Patents by Inventor Taiki TANIHIRA

Taiki TANIHIRA 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: 20230306402
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20230282079
    Abstract: There are provided a product placing portion provided for placing a product; a scanner that is provided on a downstream side of the product placing portion in a movement direction of the product and that reads a symbol attached to the product removed from the product placing portion; a bagging portion that is provided on a downstream side of the scanner in the movement direction of the product and that is provided for bagging the product whose symbol has been read by the scanner into a bag that has been set; an article placing portion including a placing portion provided for placing an article related to sale of the product on an upper surface, provided below an installation position of the scanner; and a regulating portion that regulates protrusion of the product placed on the product placing portion to the article placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Taiki TANIHIRA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Masaki ITO, Hidehiro NAITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Patent number: 11715083
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Yuki Kawaguchi, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20220309884
    Abstract: A checkout device according to an embodiment includes a bill discharge port and a coin discharge port. The bill discharge port is disposed in a left side upper part of a front surface of a housing and discharges bills. The coin discharge port is disposed below the bill discharge port and discharges coins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Shinsuke Yajima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Hidehiro Naito, Takahiro Saitou, Taiki Tanihira, Atsushi Miyashima
  • Publication number: 20220292936
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity sales data processing device includes a commodity registration unit, a payment processing unit, a detection control unit, a measurement control unit, and a fraud detection unit. The commodity registration unit registers commodities. The payment processing unit settles the price for registered commodities. The detection control unit detects the presence or absence of an operator. The measurement control unit measures the weight applied to the bag packing stand on which the registered commodities are placed. The fraud detection unit detects the movement of an unsettled commodity to the bag packing stand according to detection of a weight change of the weight applied to the bag packing stand after settlement is completed and if the operator is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuki Kawaguchi, Taiki tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20220277280
    Abstract: A merchandise registration apparatus includes: a first reading unit to form a first reading area in which a code symbol attached to merchandise can be read; a second reading unit provided at a location different from that of the first reading unit, and to form a second reading area overlapping with at least a part of the first reading area, in which the code symbol can be read; a first acquisition unit to acquire first code information; a second acquisition unit to acquire second code information; and a registration unit to register the merchandise based on the first code information and the second code information, if the first code information and the second code information match each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220277309
    Abstract: A self-service commodity sales data processing device that includes a take-out determination unit for determining whether commodities were taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out, a first identical termination unit for determining whether taken-out commodities are different commodities or identical commodities if the take-out determination unit determines that the commodities are taken out simultaneously, a reading unit for reading information of the taken-out commodities, a second identical determination unit for determining whether the commodities read by the reading unit are the identical commodity if the first identical determination unit determines that the taken-out commodities are different commodities, and a suspension unit for suspending the transaction if the second identical determination unit determines that the commodities are the identical commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220277283
    Abstract: A settlement device according to an embodiment includes a reading unit configured to read a purchase target commodity, a settling unit configured to perform settlement processing for the commodity for one transaction read by the reading unit, a placing region where an article can be placed, an imaging unit configured to image the placing region, and an informing unit configured to compare, among images acquired by the imaging unit, a first image before the reading of the commodity for the one transaction and a second image at a completion time of the settlement processing and inform if both the images are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220270099
    Abstract: A self-checkout system includes a commodity registration apparatus and a management server. The commodity registration apparatus includes a first storage device and a first processor. The first processor acquires an image of a customer at commodity registration apparatus and information related to commodity registration. The first processor detects possible fraud event based on the image and the registration information. Fraud points corresponding to the possible fraud are output to the management server in conjunction with customer identification information. The management server includes a second storage device and a second processor. The second processor accumulates the received fraud points in association with the customer identification information and stores accumulated total points for each customer in the second storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuki Kawaguchi, Taiki Tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20220261783
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20220261877
    Abstract: A merchandise registration device includes a lamp, a reading device reading a symbol on an item and providing identification information for the item, a weight sensor in a table on which a scanned item can be placed, and a processor. The processor performing a registration operation including acquiring identification information for the item and comparing an expected weight of the item to a measured weight from the weight sensor. The processor controlling the lamp to indicate progress states in the registration operation and whether the reading device is ready for reading a symbol for a next item in a sales transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU