Patents by Inventor Yasuhisa Ichikawa
Yasuhisa Ichikawa 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).
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Patent number: 11961059Abstract: The present disclosure promotes distribution of sensor data among a plurality of business operators. A controller that an information processing system according to the present disclosure includes collects first data including a plurality of items and personal information from mobile bodies belonging to a first business operator. The controller converts the first data to second data not being usable to identify individuals. The controller provides data in a range decided based on content of a predetermined data use contract, among the second data, to a second business operator. The controller calculates a consideration for the data that is to be paid by the second business operator, based on a data use record of the second business operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuaki Matsueda, Takashi Sueki, Jun Okamoto, Takumi Wada, Ryo Midorikawa, Junichi Nonaka, Wataru Shiraishi, Yasuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeru Ichikawa, Hidetaka Eguchi, Masayo Nagai, Mika Inaba
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Patent number: 8436733Abstract: The apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag includes: a signal processing circuit and a radio frequency circuit transmission unit configured to create RFID tag information which is to be written to an IC circuit part of each RFID circuit element To that transmits/receives information, the RFID circuit element To includes the IC circuit part configured to updatably store information and a tag antenna connected to said IC circuit part; and a device antenna configured to transmit RFID tag information to the tag antenna by radio communication and write the RFID tag information to the IC circuit part, disposed so as to provide at least a area X where communication can be made near the feeding-out portion of a first roll formed by a base tape including a plurality of RFID circuit elements To.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yasuhisa Ichikawa
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Patent number: 8363254Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui
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Patent number: 8335006Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui
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Patent number: 8305197Abstract: An article management system 1 comprising a handheld reader having a reader antenna for transmitting and receiving information with RFID tags and configured to search for a plurality of article tags respectively provided to a plurality of printers, and a database connected in an information transmittable and receivable manner to the handheld reader, wherein: the database stores in association the article name of each printer, management status information, and corresponding article tag ID; and the handheld reader performs a step of scanning an article tag ID from the article tag, a step of issuing a primary notification based on vibration to a user when the article tag ID is received, and a step of issuing a secondary notification based on sound generation to the user when a cross-check of the scanned tag ID and the article tag ID that is the search target results in a match.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazutaka Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Mitsuru Nakamura, Hiroshi Oida
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Patent number: 8272569Abstract: An apparatus for communicating with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; an antenna for label production and an antenna for information acquisition that can respectively transmit or receive information to a RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; an antenna switching control portion configured to switch so as to selectively transmit an inquiry signal to the RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; and a mode processing portion configured to carry out processing corresponding to a communication processing mode or an information acquisition processing mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
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Patent number: 8253566Abstract: An apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag comprises an antenna for communicating with a RFID circuit element by wireless communication, a signal processing circuit and a radio frequency circuit for accessing an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element through the antenna based on an access instruction to information in a RFID tag, a storage device for storing at least correlation information of identification information of an object which is to bear a RFID tag containing the RFID circuit element to identification of the RFID circuit element corresponding thereto in a database, a control circuit for accessing the database based on an access instruction to a storage device, a tape feeding roller drive shaft for feeding out a cover film associated with the RFID circuit element, and a print head for printing a print based on a printing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Tomoyasu Fukui
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Patent number: 8244176Abstract: Since signal transmittance adjustment devices that can suppress transmittance of a receiving signal to a DSP as a receiving processing device from an antenna for reception and a signal transmittance control device configured to control the signal transmittance adjustment devices so that the transmittance of the receiving signal to the DSP from the antenna for reception is suppressed at least when a transmission signal including a modulation signal is transmitted from an antenna for transmission are provided, occurrence of a trouble in which a head portion of a reply signal is crushed by a wrap around signal from a transmission side can be suitably prevented, and particularly, favorable communication can be realized at start of a response from a RFID tag. That is, an apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag that can suitably suppress an influence of a transient response can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hironori Hirata, Tsuyoshi Ohashi
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Patent number: 8179262Abstract: An article management system includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit elements respectively handled in association with articles to be managed; and an apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag, each of the RFID tag circuit elements having an IC circuit part storing tag identification information, own target information, and management position information, and the apparatus having a communicating device; a position-information obtainment portion configured to obtain the management position information; and a position-information display output portion configured to output a signal for displaying the management position information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Shiro Yamada
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Patent number: 8087578Abstract: A printer antenna configured to carry out radio communication with an RFID tag for T-shirt provided at a T-shirt to be a print target is provided, print parameter information stored in the RFID tag for T-shirt is obtained through the printer antenna, and desired printing is performed on the T-shirt using a print parameter according to the obtained print parameter information.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takeshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20100156611Abstract: This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag comprising: an apparatus antenna device configured to conduct radio communication with an RFID tag circuit element; a tag information obtainment portion configured to obtain identification information from the RFID tag circuit element via the apparatus antenna device; a management item determination portion configured to determine, when the tag information obtainment portion obtains the identification information, whether or not there is an unregistered management item for which management data is not registered in a database configured to store the obtained identification information and management data for a management item of a target article to which the RFID label is affixed in association with each other; and an unregistered information display device configured to display, when the management item determination portion determines that there is an unregistered management item, information relating to the unregistered management itType: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai
