Patents by Inventor Shoji Onoto

Shoji Onoto 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: 20240078658
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus acquires drawing data indicating a drawing of a portion including a label affixed to a particular affix position of a product, identifies the label in the drawing, identifies a position of a reference portion of the product in the drawing, acquires dimension information indicated in the drawing based on the drawing data and identification results of the label and the reference portion in the drawing, acquires captured image data obtained by capturing an image of the product, identifies the label in the captured image, identifies the reference portion of the product in the captured image, and determines whether an affix position of the label in the captured image is the particular affix position specified by the dimension information, based on identification results of the label and a position of the reference portion in the captured image and the dimension information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Shoji ONOTO
  • Patent number: 11397877
    Abstract: A tape cassette includes: a case; and a cassette memory. The case accommodates therein a tape as a printing medium. The cassette memory includes: a first area; and a second area. The first area stores therein unique information specific to the tape cassette. The second area stores therein arbitrary information in an entire area thereof. The second area is set to a non-rewritable state using a first password such that the arbitrary information written therein is not rewritable. The first password is generated using a unique value which is a value of at least a part of the unique information stored in the first area and a first selection value which is an arbitrary value stored in a part of the second area specified by a predetermined rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoji Onoto
  • Publication number: 20210097356
    Abstract: A tape cassette includes: a case; and a cassette memory. The case accommodates therein a tape as a printing medium. The cassette memory includes: a first area; and a second area. The first area stores therein unique information specific to the tape cassette. The second area stores therein arbitrary information in an entire area thereof. The second area is set to a non-rewritable state using a first password such that the arbitrary information written therein is not rewritable. The first password is generated using a unique value which is a value of at least a part of the unique information stored in the first area and a first selection value which is an arbitrary value stored in a part of the second area specified by a predetermined rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Shoji Onoto
  • Publication number: 20090177503
    Abstract: A scheduling apparatus to arrange a schedule for a new event in accordance with an input includes an input accepting device, a personal schedule information acquisition device, a schedule determination device, and a schedule registration device. The input accepting device accepts new event information. The personal schedule information acquisition device acquires personal schedule information from a personal schedule storage device. The schedule determination device determines a new schedule including a holding date and time and a holding location based on the new event information, the personal schedule information, and at least one of a weather forecast or a travel distance of at least one of the participants to attend the new event. The schedule registration device registers the determined new schedule into the personal schedule storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junko Kawano, Shoji Onoto, Hiroaki Matsuba, Makoto Tanaka, Akiko Yamato, Yoshiaki Komatsu, Yoshibumi Kato