Patents by Inventor Takehiko Miyashita

Takehiko Miyashita 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).

  • Automatic ticket-examining apparatus for more than one medium
    Patent number: 5397883
    Abstract: An automatic gate apparatus for processing a first medium and a second medium, the first medium storing first information to pass said automatic gate apparatus, the second medium storing second information to pass said automatic gate apparatus, the first information being read by contacting with said automatic gate apparatus and the second information being transmitted by not contacting with said automatic gate apparatus, said automatic gate apparatus comprising a slot for accepting the first medium to read the first information, means for sensing existence of the second medium, means for obstructing said slot not to accept the first medium in response to the sense of said sensing means, and means for receiving the second information from the second medium in response to the sense of said sensing means by not contacting with the second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takehiko Miyashita