Patents by Inventor Koji Kasano

Koji Kasano 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: 7904452
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a record information storage module stores record information related to content recorded by an external apparatus in association with a keyword representing the content and user information. A search information storage module stores a search phrase used for searching in an external apparatus in association with user information. A search word handler extracts a predetermined number of words having high search frequency from search phrases stored in association with specific user information to generate a word list. A record information handler extracts keywords stored in association with the specific user information to generate a keyword list. A ranking processor generates ranking information indicating a word in the word list which matches a keyword in the keyword list. A communicator provides the ranking information to an external apparatus corresponding to the specific user information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Kasano, Toshihiro Fujibayashi
  • Patent number: 7876381
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a telop display system includes an extracting module which extracts a telop region identified as an image of a telop from video image information of a television program, an image analyzing module which performs image analysis related to coordinates, a size, and a color scheme of the telop region extracted by the extracting module, a semantic analyzing module which performs text analysis related to a word class and a meaning of the obtained character string, and a classifying module which classifies the telop on the basis of an analysis result of at least one of the image analysis and the text analysis to accumulate character strings of the telops as items of text information classified in units of categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Koji Kasano
  • Publication number: 20100057721
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a record information storage module stores record information related to content recorded by an external apparatus in association with a keyword representing the content and user information. A search information storage module stores a search phrase used for searching in an external apparatus in association with user information. A search word handler extracts a predetermined number of words having high search frequency from search phrases stored in association with specific user information to generate a word list. A record information handler extracts keywords stored in association with the specific user information to generate a keyword list. A ranking processor generates ranking information indicating a word in the word list which matches a keyword in the keyword list. A communicator provides the ranking information to an external apparatus corresponding to the specific user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koji Kasano, Toshihiro Fujibayashi
  • Publication number: 20090322943
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a telop display system includes an extracting module which extracts a telop region identified as an image of a telop from video image information of a television program, an image analyzing module which performs image analysis related to coordinates, a size, and a color scheme of the telop region extracted by the extracting module, a semantic analyzing module which performs text analysis related to a word class and a meaning of the obtained character string, and a classifying module which classifies the telop on the basis of an analysis result of at least one of the image analysis and the text analysis to accumulate character strings of the telops as items of text information classified in units of categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Koji KASANO