Patents by Inventor Osamu Ito

Osamu Ito 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: 9786112
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling machine 100 comprises an upper unit 10 having a paper sheet take-in apparatus 120 adapted for taking therein paper sheets, one by one, from the exterior, an upper transport mechanism 201a adapted for transporting the paper sheets taken in by the paper sheet take-in apparatus 120, one by one, and a recognition unit 220 adapted for recognizing each paper sheet transported by the upper transport mechanism 201a; a lower unit 20 located below the upper unit 10 and having a lower transport mechanism 201b provided to receive the paper sheets transferred from the upper transport mechanism 201a, one by one, and then further transport the transferred paper sheets, and a plurality of stacking units 106, each adapted for stacking therein the paper sheets transported by the lower transport mechanism 201b and sorted based on results obtained by the recognition unit 220. In this case, at least a part of a bottom portion of the upper unit 10 is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Masakazu Miwa, Kouichi Maekawa, Fumiaki Koga
  • Patent number: 9740303
    Abstract: A pointing system including: a pointing device including an operation portion and a light-emitting portion that emits light according to an operation to the operation portion; and a control device including an image pickup portion that picks up light from the light-emitting portion when the light-emitting portion emits light and outputs an image including information on a light spot of the light, a display portion that includes a screen and displays a pointer on the screen, and a control portion that judges, as well as judge a movement of the light spot based on the information on the light spot in the image and move the pointer on the screen based on the movement of the light spot, whether the light spot is turned off based on the information on the light spot in the image and executes processing related to a click when the light spot is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9734651
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus is constituted by a mechanical processing unit configured to mechanically process money, and a manually-handled money storage unit for storing money by a manual handling. The mechanical processing unit includes an inlet for receiving money, a recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count the money that has been received in the inlet, a mechanically-processed money storage unit configured to store the money, an outlet to which the money fed from the mechanically-processed money storage unit is discharged, and a money transport unit configured to connect these units and portions. The manually-handled money storage unit is not connected to the money transport unit of the mechanical processing unit, and has a structure in which money to be manually managed can be directly stored therein by hand and the stored money can be directly taken out therefrom by hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Tatsuo Kugai, Antonio Carrilho, Carlos Pedro
  • Patent number: 9731849
    Abstract: A banknote bundling apparatus includes a hopper that receives banknotes, a recognition unit that recognizes a banknote kind of the banknotes received by the hopper, a stacking unit in which bundling-object-banknotes are stacked based on the banknote kind recognized by the recognition unit, a bundling unit that forms a banknote bundle by bundling with a bundling tape the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the stacking unit when the bundling-object-banknotes stacked in the stacking unit reaches a predetermined number, and a printing unit that prints information on the bundling tape to be used by the bundling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Tsuyoshi Hodatsu
  • Patent number: 9702770
    Abstract: A signal compensation unit includes an adjustment section configured to adjust temporal variation characteristics of a detection signal obtained by a bend sensor. The adjustment section includes: a signal amplifier including a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, and an output terminal, and amplifying the detection signal; and a resistor for adjustment of the temporal variation characteristics disposed between the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal of the signal amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Ito
  • Publication number: 20170017111
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. A first blue, a red, a green, and a second blue color filters are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and arranged in a first direction. First to third light blocking films are respectively disposed between the first blue and the red color filters, between the red and the green color filters, and between the green and the second blue color filters. A distance Lr between a first central line of a part of the first light blocking film and a second central line of a width the second light blocking film is larger than a distance Lg between the second central line and a third central line of a width of the third blocking film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro OCHIAI, Tohru Sasaki, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9489041
    Abstract: An input device includes an operation portion configured to receive an input operation made by a user, a vibration portion configured to vibrate the operation portion, a detection portion configured to detect the input operation, and a controller configured to determine a vibration condition of the vibration portion based on the input operation detected by the detection portion and present an elastic sense to the user by driving the vibration portion under the determined vibration condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Tohoku Univeristy
