Patents by Inventor Naokazu Sato

Naokazu Sato 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: 9354107
    Abstract: The present invention provides an item registration apparatus and a measuring device cooperating with a mobile terminal to allow smooth registration of sold-by-weight items being purchased by a customer. The item registration apparatus comprises: a measuring device having a weighing tray on which an item is put; and a mobile terminal which can be connected to the measuring device via communication channel (access point or the like). When the item is put on said weighing tray of the measuring device and the measurement of the item is thus completed, the measuring device transmits transaction information of the measured item to the mobile terminal via the communication channel so that the transaction information is stored. This eliminates printing of code information on a label issued from the measuring device and operation of scanning the printed code information by using the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TERAOKA SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naokazu Sato, Fumikatu Saitoh, Kenichi Nishino
  • Publication number: 20150083805
    Abstract: The present invention provides an item registration apparatus and a measuring device cooperating with a mobile terminal to allow smooth registration of sold-by-weight items being purchased by a customer. The item registration apparatus comprises: a measuring device having a weighing tray on which an item is put; and a mobile terminal which can be connected to the measuring device via communication channel (access point or the like). When the item is put on said weighing tray of the measuring device and the measurement of the item is thus completed, the measuring device transmits transaction information of the measured item to the mobile terminal via the communication channel so that the transaction information is stored. This eliminates printing of code information on a label issued from the measuring device and operation of scanning the printed code information by using the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: TERAOKA SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naokazu Sato, Fumikatu Saitoh, Kenichi Nishino
  • Patent number: 8006901
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. A scanner unit reads code information attached to a commodity. A RAM stores the code information read by the scanner unit as commodity-for-purchase information. The scanner unit, to confirm whether the commodity-for-purchase information stored in the RAM is correct, the scanner unit reads the code information of one part of the commodity-for-purchase. A CPU switches from reading for storage to reading for confirmation. It is determined whether information contained in the code information read by the scanner unit is stored in the RAM. A display displays a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naokazu Sato, Naofumi Narita, Kunio Mori
  • Publication number: 20090261164
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. A scanner unit reads code information attached to a commodity. A RAM stores the code information read by the scanner unit as commodity-for-purchase information. The scanner unit, to confirm whether the commodity-for-purchase information stored in the RAM is correct, the scanner unit reads the code information of one part of the commodity-for-purchase. A CPU switches from reading for storage to reading for confirmation. It is determined whether information contained in the code information read by the scanner unit is stored in the RAM. A display displays a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: TERAOKA SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naokazu Sato, Naofumi Narita, Kunio Mori
  • Publication number: 20090166414
    Abstract: A commodity sales processing system in which when a handy terminal receives membership number data that is sent from a membership card reader in the case of a valid membership card, the handy terminal transmits an optical signal (lock release signal), and a customer cradle receives the lock release signal from the handy terminal and releases the lock of the handy terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: TERAOKA SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Mori, Naokazu Sato