Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Kaneko

Toshihiro Kaneko 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: 20240107860
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate layer including a second resin substrate layer provided on an inorganic substrate layer; a light-emitting element layer -provided above the second resin substrate layer; and a sealing film provided on the light-emitting element layer. A through hole is included in a non-display region and formed in a thickness direction of the substrate layer. In the non-display region, a recess portion is formed around the through hole of the second resin substrate layer. The resin substrate layer has an end face facing inside the recess portion, and the end face includes an inclined end face. The inorganic sealing layer extends into the recess portion to cover the inclined end face, and comes into contact with the inorganic substrate layer in the recess portion. The inorganic sealing layer has an end face toward the through hole, and the end face is positioned apart from a peripheral edge of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: TOSHIHIRO KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11774819
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes, in each pixel region, a pixel TFT of an oxide semiconductor layer having source and drain regions, a first insulating layer disposed on top of the oxide semiconductor layer, an extraction electrode, disposed on top of the first insulating layer, that includes a transparent conductive film, and a pixel electrode connected to the extraction electrode. The first insulating layer includes first and second contact holes located above the source and drain regions, respectively. Part of a source bus line overlaps part of the source region and is connected to the source region via the first contact hole. The extraction electrode is connected to the drain region via the second contact hole. Shapes of bottoms of the first and second contact holes are different from each other, and the shape of the bottom of the second contact hole includes two orthogonal sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Yoshitaka Koyama, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Toshihiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230306402
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20230282079
    Abstract: There are provided a product placing portion provided for placing a product; a scanner that is provided on a downstream side of the product placing portion in a movement direction of the product and that reads a symbol attached to the product removed from the product placing portion; a bagging portion that is provided on a downstream side of the scanner in the movement direction of the product and that is provided for bagging the product whose symbol has been read by the scanner into a bag that has been set; an article placing portion including a placing portion provided for placing an article related to sale of the product on an upper surface, provided below an installation position of the scanner; and a regulating portion that regulates protrusion of the product placed on the product placing portion to the article placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Taiki TANIHIRA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Masaki ITO, Hidehiro NAITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20230244114
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes, in each pixel region, a pixel TFT of an oxide semiconductor layer having source and drain regions, a first insulating layer disposed on top of the oxide semiconductor layer, an extraction electrode, disposed on top of the first insulating layer, that includes a transparent conductive film, and a pixel electrode connected to the extraction electrode. The first insulating layer includes first and second contact holes located above the source and drain regions, respectively. Part of a source bus line overlaps part of the source region and is connected to the source region via the first contact hole. The extraction electrode is connected to the drain region via the second contact hole. Shapes of bottoms of the first and second contact holes are different from each other, and the shape of the bottom of the second contact hole includes two orthogonal sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Tadayoshi MIYAMOTO, Yoshitaka KOYAMA, Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Toshihiro KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11715083
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiro Naito, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Yuki Kawaguchi, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20230104604
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels, a support body, a thin-film-transistor layer, a light-emitting-element layer, and a sealing layer. The thin-film-transistor layer includes a plurality of thin-film transistors and a planarization film. The light-emitting-element layer includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. Each of the plurality of light-emitting elements includes a lower electrode, a functional layer, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is a sub-pixel electrode shaped into an island and provided for each of the sup-pixel electrodes. The upper electrode is a common electrode formed in common among all the plurality of sub-pixels. The planarization film includes a trench shaped into a frame and provided for each of the sub-pixels. The trench defines a light-emitting region of the light-emitting element for each of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: TOSHIHIRO KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20220309884
    Abstract: A checkout device according to an embodiment includes a bill discharge port and a coin discharge port. The bill discharge port is disposed in a left side upper part of a front surface of a housing and discharges bills. The coin discharge port is disposed below the bill discharge port and discharges coins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Shinsuke Yajima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Hidehiro Naito, Takahiro Saitou, Taiki Tanihira, Atsushi Miyashima
  • Publication number: 20220292936
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity sales data processing device includes a commodity registration unit, a payment processing unit, a detection control unit, a measurement control unit, and a fraud detection unit. The commodity registration unit registers commodities. The payment processing unit settles the price for registered commodities. The detection control unit detects the presence or absence of an operator. The measurement control unit measures the weight applied to the bag packing stand on which the registered commodities are placed. The fraud detection unit detects the movement of an unsettled commodity to the bag packing stand according to detection of a weight change of the weight applied to the bag packing stand after settlement is completed and if the operator is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuki Kawaguchi, Taiki tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20220277309
    Abstract: A self-service commodity sales data processing device that includes a take-out determination unit for determining whether commodities were taken out simultaneously based on an image of a commodity taken out, a first identical termination unit for determining whether taken-out commodities are different commodities or identical commodities if the take-out determination unit determines that the commodities are taken out simultaneously, a reading unit for reading information of the taken-out commodities, a second identical determination unit for determining whether the commodities read by the reading unit are the identical commodity if the first identical determination unit determines that the taken-out commodities are different commodities, and a suspension unit for suspending the transaction if the second identical determination unit determines that the commodities are the identical commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220277280
