Patents by Inventor Hachizou Yamamoto
Hachizou Yamamoto 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).
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Patent number: 4879548Abstract: A flat keyboard arrangement includes a color of blocks. Each block corresponds to a key unit and is liquid crystal display having a screen divided into a number capable of producing any natural color. A table is provided for storing color data of the blocks, and for storing function data representing the function assigned to blocks. A driver circuit is provided for driving the color liquid crystal display to illuminate one or more colors in accordance with the data stored in the table. A transparent touch switch arrangement is placed on the color liquid crystal display. The transparent touch switch arrangement has transparent sheet in which a plurality of transparent touch switches are located correspondingly to the blocks of the screen to define touch keys.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Mitarai, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4611286Abstract: A cash accounting system which includes a cash register for registering transactions of money and a cash dispenser coupled with the cash register for dispensing an amount of money required to be paid out during the respective transactions. Each of the cash register and the cash dispenser includes a memory. The memory in the cash register is used to memorize the current stock of money of different denominations which can be manually paid out, whereas the memory in the cash dispenser is used to memorize the current stock of money of different denomination which can be paid out through the cash dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1985Date of Patent: September 9, 1986Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4538057Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an improved cash accounting system which includes a cash register for registering various money transaction information, and a cash dispenser for paying out money in the form of bills and/or coins corresponding to sum of money to be paid out resulting from various transaction registration, with the cash register being electrically couple to the cash dispenser. The cash accounting system is arranged to judge whether or not the cash dispenser corresponds to paying-out of specific money based on length of data fed from the cash dispenser to the cash register.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1983Date of Patent: August 27, 1985Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Iwagami, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4532417Abstract: A cash accounting system comprises a manual handling instruction unit for instructing the manual handling of some denominations and sub-amounts of the payment money-amount. A storing unit stores the denominations, sub-amounts, etc. instructed to be manually handled by the instruction unit, a controlling unit for paying out, by the money paying-out apparatus, the remaining payment amount of the money amount instructed to be manually handled by the manual handling instruction unit. As the payment by the money paying-out apparatus and the payment by the manual operation can be performed in combination within one transaction registration, time required for the money amount, including the new bill, to be paid out is rendered shorter and transaction error is prevented from being caused.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1983Date of Patent: July 30, 1985Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4524267Abstract: A cash accounting system registers and stores information relating to money transacted according to the denomination thereof, and has a data compiling capability. This system is operable during a checking operation to compile the amount of money registered according to denomination thereof, and to provide information related to numbers of units, and fractions thereof, of money in each denomination. The units of the respective denominations comprise predetermined amounts of money in each denomination.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1982Date of Patent: June 18, 1985Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4511891Abstract: A print control system includes an order detection circuit for detecting an effective digit number of numeral information. A converter ROM is provided for developing a character pattern code signal in response to the numeral information and the order information thereof. A dot matrix printer responds to the character pattern code signal so as to print the numeral information through the use of, for example, alphabetical or kana characters derived from Chinese characters.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1982Date of Patent: April 16, 1985Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4509136Abstract: A teller machine includes numeral keys, function keys, a central processor unit, and a printer for printing out transaction data onto a desired bill. A preset ability is employed by the teller machine so that a bill issuance number is limited at operator's choice, the print out operation is conducted only when preselected function keys are operated, and only preselected function keys are made effective.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1979Date of Patent: April 2, 1985Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Horigome, Seizo Okada, Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4485441Abstract: An electronic cash register functions to accumulate the transaction data registered into the electronic cash register in the clerk by clerk fashion. A preset system is provided for presetting a desired share percentage for each of the clerks, and the preset share percentage is memorized in a share percentage memory. When the read out mode operation is conducted, the turnover data is printed out onto a read slip in the clerk by clerk fashion. In the read out mode operation, the share percentage is read out from the share percentage memory in order to automatically obtain the share of the clerk through the use of the memorized share percentage and the accumulated turnover data.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1981Date of Patent: November 27, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4458317Abstract: A teller machine is capable of modifying information stored within a secondary memory when the operator realizes a mistake even after he has completed transactions and placed information with respect to these transactions into the secondary memory. In the teller machine, a primary memory stores numerical information representative of amounts of money after each transaction and a secondary memory stores cumulative amounts of money for all transactions.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1982Date of Patent: July 3, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Horigome, Seizo Okada, Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4450526Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a predetermined money key for introducing desired money amount data having plural digits into the electronic cash register by a single actuation of the predetermined money amount key. A preset system is provided for assigning a desired money amount to the predetermined money amount key. The preset system includes a memory system connected to the predetermined money amount key for storing a desired numeral data of plural digits. When the predetermined money amount key is actuated in the normal registration mode, the numeral data stored in the memory system is applied to the central processor unit as an input data.