Patents by Inventor Akehiro Watabe

Akehiro Watabe 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 processing document information using password protected icons that represent document content
    Patent number: 5689718
    Abstract: A documentary information processing system for creating and editing a multimedia document. Document files are correspondingly associated with icons symbolizing them. Likewise, partial areas provided within a document are correspondingly associated with icons symbolizing them. On a screen, information (texts, graphs, etc.) within a partial area is deleted and replaced by an icon. The icon is clicked for activation to return the information of the partial area symbolized by the icon onto the screen. There are two printing modes, that is a mode allowing the icon to be printed as it is, and a mode printing original information symbolized by an icon. It is possible to edit a document in editing units of icons. Interrelation can be defined among a plurality of icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Akehiro Watabe