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).

  • Patent number: 8272569
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
  • Patent number: 8033465
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 8022829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro Takeda, Katsumi Toda, Tomoyasu Fukui
  • Patent number: 8011406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Niwa, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Hideo Ueno, Nobuhiko Funato, Kazunari Taki, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20110080265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ISOMURA, Katsumi TODA, Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7866565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20100162130
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20100141471
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Yuta Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20090266895
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20090224045
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kunihiro Yasui, Michihiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090174528
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20090167505
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Mika Matsushima, Kazunari Taki, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20090045964
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKEDA, Katsumi TODA, Tomoyasu FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20080240828
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Katsumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20080093027
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Niwa, Tatsuhiro Ikedo, Hideo Ueno, Nobuhiko Funato, Kazunari Taki, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Katsumi Toda
  • Patent number: 7362475
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kiyoji Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20030095286
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Katsumi Toda, Kiyoji Muramatsu