Patents by Inventor Hajime Asuma

Hajime Asuma 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).

  • Schedule management support system
    Patent number: 5781731
    Abstract: When conference conditions are set by a conference sponsor, a conference sponsor agent inquires of schedule management agents of requested attendants about available time within a range of set dates, determines an optimum conference schedule on the basis of the available time of the individual requested attendants, sends to the conference sponsor the conference schedule for confirmation thereof, and sends a conference notification to the requested attendants. In order to permit an input value set by a user to have a range in accordance with the kind of parameter requiring the input value and conditions at that time, an input value acquiring element acquires an input value of a parameter necessary for a processing realized by an application element, the input value being set by the user by an input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koreeda, Yasuhiko Kasai, Tsukasa Yamauchi, Hajime Asuma, Shigeto Oeda, Jun Ito, Hiromi Tomita, Tsukasa Hasegawa, Rituko Kanazawa, Yoshiisa Inoue, Hiroyuki Kumai, Shigeki Hataya, Akira Nakajima, Yasumasa Matsuda
  • Icon menu display apparatus and icon menu display method
    Patent number: 5684970
    Abstract: The icon menu display method and apparatus according to the invention displays a perspective view of a work room over an entire screen as a background against which a plurality of icons are displayed. The icons are arranged against the background image at locations which are functionally related to the functions associated with each icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Asuma, Tsukasa Hasegawa, Akira Naito, Yasuhiko Kasai, Tomoko Tsuchiya, Shinichi Yoshida, Yasumasa Matsuda
  • Menu picture display method and apparatus for a data processor
    Patent number: 5592605
    Abstract: The icon menu display method and apparatus according to the invention displays a perspective view of a work room over an entire screen as a background against which a plurality of icons are displayed. The icons are arranged against the background image at locations which are functionally related to the functions associated with each icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Asuma, Tsukasa Hasegawa, Akira Naito, Yasuhiko Kasai, Tomoko Tsuchiya, Shinichi Yoshida, Yasumasa Matsuda