Patents by Inventor Tsuguhiro Takayama

Tsuguhiro Takayama 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).

  • Automatic commodity handling apparatus utilizing IC card
    Patent number: 6109524
    Abstract: A store system has a card issue/money deposit machine (8) and a commercial-article handling machine (3) capable of vending and the like of commercial articles with utilization of the IC card (13). The card issue/money deposit machine (8) has a card issue means (8a) for issuing the IC card (13) based on input information of the customer, and a money processing means (8b) for recording input money in the IC card (13) as a deposit. The commercial-article handling machine (3) has an input means (3a) for inputting the kind and number and the like of commercial articles, IC card reader/writer (3b), a commercial-article handling means (3c) for conducting vending of commercial articles and the like based on the input information of commercial articles and the recorded information of the IC card, and a calculation means (3d) for subtracting the amount of deposit recorded in the IC card according to commercial articles to be handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon T.M.I. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiyuki Kanoh, Futaba Komatsu, Tsuguhiro Takayama, Masanori Itoh