Patents by Inventor Tomonori Sugiyama

Tomonori Sugiyama 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: 20240359436
    Abstract: A wooden material sheet including: a wooden material made of natural wood; a thermoplastic shape conforming layer and a support layer disposed on one face of the wooden material; and a colored pattern layer, a second adhesive layer, and a first adhesive layer disposed on the other face of the wooden material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: TOMONORI SUGIYAMA, KAZUHIKO KANEUCHI, TAKESHI KIRITOSHI
  • Patent number: 12083719
    Abstract: An insert molding sheet to be used for insert molding has a positioning rib to be fixed to a mold facing a cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Koshimizu, Takashi Morimoto, Tomonori Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Takeshi Kiritoshi
  • Publication number: 20240183703
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of dealing with registration processing or payment processing when purchasing a lot of commodities. A shopping cart includes a cart body; an electronic device attached to the cart body and configured to perform at least one of registration processing and payment processing of commodities; an upper placing portion provided in an upper stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; a lower placing portion provided in a lower stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon; and a detection device configured to detect presence of the commodities placed on the upper placing portion and the lower placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Reiji SUGIKAMI, Hachirou SAWADA, Katsuya TAKEDA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuaki SAKURADA, Teruo SUZUKI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Fumio NAKATSUKASA, Yuna OTANI
  • Publication number: 20240083482
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURADA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuya TAKEDA, Hachirou SAWADA, Reiji SUGIKAMI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA, Takahiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20240051591
    Abstract: Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, includes: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body and displayed commodity information read by a reading device; power receiving units and provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply device; and power transmitting units and provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving units and configured to supply power to a power receiving units and of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuaki SAKURADA, Masahiro YASUNO, Katsuya TAKEDA, Hachirou SAWADA, Reiji SUGIKAMI, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230415450
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate that can be pre-trimmed and can eliminate the need for a post-processing step. A laminate includes a decorative layer, an adhesive layer, and a support layer laminated in this order. The support layer includes two or more kinds of materials having different melting points including a material having a relatively low melting point and a material having a relatively high melting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Kazuhiko KANEUCHI, Takashi MORIMOTO, Hiroshi MORIOKA, Hideki CHIBA, Makoto UTSUMI, Kazuya KUSU
  • Patent number: 11788551
    Abstract: There is provided a radiator fan configured to introduce outside air into a radiator in front of an engine. The radiator fan includes: a propeller disposed behind the radiator; a fan motor configured to drive the propeller to rotate; and a fan shroud covering the propeller from behind. The fan shroud is formed with a plurality of hoods whose exhaust air ports are directed in any directions in a range from a lateral direction to a downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ikeda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Yuki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11605362
    Abstract: The information display device includes a surface member, a display, a light measurement unit, and a controller. The surface member is at least partially transmissive for light. The display is disposed on a back side of the surface member and is capable of displaying a display image including an information area for displaying information and a non-information area for displaying no information. The light measurement unit measures the amount of ambient light around the information display device. The controller acquires the amount of light measured by the light measurement unit and changes a pixel value of a display image according to the amount of light so that the display is difficult to be seen through a surface of the surface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Matsumoto, Yoshifumi Asao, Takeshi Hatakeyama, Tomonori Sugiyama, Hideaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230040841
    Abstract: There is provided a radiator fan configured to introduce outside air into a radiator in front of an engine. The radiator fan includes: a propeller disposed behind the radiator; a fan motor configured to drive the propeller to rotate; and a fan shroud covering the propeller from behind. The fan shroud is formed with a plurality of hoods whose exhaust air ports are directed in any directions in a range from a lateral direction to a downward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro IKEDA, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Yuki MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230034362
    Abstract: According to embodiments, a device includes a camera configured to read a symbol attached to a commodity and capture an image containing discount information attached to the commodity; a commodity information storage configured to store information regarding the commodity acquired by reading the symbol attached to the commodity; a first evaluator configured to determine whether prior commodity information stored in the commodity information storage includes information related to invisible information, in response to reading discount information attached to the commodity; a second evaluator configured to determine whether commodity identification information included in the discount information is identical to commodity identification information included in the information related to the invisible information, in response to the first evaluator determining that the prior commodity information stored in the commodity storage includes the information related to the invisible information; and an output generato
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Takuya TAKASU, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Ichiro FUKUZAWA, Hiroki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230035629
