Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Shin

Hidehiko Shin 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).

  • Publication number: 20090328072
    Abstract: An event control section 210 receives an event notification from an input operation control section 212. If the received event is a user ordered event based on an operation by a user 215, the event control section 210 gives the received event to a GUI content reproduction section 209. On the other hand, if the received event is a logic ordered event based on an order from a logic 201, notification of future generated user ordered events are temporarily stopped and the logic ordered event is notified to GUI content reproduction section 209. The temporary stop of notification of the user ordered event is released after completion of the logic ordered event at the GUI content reproduction section 209.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Hideaki Yajima, Akiko Miyayama, Kazuo Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20090058882
    Abstract: The present invention is a screen display device (1) capable of displaying a plurality of screens on a display concurrently, and the screen display device (1) includes: a screen change event detection section (101) for detecting a screen change event which is a trigger for a change of a display content of a screen; and a screen change determination section (102) for determining, when the screen change event has been detected by the screen change event detection section (101) in a state where the plurality of screens are displayed, whether or not the display content of each of the plurality of screens displayed is to be changed. The screen display device (1) changes the display content of the screen based on a determination made by the screen change determination section (102) that the display content of the screen is to be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Adachi, Hideaki Yajima, Hidehiko Shin
  • Publication number: 20090044108
    Abstract: Provided is a GUI content reproducing device which is capable of displaying a GUI content, starting from an arbitrary part thereof by utilizing an existing GUI content player. A GUI content player section (105), immediately after loading the GUI content, reproduces a first scene which is previously defined in a GUI content (103), and thereafter, reproduces an arbitrary scene in accordance with an instruction from an application (102). A drawing determination section (107), when the scene being reproduced by the GUI content player section (105) is the same as the scene specified by the application (102), determines that the scene is to be drawn. A reproduction control section (104), in accordance with a result of the determination performed by the drawing determination section (107), instructs a drawing section 108 to draw the scene being reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Akiko Miyayama
  • Publication number: 20070180396
    Abstract: A history information storage unit (104) stores screen history information while a display data storage unit (105) stores display data for displaying a screen. Moreover, a screen transition control unit (103) controls the screen transition. Even when screen display data is discarded, a screen transition control device (102) holds a history of the screen by storing the screen state of the screen, whose display data is discarded, as a discard state in the history information storage unit (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Hideaki Yajima, Hidehiko Shin
  • Publication number: 20070180395
    Abstract: A display screen management unit is provided which can reduce a screen resource required to switch screens and simultaneously display a pre-transition screen and a post-transition screen. When instructed to switch screens, a screen control section (103) requests a screen discard determination section (105) to determine whether or not a currently displayed screen is discarded. The screen discard determination section (105) compares currently displayed screen information with switching target screen information, and when the currently displayed screen is completely hidden by the switching target screen, determines that the currently displayed screen is discarded. The screen control section (103) discards a screen resource for the screen determined to be discarded, from a screen resource saving section (107). The screen control section (103) generates a screen resource for the switching target screen, and saves the screen resource into the screen resource saving section (107).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Elecctric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Hidehiko Shin
  • Publication number: 20070174767
    Abstract: A screen definition information interpretation section (12) interprets a screen definition information (11a) which defines a moment in which a first screen event is to be issued, and issues a first screen event, which is for executing an action, which corresponds to an instruction inputted from an input I/F section (14). A first event conversion section (15) converts the first screen event to a first device event which may be interpreted by a device resource control section (17). The device resource control section (17) controls of a device resource (18) in accordance with the first device event. Also, the device resource control section (17) issues a second device event having described thereon a result of referencing and modifying a device resource (18). A second event conversion section (16) converts the second device event to a second screen event which may be interpreted by a screen definition information interpretation section (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Hideaki Yajima
  • Patent number: 7246126
    Abstract: A terminal-side communications control unit makes a request to a server for retrieving an instruction file that describes an instruction for transmitting transmission data. The server transmits the instruction file in response to the request for retrieving the instruction file. On receiving the instruction file, the terminal-side communications control unit causes an application executing unit to execute an application, and also forwards the instruction file to a transmission data generating unit. On receiving the instruction file, the transmission data generating part refers to the instruction file to generate, from generated data stored in a generated data storage unit, transmission data to be transmitted to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inami, Takako Hirose, Masashige Mizuyama, Atsunobu Kato, Munehito Matsuda, Hidehiko Shin, Hiromi Wada
