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).
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Publication number: 20220292476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toyoki HIRASAWA, Makoto NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20210335103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
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Patent number: 11069203Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
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Publication number: 20200265689Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
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Publication number: 20150046177Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: MAKOTO NOZAWA, Yoshiaki Kumai, Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Shiomi Matsui, Hirokazu Watanabe, Maki Sato, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150019243Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150019245Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20150019244Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
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Patent number: 8025225Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
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Publication number: 20110205500Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
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Patent number: 7954959Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
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Publication number: 20100328615Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang
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Patent number: 7798652Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Wang Yun
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Publication number: 20100090002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki MOCHIZUKI, Hitoshi IIZAKA, Yoshiya YAMADA, Osamu TSUCHIYA, Norihiko KURIHARA, Makoto NOZAWA, Yoshihiko IKEDA, Junya EBISAWA
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Patent number: 7654453Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
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Publication number: 20080191011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Hiroki Mochizuki, Hitoshi Iizaka, Yoshiya Yamada, Osamu Tsuchiya, Norihiko Kurihara, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Junya Ebisawa
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Publication number: 20070229767Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masanori Takeuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Yun Wang