Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Yawata

Yasuhiro Yawata 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).

  • Patent number: 11199024
    Abstract: A key accessory has a low-cost and simple structure and allows a user to easily confirm on the spot that the user has performed locking even in a place where the user has gone out. A key accessory to be attached to surfaces of a holding part of a key includes: a deforming member configured to be deformed by a holding force applied when the user carries out a locking operation with the key; and a restoring member configured to cause the deforming member having a shape after having been deformed by the holding force to restore to its original shape before the deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ike, Yasuhiro Yawata
  • Publication number: 20200270901
    Abstract: A key accessory has a low-cost and simple structure and allows a user to easily confirm on the spot that the user has performed locking even in a place where the user has gone out. A key accessory to be attached to surfaces of a holding part of a key includes: a deforming member configured to be deformed by a holding force applied when the user carries out a locking operation with the key; and a restoring member configured to cause the deforming member having a shape after having been deformed by the holding force to restore to its original shape before the deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro IKE, Yasuhiro YAWATA
  • Publication number: 20020054331
    Abstract: A method and system to send a card with a photograph able to remotely create a post-card, with a photo taken by a sender, and send the postcard to any destination regardless of who is to receive it. In particular, this invention discloses a method by which a customer can use a photo terminal having a communication capacity connected via a computer network to the computer system at a print shop to request that the print shop remotely creates and sends a card with a photo on it. The image to be printed on the card and the text data, including the name and address of the recipient and the name of the sender, are transmitted from the photo terminal to the computer network, and the customer requests that the print shop remotely creates and sends the card. The computer system at the print shop receives the image and text sent via the computer network, and the order to print remotely and send the postcard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Toru Takenobu, Masato Yoshida, Yoshiro Tasaka, Sadao Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Yawata
  • Patent number: D754668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Manabe, Yanping Lu, Yasuhiro Yawata, Kazuyoshi Kamekawa