Patents by Inventor Sayo Sonaga

Sayo Sonaga 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).

  • Publication number: 20240119811
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sales data processing apparatus, such as a point-of-sale terminal or the like, includes a processor. The processor is configured to register commodity information for commodities in a sales transaction, receive an operator selection designating an item of registered commodity information, and then receive editing data for editing the designated item of registered commodity information. The processor then edits the designated item of registered commodity information according to the received editing data and causes a display screen to display the edited item of registered commodity information and the unedited item of registered commodity information together on the display screen. In some examples, the edited and unedited information may be displayed adjacent to one another and in a different font format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sayo SONAGA, Mayuko TSUNODA, Yumiko OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20240104540
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a checkout device has a processor configured to acquire merchandise information for an item being registered for purchase in a transaction, and then execute a settlement process for the transaction based on the acquired merchandise information. The processor is configured to cause a display screen to display, on the same screen at the same time, a first display area in which a transaction amount for the transaction is displayed, a second display area in which at least one settlement method to be used for the settlement process is displayed in a selectable manner, and a third display area in which information about a selected settlement method is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sayo SONAGA, Mayuko TSUNODA, Yumiko OKUMA, Shiori HIDAKA, Maki SATO
  • Publication number: 20220198421
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a server device receives access in which participation information is designated from each of terminals provided in a plurality of restaurants. The server device specifies reservation information registered in a reservation management table on the basis of reservation identification information included in the participation information. The server device connects the terminals identified by terminal identification information included in the specified reservation information to each other in a communicable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yuko KIMOTO, Sayo SONAGA, Maki SATO
  • Publication number: 20200335015
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a merchandise shelf includes a display panel that displays an image showing a range in which a commodity is displayed, a touch panel for input of an operation correlated with the image, a memory that correlates and stores an ID of the commodity and the range in which the commodity is displayed, and a CPU that changes the range in which the commodity is displayed stored by the memory and changes the image showing the range in which the commodity is displayed by drag operation input to the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Sayo Sonaga, Mayuko Tsunoda, Masayuki Nakaeda