  • Patent number: 7231610
    Abstract: A text editing assistor comprises a table storing section storing a candidate table, a candidate displaying section, a character sequence finalization section, an environment information acquisition section, a determination section, and a first updating section. The candidate displaying section displays at least one prospective character sequence in response to a character sequence which is input by the user. The character sequence finalization section allows the user to select one of the at least one prospective character sequence displayed by the candidate displaying section as a final character sequence. The environment information acquisition section acquires environment information. When a final character sequence is selected by means of the character sequence finalization section, the determination section determines whether or not to update the candidate table based on the environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawashima, Takashi Asano, Hisamori Inukai, Hidehiko Shin
  • Patent number: 7017163
    Abstract: In synchronous communication in a client-server-distributed data system, the turnaround time from when a client calls a server function until the client receives a notification of completion of the server function is reduced. A server includes a pre-processing registration section for registering pre-processing; a post-processing registration section for registering post-processing; a server command section for requesting to register the pre-processing and the post-processing; and a server function correspondence section for establishing correspondence between the pre-processing and the post-processing with a server function identifier. When the server receives a request message from a client to call a server function, the server execute pre-processing and sends a completion message including the execution result of the pre-processing to the client. After sending the completion message, the server executes post-processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Ken Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6980213
    Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal device that obtains data including text or an image from an external server through a digital network, a display displays display data DD generated based on data in a first storage unit. A plurality of display modes are predetermined in a display mode switching unit. When instructed by a user while the display data is displayed on the display, the display mode switching unit switches the display mode according to a predetermined order. A display data generator generates the display data DD according to the next display mode. The display displays the display data DD generated by the display data generator. It is thus possible to provide a mobile communication terminal device capable of displaying data while switching among a plurality of display modes (character sets or image display forms) through simpler operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Hirose, Hiromi Wada, Hidehiko Shin, Atsunobu Kato
  • Patent number: 6961579
    Abstract: A wireless communications terminal stores owner information and function states. A terminal control device transmits, to the wireless communications terminal, control data including control target information for specifying a terminal to be controlled and function state change information indicating a change made in the function states of the terminal. The wireless communications terminal determines, based on the received control target information and the stored owner information, whether or not a function state(s) is to be changed, and changes the stored function states in accordance with the determination result. The wireless communications terminal transmits, to the terminal control device, a process end notification including the terminal's own identification information and indicating whether or not the function state(s) has been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisamori Inukai, Hidehiko Shin, Takashi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20050033799
    Abstract: In synchronous communication in a client-server-distributed data system, the turnaround time from when a client calls a server function until the client receives a notification of completion of the server function is reduced. A server includes a pre-processing registration section for registering pre-processing; a post-processing registration section for registering post-processing; a server command section for requesting to register the pre-processing and the post-processing; and a server function correspondence section for establishing correspondence between the pre-processing and the post-processing with a server function identifier. When the server receives a request message from a client to call a server function, the server execute pre-processing and sends a completion message including the execution result of the pre-processing to the client. After sending the completion message, the server executes post-processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Ken Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040216037
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus that automatically carries out a transmission operation at the time of a link selection, which selects a telephone number described in the link information without carrying out a useless operation. The link information is the additional information which is not actually displayed, like as the HTML. The document processing apparatus includes a receiver for receiving the document; a link information extractor for extracting the link information from the document; a display for displaying the document based on the link information extracted by the link information extractor; a selector for selecting the link information in the document; and a link operator controller for carrying out the transmission operation to another party when the link information selected by the selector is the telephone number information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hishida, Seiji Ura, Hidehiko Shin, Junji Ishigaki, Keizaburo Sasaki, Eriko Ooseki
  • Patent number: 6799300
