Patents by Inventor Kei Amano

Kei Amano 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11972246
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that: receives, from a user terminal, a request for first update regarding a first vehicle, notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed at a shop, when the first update is update of hardware, and notifies the user terminal that the first update is to be performed through wireless communication, when the first update is update of software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tone, Yukinori II, Tadayuki Tanaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuichiro Yano, Nariaki Amano, Yusuke Maeda, Kei Yazaki, Yu Hamada
  • Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system, and receiving apparatus for transmitting data other than program through digital broadcasting
    Patent number: 8065701
    Abstract: When advertising information is included in a received broadcasting wave, viewer attributes which have previously been registered in an IC card is collated with a target ID added to the advertising information, and the advertising information (icon) in which both of them coincide is selected and displayed (S3, S4). When there is a requesting operation of detailed information, the detailed information is obtained by link information. The detailed information can be obtained from the broadcasting wave (S11, S12) or can be obtained from a homepage via the internet (S17, S18). The detailed information is displayed in place of the picture plane of a program. When a viewer requires to finish the display, the display of the detailed information is finished (S14, S20). When the detailed information is displayed, the presence of the request for the detailed information is recorded as a history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hattori, Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Teruyuki Shitara, Kei Amano, Masanori Ishigaki
  • Information broadcasting method, information broadcasting system, and receiving apparatus for transmitting data other than program through digital broadcasting
    Publication number: 20020066097
    Abstract: When advertising information is included in a received broadcasting wave, viewer attributes which have previously been registered in an IC card is collated with a target ID added to the advertising information, and the advertising information (icon) in which both of them coincide is selected and displayed (S3, S4). When there is a requesting operation of detailed information, the detailed information is obtained by link information. The detailed information can be obtained from the broadcasting wave (S11, S12) or can be obtained from a homepage via the internet (S17, S18). The detailed information is displayed in place of the picture plane of a program. When a viewer requires to finish the display, the display of the detailed information is finished (S14, S20). When the detailed information is displayed, the presence of the request for the detailed information is recorded as a history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Hattori, Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Teruyuki Shitara, Kei Amano, Masanori Ishigaki