Patents Examined by Robert Chevailer
  • Patent number: 6879769
    Abstract: An information preparation device, such as a personal computer, detects non-consecutive position information, such as times and dates, based on parameters (S11), such as preinputted non-consecutive point detection margins, and prepares (S12) an information table with image information for each non-consecutive position. Based on editing parameters, the device synthesizes and edits (S13) the information in the information table by date and the like. Then the device divides the information into objects, which is a data format, by data The device retrieves contents information and the like that corresponds to the divided information, and generates (S14) and outputs (S15) scenario information. The date and the like indicated by the divided regions serve as an index on buttons of menus that the user operates to easily select and display a desired images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sunao Kawai, Kenji Miyata, Ryuji Yamada, Hideaki Teshima, Kazuma Aoki, Norihisa Fujii, Yoshihiko Horibe