Patents by Inventor Yuji Akaike

Yuji Akaike 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: 20110102144
    Abstract: An ESL server (3) includes a management-device storage unit for storing information indicating a position at which a second electronic shelf label terminal (1) is installed, a management-device reception unit for receiving information transmitted from a transmission unit of a handy terminal (5), and a management-device control unit for identifying a position at which a first electronic shelf label terminal (1) is installed based on information for uniquely identifying the first electronic shelf label terminal (1), information for uniquely identifying the second electronic shelf label terminal (1), information indicating relative position between the position at which the second electronic shelf label terminal (1) is installed and the position at which the first electronic shelf label terminal (1) is installed, and the information indicating the position at which the second electronic shelf label terminal (1) is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Shigetaka Okina, Koichi Moriya, Yasuyuki Mitsuoka, Takeshi Uchiyama, Yuji Akaike, Osamu Fukasawa, Yoshihiko Ikeda