Patents by Inventor Syunsuke Konagai

Syunsuke Konagai 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 search method, apparatus, program and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 8909654
    Abstract: An information search apparatus is provided. The information search apparatus includes: a character string input unit configured to obtain a character string from a client; a character string information search unit configured to obtain information that includes the character string from an index DB; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate degree of similarity between the character string and searched information; and an output unit configured to output the searched information in descending order of the degree of similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Uematsu, Kengo Fujioka, Syunsuke Konagai, Ryoji Kataoka
  • INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100257159
    Abstract: An information search apparatus is provided. The information search apparatus includes: a character string input unit configured to obtain a character string from a client; a character string information search unit configured to obtain information that includes the character string from an index DB; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate degree of similarity between the character string and searched information; and an output unit configured to output the searched information in descending order of the degree of similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Uematsu, Kengo Fujioka, Syunsuke Konagai, Ryoji Kataoka
  • Voice communications method, voice communications system and recording medium therefor
    Patent number: 7308080
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to enable a speaker to visually confirm whether or not his voice has reached a listener. In order to achieve this objective, in the present invention, the listener terminal generates a reception result for voice data, and the talker terminal displays the reception state based on this reception result. It is a further objective of the present invention to enable conversational timing to be achieved easily. In order to achieve this objective, in the present invention, the talker terminal sends utterance data prior to sending voice data, this utterance data being shorter than the voice data. The listener terminal displays the talker terminal's utterance based on this utterance data. Another objective of the present invention is to deliver voice data from the talker terminal to a particular listener terminal only, without having to form a private group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Machio Moriuchi, Yasuyuki Kiyosue, Syunsuke Konagai, Shigeki Masaki