Patents by Inventor Eiji Hama

Eiji Hama 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).

  • Sample analyzer
    Patent number: 8961876
    Abstract: A sample analyzer for analyzing a sample with a liquid in a container is disclosed. The sample analyzer comprises: a reader that reads an information of a liquid in a container, the information of the liquid being stored in a storage medium; a display; and a controller including a processor and a memory under control of the processor, the memory storing instruction causing the processor to carry out operations comprising: determining whether the sample analyzer is ready to read the information of the liquid by the reader; and causing, when the sample analyzer is determined to be ready, the display to display an indication that indicates the sample analyzer is ready to read the information of the liquid by the reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tanoshima, Naohiko Matsuo, Eiji Hama
  • SAMPLE ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20120129247
    Abstract: A sample analyzer for analyzing a sample with a liquid in a container is disclosed. The sample analyzer comprises: a reader that reads an information of a liquid in a container, the information of the liquid being stored in a storage medium; a display; and a controller including a processor and a memory under control of the processor, the memory storing instruction causing the processor to carry out operations comprising: determining whether the sample analyzer is ready to read the information of the liquid by the reader; and causing, when the sample analyzer is determined to be ready, the display to display an indication that indicates the sample analyzer is ready to read the information of the liquid by the reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Eiji Tanoshima, Naohiko Matsuo, Eiji Hama
  • SAMPLE ANALYZER, SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20110184536
    Abstract: A sample analyzer comprising: a measurement section for performing measurement of a sample; a display for displaying an analysis result that is obtained based on the measurement of the sample performed by the measurement section; a controller for receiving a transmission instruction to transmit a screen displayed by the display; and a transmitter for transmitting, to an external destination, image data of the screen for which the controller has received the transmission instruction, together with identification information for identifying the sample analyzer or a facility where the sample analyzer is installed. A method for controlling a sample analyzer and a computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Tanoshima, Eiji Hama