Patents by Inventor Motohisa Watanabe
Motohisa Watanabe 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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Patent number: 11210644Abstract: A self-service POS terminal device comprises a first antenna and a second antenna, and reads, via each of the first antenna and the second antenna, commodity-related information stored in IC tags of commodities. The first antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities loaded in a shopping basket at a prescribed position, and forms a first reading area. The second antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities taken out from the shopping basket at the prescribed position and put into a shopping bag, and forms a second reading area.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventors: Hayato Mikami, Satoru Sugiyama, Akihisa Iwata, Motohisa Watanabe, Misako Motohashi, Takuro Nagano
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Publication number: 20200410469Abstract: A self-service POS terminal device comprises a first antenna and a second antenna, and reads, via each of the first antenna and the second antenna, commodity-related information stored in IC tags of commodities. The first antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities loaded in a shopping basket at a prescribed position, and forms a first reading area. The second antenna is positioned at a position for reading the IC tags of the commodities taken out from the shopping basket at the prescribed position and put into a shopping bag, and forms a second reading area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: NEC Platforms, Ltd.Inventors: Hayato MIKAMI, Satoru SUGIYAMA, Akihisa IWATA, Motohisa WATANABE, Misako MOTOHASHI, Takuro NAGANO
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Patent number: 7010499Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Patent number: 6980961Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Patent number: 6978251Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: GrantFiled: September 7, 2000Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Patent number: 6947899Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Publication number: 20040006492Abstract: In a health care service system, an individual carrying a sensor and having a mobile telephone terminal (2) connected to the sensor and a health care service institution (3, 4) are preliminarily registered in a host computer (10) of a health care center (1). The host computer receives and monitors a sensor measurement value measured by the sensor and contained in personal data transmitted from the mobile telephone terminal through a communication network (5, 6). The host computer preliminarily stores a reference value for each item monitored by the sensor, compares the sensor measurement value and the reference value. Upon detecting an abnormality, the host computer transmits an abnormality warning to the mobile telephone terminal and the above-mentioned data to the health care service institution and requests the health care service institution to deal with the abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030061099Abstract: The invention provides a point system wherein point services can be used universally across different enterprises and a commodity can be purchased from an enterprise which does not provide a point service using a point number of a different enterprise. An A company retail shop terminal transmits a customer number of a customer, and a D company point management host computer reads in a point number of the customer. A point service host computer converts the point number into a point number of the A company with an A company point conversion rate, and the A company retail shop terminal calculates an amount of money available for purchase from the point number of the A company with an internal conversion rate and urges the customer to select use or accumulation of its points.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATIONInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030036961Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030033204Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Applicant: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Publication number: 20030028434Abstract: A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the selection key being used to select one of sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, a table containing entries of sales item data of the sales items assigned to each of the menu keys, the sales item data including a sales item name and a prices of each sales item, and a display device, wherein when an operation including a selecting a menu key is performed for designating a sales item on the menu, entries of sales item data of all sales items assigned to the selected menu key are searched from the table and all the searched entries of sales item data are displayed on the display device in such a manner that they are distinguished from entries of correction alternative sales item data of the remaining sales items assigned to the menu key, and wherein when an operator selects one of the entries of the correcType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Applicant: NEC Infrontia CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Patent number: 6363354Abstract: A POS server apparatus stores, in response to entry of PLU data, data consisting of a combination of revision history information on those PLU data and revised data into a master PLU history management table, at the same time multicasts that combination of data to all of POS apparatuses, and stores those PLU data into a master PLU table; and each of the plurality of POS apparatuses stores the data multicast from the POS server apparatus into a local PLU history management table and, at the same time, stores the PLU data contained in those data into a local PLU table.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1999Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Motohisa Watanabe
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Patent number: 4075064Abstract: According to this invention, a broad stock sheet is prepared and subjected preparatorily to degreasing and cleaning treatments. Then, a series of desired patterns are provided on the stock sheet by the transfer printing or screen printing technique with a color ink paste containing dyestuff or pigment color and resin binder and then the printed patterns are heat set. The stock is chemically or electro-chemically plated with a metal layer, with exception of the printed and baked patterns. Punching is made for separating final products from the stock sheet, either before execution of the said printing step or after the said final plating step.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1976Date of Patent: February 21, 1978Inventors: Iwao Otsu, Motohisa Watanabe