Patents by Inventor Nobuo Saida

Nobuo Saida 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).

  • Wallpaper manufacturing method, wallpaper manufacturing apparatus, and program for causing computer to function as wallpaper manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 6959646
    Abstract: An image of a design pattern of wallpaper stored in a data base (DB) is viewed by a user computer of a user who is a general consumer or a contractor from a server computer provided in a head office of a wallpaper manufacturer through the Internet. Further, upon accepting an order of wallpaper from the user who saw the image by the user computer, the server computer fetches the image of the design pattern from the DB. A wallpaper printer then prints the image on a wallpaper sheet, thereby manufacturing the wallpaper desired by the user. The produced wallpaper is delivered to the user who gave out the order by, for example, a door-to-door delivery service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Nobuo Saida
  • Wallpaper manufacturing method, wallpaper manufacturing apparatus, and program for causing computer to function as wallpaper manufacturing apparatus
    Publication number: 20040162766
    Abstract: An image of a design pattern of wallpaper stored in a data base (DB) is viewed by a user computer of a user who is a general consumer or a contractor from a server computer provided in a head office of a wallpaper manufacturer through the Internet. Further, upon accepting an order of wallpaper from the user who saw the image by the user computer, the server computer fetches the image of the design pattern from the DB. A wallpaper printer then prints the image on a wallpaper sheet, thereby manufacturing the wallpaper desired by the user. The produced wallpaper is delivered to the user who gave out the order by, for example, a door-to-door delivery service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS ProMarketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Nobuo Saida
  • Wallpaper manufacturing method, wallpaper manufacturing apparatus, and program for causing computer to function as wallpaper manufacturing apparatus
    Patent number: 6715423
    Abstract: An image of a design pattern of wallpaper stored in a data base (DB) is viewed by a user computer of a user who is a general consumer or a contractor from a server computer provided in a head office of a wallpaper manufacturer through the Internet. Further, upon accepting an order of wallpaper from the user who saw the image by the user computer, the server computer fetches the image of the design pattern from the DB. A wallpaper printer then prints the image on a wallpaper sheet, thereby manufacturing the wallpaper desired by the user. The produced wallpaper is delivered to the user who gave out the order by, for example, a door-to-door delivery service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Olympus ProMarketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Nobuo Saida
  • Wallpaper manufacturing method, wallpaper manufacturing apparatus, and program for causing computer to function as wallpaper manufacturing apparatus
    Publication number: 20010017089
    Abstract: An image of a design pattern of wallpaper stored in a data base (DB) is viewed by a user computer of a user who is a general consumer or a contractor from a server computer provided in a head office of a wallpaper manufacturer through the Internet. Further, upon accepting an order of wallpaper from the user who saw the image by the user computer, the server computer fetches the image of the design pattern from the DB. A wallpaper printer then prints the image on a wallpaper sheet, thereby manufacturing the wallpaper desired by the user. The produced wallpaper is delivered to the user who gave out the order by, for example, a door-to-door delivery service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Nobuo Saida