Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Masuki

Hirofumi Masuki 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: 8434676
    Abstract: There is provided a banknote handling system including: a reception unit configured to receive a banknote that has been put therein; a recognition unit configured to recognize the banknote that has been received by the reception unit; a storing unit having at least one first cassette configured to store or escrow the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit, and at least one second cassette configured to store the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit; an operation unit configured to receive a deposit-confirmation instruction for the banknote that has been escrowed in the first cassette; and a control unit configured to cause the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit to be escrowed in the first cassette and to cause, when the deposit-confirmation instruction is received by the operation unit, the banknote that has been escrowed in the first cassette to be stored in the second cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sekiguchi, Shinji Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Takagi, Mikio Wada, Shigeo Matsumoto, Hirofumi Masuki
  • Patent number: 8371451
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus 10 comprises a casing 12, an inlet 20 configured for inserting banknotes into the casing 12 from the exterior thereof, a plurality of storages 40 provided in a lower portion of the casing 12, in a substantially horizontal direction and in parallel relative to one another, and respectively adapted for storing therein the banknotes, and an escrow storage 42 juxtaposed with the respective storages 40 in the casing and adapted for escrowing therein the banknotes inserted into the casing 12 from the exterior thereof through the inlet 20. A transport unit 30 adapted for transporting the banknotes between any two of the inlet 20, respective storages 40 and escrow storage 42 is provided above the respective storages 40 and escrow storage 42 in the casing 12. In addition, a plurality of diverters 36 are provided at diversion points 35 in the transport unit 30 toward each of the storages 40 and escrow storage 42, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Wada, Yasushi Yokota, Junichi Sekiguchi, Kenichi Hattori, Masayuki Mukaida, Hirofumi Masuki
  • Publication number: 20110235893
    Abstract: There is provided a banknote handling system including: a reception unit configured to receive a banknote that has been put therein; a recognition unit configured to recognize the banknote that has been received by the reception unit; a storing unit having at least one first cassette configured to store or escrow the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit, and at least one second cassette configured to store the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit; an operation unit configured to receive a deposit-confirmation instruction for the banknote that has been escrowed in the first cassette; and a control unit configured to cause the banknote that has been recognized by the recognition unit to be escrowed in the first cassette and to cause, when the deposit-confirmation instruction is received by the operation unit, the banknote that has been escrowed in the first cassette to be stored in the second cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Junichi Sekiguchi, Shinji Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Takagi, Mikio Wada, Shigeo Matsumoto, Hirofumi Masuki
  • Publication number: 20100108576
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus 10 comprises a casing 12, an inlet 20 configured for inserting banknotes into the casing 12 from the exterior thereof, a plurality of storages 40 provided in a lower portion of the casing 12, in a substantially horizontal direction and in parallel relative to one another, and respectively adapted for storing therein the banknotes, and an escrow storage 42 juxtaposed with the respective storages 40 in the casing and adapted for escrowing therein the banknotes inserted into the casing 12 from the exterior thereof through the inlet 20. A transport unit 30 adapted for transporting the banknotes between any two of the inlet 20, respective storages 40 and escrow storage 42 is provided above the respective storages 40 and escrow storage 42 in the casing 12. In addition, a plurality of diverters 36 are provided at diversion points 35 in the transport unit 30 toward each of the storages 40 and escrow storage 42, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Mikio Wada, Yasushi Yokota, Junichi Sekiguchi, Kenichi Hattori, Masayuki Mukaida, Hirofumi Masuki
  • Patent number: 5156208
    Abstract: A heat pipe unit comprising a relatively thin box-shaped panel body in which coolant is charged, a heat-transfer pipe provided in an upper area in the panel body in which cooling fluid is fed and a device for guiding to an inner wall of the panel body the coolant liquified by the heat-transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignees: Asahi Kogyosha Co., Ltd., Sasakura Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Masuki, Iwao Sawada, Masahiro Adachi, Akihiko Sakai, Makoto Koganei