Patents by Inventor HIDESHI AOKI

HIDESHI AOKI 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: 20180039466
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes an attitude detector that detects the attitude of the head-mounted display apparatus, a manipulation detector that detects a predetermined manipulation performed on the head-mounted display apparatus, a display, and a processor. The head-mounted display apparatus switches a display of first display information to second display information according to a change in the attitude detected by the attitude detector. However, if the manipulation detector detects the predetermined manipulation, the head-mounted display apparatus maintains the display of the first display information without switching to the second display information even if there is a change in the attitude detected by the attitude sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tetsuji FUCHIKAMI, Kazuki FUNASE, Akinori OZEKI, Hideshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 9887540
    Abstract: A power management method receives, from a meter that measures the amount of surplus power, which is power supplied from a power generation apparatus to a power system, a surplus power value indicating the amount of surplus power, receives, from a first communication terminal used by a user corresponding to first user identification information, an inquiry about power supply in which the surplus power is used in a first time period that lasts a certain unit time, the inquiry being associated with the first user identification information, issues, in accordance with the inquiry, first power identification information for validating power supply performed by a power supply apparatus using the surplus power corresponding to the first time period for an accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period, transmits the first power identification information and the accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period to the first communication
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Waki, Kazuya Ohshima, Hideshi Aoki, Haruka Nakasone
  • Patent number: 9871546
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes a display input unit which displays an image, which corresponds to a program identical to at least one program stored in another wearable terminal among a plurality of programs stored in a storage unit and is used for starting the program in response to an operation performed thereto, on a display screen based on another terminal program information, which is received in a case where another wearable terminal is authenticated, and receives an operation with respect to the image displayed on the display screen, and a control unit which performs control such that in a case where the display input unit receives an operation with respect to the image, the program corresponding to the image which receives the operation is started and a communication unit is allowed to transmit specific information associated with the program to another wearable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventor: Hideshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9860330
    Abstract: In a method causing a processor in a communication terminal to execute operations that include; detecting whether the communication terminal, which is connected via a network to a wearable terminal that is attached to part of a body of a user, is being manipulated; if the communication terminal is detected as not being manipulated, transmitting notification information that includes push notification to a wearable terminal; if the communication terminal is detected as being manipulated, transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal, without transmitting the notification information to the wearable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hideshi Aoki, Tetsuji Fuchikami, Kazuki Funase, Akinori Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20170220123
    Abstract: In a wearable terminal, a controller determines whether a direction of a display surface detected by a detector is within a first angle range. In a case where a latest direction of the display surface is out of the first angle range, the controller puts the display in a sleep state, but otherwise the controller puts the display in an active state. Furthermore, the controller specifies a second angle range from the second reference direction. The controller switches the display from the sleep state to the active state in a case the controller determines that the plurality of directions of the display surface detected in the first period and that the direction of the display surface newly detected by the detector is out of the second angle range. In the second display control, the display is switched from the sleep state to the active state even when the newly detected direction of the display surface is out of the first angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, KAZUKI FUNASE, AKINORI OZEKI, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170147093
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes from the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: KAZUKI FUNASE, TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, AKINORI OZEKI, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170138539
    Abstract: A control method comprises: receiving from a first vehicle, first information including a first required amount of the energy source; receiving from a second vehicle, second information including a second required amount of the energy source; and determining, when a total sum of required amounts of the energy source received from two or more vehicles including the first vehicle and the second vehicle is larger than a remaining amount in a storage reservoir, i) a first reserved supply amount of the energy source for the first vehicle, wherein the first reserved supply amount is smaller than the first required amount, and ii) a second reserved supply amount of the energy source for the second vehicle. The second reserved supply amount is determined within a range where a total sum of the first reserved supply amount and the second reserved supply amount does not exceed the remaining amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: HIDESHI AOKI, AKIRA ASAI, MIKIYA NAKATA, MIKIKO MATSUO, NORIHIRO MIYAMURA, RYUNOSUKE INUI
  • Publication number: 20170077974
