Patents by Inventor Katsumi Toda
Katsumi Toda 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).
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Patent number: 8272569Abstract: An apparatus for communicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; an antenna for label production and an antenna for information acquisition that can respectively transmit or receive information to a RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; an antenna switching control portion configured to switch so as to selectively transmit an inquiry signal to the RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; and a mode processing portion configured to carry out processing corresponding to a communication processing mode or an information acquisition processing mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
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Patent number: 8033465Abstract: The apparatus has an antenna provided with a predetermined directivity for carrying out radio communication with a RFID tag provided at a search target, a transparent display device that can impart a field of view including a natural image of the search target to vision of an operator and is held by the face of the operator, and a control circuit configured to get communication region information corresponding to a communication region generated along the directivity from the antenna, to generate a display signal for visualization display of the communication region in the field of view of the display device on the basis of the gotten communication region information and to output the signal to the display device.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
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Patent number: 8022829Abstract: This disclosure discloses a RFID-tag structure body comprising an affixed portion to be affixed onto an affixed face; a self-supporting portion self-supported with respect to the affixed face; at least one RFID circuit element having an IC circuit part provided at the self-supporting portion and configured to store information, and a tag antenna connected to the IC circuit part; and a stereo-structure preparation portion configured to realize a three-dimensional structure when being affixed onto the affixed face.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michihiro Takeda, Katsumi Toda, Tomoyasu Fukui
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Patent number: 8011406Abstract: There are provided a cartridge to which a first roll around which a base tape with a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged is wound can be detachably attached, an antenna for transmission/reception of information with the RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmitting portion that generate access information to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, transmit the information to the RFID circuit element and carry out information writing in the IC circuit part or information reading from the IC circuit part, a print head for printing on a cover film, and a control circuit provided with a determination portion that determines matching between parameter data provided at the cartridge and instruction data relating to the print input by an operation portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiko Niwa, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Hideo Ueno, Nobuhiko Funato, Kazunari Taki, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20110080265Abstract: The disclosure discloses an RFID tag communication system comprises: at least one RFID tag provided with one or more reversible identifiers capable of reverse at response; and a plurality of apparatuses, said apparatus including: an antenna device; a storage device configured to store a setting element of each of said one or more reversible identifiers; a setting portion configured to set the reversible identifier on the basis of said setting element; a reading command transmission portion configured to transmit a reading command by means of using said reversible identifier; a notification signal generation portion configured to generate an identifier notification indicating the reversible identifier; a notification signal output portion configured to output said identifier notification to the other apparatuses; a notification signal input portion configured to input said identifier notification from the other apparatuses; and a setting element update portion configured to update said setting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi ISOMURA, Katsumi TODA, Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO
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Patent number: 7866565Abstract: An apparatus for producing RFID labels includes a feeding roller drive shaft configured to feed a base tape provided with a plurality of types of RFID circuit elements having an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna and corresponding to each of a plurality of types of communication frequency, and an antenna configured to perform information transmission and reception using the plurality of types of communication frequencies with respect to the plurality of types of the RFID circuit elements of a tag label tape with print being fed, and when a RFID label production command for producing a RFID label is input from an operation terminal, a central control part control in coordination so that the plurality of types of RFID labels using the plurality of types of RFID circuit elements, respectively, corresponding to the command is produced in a lump sum.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20100162130Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an operation portion to which a command is input, a display control device that switches a main image displayed on a main display device in accordance with the command, a communication device that connects to and communicates with an apparatus that controls display of a sub-image on a sub-display device, a command determination device that determines whether the command is a successive switching command, a termination determination device that determines whether the input of the successive switching command has been terminated, a designation device that designates as a display sub-image the main image displayed last on the main display device in accordance with the successive switching command input before the termination determination device determines that the input has been terminated, and a first transmission device that transmits, from the communication device to the apparatus, display control information that causes the display sub-image to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20100141471Abstract: The disclosure discloses a handheld apparatus for reading RFID tag information comprising: a radio communicating device configured to conduct radio communication with a plurality of RFID tag circuit elements; a display device configured to display display information corresponding to said RFID tag circuit elements; an information obtainment device configured to specify identification information of said RFID tag circuit elements selected by said operator among said RFID tag circuit elements whose display information is displayed on said display device, to conduct communication, and to obtain information from the RFID tag circuit element specified; and a display control portion configured, when said information obtainment device obtains the information from said RFID tag circuit element, to make a display mode of said display information corresponding to the RFID tag circuit element on said display device different at least partially from a display mode before the obtainment of information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Yuta Inagaki
