Patents by Inventor Tomiyasu Hiraishi

Tomiyasu Hiraishi 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).

  • Card processor with fail-safe card return upon power failure
    Patent number: 4650976
    Abstract: This card processor includes an electrical driving means for operating either in a take in mode for conveying a card upon insertion thereof to a determinate position, or in an ejection mode for expelling a taken in card to the outside, and a control means for controlling supply of electrical energy to the electrical driving means so as to cause it to operate either in the take in mode or in the ejection mode. A non volatile memory means is set upon insertion of the card and reset upon expelling of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Omron Tateisie Electronics Co.
    Inventor: Tomiyasu Hiraishi
  • Card reader
    Patent number: 4645914
    Abstract: A card reader capable of conveying a card inserted therein to a predetermined position for accessing the card with respect to the data on the card. Non-volatile storage means are adapted to be set when the inserted card is conveyed to the predetermined position and react when the card is returned to its original position, power failure detecting means for detecting power failure when the non-volatile storage means is set, and driving means for returning the inserted card to its original position in response to an output generated from the power failure detecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventor: Tomiyasu Hiraishi