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes a display input unit which displays an image, which corresponds to a program identical to at least one program stored in another wearable terminal among a plurality of programs stored in a storage unit and is used for starting the program in response to an operation performed thereto, on a display screen based on another terminal program information, which is received in a case where another wearable terminal is authenticated, and receives an operation with respect to the image displayed on the display screen, and a control unit which performs control such that in a case where the display input unit receives an operation with respect to the image, the program corresponding to the image which receives the operation is started and a communication unit is allowed to transmit specific information associated with the program to another wearable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170069179
    Abstract: In a method causing a processor in a communication terminal to execute operations that include; detecting whether the communication terminal, which is connected via a network to a wearable terminal that is attached to part of a body of a user, is being manipulated; if the communication terminal is detected as not being manipulated, transmitting notification information that includes push notification to a wearable terminal; if the communication terminal is detected as being manipulated, transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal, without transmitting the notification information to the wearable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: HIDESHI AOKI, TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, KAZUKI FUNASE, AKINORI OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20170063738
    Abstract: A control method causes a computer of an information terminal having a first display to: receive electronic mail from an electronic mail server by using a mail application for executing transmission and reception of the electronic mail, the mail application being stored in a memory of the information terminal; transfer the received electronic mail to a wearable terminal having a second display; receive viewing information from the wearable terminal, the viewing information indicating that the electronic mail was displayed on the second display at a time; determine whether the electronic mail is being displayed on the second display, based on the viewing information; and automatically display, on the first display, a reply-mail creation screen for creating a reply mail to the electronic mail that was displayed on the second display, upon determining that the electronic mail is being displayed on the second display, and the computer launches the mail application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: AKINORI OZEKI, TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, KAZUKI FUNASE, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160313956
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user includes an attitude detector that detects the attitude of the head-mounted display apparatus, a manipulation detector that detects a predetermined manipulation performed on the head-mounted display apparatus, a display, and a processor that switches first display information to be displayed on the display to second display information according to a change in the attitude detected by the attitude detector. If the manipulation detector detects the predetermined manipulation, even if there is a change in the attitude detected by the attitude detector, the processor maintains the first display information being displayed on the display without switching the second display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, KAZUKI FUNASE, AKINORI OZEKI, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160134110
    Abstract: A power management method receives, from a meter that measures the amount of surplus power, which is power supplied from a power generation apparatus to a power system, a surplus power value indicating the amount of surplus power, receives, from a first communication terminal used by a user corresponding to first user identification information, an inquiry about power supply in which the surplus power is used in a first time period that lasts a certain unit time, the inquiry being associated with the first user identification information, issues, in accordance with the inquiry, first power identification information for validating power supply performed by a power supply apparatus using the surplus power corresponding to the first time period for an accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period, transmits the first power identification information and the accumulated value of the amount of surplus power corresponding to the first time period to the first communication
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: YUKI WAKI, KAZUYA OHSHIMA, HIDESHI AOKI, HARUKA NAKASONE
  • Publication number: 20150306968
    Abstract: An electric power management device is an electric power management device that is provided in a facility connected to an electric power system and connects to a mobile unit provided with a power generator and an electricity storage device and includes a receiver operative to accept an instruction for selecting one of a first mode in which generated electric power of the power generator is preferentially supplied to an outside of the mobile unit and a second mode in which the electricity storage device is preferentially charged with the generated electric power of the power generator and control circuitry operative to change a supply destination of the generated electric power of the power generator in accordance with the instruction accepted by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: YUKI OHIRA, SHOICHI TOYA, TATSUTO KINJO, MIKIKO MATSUO, HIROKI HARA, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20150088641
    Abstract: If a customer has picked up a product from a display shelf, a display device displays first sales promotion information. In an information providing system, if the customer has not been attracted to the product and has returned the product to the display shelf, the display device displays second sales promotion information, which is different from the first sales promotion information. By displaying the different pieces of sales promotion information using the display device provided near the product, it is possible to promote the product to the customer in two different ways, thereby stimulating the customer's desire to buy the product and reducing loss in opportunities to sell the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: HIDESHI AOKI, YOSHITO NAKANISHI, YUICHI AOKI