Patents by Inventor Yoshio Obara

Yoshio Obara 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: 7333718
    Abstract: Biological data obtained through observation devices and job titles are recorded on a data recording device in association with time data that are generated at regular intervals. A data processing computer produces a graph from the data read out from the data recording device. The observation devices, the data recording device and the data processing computer are connected to a network, so that a required graph may be produced by processing data at a place remote from the observatory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara
  • Patent number: 7272461
    Abstract: A work data collection method is provided. The method includes photographing through a video camera a series of different jobs done by at least a worker, to record video signal of said jobs on a memory device of said video camera; inputting a break point signal in said video camera at each break point between said jobs, to record said break point signal on said memory device of said video camera along with said video signal; and displaying a list of titles of said jobs along with a clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: FujiFilm Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara
  • Publication number: 20060250498
    Abstract: There is disclosed a work data collection method. In a darkroom, a data collector (12) photographs a series of jobs through an infrared video camera (14) while observing the jobs being done by a worker (11) through a darkroom goggle. At each break point between the jobs, the data collector operates a hand switch board (21) to enter a break point signal and select a corresponding job title from among a list of job titles displayed on an LCD device (15) that the data collector puts on behind the darkroom goggle. Then, the break point signal and job title data are recorded in association with each other on a hard disc of a portable personal computer (20). If the corresponding job title is not listed, the data collector says that job title to enter it as a sound signal through a microphone. The sound signal is converted into character data of the job title.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara
  • Patent number: 7103437
    Abstract: There is disclosed a work data collection method. In a darkroom, a data collector (12) photographs a series of jobs through an infrared video camera (14) while observing the jobs being done by a worker (11) through a darkroom goggle. At each break point between the jobs, the data collector operates a hand switch board (21) to enter a break point signal and select a corresponding job title from among a list of job titles displayed on an LCD device (15) that the data collector puts on behind the darkroom goggle. Then, the break point signal and job title data are recorded in association with each other on a hard disc of a portable personal computer (20). If the corresponding job title is not listed, the data collector says that job title to enter it as a sound signal through a microphone. The sound signal is converted into character data of the job title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara
  • Publication number: 20030206229
    Abstract: There is disclosed a work data collection method. In a darkroom, a data collector (12) photographs a series of jobs through an infrared video camera (14) while observing the jobs being done by a worker (11) through a darkroom goggle. At each break point between the jobs, the data collector operates a hand switch board (21) to enter a break point signal and select a corresponding job title from among a list of job titles displayed on an LCD device (15) that the data collector puts on behind the darkroom goggle. Then, the break point signal and job title data are recorded in association with each other on a hard disc of a portable personal computer (20). If the corresponding job title is not listed, the data collector says that job title to enter it as a sound signal through a microphone. The sound signal is converted into character data of the job title.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara
  • Publication number: 20030043266
    Abstract: Biological data obtained through observation devices and job titles are recorded on a data recording device in association with time data that are generated at regular intervals. A data processing computer produces a graph from the data read out from the data recording device. The observation devices, the data recording device and the data processing computer are connected to a network, so that a required graph may be produced by processing data at a place remote from the observatory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshikawa, Koichi Takahashi, Masaya Kaneko, Yuko Endo, Yoshio Obara