Patents by Inventor Chihiro Satoh

Chihiro Satoh 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: 6675197
    Abstract: A work area detection unit detects the work area in which a user is interested and a user viewpoint calculation unit extracts viewpoint information from the work area. In a dynamic communication group generation unit, the current viewpoint information of each user is accumulated in a user viewpoint information storage unit, a group generation unit generates the group information based on the similarity to the accumulated viewpoint information every time the viewing information is accumulated. In a dynamic communication session control unit, a group information storage unit accumulates the group information, a communication session generation unit generates the environment to assure the communication for all members of each group based on the group information and a communication session deletion unit deletes the group information of the group of only one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chihiro Satoh, Hiroshi Katsurabayashi