Patents by Inventor Hiromu IKEUCHI

Hiromu IKEUCHI 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: 12093507
    Abstract: A presentation system includes a server, a presentation device, and an information terminal. The server includes: a first communicator that communicates with the presentation device; a first controller that sends, to the presentation device, a notification that has been associated in advance with a condition satisfied by an operation state obtained from the appliance; and a storage that stores a history of the sent notification. The presentation device presents the notification. The information terminal includes: a display; an acceptor that accepts an operation; a second communicator that communicates with the server; and a second controller that creates a user interface (UI) for accepting the operation, and causes the display to display the UI. The second controller obtains the history from the server via the second communicator. The UI includes the obtained history and accepts turning off the notification included in the history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torikai, Hiroki Urabe, Hiromu Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240297806
    Abstract: A notification method obtains event information about an even that has occurred from information source device or information source service that is a source of information to be notified by notification device. The notification method generates a first notification trigger when the event information is obtained. The notification method generates a second notification trigger when, after the first notification trigger is generated, a predetermined condition is satisfied and the event information is not updated. The notification method causes notification device to output notification information indicating details of the event in at least one of a case where the first notification trigger is generated or a case where the second notification trigger is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromu IKEUCHI, Kentaro NAKAI, Yoshiki OHASHI, Satoru MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 12039222
    Abstract: A control method includes obtaining an information item on operation of a first device from the first device, determining a priority level for the obtained information item according to the content or attribute of the obtained information item, storing the obtained information item in a memory unit in association with the determined priority level, and preferentially transmitting an information item associated with a higher priority level among information items stored in the memory unit to a second device to cause the second device to output the information item associated with the higher priority level by sound, the information items having been obtained in the obtaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromu Ikeuchi, Yoshiki Ohashi, Satoru Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20230333805
    Abstract: A control method includes obtaining an information item on operation of a first device from the first device, determining a priority level for the obtained information item according to the content or attribute of the obtained information item, storing the obtained information item in a memory unit in association with the determined priority level, and preferentially transmitting an information item associated with a higher priority level among information items stored in the memory unit to a second device to cause the second device to output the information item associated with the higher priority level by sound, the information items having been obtained in the obtaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hiromu IKEUCHI, Yoshiki OHASHI, Satoru MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230251757
    Abstract: A presentation system includes a server, a presentation device, and an information terminal. The server includes: a first communicator that communicates with the presentation device; a first controller that sends, to the presentation device, a notification that has been associated in advance with a condition satisfied by an operation state obtained from the appliance; and a storage that stores a history of the sent notification. The presentation device presents the notification. The information terminal includes: a display; an acceptor that accepts an operation; a second communicator that communicates with the server; and a second controller that creates a user interface (UI) for accepting the operation, and causes the display to display the UI. The second controller obtains the history from the server via the second communicator. The UI includes the obtained history and accepts turning off the notification included in the history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Masafumi TORIKAI, Hiroki URABE, Hiromu IKEUCHI