Patents by Inventor Sinji Arase

Sinji Arase 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).

  • Card reader
    Patent number: 6742706
    Abstract: To provide a card reader adaptable to a variety of cards and excelling in card carrying ease. The card reader includes: a card passage; a carrying unit for moving a card within the passage, a data recording/reproducing unit for at least either recording data onto or reproducing data out of the card present in the passage, an image forming unit for forming a visible image on the card, and an image erasing unit for erasing any visible image formed on the card, and has a configuration of handling cards differing in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sakamoto, Mikio Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Ueta, Sinji Arase
  • Card reader
    Publication number: 20020030110
    Abstract: To provide a card reader adaptable to a variety of cards and excelling in card carrying ease. The card reader includes: a card passage; a carrying unit for moving a card within the passage, a data recording/reproducing unit for at least either recording data onto or reproducing data out of the card present in the passage, an image forming unit for forming a visible image on the card, and an image erasing unit for erasing any visible image formed on the card, and has a configuration of handling cards differing in thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sakamoto, Mikio Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Ueta, Sinji Arase