Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Yanagawa

Tomoaki Yanagawa 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).

  • Apparatus and method for recognizing information held by an IC tag
    Patent number: 9949001
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for apparatus for recognizing information stored in an IC tag. An embodiment includes: an antenna part having a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving electric waves from the IC tag, and configured to form a plurality of areas including an area in a readable range of the first antenna, an area in a readable range of the second antenna, and an area in a readable range of the first antenna and the second antenna; a reader part for reading the information stored in the IC tag via the antenna part; and a determination part for determining whether the information stored in the IC tag should have been read by the reader part, based on a presence or absence of information read via the first antenna and the second antenna in the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagawa, Kaoru Fukuda, Shohhei Fujio
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION HELD BY AN IC TAG
    Publication number: 20100007468
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for apparatus for recognizing information stored in an IC tag. An embodiment includes: an antenna part having a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving electric waves from the IC tag, and configured to form a plurality of areas including an area in a readable range of the first antenna, an area in a readable range of the second antenna, and an area in a readable range of the first antenna and the second antenna; a reader part for reading the information stored in the IC tag via the antenna part; and a determination part for determining whether the information stored in the IC tag should have been read by the reader part, based on a presence or absence of information read via the first antenna and the second antenna in the plurality of areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Yanagawa, Kaoru Fukuda, Shohhei Fujio