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Publication number: 20100156613Abstract: This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag comprising: a radio communicating device configured to conduct radio communication with a plurality of RFID tag circuit elements respectively having an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna capable of transmission and reception of information; and a mode setting portion capable of switching and setting from a plurality of application modes with use forms of said radio communication different from each other according to status information indicating a status with respect to an obtainment of identification information of the plurality of said RFID tag circuit elements in communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hironori Hirata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20100060927Abstract: There are provided a reader antenna configured to carry out radio communication with a RFID circuit element provided at a RFID label and provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna capable of transmission/reception of information and a display portion configured to specify a tag ID of at least one RFID circuit element, to get information from the specified RFID circuit element via the reader antenna, and to display at least a part of print image data of the RFID label corresponding to the RFID circuit element, which is a target of the information acquisition before completion of the information acquisition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Michihiro Takeda
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Publication number: 20100060931Abstract: This disclosure discloses a document management system comprising: a scan apparatus provided with an optical reading device configured to optically read a paper medium to be processed and to create image data corresponding to said paper medium; a radio frequency identification (RFID) label producing apparatus configured to produce an RFID label to be affixed onto said paper medium, having a tag communication device that carries out radio communication to an RFID tag circuit element provided with an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna that transmits and receives information in reading by said optical reading device; and a database configured to store said image data corresponding to said paper medium and tag identification information of said RFID tag circuit element provided at said RFID label corresponding to said paper medium in association with each other, provided inside said scan apparatus or separately from said scan apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hiroaki Fujino, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Katsuru Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yasui
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Publication number: 20100051682Abstract: A printer antenna configured to carry out radio communication with an RFID tag for T-shirt provided at a T-shirt to be a print target is provided, print parameter information stored in the RFID tag for T-shirt is obtained through the printer antenna, and desired printing is performed on the T-shirt using a print parameter according to the obtained print parameter information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takeshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090296140Abstract: A printer server obtains request information relating to RFID label production of the operator output from a terminal, selects a printer that can deal with tag attribute information of an RFID tag circuit element or communication type information contained in the request information from among a plurality of RFID label printers and outputs a signal corresponding to the request information to the selected RFID label printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Koichi SUGIYAMA, Yasuhisa ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20090266895Abstract: This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag comprising: a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; an antenna for label production and an antenna for information acquisition that can respectively transmit/receive information to a RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; an antenna switching control portion configured to switch so as to selectively transmit an inquiry signal to the RFID circuit element for label production or for information acquisition; and a mode processing portion configured to carry out processing corresponding to a communication processing mode or an information acquisition processing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Tomoaki Shibata, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Katsumi Toda
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Publication number: 20090256672Abstract: An article management system 1 comprising a handheld reader having a reader antenna for transmitting and receiving information with RFID tags and configured to search for a plurality of article tags respectively provided to a plurality of printers, and a database connected in an information transmittable and receivable manner to the handheld reader, wherein: the database stores in association the article name of each printer, management status information, and corresponding article tag ID; and the handheld reader performs a step of scanning an article tag ID from the article tag, a step of issuing a primary notification based on vibration to a user when the article tag ID is received, and a step of issuing a secondary notification based on sound generation to the user when a cross-check of the scanned tag ID and the article tag ID that is the search target results in a match.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Kazutaka Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Mitsuru Nakamura, Hiroshi Oida
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Publication number: 20090251319Abstract: This disclosure discloses an article management system comprising a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit elements respectively handled in association with articles to be managed; and an apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag, each of the RFID tag circuit elements having an IC circuit part storing tag identification information, own target information, and management position information, and the apparatus having a communicating device; a position-information obtainment portion configured to obtain the management position information; and a position-information display output portion configured to output a signal for displaying the management position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Shiro Yamada
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Publication number: 20090175396Abstract: Since signal transmittance adjustment devices that can suppress transmittance of a receiving signal to a DSP as a receiving processing device from an antenna for reception and a signal transmittance control device configured to control the signal transmittance adjustment devices so that the transmittance of the receiving signal to the DSP from the antenna for reception is suppressed at least when a transmission signal including a modulation signal is transmitted from an antenna for transmission are provided, occurrence of a trouble in which a head portion of a reply signal is crushed by a wrap around signal from a transmission side can be suitably prevented, and particularly, favorable communication can be realized at start of a response from a RFID tag. That is, an apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag that can suitably suppress an influence of a transient response can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Takuya Nagai, Hironori Hirata, Tsuyoshi Ohashi