Patents by Inventor Atsuhiko Nishikawa

Atsuhiko Nishikawa 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: 7057602
    Abstract: An interactive computer system with plural displays includes a first computer, having an input device and an output including a display and a second computer having an output including display coupled to the first computer. A voice recorder is provided to create an icon representing a recorded voice, and the icon is displayed on the display of the first computer. The input device of the first computer, which may be a mouse, is adapted to drag the icon from the display of the first computer to the display of the second computer, and to reproduce the recorded voice in response to a pointer displayed on the displays and controlled by the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 6965376
    Abstract: In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video processing apparatus includes a unit (310, 320, 2104, 2202) for storing information about at least one object displayed on a screen of a display unit; a unit (12, 2105) for designating information about the object; a unit (300, 2201) for searching the store unit based upon the designated information, and for obtaining information within the store unit corresponding to the designated information; and also a unit (20, 2103) for performing a process related to the object based on the obtained information. An operator can readily grasp an object to be operated and a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Shinya Tanifuji, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Publication number: 20040227739
    Abstract: In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video processing apparatus includes a unit (310, 320, 2104, 2202) for storing information about at least one object displayed on a screen of a display unit; a unit (12, 2105) for designating information about the object; a unit (300, 2201) for searching the store unit based upon the designated information, and for obtaining information within the store unit corresponding to the designated information; and also a unit (20, 2103) for performing a process related to the object based on the obtained information. An operator can readily grasp an object to be operated and a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Shinya Tanifuji, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Publication number: 20040085257
    Abstract: An interactive computer system with plural displays includes a first computer, having an input device and an output including a display and a second computer having an output including display coupled to the first computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Publication number: 20020171628
    Abstract: An interactive computer system with plural displays includes a first computer, having an input device and an output including a display and a second computer having an output including display coupled to the first computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 6441802
    Abstract: An interactive control system with plural displays comprising a plurality of first interactive control apparatus having input device and output device and a second interactive control apparatus connected to the first interactive control apparatus, characterized in having a registering device for registering an attribute of the first interactive control apparatus, a process executing device for executing an input process from the input device of the first interactive control apparatus to the second interactive control apparatus based on the attribute, and an output selecting device for outputting an executing result of the input process by said process executing device to the output device of the first interactive control apparatus corresponding to the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 6431989
    Abstract: In order to display distortion-free and high-precision images which give a three-dimensional appearance to many crews in a ride simulation system, there is provided a ride simulation system comprising a ride casing which is in shape of a capsule and can accept one or more people and a driving mechanism for driving this ride casing, wherein a horizontally long, curve screen is provided at the front of the interior of the ride casing, a plurality of projectors are provided at the rear of the interior of the ride casing, and because of projection on each corresponding divided area of the curve screen by means of the plurality of projectors, one picture is displayed on the curve screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Katayama, Nobuhiko Matsukuma, Yoshihiro Iwama, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Douglas Trumbull, Eric A. Wilson, Brahm Rhodes, Steven D. Bronson, Joshua D. Minges, Erich A. Greenebaum
  • Publication number: 20020075244
    Abstract: In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video processing apparatus includes a unit (310, 320, 2104, 2202) for storing information about at least one object displayed on a screen of a display unit; a unit (12, 2105) for designating information about the object; a unit (300, 2201) for searching the store unit based upon the designated information, and for obtaining information within the store unit corresponding to the designated information; and also a unit (20, 2103) for performing a process related to the object based on the obtained information. An operator can readily grasp an object to be operated and a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Shinya Tanifuji, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 6337709
    Abstract: An image display includes whole image display for displaying an area viewed by a certain camera, a camera position detecting using for detecting a place which the camera is viewing and camera position display unit for specifying the area that the camera displays on the whole image on the basis of the camera position acquired by the above camera position detecting unit. A user recognizes the place in the whole image that he is watching and does not lose his location when he pans or zooms the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiya Yamaashi, Masayuki Tani, Harumi Uchigasaki, Masayasu Futakawa, Yukihiro Kawamata, Atsuhiko Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6335722
    Abstract: In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video processing apparatus includes a unit (310, 320, 2104, 2202) for storing information about at least one object displayed on a screen of a display unit; a unit (12, 2105) for designating information about the object; a unit (300, 2201) for searching the store unit based upon the designated information, and for obtaining information within the store unit corresponding to the designated information; and also a unit (20, 2103) for performing a process related to the object based on the obtained information. An operator can readily grasp an object to be operated and a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Shinya Tanifuji, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 6100857
