Patents by Inventor Tadashi Itani

Tadashi Itani 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: 10740743
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains a product image acquired from an image capturing unit that captures an image of a product to be registered as an item to be checked out; a storage unit that stores, for each product, panel registration information including a product code, a product image, and screen layout information; a processing unit that causes a display unit to display a checkout panel screen in which each screen part enables to register each product as an item to be checked out, contains the product image, and is arranged according to screen layout information; and a processing unit that acquires a product image of an unspecified product from the image retaining unit, acquires a product code and screen layout information concerning this unspecified product, and stores the acquired product code, the acquired screen layout information, and the product image acquired from the retaining unit, in the panel information storage unit as the panel registration information
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Itani, Rumi Ikezawa
  • Publication number: 20170116591
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains a product image acquired from an image capturing unit that captures an image of a product to be registered as an item to be checked out; a storage unit that stores, for each product, panel registration information including a product code, a product image, and screen layout information; a processing unit that causes a display unit to display a checkout panel screen in which each screen part enables to register each product as an item to be checked out, contains the product image, and is arranged according to screen layout information; and a processing unit that acquires a product image of an unspecified product from the image retaining unit, acquires a product code and screen layout information concerning this unspecified product, and stores the acquired product code, the acquired screen layout information, and the product image acquired from the retaining unit, in the panel information storage unit as the panel registration information
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Tadashi ITANI, Rumi IKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150310414
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a registration processing unit that, in response to a request for registration of a product as an item to be checked out, acquires a product code that enables identification of the product, and transaction information, each of which concerns the product serving as a target of request, and sequentially stores, in a transaction-information storage unit, the product code and the transaction information, which are acquired on a request basis, as one transaction statement record in the requested order; a display processing unit that causes a display unit to display a registration screen that presents plural items of data corresponding to plural transaction statement records stored in the transaction-information storage unit; an acquiring unit that acquires a product code and request change information corresponding to data designated on the registration screen; and a change processing unit that applies a predetermined record process using the request change information to
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi ITANI, Rumi IKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150242833
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains a product image acquired from an image capturing unit that captures an image of a product to be registered as an item to be checked out; a storage unit that stores, for each product, panel registration information including a product code, a product image, and screen layout information; a processing unit that causes a display unit to display a checkout panel screen in which each screen part enables to register each product as an item to be checked out, contains the product image, and is arranged according to screen layout information; and a processing unit that acquires a product image of an unspecified product from the image retaining unit, acquires a product code and screen layout information concerning this unspecified product, and stores the acquired product code, the acquired screen layout information, and the product image acquired from the retaining unit, in the panel information storage unit as the panel registration information
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Itani, Rumi Ikezawa
  • Publication number: 20150220964
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains completed transaction data formed by plural statement records each including at least a product code of a product included in a completed transaction, and special sales information that enables determination as to whether a product is a limited sales product to which a limited sales price is applied; an acquiring unit that acquires a product code and special sales information, each of which concerns a candidate to be returned selected through user operation performed on an item return screen; a judging unit that judges whether a relevant statement record is contained in the retained completed transaction data and the special sales information concerning the candidate to be returned indicates a limited sales product to which a limited sales price is applied or not, the relevant statement record being a record other than a statement record including the product code and the special sales information, each of which concerns a candidate to b
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Itani, Rumi Ikezawa
  • Publication number: 20150186862
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit (104) that acquires a product image of a product which is captured by an imaging unit and is registered as a checkout target, a request transmitting unit (105) that transmits a product information request including the product image to a clerk terminal (30), and a response receiving unit (108) that receives response information including sale price information of the product which is transmitted from the clerk terminal (30) in response to the product information request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Tadashi Itani, Rumi Ikezawa