Patents by Inventor Shoichiro Yamada

Shoichiro Yamada 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: 7075451
    Abstract: A delivery box system for delivering an article is providing, including a navigation device for sending and receiving reservation reguests and information, payment information, navigation execution ID information and position information of a particular related delivery box from a central computer of a central management center. The navigation device automatically calculates navigation information based on the navigation execution ID information, as well as guides the deliveryman from the present position thereof to the particular related delivery box based on the position information of the related delivery box received from the central computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: X-Cube Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050083176
    Abstract: In a delivery box system for delivering an article, a navigation device of an moving body receives navigation execution ID information and position information of a particular delivery box which are related to each other by a central computer of a central management center, automatically executes navigation based on the navigation execution ID information as well as guides the moving, body from the present position thereof to a moving destination where the particular delivery box is installed. With the above arrangement, a route to a movement destination at which the article is delivered can be guided by a moving guide, an article-receiving person can easily reserve and use the delivery box, the security of the delivery box system can be improved by giving a reservation ID number inherent to each reserving action, a payment condition to the article can set as a part of article delivery conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Shoichiro Yamada
  • Fan
    Patent number: D581373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotsugu Sugiyama, Shinji Takemoto, Yuji Yabuuchi, Shoichiro Yamada