Patents by Inventor Norihiro Matsui

Norihiro Matsui 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: 10188491
    Abstract: A dental restoration producing system of producing a dental restoration from a dental mill blank with one or more through-holes according to one embodiment, when the dental restoration includes no through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration, when the dental restoration includes a through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration and the through-hole of the dental restoration, or a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is included in the through-hole of the dental restoration which is larger than the at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Patent number: 10089314
    Abstract: An information management method allows presenting the usage of each of storage areas in a visually intuitive manner, the method including: obtaining user configuration information in each of the storage areas; receiving a designated user ID and obtaining user information corresponding to the designated user ID; and displaying an image, wherein when displaying an image, a first image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, a second image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user different from the user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, and a third image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information indicating that the storage area is not being used for any user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC IP MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui, Nozomu Tooyama, Gantetsu Matsui
  • Patent number: 9661292
    Abstract: A content playback device includes: a video playback unit which plays content having plural scenes; an object appearance information acquisition unit which acquires, for each of the plural scenes, object appearance information of each of one or more objects which appear in the content by analyzing metadata which includes appearance scene data for identifying the one or more objects appearing in at least one of the scenes, the object appearance information indicating whether the object appears at least in or after the scene; and a display unit which presents the object appearance information acquired for a scene being played, when the video playback unit is playing the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui, Rinako Kamei, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hiromi Iida
  • Publication number: 20170056137
    Abstract: A dental restoration producing system of producing a dental restoration from a dental mill blank with one or more through-holes according to one embodiment, when the dental restoration includes no through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration, when the dental restoration includes a through-hole of the dental restoration, the superposed data generating section generates a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is not superposed with the dental restoration and the through-hole of the dental restoration, or a superposed data in which at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank is included in the through-hole of the dental restoration which is larger than the at least one through-hole of the dental mill blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Norihiro MATSUI, Yusei KADOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9576034
    Abstract: A recipe presentation system which presents an integrated recipe for a plurality of dishes includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes for dishes including preparation elements arranged in a hierarchy according to closeness to completion of preparation of the respective dishes; a recipe selection unit which allows a user to select a first recipe and a second recipe from among the recipes; an overlapping preparation element identification unit which identifies common preparation elements between the first recipe and the second recipe; a recipe integration unit which generates the integrated recipe by arranging, in order of preparation, the preparation elements included in the first recipe and the preparation elements included in the second recipe, in a manner such that the user recognizes, as a single preparation element, the common preparation elements; and a recipe output unit which outputs the integrated recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9519694
    Abstract: A recipe presentation device includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes each including preparation elements of ingredients, intermediate ingredients, and a dish to be served; a receiving unit which receives a dish specified by a user; a search unit which searches the recipe storage unit for a first recipe which is a recipe for the dish; a similarity calculation unit which calculates similarities between the individual recipes for the dishes stored in the recipe storage unit and the first recipe; a selection unit which selects, according to the similarities, a second recipe which is a recipe similar to the first recipe among the recipes for the dishes; and a presentation unit which presents a dish corresponding to the selected second recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9507379
    Abstract: A portable display device comprises: a tilt detection unit detecting an angle of rotation, measured between a vertical plane component of a tilt vector of a predetermined reference line in the display and a gravitational vector, as a display tilt; a facial orientation specification unit recognizing a face of a person facing the display and specifying an upright orientation of the face; a terminal orientation determination unit establishing a plurality of angle ranges, and determining whether the display tilt newly detected by the tilt detection unit exceeds a given angle range and enters another angle range, the given angle range including the angle detected by the tilt detection unit upon updating a previous display orientation; and a control unit causing the facial orientation specification unit to begin the specification when the terminal orientation determination unit makes an affirmative determination, and updating the display orientation according to the specified upright orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto, Shohji Ohtsubo, Iku Ohama
  • Patent number: 9374159
    Abstract: A reception display apparatus and the like which display display information regarding an information transmission apparatus blocked by an obstacle, on an image representing a taken video image, such that the display information corresponds to the position of the information transmission apparatus, are provided. A reception section time-sequentially takes an image and receives, from an apparatus, direct-transmission information including information regarding the apparatus, and forwarding information which includes information regarding an apparatus and relative position information indicating a relative position of the apparatus with respect to the apparatus. A measurement section measures a relative position of the apparatus with respect to the own apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Kazunori Yamada
  • Patent number: 9311964
    Abstract: In a case where a chapter that introduces a predetermined non-heating step is being played back and execution of the non-heating step has not been completed, a moving image playback control section included in a terminal apparatus controls playback so that the chapter that is being played back is repeated or paused, and when execution of the non-heating step is completed, a subsequent chapter is played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Shohji Ohtsubo, Koji Nakanishi, Kotaro Sakata, Hiromi Iida, Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 9170606
