Patents by Inventor Noboru Seki

Noboru Seki 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).

  • Patent number: 6538558
    Abstract: A communication system capable of preventing a lost transmitter from being used by an unauthorized user for a bad purpose, and also capable of easily enabling the lost transmitter to be used again when it is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsumi Sakazume, Suguru Asakura, Noboru Seki
  • Publication number: 20010002813
    Abstract: The invention provides a communication system capable of preventing a lost transmitter from being used by an unauthorized user for a bad purpose, and also capable of easily enabling the lost transmitter to be used again when it is found somewhere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: NOBORU SEKI, TATSUMI SAKAZUME, SUGURU ASAKURA
  • Patent number: 6037858
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for preventing an unauthorized use of a lost transmitter, and for making a use of that transmitter possible by a simple operation when the lost transmitter is subsequently found, including a receiver having a storage unit for storing an ID code, a signal processing unit for comparing a received ID code transmitted from a transmitter with the stored ID code, and for transmitting a control signal corresponding to a function code received from the transmitter to a controlled unit when the received ID code matches the stored ID code, and a mode control unit for either setting the operation mode of the signal processing unit to a ID code write mode in which a the received ID code is written into the storage unit, for setting to a control signal output stop mode which stops an output of the control signal from the signal processing unit to prevent unauthorized use of a lost transmitter, or resetting from the control signal output stop mode to a normal mode to allow re-use of the lost trans
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: ALPS Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru Seki
  • Patent number: 5844496
    Abstract: A transmission and reception system including a transmitter for transmitting a signal including identification (security) information and function information, and a receiver for receiving and decoding the signal and for executing the operation defined by the function information upon verification of the identification information. The transmitter divides one or more of the identification information and the function information into two or more bit groups, and transmits these bit groups such that identification information bit groups are separated by function information and function information bit groups are separated by identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Seki, Ichirou Nakahara
  • Patent number: D375696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Seki, Shigenori Abe
  • Patent number: D376114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Seki, Shigenori Abe
  • Patent number: D380694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Seki, Shigenori Abe
  • Patent number: D380695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Seki, Shigenori Abe