Patents by Inventor Haruko Kono

Haruko Kono 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: 9522852
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for producing a compost, comprising composting plant-derived organic waste at a weight reduction rate of 95% or more by fermentation treatment, specifically by subjecting the organic waste to fermentation treatment comprising a primary fermentation, which comprises an intermittently agitated fermentation, and a secondary fermentation, which comprises an aerated fermentation, using a microorganism of Bacillus subtilis strain C-3102 (FERM BP-1096) or a mutant strain thereof; the compost produced by the above method; and a method for producing vegetables using the compost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Calpis Wellness Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Uesugi, Haruko Kono, Yu Takemura, Yuusuke Oomura
  • Publication number: 20150158780
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for producing a compost, comprising composting plant-derived organic waste at a weight reduction rate of 95% or more by fermentation treatment, specifically by subjecting the organic waste to fermentation treatment comprising a primary fermentation, which comprises an intermittently agitated fermentation, and a secondary fermentation, which comprises an aerated fermentation, using a microorganism of Bacillus subtilis strain C-3102 (FERM BP-1096) or a mutant strain thereof; the compost produced by the above method; and a method for producing vegetables using the compost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: CALPIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke UESUGI, Haruko KONO, Yu TAKEMURA, Yuusuke OOMURA
  • Patent number: 6122018
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes: storage means for holding connection information on connections between a external input terminals and external units corresponding thereto; and switching control means for performing control so that each terminal not connected to the corresponding external unit among the external input terminals is skipped based on the connection information stored in the storage means when the switching of the external input terminals is performed. The switching of the external input terminals is controlled by the steps of: previously storing the connection information on connections between the external input terminals and the external units corresponding thereto in a memory; referring to the stored connection information when the switching of the external input terminals is performed; and skipping each external input terminal not being connected to the corresponding external unit, based on the result of the referring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Sugihara, Haruko Kono
  • Patent number: 5999228
    Abstract: A main menu is displayed by operating a menu key, and "C. MENU" is selected to display a customized menu set screen, and "SELECT ITEM" is selected to display "SELECT ITEM" screen (S001-S003). Then, a sub-operation item, for example, "VIDEO MODE" is selected from a list for sub-operation items displayed on the screen by using a selection key and, further, a display order thereof is are selected. When there are plurality number of items desired by the user, selecting operation is conducted by repeating steps S004, S005 and S006 and, when selection for the items is completed, "SELECT ITEM" screen is ended (S007). The customized menu can be thus constructed by predetermined sub-operation items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chifumi Matsuura, Haruko Kono, Kazuya Shimomura
  • Patent number: 5818541
    Abstract: When a program-scanning is executed, the scanning picture is displayed such that contents of the image can be reliably recognized while an image of the program that has been displayed so far is displayed on the picture screen. A television receiver has a function to display a sub-picture smaller than a main picture. When the television receiver enters a program-scanning mode, a broadcasting program or an image source whose image has been displayed on the whole picture screen of a display or whose image has been displayed as a main picture (41) is displayed on a sub-picture screen (42). Image of a plurality of broadcasting programs which result from changing the tuning state in the tuner are sequentially displayed on the main picture (41), thereby executing the program-scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chifumi Matsuura, Haruko Kono, Kazuya Shimomura