    Abstract: An interactive control system with plural displays comprising a plurality of first interactive control apparatus having input device and output device and a second interactive control apparatus connected to the first interactive control apparatus, characterized in having a registering device for registering an attribute of the first interactive control apparatus, a process executing device for executing an input process from the input device of the first interactive control apparatus to the second interactive control apparatus based on the attribute, and an output selecting device for outputting an executing result of the input process by said process executing device to the output device of the first interactive control apparatus corresponding to the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 5969697
    Abstract: An interactive control system with plural displays comprising a plurality of first interactive control apparatus having input device and output device and a second interactive control apparatus connected to the first interactive control apparatus, characterized in having a registering device for registering an attribute of the first interactive control apparatus, a process executing device for executing an input process from the input device of the first interactive control apparatus to the second interactive control apparatus based on the attribute, and an output selecting device for outputting an executing result of the input process by said process executing device to the output device of the first interactive control apparatus corresponding to the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masato Horita, Masayasu Futakawa, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 5880728
    Abstract: A video data display controlling method and system in which an image in each image area or in each partial image area of each image area to be displayed on a display screen and designated by a user is displayed at a display quality differentiated from other areas not designated. A video data display control unit stores display state data of each displayed image in a display state management table. The video data display control unit changes the display specification or attribute of each image so as to display an image having a high user interest degree with a high display quality and display an image having a low user interest with a low display quality, and transfers the changed display specification to a display specification management table of a video data input unit. A video data input unit controls a video data compressing unit to compress digital video data in accordance with the changed display specification or attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiya Yamaashi, Masayuki Tani, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Masato Horita, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 5621429
    Abstract: A video data display controlling method and system in which an image in each image area or in each partial image area of each image area to be displayed on a display screen and designated by a user is displayed at a display quality differentiated from other areas not designated. A video data display control unit stores display state data of each displayed image in a display state management table. The video data display control unit changes the display specification or attribute of each image so as to display an image having a high user interest degree with a high display quality and display an image having a low user interest with a low display quality, and transfers the changed display specification to a display specification management table of a video data input unit. A video data input unit controls a video data compressing unit to compress digital video data in accordance with the changed display specification or attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiya Yamaashi, Masayuki Tani, Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayasu Futakawa, Masato Horita, Harumi Uchigasaki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Hirota
  • Patent number: 5598572
    Abstract: An information terminal system including a process control computer and a portable terminal device for inputting information to said process control computer and gaining information from said process control, includes component information storing means for storing information for distinguishing each one of plural components composing a plant and component identifying means for identifying a component from plural components composing a plant and existing in the direction indicated by and at the location of the portable terminal device, by using information for distinguishing each one of the plural components stored in the component information storing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanikoshi, Masayuki Tani, Kimiya Yamaashi, Harumi Uchigasaki, Masayasu Futakawa, Masato Horita, Shoshiro Kuzunuki, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Takekazu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 5585821
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of screen display whereby either a plurality of screens or a plurality of windows on a single screen are displayed. On at least one screen or in at least one window, areas representing either the other screens or the other windows are displayed. When a pointer pointing to a given position either on that one screen or in that one window is used to select any one of these areas therein, the pointer is made to appear either on another screen or in another window corresponding to the selected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Process Computer Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Ishikura, Takayuki Morioka, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Kayo Takahashi, Norihito Kanno
  • Patent number: 4841439
    Abstract: The present application invention relates to a method for restarting execution of an instruction interrupted due to a page fault. When a page fault occurs during an execution of an instruction, the pertinent page is loaded from an external storage into the main memory and then the access which has caused the page fault is executed again. After N steps of the microprogram that has executed the page fault access, the page fault exception processing is initiated and at the save/restore operation of the content of the microprogram counter, the content of the microprogram is decremented by N, thereby restarting the execution of the instruction beginning from the step of the microprogram which has achieved the page fault access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Masayuki Tanji, Soichi Takaya, Shinichiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 4764869
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling interruption of a processor. When an external interrupt request having a higher priority level than a current program level is detected in the course of the execution of an instruction, the processing is interrupted and an interexecution interruption is issued. The program level is fixed in this interruption so that the interrupt request is processed as a normal interrupt request at an interruption destination, and the processing is resumed from the interrupted point at a second return instruction after the interrupt processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Soichi Takaya, Masayuki Tanji, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Shinichiro Yamaguchi