Patents by Inventor Akio Hiruma

Akio Hiruma 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: 8297500
    Abstract: A display unit displays information in a fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sanbe, Kenya Hiramatsu, Takahide Kubota, Akio Hiruma
  • Patent number: 8222999
    Abstract: A commodity display position alert system includes commodity display shelves set in a selling floor space of a store, an RFID reader provided in each of the commodity display shelves, and a server as a system control unit. The RFID reader reads a commodity code from an RFID tag attached to a commodity. A server compares the commodity code of the commodity and display permission information stored in a database functioning as a shelf-rule storing unit and determines whether the read commodity code is a commodity code of a commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf. When the server determines that a commodity other than the commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf is displayed on the commodity display shelf, the server performs control for outputting a reporting signal for causing the PDA terminal to perform reporting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenya Hiramatsu, Akio Hiruma, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110192898
    Abstract: A display unit displays information in a fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sanbe, Kenya Hiramatsu, Takahide Kubota, Akio Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20110173170
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a database system includes first, second and third storing units, and an image generating unit. The first storing unit stores a first data table that describes plural first data records respectively including information concerning plural information fields. The second storing unit stores a second data table that describes second data records each including plural kinds of attribute information respectively representing display attributes concerning the information fields. The third storing unit stores, concerning the information, display definition data that describes plural kinds of attribute information respectively representing display attributes set independently of the display attributes represented by the attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Hiruma, Masao Hiruma, Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sambe
  • Publication number: 20110145300
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a database system includes first and second storing units, a detecting unit, an acquiring unit, a generating unit, and an updating unit. The first storing unit stores a first data table that describes plural first data records respectively including information concerning plural information fields. The second storing unit stores a second data table that describes second data records each including plural kinds of attribute information respectively representing attributes concerning the information fields. The detecting unit detects an information field not in use among the information fields. The acquiring unit acquires, according to an instruction of a user, attribute information concerning the detected information field. The generating unit generates a data record including the acquired attribute information and identification information of the detected information field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Hiruma, Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sambe
  • Patent number: 7954707
    Abstract: A display unit displays information in a fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sanbe, Kenya Hiramatsu, Takahide Kubota, Akio Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20100191607
    Abstract: An order accepting device includes: an addition unit which, every time a menu button having an article name attached thereto and accepting an operation by an operator is operated, adds a count value indicating the number of orders of an article corresponding to the operated menu button; and a first count display unit which displays the count value indicating the number of orders obtained by the addition unit, on the menu button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Hiruma, Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama, Yumiko Okuma, Masanori Sambe
  • Publication number: 20100161452
    Abstract: In order to easily calculate a maximum number of commodities that can be displayed in a display space on a display shelf, a computer system executes: processing for dividing space width of a display space specified by a space code by commodity width of a commodity specified by a commodity code to calculate a width direction number of commodities that can be displayed in a width direction of the display space; processing for dividing space depth of the display space specified by the space code by commodity depth of the commodity specified by the commodity code to calculate a depth direction number of commodities that can be displayed in a depth direction of the display space; and processing for multiplying together the width direction number of commodities and the depth direction number of commodities to calculate a limit number of displayed commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Hiruma, Kenya Hiramatsu, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100161435
    Abstract: RFID tags are attached to commodities sold in a selling floor of a store. The RFID tags have stored therein identification codes for enabling identification of the RFID tags. An RFID reader configured to read the identification codes stored in the RFID tags is attached to a commodity display shelf on which the commodities are displayed. When a display quantity of stock of the commodities displayed on the commodity display shelf changes and the display quantity of stock decreases to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined alert value, a server causes a radio access point to output a reporting signal for causing a PDA terminal to perform reporting operation. A store clerk can learn, by checking a message displayed by the PDA terminal, that the display quantity of stock of the commodities decreases and can take timing for display work for commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Kenya Hiramatsu, Akio Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20100156602
    Abstract: A commodity display position alert system includes commodity display shelves set in a selling floor space of a store, an RFID reader provided in each of the commodity display shelves, and a server as a system control unit. The RFID reader reads a commodity code from an RFID tag attached to a commodity. A server compares the commodity code of the commodity and display permission information stored in a database functioning as a shelf-rule storing unit and determines whether the read commodity code is a commodity code of a commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf. When the server determines that a commodity other than the commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf is displayed on the commodity display shelf, the server performs control for outputting a reporting signal for causing the PDA terminal to perform reporting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenya Hiramatsu, Akio Hiruma, Kenji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20090313142
    Abstract: An information terminal displays a coordinate screen acquired from a coordinate database on a liquid crystal display, acquires data of an article code of clothes coordinated in the coordinate image from the coordinate database, acquires data of inventory status and display status associated with the acquired article code from an inventory database which stores and saves an article code of an individual article in association with inventory status of the article in a warehouse and display status of the article in a sales floor, and displays an inventory screen which reports a place where the article exists as an article inventory list on the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Hiruma, Kenya Hiramatsu, Kenji Shimizu, Takahide Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090289108
    Abstract: A display unit displays information in a fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sanbe, Kenya Hiramatsu, Takahide Kubota, Akio Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20090289775
    Abstract: A notifying unit performs notifying operation on the outside of a fitting room. A display unit displays information in the fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of the information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahide Kubota, Kenya Hiramatsu, Akio Hiruma, Kenji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7134114
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer system displays, on a display, a GUI dialog box that prompts an operator to set the identification name and thread type of a source file that describes source code of a thread. When the identification name and thread type of the source file are set via the GUI dialog box, the computer system acquires a source code template corresponding to that thread type, and reflects the identification name set via the GUI dialog box in that source code template. The computer system generates a source file with the identification name set via the GUI dialog box in the basis of the source code template. The computer system stores the identification name and thread type set via the GUI dialog box in a definition file as thread definition information of the source file set with the identification name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuko Sato, Tomotaka Murakami, Akio Hiruma
  • Publication number: 20040003372
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer system displays, on a display, a GUI dialog box that prompts an operator to set the identification name and thread type of a source file that describes source code of a thread. When the identification name and thread type of the source file are set via the GUI dialog box, the computer system acquires a source code template corresponding to that thread type, and reflects the identification name set via the GUI dialog box in that source code template. The computer system generates a source file with the identification name set via the GUI dialog box in the basis of the source code template. The computer system stores the identification name and thread type set via the GUI dialog box in a definition file as thread definition information of the source file set with the identification name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yuko Sato, Tomotaka Murakami, Akio Hiruma