Patents by Inventor Takeyoshi Chiba

Takeyoshi Chiba 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).

  • Positioning system and method
    Patent number: 6192294
    Abstract: In a method for positioning a medium carrying device at a desired one of processing sections which are provided on a base frame in a designed arrangement, an error between a designed position and a reference position is detected for each of three predetermined sections. Based on detected errors of the predetermined sections, a corrective value is calculated for each of the processing sections. The medium carrying device is carried and positioned at a desired processing section using a corrective value of the desired processing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takeyoshi Chiba
  • Information processing device having block-shaped rack gears coupled in travel rail
    Patent number: 6160677
    Abstract: An information processing device functioning as an automated library-data processing device for performing recording/reproducing operations on cartridge magnetic tapes is provided, by which an increase of the device size when providing for an increase of the processed data can be prevented and such increase of the processed data can be simply performed, and the increase in the manufacturing cost of each member can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takeyoshi Chiba