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Hideo Kawabe, Masashi Konyo
  • Patent number: 9482894
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. A first blue, a red, a green, and a second blue color filters are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and arranged in a first direction. First to third light blocking films are respectively disposed between the first blue and the red color filters, between the red and the green color filters, and between the green and the second blue color filters. A distance Lr between a first central line of a part of the first light blocking film and a second central line of a width the second light blocking film is larger than a distance Lg between the second central line and a third central line of a width of the third blocking film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Tohru Sasaki, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9424705
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus is constituted by a mechanical processing unit configured to mechanically process money, and a manually-handled money storage unit for storing money by a manual handling. The mechanical processing unit includes an inlet for receiving money, a recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count the money that has been received in the inlet, a mechanically-processed money storage unit configured to store the money, an outlet to which the money fed from the mechanically-processed money storage unit is discharged, and a money transport unit configured to connect these units and portions. The manually-handled money storage unit is not connected to the money transport unit of the mechanical processing unit, and has a structure in which money to be manually managed can be directly stored therein by hand and the stored money can be directly taken out therefrom by hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Tatsuo Kugai, Antonio Carrilho, Carlos Pedro
  • Patent number: 9387266
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel amino acid organic compound which can be used as a labeling precursor compound for radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds including [18F]FACBC, and which prevents methanol from remaining in the radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds produced therefrom. The novel amino acid organic compound is a compound represented by the following formula: wherein n is an integer of 0 or of 1 to 4; R1 is an ethyl, 1-propyl or isopropyl substituent; X is a halogen substituent or a group represented by —OR2; R2 is a straight-chain or branched-chain haloalkylsulfonic acid substituent with one to 10 carbon atoms, trialkylstannyl substituent with 3 to 12 carbon atoms, fluorosulfonic acid substituent or aromatic sulfonic acid substituent; and R3 is a protective group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Akio Hayashi, Fumie Kurosaki, Masahito Toyama, Toshiyuki Shinmura, Arinori Harano
  • Publication number: 20160196708
    Abstract: A method is provided for sorting bank notes using a bank note processing apparatus having an at least one input receptacle, at least one identification unit, and a plurality of stacker units. The method includes receiving the bank notes in the input receptacle or receptacles. The bank notes are identified when passed through or by the identification unit or units. The bank notes are sorted into the plurality of stacker units according to the results of the identification, which includes stacking each of one or more change funds into at least one stacker unit and stacking the remaining bank notes into at least one stacker unit. Each change fund includes a predetermined value and two or more predetermined denominations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Hirofumi Ozaki, Osamu Ito, Sadaaki Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9381259
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel amino acid organic compound which can be used as a labeling precursor compound for radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds including [18F]FACBC, and which prevents methanol from remaining in the radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds produced therefrom. The novel amino acid organic compound is a compound represented by the following formula: wherein n is an integer of 0 or of 1 to 4; R1 is an ethyl, 1-propyl or isopropyl substituent; X is a halogen substituent or a group represented by —OR2; R2 is a straight-chain or branched-chain haloalkylsulfonic acid substituent with one to 10 carbon atoms, trialkylstannyl substituent with 3 to 12 carbon atoms, fluorosulfonic acid substituent or aromatic sulfonic acid substituent; and R3 is a protective group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Akio Hayashi, Fumie Kurosaki, Masahito Toyama, Toshiyuki Shinmura, Arinori Harano
  • Patent number: 9373900
    Abstract: A contact structure unit that achieves electrical continuity between a substrate, which includes a plurality of electrodes, and a contact object includes a first-type contact-carrying member including a contact portion which makes contact with the contact object; includes a plurality of second-type contact-carrying members each of which includes a leading end portion formed at one end portion and making contact with the electrodes and each of which makes contact with the first-type contact-carrying member at the other end portion; and includes a plurality of coil springs each of which is disposed between the contact portion and the leading end portions and each of which biases the contact portion and the leading end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Yamada, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9355347
