Patents by Inventor Kenzo Nirasawa

Kenzo Nirasawa 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).

  • Patent number: 9557891
    Abstract: An online shopping server (10) includes a receiving unit (17a) that, when a plurality of first item information are selected by a user operation on a user terminal (T), acquiring the plurality of selected first item information, a retrieval unit (17b) that recognizes a common item attribute among the plurality of acquired first item information and reads item information different from the plurality of first item information and corresponding to the common item attribute as second item information from an item database (14), and a transmitting unit (17c) that outputs the read second item information in order to display the second item information together with the common item attribute on the user terminal (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigaku Iwabuchi, Soh Masuko, Kenzo Nirasawa, Jiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9396215
    Abstract: A search device (101) obtains a specified length to be specified in a search query based on a position of an object having such a position set in accordance with the intent of a user. A detector (102) detects respective positions of multiple objects changing the respective positions in accordance with the intent of the user in a real space. A calculator (103) calculates a specified length on the basis of the intent of the user based on the detected positions of the multiple objects. A searcher (104) searches for product records having a product size satisfying a search condition based on the calculated specified length from a product database managing product records each containing at least a product size and a product image. A display (105) displays on a screen the product image of the searched product record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Soh Masuko, Jiro Tanaka, Shigaku Iwabuchi, Kenzo Nirasawa, Tatsuhito Oe
  • Publication number: 20140236996
    Abstract: A search device (101) obtains a specified length to be specified in a search query based on a position of an object having such a position set in accordance with the intent of a user. A detector (102) detects respective positions of multiple objects changing the respective positions in accordance with the intent of the user in a real space. A calculator (103) calculates a specified length on the basis of the intent of the user based on the detected positions of the multiple objects. A searcher (104) searches for product records having a product size satisfying a search condition based on the calculated specified length from a product database managing product records each containing at least a product size and a product image. A display (105) displays on a screen the product image of the searched product record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Soh Masuko, Jiro Tanaka, Shigaku Iwabuchi, Kenzo Nirasawa, Tatsuhito Oe
  • Publication number: 20140047387
    Abstract: An online shopping server (10) includes a receiving unit (17a) that, when a plurality of first item information are selected by a user operation on a user terminal (T), acquiring the plurality of selected first item information, a retrieval unit (17b) that recognizes a common item attribute among the plurality of acquired first item information and reads item information different from the plurality of first item information and corresponding to the common item attribute as second item information from an item database (14), and a transmitting unit (17c) that outputs the read second item information in order to display the second item information together with the common item attribute on the user terminal (T).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Shigaku Iwabuchi, Soh Masuko, Kenzo Nirasawa, Jiro Tanaka