Patents by Inventor Kazuo Okamura

Kazuo Okamura 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: 20040155906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040130563
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040130540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040130577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Patent number: 6757911
    Abstract: A broadcasting system which includes a broadcasting apparatus and a reception apparatus and which achieves interactiveness using a broadcast wave. The broadcasting apparatus includes a content storing unit for storing the plurality of contents, each content including a set of video data and a set of control information that indicates another content that is a link destination for a present content, and a transmitting unit for multiplexing a set of video data and a plurality of sets of the same control information included in a same content as the set of video data, and for transmitting the multiplexed sets of video data and control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoji, Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Masahiro Oashi, Takashi Kakiuchi, Yuki Kusumi, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Ikuo Minakata, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mimura, Shinji Inoue, Toshiya Mori, Naoya Takao
  • Publication number: 20040119706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040107438
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20040088739
    Abstract: A broadcasting system which includes a broadcasting apparatus and a reception apparatus and which achieves interactiveness using a broadcast wave. The broadcasting apparatus includes a content storing unit for storing the plurality of contents, each content including a set of video data and a set of control information that indicates another content that is a link destination for a present content, and a transmitting unit for multiplexing a set of video data and a plurality of sets of the same control information included in a same content as the set of video data, and for transmitting the multiplexed sets of video data and control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimoji, Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Masahiro Oashi, Takashi Kakiuchi, Yuki Kusumi, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Ikuo Minakata, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mimura, Shinji Inoue, Toshiya Mori, Naoya Takao
  • Publication number: 20040080540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Patent number: 6712514
    Abstract: The squareness of the both end surfaces of the flange portion with respect to the outer circumference of the shaft portion of the shaft member is set to 0.001 mm or less respectively, and the flatness of both end surfaces of the flange portion is set to 0.001 mm or less respectively. The squareness of the end surface of the bearing member with respect to the inner circumference of the bearing member is set to 0.002 mm or less, and the flatness thereof is set to 0.0015 mm or less. The flatness of the inner surface of the bottom portion of the housing is set to 0.002 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Yoshinobu Akamatsu, Kazuo Okamura
  • Patent number: 6710789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for displaying appropriately on the display area for each processing unit such as an application according to the applied equipment. The CPU 12 processes display area acquisition requests from a plurality of processing units R1-Rn according to a display management program. The display management program decides whether use of the display area is allowed to each processing unit, considering the relationship of the plurality of display areas requested from each processing unit R1-Rn. Each processing unit R1-Rn executes display processing for the display area for which use is allowed. In this way, whether use is allowed is notified from the display management program to each processing unit R1-Rn after each processing unit R1-Rn sends the display area acquisition request. As a consequence, display in a plurality of areas by each processing unit R1-Rn can be controlled appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Sekiguchi, Taketo Yoshii, Kouichi Yasutake, Kazuo Okamura
  • Patent number: 6701524
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus for an interactive communication system using a broadcast wave is provided. The transmitting apparatus comprises a first storing unit for storing a plurality of frames of image data, a second storing unit for storing control information, for each frame of image data, showing a link to another frame of image data stored in the first storing unit, and a transmitting unit for repeatedly transmitting a predetermined number of frames of image data together with corresponding control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Sukeichi Miki, Takashi Sakao
  • Patent number: 6691313
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus for interactively switching pieces of presentation data in a system which repeatedly broadcasts pieces of presentation data and corresponding pieces of navigation data including a receiver for receiving the presentation data, a reproduction apparatus, and a cache storage for storing pre-received pieces of presentation data and navigation data. Navigation data is analyzed to detect pieces of link-target presentation data which are presented to an operator. When the operator selects one of the link-target presentation data stored in the cache storage, the reproduction apparatus reproduces the presentation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya Mori, Naoya Takao, Tatsuya Shimoji, Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Masahiro Oashi, Takashi Kakiuchi, Yuki Kusumi, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Ikuo Minakata, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mimura
  • Publication number: 20040022104
