Patents by Inventor Tokutaro Murase

Tokutaro Murase 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).

  • Multiple sheet electronic delivery tag
    Patent number: 5557096
    Abstract: An electronic device intended for use as a tag to be attached to identify contents of the container to which it is attached. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic tag which has a facility for storing delivery information and is equipped with a responding means for transmitting the delivery information stored therein in response to a query signal received from an interrogating apparatus. Codes, including items such as the names and addresses of the destination and the sender, and a sorting code are written into predetermined blanks of a delivery label, and into a memory. The memory responds to a query by transmitting the sorting information to allow automated sorting. The tag may be initiated only when torn, to extend battery shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Hitoshi Kamiya, Eiji Nakada, Tomoaki Mizuno, Yoshiyuki Kago, Tokutaro Murase, Yoshihiko Inukai
  • Information storage medium with electronic and visual areas
    Patent number: 5340968
    Abstract: An electronic device intended for use as a tag to be attached to identify contents of the container to which it is attached. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic tag which has a facility for storing delivery information and is equipped with a responding means for transmitting the delivery information stored therein in response to a query signal received from an interrogating apparatus. Codes, including items such as the names and addresses of the destination and the sender, and a sorting code are written into predetermined blanks of a delivery label, and into a memory. The memory responds to a query by transmitting the sorting information to allow automated sorting. The tag may be initiated only when torn, to extend battery shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Nippondenso Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Hitoshi Kamiya, Eiji Nakada, Tomoaki Mizuno, Yoshiyuki Kago, Tokutaro Murase, Yoshihiko Inukai