Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro SUKEMITSU

Yasuhiro SUKEMITSU 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: 9386508
    Abstract: The information providing system according to the embodiment includes a wireless LAN access point and an information providing apparatus. The wireless LAN access point detects a wireless terminal existing in a wireless LAN communication area to transmit the detection information to the information providing apparatus. The information providing apparatus determines either the wireless LAN access point or a wireless WAN base station, on the basis of information on a user of a wireless terminal specified according to the detection information and/or the information on an installation location of the wireless LAN access point, as a communication medium that notifies the notification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ota, Yasuhiro Sukemitsu, Taku Kusano
  • Patent number: 9090261
    Abstract: A driving assist system includes a vehicle, a mobile terminal of a user who drives the vehicle, and a driving assist device. The vehicle includes an output device outputting vehicle condition information. The driving assist device provides driving assist content to the mobile terminal. The driving assist device includes a receiving unit that receives the vehicle condition information and a user identifier of the user, a storage unit that stores the vehicle condition information in association with the user identifier, and stores driving proficiency level determination information specifying a driving proficiency level according to the vehicle condition information and driving assist information specifying driving assist content according to the driving proficiency level, a driving proficiency level determining unit that determines a driving proficiency level of each user, and a driving assist content providing unit that provides driving assist content corresponding to a driving proficiency level to each user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Kitagishi, Hiroshi Ota, Yasuhiro Sukemitsu
  • Publication number: 20140236727
    Abstract: An information providing system according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, a storage unit, and a notification unit. The acquisition unit acquires information on a wireless terminal that enters communication areas of the wireless LAN communication units installed in different. The determination unit determines a movement route of a user of the wireless terminal on the basis of the information on the wireless terminal acquired by the acquisition unit. The storage unit stores the information on the movement route determined by the determination unit as a movement route history. The notification unit notifies the user of the wireless terminal that has entered the communication area of the wireless LAN communication unit of predetermined information on the basis of the movement route history stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SUKEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20140204926
    Abstract: The information providing system according to the embodiment includes a wireless LAN access point and an information providing apparatus. The wireless LAN access point detects a wireless terminal existing in a wireless LAN communication area to transmit the detection information to the information providing apparatus. The information providing apparatus determines either the wireless LAN access point or a wireless WAN base station, on the basis of information on a user of a wireless terminal specified according to the detection information and/or the information on an installation location of the wireless LAN access point, as a communication medium that notifies the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OTA, Yasuhiro SUKEMITSU, Taku KUSANO
  • Publication number: 20140088815
    Abstract: A driving assist system includes a vehicle, a mobile terminal of a user who drives the vehicle, and a driving assist device. The vehicle includes an output device outputting vehicle condition information. The driving assist device provides driving assist content to the mobile terminal. The driving assist device includes a receiving unit that receives the vehicle condition information and a user identifier of the user, a storage unit that stores the vehicle condition information in association with the user identifier, and stores driving proficiency level determination information specifying a driving proficiency level according to the vehicle condition information and driving assist information specifying driving assist content according to the driving proficiency level, a driving proficiency level determining unit that determines a driving proficiency level of each user, and a driving assist content providing unit that provides driving assist content corresponding to a driving proficiency level to each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo KITAGISHI, Hiroshi OTA, Yasuhiro SUKEMITSU