Patents by Inventor Katsuru Kobayashi

Katsuru Kobayashi 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).

  • Document management system
    Patent number: 8363254
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui
  • Document management system
    Patent number: 8335006
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui
  • Document management system
    Publication number: 20100060931
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui