Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Sugiyama

Nobuyoshi Sugiyama 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: 8680007
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element inserted into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Hiroyuki Ina, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20130225402
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element inserted into the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Hiroyuki Ina, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8450239
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element is inserted into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Hiroyuki Ina, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7760218
    Abstract: A disclosed information recording apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to erase prerecorded information on recording media capable of being colored and decolored by heat; a recording unit configured to record information on the recording media from which the prerecorded information is erased; and a control unit configured, when a recording request is received, to cause the recording unit to start recording information on a first one of the recording media and to cause the erasing unit to start erasing prerecorded information on a second one of the recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Shinko Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Arai, Takashi Ohkuma, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Hideo Sakurai, Takayuki Toba, Shigeyuki Kawamura, Takanobu Mimura
  • Patent number: 7732373
    Abstract: To provide a reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising a support, a thermosensitive recording layer formed on the support, and a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron donative coloring compound and an electron acceptive compound, and the color tone reversibly changes depending on the temperature, and the protective layer contains a polymer of a composition containing two kinds of acrylate compounds selected from an acrylate compound having a pentaerythritol group and an acrylate compound having a dipentaerythritol group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Satoshi Arai, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20100045771
    Abstract: A disclosed information recording apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to erase prerecorded information on recording media capable of being colored and decolored by heat; a recording unit configured to record information on the recording media from which the prerecorded information is erased; and a control unit configured, when a recording request is received, to cause the recording unit to start recording information on a first one of the recording media and to cause the erasing unit to start erasing prerecorded information on a second one of the recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: SATOSHI ARAI, TAKASHI OHKUMA, NOBUYOSHI SUGIYAMA, HIDEO SAKURAI, TAKAYUKI TOBA, SHIGEYUKI KAWAMURA, TAKANOBU MIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090170699
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element is inserted into the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Tadafumi TATEWAKI, Hiroyuki Ina, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20070232489
    Abstract: To provide a reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising a support, a thermosensitive recording layer formed on the support, and a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive recording layer, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron donative coloring compound and an electron acceptive compound, and the color tone reversibly changes depending on the temperature, and the protective layer contains a polymer of a composition containing two kinds of acrylate compounds selected from an acrylate compound having a pentaerythritol group and an acrylate compound having a dipentaerythritol group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Tadafumi Tatewaki, Satoshi Arai, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 6770592
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising at least a reversible thermosensitive recording layer provided on a supporting substrate and, a protective layer provided on the recording layer, wherein the recording layer is arranged so as to develop a first color therein when it is heated to a specific temperature level between a second temperature and a third temperature which is higher than the second temperature and then cooled to a first temperature level between normal temperature and the second temperature which is higher than the normal temperature, while so as to develop a second color therein when it is heated to another temperature level more than a fourth temperature which is higher than the third temperature and then cooled to a particular temperature which is lower than the first temperature, and the protective layer contains at least a lubricant showing the melting point ranging from higher than or equal to the first temperature to lower than or equal to the second temperature and has
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hotta, Kunichika Morohoshi, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Satoru Sampei
  • Publication number: 20030092571
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising at least a reversible thermosensitive recording layer provided on a supporting substrate and, a protective layer provided on the recording layer, wherein the recording layer is arranged so as to develop a first color therein when it is heated to a specific temperature level between a second temperature and a third temperature which is higher than the second temperature and then cooled to a first temperature level between normal temperature and the second temperature which is higher than the normal temperature, while so as to develop a second color therein when it is heated to another temperature level more than a fourth temperature which is higher than the third temperature and then cooled to a particular temperature which is lower than the first temperature, and the protective layer contains at least a lubricant showing the melting point ranging from higher than or equal to the first temperature to lower than or equal to the second temperature and has
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kazumi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hotta, Kunichika Morohoshi, Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Satoru Sampei
  • Publication number: 20030074260
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium comprising an concealing layer provided between a reversible thermosensitive recording layer which is reversibly changed in its color by heat and a photo-thermal conversion layer which absorbs light with generating heat, wherein the concealing layer has an optical characteristic that the ratio of a light absorptivity of light having 555 nm wavelength, in comparison with a light absorptivity of laser light wavelength, is 80% or less. This reversible thermosensitive recording medium has a concealing layer to conceal the color of the photo-thermal conversion layer, thereby the visibility and the contrast of the obtained images are significantly improved, further more, durability in repeated used is also significantly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Yoshihiko Hotta, Kazumi Suzuki, Hideji Tanaka, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Shigeaki Nimura, Shigenobu Hirano