Patents by Inventor Tadaomi Asou

Tadaomi Asou 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).

  • Data processing method and data processing device
    Patent number: 9946894
    Abstract: Provided is a data processing method in a data processing device that is connected to an external storage device and that is equipped with a storage device, the method including: receiving a writing instruction to store first data in the storage device; dividing the first data into multiple pieces of division data; storing at least one or more of the pieces of division data in the external storage device; and storing second data different from the first data in the storage device, in which the second data is associated with the first data and the multiple pieces of division data. With the data processing method, security in data management can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsurou Kitazawa, Kouji Mutou, Minoru Ozaki, Yutaka Iyoki, Tadaomi Asou
  • DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150378627
    Abstract: Provided is a data processing method in a data processing device that is connected to an external storage device and that is equipped with a storage device, the method including: receiving a writing instruction to store first data in the storage device; dividing the first data into multiple pieces of division data; storing at least one or more of the pieces of division data in the external storage device; and storing second data different from the first data in the storage device, in which the second data is associated with the first data and the multiple pieces of division data. With the data processing method, security in data management can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsurou KITAZAWA, Kouji MUTOU, Minoru OZAKI, Yutaka IYOKI, Tadaomi ASOU
  • Color adjustment method for pixels of color images that designates color and corresponding adjustment colors
    Patent number: 6108441
    Abstract: In a method for color adjustment of a color image, a color adjustment software window is displayed and color image data on an RGB color space before color adjustment is displayed on a before-adjustment image window of a color monitor screen. An operator for color adjustment designates a color on the before-adjustment image window (or a designated color) and sets an adjustment color for the designated color (or a designated adjustment color). The designated adjustment color is set from a color pallet or by changing the R, G and B levels of a designated-color window and color adjustment parameters for the designated color are determined from the designated color and the designated adjustment color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Hiratsuka, Etsuko Himoto, Tadaomi Asou