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1981Date of Patent: May 22, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4435767Abstract: An electronic cash register electrically communicates with an electronic weighing scale. An interface circuit is included in the electronic cash register for introducing weight information data from the electronic weighing scale into the electronic cash register. An abnormal condition detection system is included in the electronic cash register for detecting an abnormal condition occurring within the electronic weighing scale. The electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for audibly informing an operator of the abnormal condition detected by the abnormal condition detection system.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1981Date of Patent: March 6, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Masahide Ishida, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4430713Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a PLU (Price-look-up) function, wherein merchandise information such as a unit cost, taxation information and classification information is preset for each commodity by an operator. For presetting the PLU code information, a "PLU" key is actuated for automatically developing a PLU code signal in a progressive order. A synthetic speech sound generation system is provided for first generating a synthetic speech respresentation of "PLU number one". Then, the synthetic speech sound generation system provides a synthetic speech representation of "unit cost" for audibly instructing an operator to introduce the unit cost information. Thereafter, synthetic speech representation of "taxation" and "classification" are provided to audibly instruct the operator of a required key operation, thereby facilitating the preset operation of the PLU code information.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1980Date of Patent: February 7, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Masahide Ishida, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4425619Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a transaction data memory having 24 (twenty-four) memory sections each of which is assigned to store the transaction amount registered in a preselected one hour. A selection system is associated with each of the memory sections for selecting a desired memory section in the transaction data memory. The transaction data stored in the selected memory section is applied to a printer system, whereby the transaction data stored in the selected memory section is printed onto a journal paper and/or a receipt slip for administration purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1981Date of Patent: January 10, 1984Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kumehiko Matsuda, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4408292Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a printer system for printing out a transaction data on a receipt bill or a journal paper. A print preset system is provided for selectively printing out the transaction data. A print inhibition preset key develops a print inhibition command which is stored at the last bit of a memory address of the corresponding transaction data. In a normal registration operation mode, a signal detection circuit functions to detect the print inhibition command stored in the last bit. When the print inhibition command is detected, the signal detection circuit functions to preclude the transaction data stored in the corresponding memory address from being transferred to the printer system.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1980Date of Patent: October 4, 1983Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4399508Abstract: A read operation control system is included in an electronic cash register for checking purposes. The actual read operation is not conducted until the operator introduces numeral data indicating the cash amount contained in a drawer case of the electronic cash register. The thus introduced numeral data is compared with accumulated data stored in a memory section of the electronic cash register, the accumulated data representing the total cash amount registered into the electronic cash register. The difference between the introduced numeral data and the accumulated data is calculated, and the calculation result is printed out onto a check list.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1981Date of Patent: August 16, 1983Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4369334Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for providing an audible announcement of the total amount of the transaction when the transaction assigned to a specific customer is completed. When a clerk introduces money information concerning the amount handed from the customer, the audible announcement is generated from the synthetic speech sound generation system for announcing the money received from the customer. The electronic cash register calculates the change which should be handed to the customer, and the change is also audibly announced. Moreover, the synthetic speech sound generation system provides an audible announcement of "Thank you for your patronage." when the transaction for the specific customer is completed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1980Date of Patent: January 18, 1983Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Masahide Ishida, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4348551Abstract: An electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for providing an audible announcement related to a bargain article of the present day and a next service day. The synthetic speech sound generation system is activated when a total key is actuated to complete one set of registration of transaction data assigned to one customer. The synthetic speech sound generation system is alternatively actuated at preselected times. The next service day information is also applied to a printer system for printing out the next service day on a receipt slip. The bargain article to be announced and the date information of the next service day are preset through the use of function keys and numeral keys included in the electronic cash register.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1980Date of Patent: September 7, 1982Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Masahide Ishida, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4325441Abstract: An electronic cash register electrically communicates with an electronic weighing scale. An interface circuit is included in the electronic cash register for introducing weight information data from the electronic weighing scale into the electronic cash register. An abnormal condition detection system is included in the electronic cash register for detecting an abnormal condition occurring within the electronic weighing scale. The electronic cash register includes a synthetic speech sound generation system for audibly informing an operator of the abnormal condition detected by the abnormal condition detection system.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1980Date of Patent: April 20, 1982Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Nakatani, Masahide Ishida, Hachizou Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4262333Abstract: A teller machine is disclosed including numeral keys, function keys, a central processor unit, and a printer for printing out transaction data. The teller machine includes a key input system for holding a specific transaction identifying signal when the specific transaction is continuously repeated. The specific transaction identifying signal held in the key input system is developed when the following numeral information is introduced through the numeral keys, thereby omitting the actuation of the specific transaction command key.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1979Date of Patent: April 14, 1981Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koichi Horigome, Seizo Okada, Katsuji Nishimura, Hachizou Yamamoto