Patents by Inventor Hayashi Itou

Hayashi Itou 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: 7047550
    Abstract: To provide a system for processing program information in which the display structure of a program table can be freely changed in accordance with a requirement of or the taste of an audience, the system for processing program information is structured to include program information storage means 1 for storing program information, and program table display means 4 for two-dimensionally displaying a program table employing as the two axes, two attributes 102 and 103 selected from among all of the attributes that have been given to each piece of program information, to make the program table 101. For the audience, program tables of various constructions can be displayed on the display means at will and in respective program retrieval operations, a program table that is easy to use to search for a program can be obtained. An specific desired program can be found in a short time by selecting key word(s) related to each program and extracting them from the program or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Yasukawa, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Masaki Hoshida, Tsuyoshi Ueno, Fumiyuki Kato, Yutaka Tomioka, Hayashi Itou, Takao Isogawa