Patents by Inventor Satoru Satake

Satoru Satake 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).

  • Apparatus for evaluating quality of raw coffee beans
    Patent number: 4963743
    Abstract: In an apparatus for evaluating raw coffee beans, a near-infrared light beam is applied to sample coffee powder, a detector receives light reflected from and/or transmitted through the sample coffee powder to generate a signal representative of luminous intensity of the received light. A memory device has stored therein at least one of characteristic coefficients and appraisal coefficients for the sample coffee powder. A calculation device calculates at least one of characteristic value and appraisal values of the raw coffee beans, based on the stored coefficients and the signal from the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Satake Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Satake, Satoru Satake, Yukio Hosaka