Patents by Inventor Kazunori OKUBO

Kazunori OKUBO 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).

  • DISH INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150132725
    Abstract: A dish information providing method comprising: performing obtaining the dish information items regarding dishes for the predetermined number of days that are recommended to a user from a dish information database in which the dish information items are stored; providing the user with the obtained dish information items; accepting, from the user, selection of one or more dish information items from among the dish information items provided to the user; performing, in a case where a dish information item among the dish information items provided to the user has not been selected by the user, obtaining an alternative dish information item that is recommended to the user in place of the not-selected dish information item from the dish information database in accordance with a condition determined from the one or more selected dish information items; and providing the user with the obtained alternative dish information item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: KAZUNORI OKUBO, KOJI NAKANISHI, SHUNSUKE KUHARA, RYOTA FUJIMURA, KAZUTAKA FURUTA, KEIGO ASO
  • Bicycle shift operating device
    Patent number: 8869649
    Abstract: A bicycle shift operating device is provided with a base member, a shift unit and a position sensing device. The base member includes a body portion with an internal cavity. The shift unit is disposed in the internal cavity of the body portion. The shift unit includes a movable portion that selectively moves between a plurality of predetermined operating positions. The position sensing device is removably attached to the body portion while the base member is attached to a bicycle. The position sensing device includes a sensor component that senses the operating position of the movable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Miki, Kazutaka Fukao, Kazunori Okubo, Shinji Kawamura
  • BICYCLE SHIFT OPERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130014607
    Abstract: A bicycle shift operating device is provided with a base member, a shift unit and a position sensing device. The base member includes a body portion with an internal cavity. The shift unit is disposed in the internal cavity of the body portion. The shift unit includes a movable portion that selectively moves between a plurality of predetermined operating positions. The position sensing device is removably attached to the body portion while the base member is attached to a bicycle. The position sensing device includes a sensor component that senses the operating position of the movable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu MIKI, Kazutaka FUKAO, Kazunori OKUBO, Shinji KAWAMURA