Patents by Inventor Tomoe Sasayama

Tomoe Sasayama 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).

  • Facsimile apparatus and method for processing a fixed document
    Patent number: 5162838
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus has a transparent plate on which a document may be located. The document is then scanned by a scanner which includes electronic solid state light generation means e.g. LEDs which illuminate the document, with the light reflected from the document being detected by a detector. An electronic signal corresponding to an image of the document may then be transmitted to a remote location. Alternately, the facsimile apparatus may be used to copy the document. Cut paper sheets are withdrawn from storage and an image printed thereon by a heat transfer system in which a film of ink is selectively heated. Paper on which an image has been printed is then received on the upper surface of the storage. The facsimile apparatus may also have a document transporter for moving a document past the scanner with the scanner fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Inuzuka, Keisuke Nakashima, Toru Takei, Yasuyuki Kojima, Kyoichi Nomura, Shinichi Shinoda, Katsubumi Ouchi, Hideki Muroya, Eizou Ebisui, Norikazu Takahashi, Tomoe Sasayama, Hideo Nakazawa, Naoki Kinoshita, Yasunori Iwafuji, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hisashi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Kawamura, Tadashi Tamaoki, Shogo Matsumoto, Kenji Yokoi, Atuhiko Urusihara