    Abstract: When a program transmission apparatus divides a program into a plurality of partial programs before transmission, a program reception execution apparatus executes a partial program when the partial program has already been received, and, when the execution needs to proceed to from a present partial program to a next partial program, executes the other partial program when the next partial program has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Shinji Inoue, Masahiro Oashi, Yuki Kusumi, Tatsuya Shimoji, Ikuo Minakata, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mimura, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Kazuo Okamura, Takashi Kakiuchi, Junichi Hirai, Naoya Takao, Toshiya Mori
  • Patent number: 6609144
    Abstract: When a program transmission apparatus divides a program into a plurality of partial programs before transmission, a program reception execution apparatus executes a partial program when the partial program has already been received, and, when the execution needs to proceed to from a present partial program to a next partial program, executes the other partial program when the next partial program has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Inoue, Masahiro Oashi, Yuki Kusumi, Tatsuya Shimoji, Ikuo Minakata, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mimura, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Kazuo Okamura, Takashi Kakiuchi, Junichi Hirai, Naoya Takao, Toshiya Mori
  • Patent number: 6584069
    Abstract: A packet filtering apparatus selectively outputs packets among a plurality of inputted packets. A plurality of conditions are stored, with each condition being specified by a partial data position that indicates a position of a data part of a packet, comparison data to which the data part is to be compared, and a comparison criterion for comparing the data part and comparison data. Different conditions contain different comparison criteria. When filtering packets, a condition in one of the stored conditions is selected, and a data part of an inputted packet is compared with the comparison data of the selected condition according to the comparison criterion in the selected condition. Packets are selectively outputted depending on the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD
    Inventors: Hideki Kagemoto, Takashi Kakiuchi, Naoya Takao, Kazuo Okamura
  • Publication number: 20030105764
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is an attribute information utilization system for enabling network services in various forms. To achieve the above object, the attribute information utilization system of the present invention includes a center device and a terminal. The center device includes a communication block and a server that receives user attribute information and supplies services in accordance with the attribute information. The terminal includes a communication block, a personal attribute information generation/management block that generates/manages user attribute information, an external device interface block connected to a portable storage device and used to exchange attribute information with the memory device. The terminal sends attribute information managed by the personal attribute information generation/management block or inputted from the portable storage device to the center device to receive services from a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kageyama, Ken Tsurubayashi, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Sachiko Uranaka, Kazuo Okamura, Mikio Morioka, Tsuyoshi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20030097463
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of negotiation about the disclosure of attribute information. According to the present invention, a terminal is provided with: a personal attribute information creation and management part that stores and manages users' attribute information; and an input-output management part that controls the output of users' attribute information to external devices and the input of others' attribute information from external devices. The center device comprises: a contents management part that manages contents; a server part that implements services; a service attribute information creation and management part that manages attribute information about contents and services; and an input-output management part that controls the output of attribute information of services and contents to external devices, and the input of users' attribute information inputted from other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kageyama, Mitsuhiro Sato, Sachiko Uranaka, Kazuo Okamura
  • Patent number: 6557016
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus which displays a set of document data on a display unit together with an operation menu which has operation items related to the set of document data. In the apparatus, the document data storage unit stores a plurality of sets of document data of different contents which are indicated by sets of content information. The operation menu information storage unit stores a plurality of sets of operation menu information which each contain operation items that correspond to a content of document data. The first indication operation unit indicates a display of a set of document data. The second indication operation unit indicates an addition of a display of an operation menu to a display of document data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tanigawa, Kazuo Okamura, Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Junichi Hirai
  • Patent number: 6557171
    Abstract: A digital broadcast sending/receiving system includes a digital broadcast sending apparatus and a digital broadcast receiving apparatus. The digital broadcast sending apparatus multiplexes the audio data and video data of a broadcast program into the transport stream together with preselection control information which controls preselection information image facilitating program preselection, and sends the transport stream to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus. On receiving the transport stream, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus extracts the preselection control information, and reproduces a preselection screen on a display in which the preselection information image is superimposed on the video image of the broadcast program. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives from the viewer specification of a program to be preselected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Sonoda, Tatsuya Shimoji, Masahiro Oashi, Kazuo Okamura, Yoshihiro Mimura, Naoya Takao