Patents by Inventor Motoshi Tanaka

Motoshi Tanaka 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).

  • Method for evaluation of vegetables and fruits and evaluation apparatus therefor
    Publication number: 20030035108
    Abstract: One form of evaluation apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources vertically arranged by one side of a carrier line in width direction Y perpendicular to carrying direction X of the carrier line; and a light-receiving section arranged by an opposite side of the carrier line in the width direction Y perpendicular to the carrying direction X of the carrier line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Norio Taniguchi, Takeshi Ohta, Motoshi Tanaka
  • Device for evaluating internal quality of vegetable or fruit, method for warm-up operation of the device, and method for measuring internal quality
    Publication number: 20020161540
    Abstract: An extremely convenient apparatus for evaluating the inner quality of vegetables and fruits which is small and inexpensive, can be introduced easily even by small-scaled enterprisers, in which an installation place can be changed easily, and safety and promptness of the replacing work of light sources are fully taking into consideration is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hashimoto, Norio Taniguchi, Motoshi Tanaka, Yoshihide Nishiyama