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Publication number: 20090266895Abstract: This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag comprising: a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; an antenna for label production and an antenna for information acquisition that can respectively transmit/receive information to a RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; an antenna switching control portion configured to switch so as to selectively transmit an inquiry signal to the RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; and a mode processing portion configured to carry out processing corresponding to a communication processing mode or an information acquisition processing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20090224045Abstract: The apparatus has an antenna provided with a predetermined directivity for carrying out radio communication with a RFID tag provided at a search target, a transparent display device that can impart a field of view including a natural image of the search target to vision of an operator and is held by the face of the operator, and a control circuit configured to get communication region information corresponding to a communication region generated along the directivity from the antenna, to generate a display signal for visualization display of the communication region in the field of view of the display device on the basis of the gotten communication region information and to output the signal to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20090174528Abstract: An apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag includes on an upper part of a housing with a display part provided, an antenna configured to perform radio communication with a RFID circuit element provided at an article to be detected; and a barcode sensor configured to optically get tag grasping information from a barcode provided with the tag grasping information for grasping the RFID circuit element to be communicated with the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Publication number: 20090167505Abstract: An operation processing apparatus that can utilize a RFID tag in an operation to an operation target with high convenience is provided. A search device has an antenna configured to carry out information transmission/receiving to a RFID circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and an antenna connected to it and a communication control part, through which preference information of a user stored in the IC circuit part, respectively, or information corresponding to that is acquired, and on the basis of an acquired plurality of pieces of preference information of user, a desired logical expression for search is created, and a search signal for execution of a search using the logical expression for search is outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Mika Matsushima, Kazunari Taki, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20090045964Abstract: This disclosure discloses a RFID-tag structure body comprising an affixed portion to be affixed onto an affixed face; a self-supporting portion self-supported with respect to the affixed face; at least one RFID circuit element having an IC circuit part provided at the self-supporting portion and configured to store information, and a tag antenna connected to the IC circuit part; and a stereo-structure preparation portion configured to realize a three-dimensional structure when being affixed onto the affixed face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michihiro TAKEDA, Katsumi TODA, Tomoyasu FUKUI
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Publication number: 20080240828Abstract: An apparatus for producing RFID labels includes a feeding roller drive shaft configured to feed a base tape provided with a plurality of types of RFID circuit elements having an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna and corresponding to each of a plurality of types of communication frequency, and an antenna configured to perform information transmission and reception using the plurality of types of communication frequencies with respect to the plurality of types of the RFID circuit elements of a tag label tape with print being fed, and when a RFID label production command for producing a RFID label is input from an operation terminal, a central control part control in coordination so that the plurality of types of RFID labels using the plurality of types of RFID circuit elements, respectively, corresponding to the command is produced in a lump sum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20080093027Abstract: There are provided a cartridge to which a first roll around which a base tape with a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged is wound can be detachably attached, an antenna for transmission/reception of information with the RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmitting portion that generate access information to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, transmit the information to the RFID circuit element and carry out information writing in the IC circuit part or information reading from the IC circuit part, a print head for printing on a cover film, and a control circuit provided with a determination portion that determines matching between parameter data provided at the cartridge and instruction data relating to the print input by an operation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiko Niwa, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Hideo Ueno, Nobuhiko Funato, Kazunari Taki, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Katsumi Toda
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Patent number: 7362475Abstract: An image forming device for forming images based on a file configured of a first data area for storing raster data and a header for storing vector data. The image forming device includes a raster data image displaying function for forming images on a display screen based on the raster data; and a vector data displaying function for forming images on the display screen based on the vector data. With this construction, the image forming device can easily manipulate both vector data and raster data by combining both types of data in one file. The image forming device can rapidly combine both types of data in one image by using vector data in parts requiring high image quality and raster data in parts requiring high-speed drawing.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Toda, Kiyoji Muramatsu
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Publication number: 20030095286Abstract: An image forming device for forming images based on a file configured of a first data area for storing raster data and a header for storing vector data. The image forming device includes a raster data image displaying function for forming images on a display screen based on the raster data; and a vector data displaying function for forming images on the display screen based on the vector data. With this construction, the image forming device can easily manipulate both vector data and raster data by combining both types of data in one file. The image forming device can rapidly combine both types of data in one image by using vector data in parts requiring high image quality and raster data in parts requiring high-speed drawing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kiyoji Muramatsu