    Abstract: An information processing device, while in a first input mode for receiving a touchless operation as an input, receives a touchless operation as an input, and starts processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation. If the information processing device detects a switch operation, which is made with a touch on the information processing device for switching from the first input mode to a second input mode that is a mode for receiving a touch operation as an input, within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, the information processing device sets an output status obtained as a result of the started processing to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150234843
    Abstract: An information management method allows presenting the usage of each of storage areas in a visually intuitive manner, the method including: obtaining user configuration information in each of the storage areas; receiving a designated user ID and obtaining user information corresponding to the designated user ID; and displaying an image, wherein when displaying an image, a first image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, a second image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user different from the user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, and a third image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information indicating that the storage area is not being used for any user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui, Nozomu Tooyama, Gantetsu Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150170711
    Abstract: In a case where a chapter that introduces a predetermined non-heating step is being played back and execution of the non-heating step has not been completed, a moving image playback control section included in a terminal apparatus controls playback so that the chapter that is being played back is repeated or paused, and when execution of the non-heating step is completed, a subsequent chapter is played back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: SHOHJI OHTSUBO, KOJI NAKANISHI, KOTARO SAKATA, HIROMI IIDA, TAKUYA MATSUMOTO, NORIHIRO MATSUI
  • Patent number: 8953931
    Abstract: A video processing apparatus acquires audio-visual environment information that indicates an audio-visual environment of a viewer that views video. The audio-visual environment information includes information of a display size of the video that is being viewed, information of brightness around a display apparatus that displays the video, and information of a distance between the viewer and the display apparatus. The video processing apparatus corrects, depending on information indicated by the audio-visual environment information, a basic reduction amount to reduce a quantity of motion of the video that is being played back, and processes the video with use of a corrected reduction amount. In the case where the display size is large, in the case where it is dark around, or in the case where the distance from the viewer to the display apparatus is short, the reduction amount to reduce a motion is set to be large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Iwata, Norihiro Matsui
  • Patent number: 8687053
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display device that improves visibility of a stereoscopic pointer image when the pointer position moves between objects in the stereoscopic image that have greatly different display depths. The display device changes the display depth of the stereoscopic pointer image in accordance with the display depth of an object in the stereoscopic image. When the pointer position moves between objects that have greatly different display depths from time t0 to time t1, the stereoscopic pointer image at time t1 is rendered so as to be perceived as having a display depth intermediate between the display depth of the stereoscopic pointer image at time t0 and the display depth of the display screen at the pointer position at t1. As a result, visibility of the stereoscopic pointer image is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Kazunori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140089299
    Abstract: A recipe presentation system which presents an integrated recipe for a plurality of dishes includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes for dishes including preparation elements arranged in a hierarchy according to closeness to completion of preparation of the respective dishes; a recipe selection unit which allows a user to select a first recipe and a second recipe from among the recipes; an overlapping preparation element identification unit which identifies common preparation elements between the first recipe and the second recipe; a recipe integration unit which generates the integrated recipe by arranging, in order of preparation, the preparation elements included in the first recipe and the preparation elements included in the second recipe, in a manner such that the user recognizes, as a single preparation element, the common preparation elements; and a recipe output unit which outputs the integrated recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8682061
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image editing apparatus and method, in which a stereoscopic image having a stereoscopic effect desired by the user can be obtained, are provided. The stereoscopic image editing apparatus includes a storage section for storing the stereoscopic image, a compression/decompression section for converting the stereoscopic image to a format displayable on a display, an operation section for allowing the user to specify a crop-edit region and set the fiducial disparity, which is the disparity of the frame of the crop-edit region, with respect to a left-eye and a right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, and a cropping and editing section for cropping and editing the left-eye and the right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, based on the crop-edit region, and a crop-edit region correcting section for correcting the crop-edit region, based on the fiducial disparity with respect to the cropped and edited left-eye and right-eye images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Norihiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20140074830
    Abstract: A recipe presentation device includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes each including preparation elements of ingredients, intermediate ingredients, and a dish to be served; a receiving unit which receives a dish specified by a user; a search unit which searches the recipe storage unit for a first recipe which is a recipe for the dish; a similarity calculation unit which calculates similarities between the individual recipes for the dishes stored in the recipe storage unit and the first recipe; a selection unit which selects, according to the similarities, a second recipe which is a recipe similar to the first recipe among the recipes for the dishes; and a presentation unit which presents a dish corresponding to the selected second recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Rinako Kamei, Norihiro Matsui, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130330059
    Abstract: A content playback device includes: a video playback unit which plays content having plural scenes; an object appearance information acquisition unit which acquires, for each of the plural scenes, object appearance information of each of one or more objects which appear in the content by analyzing metadata which includes appearance scene data for identifying the one or more objects appearing in at least one of the scenes, the object appearance information indicating whether the object appears at least in or after the scene; and a display unit which presents the object appearance information acquired for a scene being played, when the video playback unit is playing the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Matsumoto, Norihiro Matsui, Rinako Kamei, Shohji Ohtsubo, Hiromi Iida
  • Jig
    Patent number: D798685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shofu Inc.
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Tomohiro Kai, Masanori Goto
  • Jig
    Patent number: D811843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Norihiro Matsui, Masayoshi Nishizawa, Tomohiro Kai