Patents Assigned to Benesse Corporation
  • Patent number: 10102766
    Abstract: A portable information processing apparatus, comprising: an execution part which executes an application of a test; an input part which inputs answer data of an examinee of the test; a storage part which stores the answer data in association with identification information of the examinee; and a sending part which sends the identification information and the answer data stored in the storage part to a server during the test or after completion of the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: BENESSE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Komiyama
  • Patent number: 9703417
    Abstract: An input device set that is placed on a touch panel and includes a collection of individually identifiable input devices, each of the input devices has a plurality of contacts that project from a base and input coordinates into the touch panel, each of the contacts includes a contact surface that touches a placing surface of the touch panel and inputs the coordinates and a coordinates identifying area that is included in the contact surface and includes a center of gravity of the contact surface, the coordinates identifying areas are disposed so as not to overlap one another among the input devices, and areas of the contact surfaces are disposed so as to overlap in at least two input devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: BENESSE CORPORATION, KOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Taki
  • Patent number: 8634694
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a video replay system and a control method thereof in which the video replay speed is automatically controlled based on the note-taking speed of each viewer. The video replay system of the present invention comprises storage means for storing the video data; video replay means for replaying a video by reading the stored video data out of the storage means and displaying the video data on the display; detection means for monitoring a predetermined viewing behavior of a viewer of the replayed video, and for detecting a parameter associated with the viewing behavior; and automatic controlling means for, in response to the parameter detected by the detection means, automatically controlling the speed at which the video is replayed by the video replay means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Benesse Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Yachi
  • Patent number: 7805214
    Abstract: A grasp state judging system capable of satisfactorily judging the grasp state in which an object to be grasped is held by grasping means. The grasp state judging system is characterized in comprising a plurality of RFID tags that are mounted on an object to be grasped and that transmit the corresponding position ID; a plurality of RFID antennas (14) that are mounted on a glove (10) and that receive the position IDs; a grabbing pattern storage unit (48) for storing a condition for the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) with respect to the grasp states in which the object to be grasped is held by the glove (10); and a grasp state judging unit (44) for judging the grasp state in which the object to be grasped is held by the grasping means on the basis of the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) and the conditions stored in the grabbing pattern storage unit (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Benesse Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhei Yamauchi, Nobutaka Hida, Akira Kuwano, Mai Yoritaka
  • Publication number: 20100046911
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a video replay system and a control method thereof in which the video replay speed is automatically controlled based on the note-taking speed of each viewer. The video replay system of the present invention comprises storage means for storing the video data; video replay means for replaying a video by reading the stored video data out of the storage means and displaying the video data on the display; detection means for monitoring a predetermined viewing behavior of a viewer of the replayed video, and for detecting a parameter associated with the viewing behavior; and automatic controlling means for, in response to the parameter detected by the detection means, automatically controlling the speed at which the video is replayed by the video replay means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BENESSE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro YACHI
  • Publication number: 20070288104
    Abstract: A grasp state judging system capable of satisfactorily judging the grasp state in which an object to be grasped is held by grasping means. The grasp state judging system is characterized in comprising a plurality of RFID tags that are mounted on an object to be grasped and that transmit the corresponding position ID; a plurality of RFID antennas (14) that are mounted on a glove (10) and that receive the position IDs; a grabbing pattern storage unit (48) for storing a condition for the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) with respect to the grasp states in which the object to be grasped is held by the glove (10); and a grasp state judging unit (44) for judging the grasp state in which the object to be grasped is held by the grasping means on the basis of the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) and the conditions stored in the grabbing pattern storage unit (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BENESSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Yamauchi, Nobutaka Hida, Akira Kuwano, Mai Yoritaka