Patents by Inventor Hiroyoshi Ohmiya

Hiroyoshi Ohmiya 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: 20240054555
    Abstract: Provided is a product provision management system that makes it easier for a user, who is receiving a subscription service including periodic provision of a product, to select a product equivalent to a charged amount of money for a contract period. The product provision management system in the present disclosure is provided with a terminal device, and a product provision management server for managing the subscription service that combines leasing or rental of a home electric appliance and the periodic provision of the product, the product provision management server including a determination unit for determining whether or not it is possible for the user to be additionally provided with a product within a predetermined period of time based on authentication information and a communication unit for transmitting, to the terminal device owned by the user, image information for causing a providable product display screen to be displayed based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi OHMIYA, Takuro ITO
  • Publication number: 20230342808
    Abstract: A service-providing system (300) includes a screen provider (301), a user information manager (304), and a coupon information manager (305). The screen provider (301) is configured to provide a communication terminal of a user with a registration screen for registration for use of a periodic delivery service including a combination of the provision of a cooking appliance and the periodic provision of coupon information allowing purchase of a foodstuff corresponding to the cooking home appliance. The user information manager (304) is configured to store user information on the user who has completed the registration for the use of the periodic delivery service. The coupon information manager (305) is configured to periodically generate the coupon information to be provided to the user on whom the user information is stored in the user information manager (304).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi OHMIYA, Kiyoshi KURIHARA, Takuro ITO
  • Publication number: 20230342005
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causes a processor of an information processor used by a user of a subscription service including provision of articles associated with life to function as a display control unit configured to display a selection screen where the plurality of articles to be provided are selectable based on values of the articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi OHMIYA, Takuro ITO
  • Patent number: 9459703
    Abstract: A character input device includes: a terminal control unit that accepts information on a character candidate being a candidate of an input confirmed character, and performs a displaying process of the character candidate, and generates a guide image whose image varies in accordance with a remaining time until an input confirmation of the character candidate; and a display unit that displays the character candidate and the guide image. By displaying the guide image that varies in accordance with the remaining time before the input character is confirmed, how long it takes until the character is confirmed, or whether the character has already been confirmed is reported to the user, so as to avoid an unintended manipulation of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kanemura, Yasushi Kojima, Teruo Koukai, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Ohmiya
  • Patent number: 9154729
    Abstract: A television receiving apparatus includes: a transmitting unit which transmits, to a peer apparatus, first audio information received by a microphone and first video information captured by a camera; a receiving unit which receives, from the peer apparatus, second audio information and second video information; a telephone control unit which outputs the second audio information to a speaker; a display unit segmented into a first display area in which the first video information is displayed, a second display area in which the second video information is displayed, and a third display area; and a shared information control unit which causes shared information to be displayed in the third display area, and causes the transmitting unit to transmit the shared information so that the shared information is displayed by the peer apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ohmiya, Takakazu Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20140267556
    Abstract: A television receiving apparatus includes: a transmitting unit which transmits, to a peer apparatus, first audio information received by a microphone and first video information captured by a camera; a receiving unit which receives, from the peer apparatus, second audio information and second video information; a telephone control unit which outputs the second audio information to a speaker; a display unit segmented into a first display area in which the first video information is displayed, a second display area in which the second video information is displayed, and a third display area; and a shared information control unit which causes shared information to be displayed in the third display area, and causes the transmitting unit to transmit the shared information so that the shared information is displayed by the peer apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ohmiya, Takakazu Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20110314423
    Abstract: An image display device includes an image generator, a controller, and a display unit. The image generator generates a guide image which is to be displayed differently with a lapse of time to change the sequential selection mode to the skip selection mode when a user input indicates a long press on a same key over the period which determines that the user input indicates a long key press and the sequential selection mode is moved into the skip selection mode. The controller controls the image generator to generate the guide image. The display unit displays the guide image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ohmiya, Teruo Koukai, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Kouichi Kanemura
  • Publication number: 20110279460
    Abstract: A character input device includes: a terminal control unit that accepts information on a character candidate being a candidate of an input confirmed character, and performs a displaying process of the character candidate, and generates a guide image whose image varies in accordance with a remaining time until an input confirmation of the character candidate; and a display unit that displays the character candidate and the guide image. By displaying the guide image that varies in accordance with the remaining time before the input character is confirmed, how long it takes until the character is confirmed, or whether the character has already been confirmed is reported to the user, so as to avoid an unintended manipulation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Kanemura, Yasushi Kojima, Teruo Koukai, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Ohmiya