Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tokuan

Hiroshi Tokuan 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).

  • Apparatus and method for data processing for IC tags and image forming device with the apparatus
    Patent number: 8100328
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data processing for IC tags and an image forming device capable of recording an image onto a conveying medium on which IC tags are mounted. The apparatus and method set up a state that enables reliable radio communication between a reader/writer and an IC tag and read and/or write electronic information from/to IC tags. The reader/writer's antenna to face IC tags mounted on the conveying medium, arranged in multiple rows and columns in the conveyance direction, is skewed so that the IC tags pass sequentially under the antenna and each IC tag can be identified. The reader/writer reads and/or writes electronic information associated with the thus identified IC tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shiigi, Kouji Ohara, Takeshi Nomura, Takeshi Tamada, Hiroshi Tokuan
  • Apparatus and method for data processing for IC tags and image forming device with the apparatus
    Publication number: 20060237536
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data processing for IC tags and an image forming device capable of recording an image onto a conveying medium on which IC tags are mounted. The apparatus and method set up a state that enables reliable radio communication between a reader/writer and an IC tag and read and/or write electronic information from/to IC tags. The reader/writer's antenna to face IC tags mounted on the conveying medium, arranged in multiple rows and columns in the conveyance direction, is skewed so that the IC tags pass sequentially under the antenna and each IC tag can be identified. The reader/writer reads and/or writes electronic information associated with the thus identified IC tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shiigi, Kouji Ohara, Takeshi Nomura, Takeshi Tamada, Hiroshi Tokuan