    Abstract: A first reader is configured to read an invisible code symbol attached to each package surface of a commodity from an image of the commodity acquired by an imaging device. A second reader is configured to read a predetermined flag figure attached to a commodity as a service target. A third reader is configured to read a service label representing a content of a service that is provided during purchase of the commodity on condition that the second reader succeeds to read the flag figure. An output is configured to output a reading result of the first reader. If the third reader reads the service label, outputting a reading result of the third reader. The flag figure is attached to each of the package surfaces to which the code symbol is attached. The second reader starts reading the flag figure after the first reading unit reads the code symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Takuya TAKASU, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Ichiro FUKUZAWA, Hiroki TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230016155
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device for product registration and checkout systems includes, a communication interface and a memory unit storing one or more capture conditions. A processor of the device is configured to check whether a registration of a commodity in a sales transaction satisfies a capture condition stored in the memory unit and output an instruction for capturing an image of the commodity if the registration satisfies the capture condition. The processor acquires an image of the commodity that was captured based on the instruction, and outputs the acquired image to an external apparatus via the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kenya HIRAMATSU, Naotake HIRAMATSU, Fumio NAKATSUKASA, Shiori HIDAKA, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hiroki Takeda
  • Patent number: 11433644
    Abstract: A decorative sheet including: a material sheet of which a surface roughness R1 on a front side is greater than a surface roughness R2 on a back side; a first adhesive layer provided on the front side of the material sheet; a thin film layer provided above the front side of the material sheet via the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer provided on the back side of the material sheet; and a sheet support layer provided below the back side of the material sheet via the second adhesive layer, in which each of the layers is integrated as one sheet, and an air layer exists on an interface between the first adhesive layer and a trough of an uneven shape on the front side of the material sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Hideaki Nakagawa, Takayuki Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20220111620
    Abstract: A wood sheet according to the present disclosure includes a protective layer, a support layer, a wood material made of natural wood provided between the protective layer and the support layer, a first adhesive layer provided between the protective layer and the wood material, a second adhesive layer provided between the first adhesive layer and the wood material, a thermoplastic shape conforming layer provided between the wood material and the support layer, and the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are not integrated, and a boundary is provided between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: TOMONORI SUGIYAMA, KAZUHIKO KANEUCHI, KOTA YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI ASANAKA
  • Patent number: 11198277
    Abstract: A wooden decorative board includes: an uneven board made of natural wood and including a plurality of uneven portions provided on a surface due to xylem vessels; and a hard coat layer or a protective layer having uneven portions different in size provided on a surface of the uneven board, wherein concave portions and a plurality of concave portions smaller than the concave portions are provided on a surface of the hard coat layer or the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Tomonori Sugiyama, Hideaki Nakagawa, Takeshi Kiritoshi
  • Publication number: 20210335103
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading unit (first reading unit) reads a barcode (code symbol) attached to a commodity from images of the commodity captured by an image control unit (imaging unit) using a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. An electronic watermark reading unit (second reading unit) reads an electronic watermark attached to the commodity from the images. An object recognition unit (commodity recognition unit) recognizes the commodity from the images. Further, a commodity identification unit (commodity identification unit) identifies the commodity appearing in the images based on at least one of a reading result of the code symbol reading unit, a reading result of the electronic watermark reading unit, and a recognition result of the object recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
  • Publication number: 20210241721
    Abstract: The information display device includes a surface member, a display, a light measurement unit, and a controller. The surface member is at least partially transmissive for light. The display is disposed on a back side of the surface member and is capable of displaying a display image including an information area for displaying information and a non-information area for displaying no information. The light measurement unit measures the amount of ambient light around the information display device. The controller acquires the amount of light measured by the light measurement unit and changes a pixel value of a display image according to the amount of light so that the display is difficult to be seen through a surface of the surface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Masaharu MATSUMOTO, Yoshifumi ASAO, Takeshi HATAKEYAMA, Tomonori SUGIYAMA, Hideaki NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210221036
    Abstract: An insert molding sheet to be used for insert molding has a positioning rib to be fixed to a mold facing a cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: TAKANORI KOSHIMIZU, TAKASHI MORIMOTO, TOMONORI SUGIYAMA, KAZUHIKO KANEUCHI, TAKESHI KIRITOSHI
  • Patent number: 11069203
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading unit (first reading unit) reads a barcode (code symbol) attached to a commodity from images of the commodity captured by an image control unit (imaging unit) using a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. An electronic watermark reading unit (second reading unit) reads an electronic watermark attached to the commodity from the images. An object recognition unit (commodity recognition unit) recognizes the commodity from the images. Further, a commodity identification unit (commodity identification unit) identifies the commodity appearing in the images based on at least one of a reading result of the code symbol reading unit, a reading result of the electronic watermark reading unit, and a recognition result of the object recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iizaka, Jun Kikuchi, Makoto Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Tomonori Sugiyama, Shota Konishi
  • Publication number: 20210162720
    Abstract: A wooden decorative board includes a sliced veneer that is formed of a natural wood or an artificial wood having a plurality of irregularities formed by wooden conduits on a front surface; and a transparent base material disposed on at least one surface of the sliced veneer on a one side, and having a printed layer disposed on a surface opposite to the sliced veneer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: KAZUHIKO KANEUCHI, TOMONORI SUGIYAMA, TAKANORI KOSHIMIZU, TAKESHI KIRITOSHI