Patents by Inventor Katsumi HARASHIMA

Katsumi HARASHIMA 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: 11961374
    Abstract: In a POS terminal device (1) according to the present invention, a rotation center of an operator-side rotation shaft (31) is at a position spaced apart from a longitudinal center line of a housing (2), a rotation center of a customer-side rotation shaft (41) is at a position spaced apart from the center line on an opposite side of the operator-side rotation shaft (31), an operator display (3) is rotated by 90 degrees in a horizontal direction around the operator-side rotation shaft (31) in such a way that a lateral end surface having a shorter distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft (31) approaches a customer display (4), and the customer display (4) is rotated by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction around the customer-side rotation shaft (41) in the same direction as the operator display (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Akaba, Katsumi Harashima, Akihisa Iwata
  • Patent number: 11900207
    Abstract: A scanner apparatus (1A) includes: a housing (11); a hand scanner (20); and a hand scanner holder (30) attached to a side of the housing (11) and configured to hold the hand scanner (20), in which the hand scanner holder (30) includes a base part (31) configured to be attached to the side of the housing (11), the base part (31) includes a pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) opposed to each other with a first interval therebetween, and the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) form a holding recess (34) configured to hold a lower part (21a) of a grasping part (21) of the hand scanner (20), which is inserted, from above the pair of the holding pieces (34a, 34b), between the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b), in a state in which an upper part (21b) of the grasping part (21) protrudes upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Iwata, Katsumi Harashima, Yuta Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230273699
    Abstract: Cumbersomeness that is caused when a protective sheet is attached over a touch panel is alleviated. A touch panel apparatus (10) according to an example embodiment includes a roughly rectangular touch panel (13), a transparent protective sheet (12) having a shape roughly identical to that of the touch panel (13) and detachably disposed so as to cover a front surface of the touch panel (13), a lower-side holding part (11a) that holds the protective sheet (12), disposed on a lower side of the touch panel (13), and a left-side holding part (11b) and a right-side holding part (11c) that hold the protective sheet (12), disposed on two lateral sides, respectively, of the touch panel (13), the two lateral sides being adjacent to the lower side of the touch panel (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta SASAKI, Akihisa Iwata, Katsumi Harashima
  • Publication number: 20220405494
    Abstract: A scanner apparatus (1A) includes: a housing (11); a hand scanner (20); and a hand scanner holder (30) attached to a side of the housing (11) and configured to hold the hand scanner (20), in which the hand scanner holder (30) includes a base part (31) configured to be attached to the side of the housing (11), the base part (31) includes a pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) opposed to each other with a first interval therebetween, and the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b) form a holding recess (34) configured to hold a lower part (21a) of a grasping part (21) of the hand scanner (20), which is inserted, from above the pair of the holding pieces (34a, 34b), between the pair of holding pieces (34a, 34b), in a state in which an upper part (21b) of the grasping part (21) protrudes upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa IWATA, Katsumi HARASHIMA, Yuta SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220292932
    Abstract: In a POS terminal device (1) according to the present invention, a rotation center of an operator-side rotation shaft (31) is at a position spaced apart from a longitudinal center line of a housing (2), a rotation center of a customer-side rotation shaft (41) is at a position spaced apart from the center line on an opposite side of the operator-side rotation shaft (31), an operator display (3) is rotated by 90 degrees in a horizontal direction around the operator-side rotation shaft (31) in such a way that a lateral end surface having a shorter distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft (31) approaches a customer display (4), and the customer display (4) is rotated by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction around the customer-side rotation shaft (41) in the same direction as the operator display (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro AKABA, Katsumi HARASHIMA, Akihisa IWATA
  • Patent number: 10178783
    Abstract: A display device of this invention, includes a front case including a touch panel; and a rear case including a lock unit, which is configured to regulate movement of the front case, and a display unit, in which the front case is mounted to the rear case by inserting a protrusion that is formed in a peripheral edge portion of the front case into a guide groove that is formed in an outer edge portion of the rear case to bring the front case into contact with the rear case, subsequently moving the front case along the guide groove to engage the protrusion with the guide groove, and moving the lock unit of in the rear case from a first position to a second position, which is different from the first position, to regulate the movement of the front case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Yonemaru, Katsumi Harashima, Takahiro Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20180168053
    Abstract: A display device of this invention, includes a front case including a touch panel; and a rear case including a lock unit, which is configured to regulate movement of the front case, and a display unit, in which the front case is mounted to the rear case by inserting a protrusion that is formed in a peripheral edge portion of the front case into a guide groove that is formed in an outer edge portion of the rear case to bring the front case into contact with the rear case, subsequently moving the front case along the guide groove to engage the protrusion with the guide groove, and moving the lock unit of in the rear case from a first position to a second position, which is different from the first position, to regulate the movement of the front case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou YONEMARU, Katsumi HARASHIMA, Takahiro IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: D921102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Iwata, Katsumi Harashima, Kunihiro Akaba, Yohei Ikegami, Yuki Kobata