Patents by Inventor Fumiya AKASU

Fumiya AKASU 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: 10489616
    Abstract: A card reader may include a card reader main body having a card transport path and a card insertion port; and a magnetic sensor unit configured to detect the contact terminal of the IC chip of the card. The card reader main body may include a mount unit in which the magnetic sensor unit is detachably mounted. The mount unit may include a locked unit. The magnetic sensor unit may include a magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing a side of the card transport path and an opposite surface facing an opposite direction of the sensor surface, a sensor holder having a locking unit locked into the locked unit and a fixation unit to which the magnetic sensor is fixed, and an adhesive configured to fix the magnetic sensor to the fixation unit. The adhesive covers the opposite surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeki Watanabe, Fumiya Akasu
  • Publication number: 20190102580
    Abstract: A card reader may include a card reader main body having a card transport path and a card insertion port; and a magnetic sensor unit configured to detect the contact terminal of the IC chip of the card. The card reader main body may include a mount unit in which the magnetic sensor unit is detachably mounted. The mount unit may include a locked unit. The magnetic sensor unit may include a magnetic sensor having a sensor surface facing a side of the card transport path and an opposite surface facing an opposite direction of the sensor surface, a sensor holder having a locking unit locked into the locked unit and a fixation unit to which the magnetic sensor is fixed, and an adhesive configured to fix the magnetic sensor to the fixation unit. The adhesive covers the opposite surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Takeki WATANABE, Fumiya AKASU
  • Patent number: 10068112
    Abstract: A card reader may include a card passage; a shutter member to close the card passage; a magnetic head on a rear side of the shutter member reads or records data in a magnetic strip of a card; an electrostatic capacitance sensor on the rear side or the shutter member; a first guide member which structures at least a part of a face on a first direction side of the card passage when one side in a thickness direction of the card passing the card passage is referred to as a first direction; and a second guide member which structures at least a part of a face on a second direction side of the card passage. The first guide member may include insulating material and the second guide member may include conductive material. The electrostatic capacitance sensor may be attached to the first guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Ozawa, Fumiya Akasu, Hirofumi Kuwaki, Hiroshige Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170351880
    Abstract: A card reader may include a card passage; a shutter member to close the card passage; a magnetic head on a rear side of the shutter member reads or records data in a magnetic strip of a card; an electrostatic capacitance sensor on the rear side or the shutter member; a first guide member which structures at least a part of a face on a first direction side of the card passage when one side in a thickness direction of the card passing the card passage is referred to as a first direction; and a second guide member which structures at least a part of a face on a second direction side of the card passage. The first guide member may include insulating material and the second guide member may include conductive material. The electrostatic capacitance sensor may be attached to the first guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shigeki OZAWA, Fumiya AKASU, Hirofumi KUWAKI, Hiroshige TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 9740890
    Abstract: A card insertion part for use with a card may include a card insertion port; a light guide member surrounding at least a part of a periphery of the card insertion port when viewed in an inserting direction of the card; a light source configured to emit a light toward the light guide member; a reflection member disposed on a rear side with respect to the light guide member in the inserting direction of the card; and a cover member including the card insertion port and covers at least the light guide member and the light source from a front side in the inserting direction of the card. The cover member may include translucent light transmissive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeki Watanabe, Fumiya Akasu, Yuji Fujimori, Akiyoshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20170132437
    Abstract: A card insertion part for use with a card may include a card insertion port; a light guide member surrounding at least a part of a periphery of the card insertion port when viewed in an inserting direction of the card; a light source configured to emit a light toward the light guide member; a reflection member disposed on a rear side with respect to the light guide member in the inserting direction of the card; and a cover member including the card insertion port and covers at least the light guide member and the light source from a front side in the inserting direction of the card. The cover member may include translucent light transmissive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Takeki WATANABE, Fumiya AKASU, Yuji FUJIMORI, Akiyoshi SAITO