or endotoxin from a liquid containing the nucleic acids and/or endotoxin and further useful substances (e.g. proteins, hormones, etc.), which comprises as an active ingredient a chitosan having a low molecular weight, particularly that having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.01 to 5 (dl/g) and further a colloid equivalent of not less than 2 meq/g of evaporated residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignees: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hashimoto, Takeshi Yamamoto, Toru Kawachi, Junji Kuwashima, Hirokazu Kitaoka