Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Hidaka

Hitoshi Hidaka 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: 6930591
    Abstract: An anti-theft system for construction machines, comprising a memory which stores, as machine-side identification information, first identification information allocated construction machine by construction machine and second identification information allocated in common to plural construction machines, a first collating medium having the same identification information as the first identification information, a second collating medium having the same identification information as the second identification information, a collator which collates the identification information of the first or the second collating medium with the machine-side identification information, and an operation controller which cancels the inhibit of operation of the construction machine concerned when there is obtained a coincident collation result by the collator. With this anti-theft system, an owner of construction machines can manage the construction machines by only one type of a collating medium while preventing theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Asakage, Hisashi Kadowaki, Norihiko Hayashi, Hitoshi Hidaka
  • Patent number: 6879264
    Abstract: An article identifying system for allowing a user, especially a visually handicapped person to identify an article correctly. The article identifying system 1 comprises a communication tag 100, each of which is attached to an article, and an information output device 200. Each of the communication tags 100 comprises: a memory 140 for storing an identifier assigned to the article with each of the communication tags 100; and an antenna 110 and a transceiver 120 for transmitting the stored identifier wirelessly. The information output device 200 comprises: a memory 230 for storing the information data associated with the identifier assigned to that article; an antenna plate 210 forming a planar surface on which one or more articles can be placed and a transceiver 220 for receiving the identifier from the communication tag 100 when the article with the communication tag is placed in a communication area on the planar surface; and a speaker 260 for outputting the information data from the memory 230.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kyuhoku Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hidaka, Masao Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20030218531
    Abstract: An anti-theft system for construction machines, comprising a memory which stores, as machine-side identification information, first identification information allocated construction machine by construction machine and second identification information allocated in common to plural construction machines, a first collating medium having the same identification information as the first identification information, a second collating medium having the same identification information as the second identification information, a collator which collates the identification information of the first or the second collating medium with the machine-side identification information, and an operation controller which cancels the inhibit of operation of the construction machine concerned when there is obtained a coincident collation result by the collator. With this anti-theft system, an owner of construction machines can manage the construction machines by only one type of a collating medium while preventing theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Asakage, Hisashi Kadowaki, Norihiko Hayashi, Hitoshi Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20020017992
    Abstract: An article identifying system for allowing a user, especially a visually handicapped person to identify an article correctly. An article identifying system 1 comprises a communication tag 100, each of which is attached to an article, and an information output device 200. Each of the communication tags 100 comprises: a memory 140 for storing an identifier assigned to the article with each of the communication tags 100; and an antenna 110 and a transceiver 120 for transmitting the stored identifier wirelessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hidaka, Masao Takeuchi