Patents by Inventor Yasuko Matsuoka

Yasuko Matsuoka 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: 5835789
    Abstract: Communication equipment comprises a communication section 3 performing communication with other equipment via a public line, a local area network, or an infrared communication network, a resource information storing section 5 storing what format data equipment can handle, a data storing section 6 storing data to be transmitted, a data conversion section 7 converting data so that the other party of communication can interpret it, a conversion table 8 storing whether currently held data can be converted to a form that the other party of communication can interpret, a conversion- means storing section 9 storing actual conversion means, and a negotiation section 10 knowing what the resource information of equipment of the other part is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Ueda, Yasuko Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 5761644
    Abstract: The electronic secretary system comprises an input section (101) for inputting operation information; a processing section (102) for performing a predetermined processing in accordance with the input information; a data storing section (103) for storing the input information; an internal state memory section (104) for memorizing the state of processing; an action description storing section (106) for storing the action description of an electronic secretary; an action data storing section (107) for storing data, such as an action image, a voice, or the like of the electronic secretary; an electronic secretary generation section (105) for deciding and generating an action of the electronic secretary in accordance with the internal state; a display section (108) for displaying an output of the processing section (102) and an output of the electronic secretary generation section (105); an interface (109) for transmitting data with other equipment; and an interpreter section 110 for interpreting the transmitted d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Ueda, Yasuko Matsuoka