Patents by Inventor Mineo Yamagata

Mineo Yamagata 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: 6814993
    Abstract: A system and method for planning all of the operations in a kitchen on the basis of estimated sale data and actual sale outcome data (sale situation). The system and method provides workers with detailed instructions about each cooking operation, such as its starting and finishing time, so that fresh-cooked food product of a needed type may be supplied at a needed volume on an as needed basis through works as simple as possible by general workers of a minimum number in a simple fashion so as to satisfy the demand of customers or the demand for the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mineo Yamagata, Kazutaka Takahashi, Yasushi Naruto, Chifumi Kaga, Takayuki Gotou
  • Publication number: 20020106432
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system or method for planning all of the operations in a kitchen on the basis of estimated sale data, actual sale outcome data (sale situation) and providing to workers an detailed instruction of the information about each cooking operation such as its starting and finishing time, so that a just fresh-cooked food product of a needed type may be supplied at a needed volume on a needed basis through works as simple as possible not by skillful experts but by general workers of a minimum number in a simple fashion, so as to satisfy the demand of customers or the demand for the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mineo Yamagata, Kazutaka Takahashi, Yasushi Naruto, Chifumi Kaga, Takayuki Gotou