Patents by Inventor Makoto Nozawa

Makoto Nozawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20220292476
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a first receiving unit configured to receive, from a terminal device that performs settlement of a commodity, an individual article code capable of identifying the commodity in an individual article unit, a storage control unit configured to store the individual article code in a storing unit, a second receiving unit configured to receive, from a gate device provided in a predetermined position of a store, the individual article code of the commodity obtained by the gate device reading a wireless tag attached to the commodity, a collating unit configured to collate the individual article code received by the second receiving unit with each of individual article codes stored in the storing unit, and an informing unit configured to inform if, as a result of the collation, a coinciding individual article code is absent in the storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyoki HIRASAWA, Makoto NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210335103
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading unit (first reading unit) reads a barcode (code symbol) attached to a commodity from images of the commodity captured by an image control unit (imaging unit) using a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. An electronic watermark reading unit (second reading unit) reads an electronic watermark attached to the commodity from the images. An object recognition unit (commodity recognition unit) recognizes the commodity from the images. Further, a commodity identification unit (commodity identification unit) identifies the commodity appearing in the images based on at least one of a reading result of the code symbol reading unit, a reading result of the electronic watermark reading unit, and a recognition result of the object recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
  • Patent number: 11069203
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading unit (first reading unit) reads a barcode (code symbol) attached to a commodity from images of the commodity captured by an image control unit (imaging unit) using a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. An electronic watermark reading unit (second reading unit) reads an electronic watermark attached to the commodity from the images. An object recognition unit (commodity recognition unit) recognizes the commodity from the images. Further, a commodity identification unit (commodity identification unit) identifies the commodity appearing in the images based on at least one of a reading result of the code symbol reading unit, a reading result of the electronic watermark reading unit, and a recognition result of the object recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
  • Publication number: 20200265689
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading unit (first reading unit) reads a barcode (code symbol) attached to a commodity from images of the commodity captured by an image control unit (imaging unit) using a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. An electronic watermark reading unit (second reading unit) reads an electronic watermark attached to the commodity from the images. An object recognition unit (commodity recognition unit) recognizes the commodity from the images. Further, a commodity identification unit (commodity identification unit) identifies the commodity appearing in the images based on at least one of a reading result of the code symbol reading unit, a reading result of the electronic watermark reading unit, and a recognition result of the object recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
  • Publication number: 20150046177
    Abstract: A medicine registration apparatus includes a storage unit, a processor and a display unit. The storage unit stores a medicine master database including information regarding a required disposal method of a medicine. The processor reads identification information on a medicine, identifies a medicine based on the identification information, determines whether the identified medicine includes a corresponding required disposal method in the medicine master database, and provide a notification that the identified medicine includes the corresponding requited disposal method when it is determined that the identified medicine includes the corresponding required disposal method. The display unit displays the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: MAKOTO NOZAWA, Yoshiaki Kumai, Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Shiomi Matsui, Hirokazu Watanabe, Maki Sato, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019243
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a storage section, a recognition module and an output control module. The storage section stores a first medicament master in which first medicament information relating to each medicament is held and a second medicament master in which second medicament information including determined output form of each medicament is held. The recognition module recognizes a medicament of a reading target. The output control module outputs the first medicament information corresponding to the medicament recognized by the recognition module according to the determined output form in the second medicament information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019245
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus for registering a used medicament in a storage section comprises a registration module configured to set a borrow resource for a used medicament borrowed from another place and register the borrow source in the storage section and a display control module configured to display a list of the registered medicaments on a display section and display the information indicating that the medicament is borrowed from another place corresponding to the medicament set with the borrow source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019244
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a registration module configured to register a medicament to be used in a storage section; a display control module configured to display each of the medicaments registered by the registration module in a list on a display section; and a reception module configured to receive a cancellation operation of cancelling the registration of the designated medicament in the medicaments registered by the registration module; wherein the registration module cancels the registration of the medicaments designated through the cancellation operation from the storage section; and the display control module displays the cancelled information indicating that the registration is cancelled corresponding to the medicament designated through the cancellation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8025225
    Abstract: When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corresponding merchandise, registration merchandise information including obtained user identification information and merchandise identification information for identifying the merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device is transmitted to a server device. The server device stores and manages merchandise sales information for the respective ID codes from the registration merchandise information received from the respective information terminal devices. When the ID code is input from a settlement device, the merchandise sales information corresponding to the ID code is transmitted to the settlement device. The settlement device performs the settlement processing based on the merchandise sales information received from the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
  • Publication number: 20110205500
    Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 7954959
    Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
  • Publication number: 20100328615
    Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 7798652
    Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Wang Yun
  • Publication number: 20100090002
    Abstract: When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corresponding merchandise, registration merchandise information including obtained user identification information and merchandise identification information for identifying the merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device is transmitted to a server device. The server device stores and manages merchandise sales information for the respective ID codes from the registration merchandise information received from the respective information terminal devices. When the ID code is input from a settlement device, the merchandise sales information corresponding to the ID code is transmitted to the settlement device. The settlement device performs the settlement processing based on the merchandise sales information received from the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki MOCHIZUKI, Hitoshi IIZAKA, Yoshiya YAMADA, Osamu TSUCHIYA, Norihiko KURIHARA, Makoto NOZAWA, Yoshihiko IKEDA, Junya EBISAWA
  • Patent number: 7654453
    Abstract: When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corresponding merchandise, registration merchandise information including obtained user identification information and merchandise identification information for identifying the merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device is transmitted to a server device. The server device stores and manages merchandise sales information for the respective ID codes from the registration merchandise information received from the respective information terminal devices. When the ID code is input from a settlement device, the merchandise sales information corresponding to the ID code is transmitted to the settlement device. The settlement device performs the settlement processing based on the merchandise sales information received from the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
  • Publication number: 20080191011
    Abstract: When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corresponding merchandise, registration merchandise information including obtained user identification information and merchandise identification information for identifying the merchandise corresponding to the information terminal device is transmitted to a server device. The server device stores and manages merchandise sales information for the respective ID codes from the registration merchandise information received from the respective information terminal devices. When the ID code is input from a settlement device, the merchandise sales information corresponding to the ID code is transmitted to the settlement device. The settlement device performs the settlement processing based on the merchandise sales information received from the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
  • Publication number: 20070229767
    Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang