Patents by Inventor Hajime Kikugawa

Hajime Kikugawa 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: 10102718
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a payment processor has a processor which configured to controls checkout processing. The checkout processing includes payment processing of a product. An electronic tag is attached to the product, and stores tag data. The processor executes data-change processing to write readout-completed data in an electronic tag identified by the tag data stored in the memory after the payment processing of the product. The readout-completed data shows that the tag reader has read the electronic tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimazaki, Ran Nishihashi, Hajime Kikugawa
  • Publication number: 20150254941
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a payment processor has a processor which configured to controls checkout processing. The checkout processing includes payment processing of a product. An electronic tag is attached to the product, and stores tag data. The processor executes data-change processing to write readout-completed data in an electronic tag identified by the tag data stored in the memory after the payment processing of the product. The readout-completed data shows that the tag reader has read the electronic tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: TAKESHI SHIMAZAKI, Ran Nishihashi, Hajime Kikugawa