Patents by Inventor Takeshi Nagamachi

Takeshi Nagamachi 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: 20120327202
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity list issuing apparatus comprises an acquisition section, a commodity recognition section, a generation section and an issuing section. The acquisition section configured to acquire an image. The commodity recognition section configured to recognize a commodity according to the acquired image in which the commodity is contained. The generation section configured to generate the commodity information specifying the recognized commodity and a commodity list contains a code symbol generated by coding the commodity information. The issuing section configured to issue the generated commodity list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi NAGAMACHI
  • Patent number: 7651026
    Abstract: A fingerprint detecting portion which detects a fingerprint, which is a physical characteristic inherent to an individual, is provided on an electronic shelf label. A display control device has a customer database in which fingerprint data items of respective customers are formed in a database form. A customer is specified by referring to the customer database by use of fingerprint data detected by the fingerprint detecting portion of the electronic shelf label. Then, the electronic shelf label which has detected the fingerprint data acquires a user price of the customer for a corresponding article. The user price is displayed on a selling price display portion of the electronic shelf label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Nagamachi
  • Publication number: 20060283942
    Abstract: A fingerprint detecting portion which detects a fingerprint, which is a physical characteristic inherent to an individual, is provided on an electronic shelf label. A display control device has a customer database in which fingerprint data items of respective customers are formed in a database form. A customer is specified by referring to the customer database by use of fingerprint data detected by the fingerprint detecting portion of the electronic shelf label. Then, the electronic shelf label which has detected the fingerprint data acquires a user price of the customer for a corresponding article. The user price is displayed on a selling price display portion of the electronic shelf label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Takeshi Nagamachi