    Abstract: A merchandise registration apparatus includes: a first reading unit to form a first reading area in which a code symbol attached to merchandise can be read; a second reading unit provided at a location different from that of the first reading unit, and to form a second reading area overlapping with at least a part of the first reading area, in which the code symbol can be read; a first acquisition unit to acquire first code information; a second acquisition unit to acquire second code information; and a registration unit to register the merchandise based on the first code information and the second code information, if the first code information and the second code information match each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220277283
    Abstract: A settlement device according to an embodiment includes a reading unit configured to read a purchase target commodity, a settling unit configured to perform settlement processing for the commodity for one transaction read by the reading unit, a placing region where an article can be placed, an imaging unit configured to image the placing region, and an informing unit configured to compare, among images acquired by the imaging unit, a first image before the reading of the commodity for the one transaction and a second image at a completion time of the settlement processing and inform if both the images are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yajima, Hidehiro Naito, Masaki Ito, Yuki Kawaguchi, Takahiro Saitou, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Taiki Tanihira
  • Publication number: 20220270099
    Abstract: A self-checkout system includes a commodity registration apparatus and a management server. The commodity registration apparatus includes a first storage device and a first processor. The first processor acquires an image of a customer at commodity registration apparatus and information related to commodity registration. The first processor detects possible fraud event based on the image and the registration information. Fraud points corresponding to the possible fraud are output to the management server in conjunction with customer identification information. The management server includes a second storage device and a second processor. The second processor accumulates the received fraud points in association with the customer identification information and stores accumulated total points for each customer in the second storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi Miyashima, Toshihiro Kaneko, Yuki Kawaguchi, Taiki Tanihira, Shinsuke Yajima, Masaki Ito, Takahiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20220261783
    Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20220261877
    Abstract: A merchandise registration device includes a lamp, a reading device reading a symbol on an item and providing identification information for the item, a weight sensor in a table on which a scanned item can be placed, and a processor. The processor performing a registration operation including acquiring identification information for the item and comparing an expected weight of the item to a measured weight from the weight sensor. The processor controlling the lamp to indicate progress states in the registration operation and whether the reading device is ready for reading a symbol for a next item in a sales transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hidehiro NAITO, Atsushi MIYASHIMA, Toshihiro KANEKO, Yuki KAWAGUCHI, Taiki TANIHIRA, Shinsuke YAJIMA, Masaki ITO, Takahiro SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20220093703
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display element provided to a display region; an analysis element provided to a frame region disposed around the display region; and a sealing layer sealing the display element and the analysis element. The display element includes: a TFT layer including a resin film; and a light-emitting element layer including a first electrode, a functional layer, and a second electrode. The analysis element includes: a first metal film formed on the resin film; an analysis layer formed on the first metal film; a second metal film formed to cover at least a portion of an edge of the analysis layer, and electrically connected to the first metal film; and a ground wire electrically connected through the first metal film to the second metal film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: TOSHIHIRO KANEKO
  • Patent number: 10803438
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reading apparatus is arranged between an operator and a customer face-to-face standing. The reading apparatus includes a main body, a first image capturing section for the operator, a second image capturing section for the customer, and a processing section, an output section. The first image capturing section is arranged at the main body and photographs a commodity. The second image capturing section is arranged at the main body and photographs the customer-holding object. The processing section executes sales registration. The output section acquires images captured by the first and second image capturing sections to output the images to the processing section. When transaction starting is instructed, the output section acquires the images captured by the first and second image capturing sections and adds an identifier to each image to be output to the processing section. The identifier represents a source capturing an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshimi Urushibata, Toshihiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10763068
    Abstract: An electron emitting device (100) includes a first electrode (12), a second electrode (52), and a semi-conductive layer (30) provided between the first electrode (12) and the second electrode (52). The semi-conductive layer (30) includes a porous alumina layer (32) having a plurality of pores (34) and silver (42) supported in the plurality of pores (34) of the porous alumina layer (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Tokio Taguchi, Kenichiro Nakamatsu, Tadashi Iwamatsu, Kohji Shinkawa, Mai Takasaki, Toshihiro Kaneko, Atsushi Niinoh
  • Patent number: 10643815
    Abstract: Provided are an electron emission device having a novel structure and being capable of improving characteristics and/or extending a lifetime of a related-art electron emission device, and a method of manufacturing the electron emission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakamatsu, Hidekazu Hayashi, Tokio Taguchi, Tadashi Iwamatsu, Kohji Shinkawa, Mai Takasaki, Toshihiro Kaneko, Atsushi Niinoh
  • Publication number: 20200075285
    Abstract: An electron emitting device (100) includes a first electrode (12), a second electrode (52), and a semi-conductive layer (30) provided between the first electrode (12) and the second electrode (52). The semi-conductive layer (30) includes a porous alumina layer (32) having a plurality of pores (34) and silver (42) supported in the plurality of pores (34) of the porous alumina layer (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hidekazu HAYASHI, Tokio TAGUCHI, Kenichiro NAKAMATSU, Tadashi IWAMATSU, Kohji SHINKAWA, Mai TAKASAKI, Toshihiro KANEKO, Atsushi NIINOH