    Abstract: A card is provided comprising an information setting unit configured to output a first signal including unique information of the card, and a bending sensor configured to output a second signal corresponding to a curvature of the card. An information processing apparatus is also provided comprising a card reading unit configured to acquire information from a card a processor, and a memory device. The memory device stores instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to acquire unique information from the card, and acquire curvature information from the card corresponding to a curvature of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehisa Ishida, Nobuyuki Nagai, Yusaku Kato, Hideo Kawabe, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9341495
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus including a casing, a plurality of vibrators, and a controller. The plurality of vibrators are provided inside the casing. The controller is configured to judge an orientation from a position of the casing to a target position and cause a vibration for presenting the orientation in the casing by driving at least one of the plurality of vibrators based on a result of the judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Seki, Hideo Kawabe, Osamu Ito, Takeshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20160082135
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel amino acid organic compound which can be used as a labeling precursor compound for radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds including [18F]FACBC, and which prevents methanol from remaining in the radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds produced therefrom. The novel amino acid organic compound is a compound represented by the following formula: wherein n is an integer of 0 or of 1 to 4; R1 is an ethyl, 1-propyl or isopropyl substituent; X is a halogen substituent or a group represented by —OR2; R2 is a straight-chain or branched-chain haloalkylsulfonic acid substituent with one to 10 carbon atoms, trialkylstannyl substituent with 3 to 12 carbon atoms, fluorosulfonic acid substituent or aromatic sulfonic acid substituent; and R3 is a protective group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: OSAMU ITO, Akio HAYASHI, Fumie KUROSAKI, Masahito TOYAMA, Toshiyuki SHINMURA, Arinori HARANO
  • Patent number: 9261896
    Abstract: A force sense presentation apparatus includes a main body, a first movable unit, and a first drive mechanism. The main body has a longitudinal direction in a first axis direction and includes a holding unit held by a user. The first movable unit is configured to cover at least a part of the holding unit and is capable of being displaced with respect to the main body in a second axis direction which intersects the first axis. The first drive mechanism is provided to the main body and configured to cause the first movable unit to be displaced in the second axis direction with respect to the main body to generate a moment about a third axis to the holding unit. The third axis intersects the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Seki, Hideo Kawabe, Osamu Ito, Takeshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 9256998
    Abstract: A banknote handling machine according to the present invention efficiently utilizes stacking units so as to efficiently process banknotes by returning odd banknotes of a first predetermined type in every transaction whereas keeping odd banknotes of a second predetermined type in a stacking unit, and performing subsequent transaction when banknote processing including depositing, taking-in, recognizing, sorting/stacking, and bundling of banknotes and confirming the deposit amount for one transaction is sequentially performed for a plurality of transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Ito
  • Publication number: 20160000944
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel amino acid organic compound which can be used as a labeling precursor compound for radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds including [18F]FACBC, and which prevents methanol from remaining in the radioactive halogen-labeled amino acid compounds produced therefrom. The novel amino acid organic compound is a compound represented by the following formula: wherein n is an integer of 0 or of 1 to 4; R1 is an ethyl, 1-propyl or isopropyl substituent; X is a halogen substituent or a group represented by —OR2; R2 is a straight-chain or branched-chain haloalkylsulfonic acid substituent with one to 10 carbon atoms, trialkylstannyl substituent with 3 to 12 carbon atoms, fluorosulfonic acid substituent or aromatic sulfonic acid substituent; and R3 is a protective group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Osamu ITO, Akio Hayashi, Fumie Kurosaki, Masahito Toyama, Toshiyuki Shinmura, Arinori Harano
  • Publication number: 20150379798
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling machine 100 comprises an upper unit 10 having a paper sheet take-in apparatus 120 adapted for taking therein paper sheets, one by one, from the exterior, an upper transport mechanism 201a adapted for transporting the paper sheets taken in by the paper sheet take-in apparatus 120, one by one, and a recognition unit 220 adapted for recognizing each paper sheet transported by the upper transport mechanism 201a; a lower unit 20 located below the upper unit 10 and having a lower transport mechanism 201b provided to receive the paper sheets transferred from the upper transport mechanism 201a, one by one, and then further transport the transferred paper sheets, and a plurality of stacking units 106, each adapted for stacking therein the paper sheets transported by the lower transport mechanism 201b and sorted based on results obtained by the recognition unit 220. In this case, at least a part of a bottom portion of the upper unit 10 is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu ITO, Masakazu MIWA, Kouichi MAEKAWA, Fumiaki KOGA