Patents by Inventor Junko Kawano

Junko Kawano 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: 20090177503
    Abstract: A scheduling apparatus to arrange a schedule for a new event in accordance with an input includes an input accepting device, a personal schedule information acquisition device, a schedule determination device, and a schedule registration device. The input accepting device accepts new event information. The personal schedule information acquisition device acquires personal schedule information from a personal schedule storage device. The schedule determination device determines a new schedule including a holding date and time and a holding location based on the new event information, the personal schedule information, and at least one of a weather forecast or a travel distance of at least one of the participants to attend the new event. The schedule registration device registers the determined new schedule into the personal schedule storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junko Kawano, Shoji Onoto, Hiroaki Matsuba, Makoto Tanaka, Akiko Yamato, Yoshiaki Komatsu, Yoshibumi Kato
  • Patent number: 6290602
    Abstract: During a game, options to be responded by a player character are offered to a player. Personality point values in consideration of human personalities are assigned to the options, respectively. The personality point value corresponding to a response made by the player to every offer of the options is accumulated so as to obtain an accumulated personality point value for each of the human personalities. A personality of the player is classified based on the accumulated personality point values for the respective human personalities. The speech contents of a counterpart character, the fighting contents with the counterpart character or the behavioral environments of the player character are changed depending on the classified personality of the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junko Kawano
  • Patent number: 6287196
    Abstract: During a game, options are offered to a player per scene. Point values are assigned to the options for updating favorable impression point values each representing a player's degree of favorable impression toward corresponding one of counterpart characters subjected to personality compatibility analysis. Every time the player chooses one of the options, the corresponding favorable impression point value is updated by the assigned point value. In response to a given command input from the player, one of the counterpart characters having the highest favorable impression point value is selected and offered to the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junko Kawano