Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Shimizu

Katsuaki Shimizu 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).

  • Surveying apparatus with network communications
    Patent number: 7085672
    Abstract: A surveying apparatus is provided that includes devices for measuring a range and angle of a point, a processor for processing results of a location survey from the range and angle measurements, a memory for storing the processed data of the location survey, a transmitter, such as a mobile phone, for transmitting the processed data to a communications object connected to a communications network, such as the Internet, in compliance with a communications protocol, and a receiver that receives the survey data in compliance with the communications protocol. The apparatus allows survey data from different surveying devices to interact bi-directionally via the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Sokkoia Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Katsuaki Shimizu
  • Surveying apparatus
    Publication number: 20030220764
    Abstract: A surveying apparatus is provided that includes devices for measuring a range and angle of a point, a processor for processing results of a location survey from the range and angle measurements, a memory for storing the processed data of the location survey, a transmitter, such as a mobile phone, for transmitting the processed data to a communications object connected to a communications network, such as the Internet, in compliance with a communications protocol, and a receiver that receives the survey data in compliance with the communications protocol. The apparatus allows survey data from different surveying devices to interact bi-directionally via the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: SOKKOIA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Katsuaki Shimizu
  • Mobile information terminal
    Patent number: D592211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kentaro Ichise, Taihei Miyaji, Katsuaki Shimizu
  • Mobile information terminal
    Patent number: D595712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Edern Guery, Taihei Miyaji, Katsuaki Shimizu