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus that automatically carries out a transmission operation at the time of a link selection, which selects a telephone number described in the link information without carrying out a useless operation. The link information is the additional information which is not actually displayed, like as the HTML. The document processing apparatus includes a receiver for receiving the document; a link information extractor for extracting the link information from the document a display for displaying the document based on the link information extracted by the link information extractor; a selector for selecting the link information in the document; and a link operator controller for carrying out the transmission operation to another party, when the link information selected by the selector is the telephone number information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hishida, Seiji Ura, Hidehiko Shin, Junji Ishigaki, Keizaburo Sasaki, Eriko Ooseki
  • Publication number: 20040139404
    Abstract: A text editing assistor comprises a table storing section storing a candidate table, a candidate displaying section, a character sequence finalization section, an environment information acquisition section, a determination section, and a first updating section. The candidate displaying section displays at least one prospective character sequence in response to a character sequence which is input by the user. The character sequence finalization section allows the user to select one of the at least one prospective character sequence displayed by the candidate displaying section as a final character sequence. The environment information acquisition section acquires environment information. When a final character sequence is selected by means of the character sequence finalization section, the determination section determines whether or not to update the candidate table based on the environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Kawashima, Takashi Asano, Hisamori Inukai, Hidehiko Shin
  • Patent number: 6674439
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided which can obtain an image from a server and change the size of the image so as to use the image as a background image. An image obtaining unit obtains an image from a server. An over-size decision unit decides whether the entirety of the image obtained by the image obtaining unit can be displayed within the display area in a screen. When the over-size decision unit provides a negative decision, an image resizing unit changes the size of the image obtained by the image obtaining unit so that it can be displayed within the display area in the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shin, Hiromi Wada, Naoya Yoshida, Atsunobu Kato
  • Publication number: 20030131361
    Abstract: An address storage section 12 stores addresses and their attribute data included in received broadcast. An address extracting section 14 extracts one or more addresses to be transmitted from the received addresses based on the state of a broadcast receiving apparatus 210 managed by a state managing section 13 and received attribute data. For transmission of the extracted addresses, update information associated with the addresses is transmitted from a transmitting/receiving section 16 to a transmitting/receiving section 26. An information terminal 220 immediately displays the addresses extracted by the broadcast receiving apparatus 210 on a screen. In accordance with an instruction from a user, the information terminal 220 retrieves information from a Web server 42. An address editing section 27 edits any of the addresses and their attribute data stored in the address storage section 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamamoto, Seiji Ura, Hideaki Fukushima, Hidehiko Shin
  • Publication number: 20030125014
    Abstract: A wireless communications terminal 20 stores owner information and function states. A terminal control device 10 transmits, to the wireless communications terminal 20, control data 31 including control target information for specifying a terminal to be controlled and function state change information indicating a change made in the function states of the terminal. The wireless communications terminal 20 determines, based on the received control target information and the stored owner information, whether a function state(s) is to be changed or not, and changes the stored function states in accordance with the determination result. The wireless communications terminal 20 transmits, to the terminal control device 10, a process end notification 32 including the terminal's own identification information and indicating whether the function state(s) has been changed or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Hisamori Inukai, Hidehiko Shin, Takashi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 6580436
    Abstract: A terminal device for mobile communication and a screen display method are provided for appropriately correcting the amount of scrolling so that a display element should not be displayed across the boundary of a display screen when the screen with a plurality of display elements of different types mixed therein is scrolled. A scroll instruction unit outputs a scroll instruction such as one-line vertical scrolling based on the operation inputted by a user through an input unit. A basic amount determination unit determines a basic moving amount according to the scroll instruction. A display element searching unit calculates a provisional display start position based on the basic moving amount and a display start position held in a display element information holding unit, and searches for a display element that is supposed to be displayed across the boundary of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Hishida, Masakazu Kawano, Hidehiko Shin, Junji Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20020116633
    Abstract: Command data 111 includes an address of terminal data 112 to be received. A data processor 100 first verifies a signature applied to the received command data 111, and then receives the terminal data 112 specified by the command data 111. Thus received terminal data is used for controlling the data processor 100 such as screen display. At this time, the received data may be segmented into a protected data region and an unprotected data region, and any data type included in the unprotected data region may be listed as an unprotection list. If listed, the unprotection list may be arranged in the protected data region. Alternatively, a signer certificate may indicate, by type, what data is signable by its signer, and at the time of data reception, determination may be made whether the signer has an authorization for signing the data classified under the type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Takuya Kobayashi, Satoshi Inami, Masashige Mizuyama, Atsunobu Kato, Hidehiko Shin, Hiromi Wada