Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Akita

Hiromasa Akita 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).

  • Check-out device
    Patent number: 5375680
    Abstract: A check-out device includes an input section for inputting an article code recorded on an article, an entry conveyor for conveying an article put thereon after the article code is input, a weighing device for measuring the weight of the article put on the entry conveyor, an electronic cash register storing reference weights assigned to various articles along with article codes assigned to the various articles, for comparing the weight measured by the weighing device with reference weight of an article corresponding to the input article code, and performing registration and settlement of the article corresponding to the input article code when it is detected from a result of comparison that the article corresponding to the input article code is identical to one put on the entry conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ikeda, Hiromasa Akita
  • Apparatus for reading commodity data having an adjustable bar code reader
    Patent number: 4988851
    Abstract: An apparatus for reading commodity data is disclosed which comprises a support member and a reader formed of a reader body and a reading window provided on one face of the reader body, in which the reader is attached to the support member for ascending and descending movement. The height of the reading window can thus be adjusted according to the stature of the operator enabling the operator to perform a tireless reading operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kohno, Takao Umebara, Yukuo Kurimoto, Nobuhiko Fujii, Hiromasa Akita
  • Rotatable bar code reader arrangement for a check out system
    Patent number: 4963721
    Abstract: An apparatus for reading commodity data is disclosed which comprises a support member, a reader formed of a reader body and a reading window provided on one face of the reader body, in which the reader is attached to the support member for rotation. The attitude of the reaading window can thus be adjusted according to the stature of the operator enabling the operator to perform a tireless reading operation. The attitude of a display has also been made adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kohno, Takao Umebara, Yukuo Kurimoto, Nobuhiko Fujii, Hiromasa Akita
  • Check-out counter with stopping elements
    Patent number: 4938317
    Abstract: A check-out counter table has a commodity receiving wall which extends leftwardly and rightwardly of a vertical type bar code reader having a reading window formed in a front wall thereof. A stopper adapted to present a high contacting resistance is provided at a location on the commodity receiving wall directly forwardly of the bar code reader on the carrying in side for a basket. When a basket is pulled toward an operator and slipped on the commodity receiving wall, it is always stopped at a fixed position by the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Tokyo Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kohno, Yukuo Kurimoto, Takao Umebara, Hiromasa Akita