Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Shimakawa

Toshihiko Shimakawa 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).

  • Analyzing system, analyzing method using the same, and system for collecting survey results for use in analysis
    Patent number: 7650109
    Abstract: A surveyor carries a terminal device 200 and travels to a survey point preliminarily instructed. The surveyor obtains survey position information by using a GPS unit in the terminal device 200 at the survey point. The surveyor also photographs an object of a survey by using a camera in the terminal device 200 at the survey point. After completion of a series of surveys, the surveyor transmits survey results including the survey position information to an analyzing apparatus 100 by using the terminal device 200. The analyzing apparatus 100 determines reliability by using survey position information included in the survey results and carries out a predetermined analysis by using a survey result of high reliability. Consequently, a survey result of low reliability can be eliminated from objects to be analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Shimakawa, Norikazu Takashima
  • Analyzing system, analyzing method using the same, and system for collecting survey results for use in anlysis
    Publication number: 20070141976
    Abstract: A surveyor carries a terminal device 200 and travels to a survey point preliminarily instructed. The surveyor obtains survey position information by using a GPS unit in the terminal device 200 at the survey point. The surveyor also photographs an object of a survey by using a camera in the terminal device 200 at the survey point. After completion of a series of surveys, the surveyor transmits survey results including the survey position information to an analyzing apparatus 100 by using the terminal device 200. The analyzing apparatus 100 determines reliability by using survey position information included in the survey results and carries out a predetermined analysis by using a survey result of high reliability. Consequently, a survey result of low reliability can be eliminated from objects to be analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Shimakawa, Norikazu Takashima