Patents by Inventor Yoshiteru Mifune

Yoshiteru Mifune 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).

  • System and method for scheduling medical examinations utilizing queues and providing medical examination route guide information to the scheduled examinations
    Patent number: 7080025
    Abstract: In an on-site medical examination, an appointment is made from a work office in order to shorten the entire medical examination time of the patients and the order and the route can be shown at the medical examination site. The scheduler includes a waiting queue for individual medical examination items and a waiting queue for individual patients. The efficiency of the medical examination is achieved by communicating by wireless displays carried by patients at the medical examination site and by giving individual guidance concerning the places to go at the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Mifune, Naoyuki Ito
  • Remote diagnosis method and system, and portable information processor therefor
    Publication number: 20040215423
    Abstract: In a remote diagnosis method for diagnosing by transmitting and receiving information between a support center system and a portable information processor by way of a communication system, an inspection unit for inspecting the object of inspection is installed in a function unit housing of the portable information processor, the portable information processor transmits the inspection data collected by the inspection unit to the support center system, and the support center system returns the result of diagnosis based on the received inspection data to the portable information processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Mifune, Yoshihiko Yamada, Yoshiyuki Shiwaku
  • Remote diagnosis method and system, and portable information processor therefor
    Patent number: 6745154
    Abstract: In a remote diagnosis method for diagnosing by transmitting and receiving information between a support center system and a portable information processor by way of a communication system, an inspection unit for inspecting the object of inspection is installed in a function unit housing of the portable information processor, the portable information processor transmits the inspection data collected by the inspection unit to the support center system, and the support center system returns the result of diagnosis based on the received inspection data to the portable information processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Mifune, Yoshihiko Yamada, Yoshiyuki Shiwaku
  • Medical examination system
    Publication number: 20020152107
    Abstract: In an on-site medical examination, an appointment is made from a work office in order to shorten the entire medical examination time of the patients and the order and the route can be shown at the medical examination site. The scheduler includes a waiting queue for individual medical examination items and a waiting queue for individual patients. The efficiency of the medical examination is achieved by communicating by wireless displays carried by patients at the medical examination site and by giving individual guidance concerning the places to go at the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Mifune, Naoyuki Ito
  • Remote diagnosis method and system, and portable information processor therefor
    Publication number: 20020059046
    Abstract: In a remote diagnosis method for diagnosing by transmitting and receiving information between a support center system and a portable information processor by way of a communication system, an inspection unit for inspecting the object of inspection is installed in a function unit housing of the portable information processor, the portable information processor transmits the inspection data collected by the inspection unit to the support center system, and the support center system returns the result of diagnosis based on the received inspection data to the portable information processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Mifune, Yoshihiko Yamada, Yoshiyuki Shiwaku