Patents by Inventor Kazuo Sasaki

Kazuo Sasaki 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: 20080133260
    Abstract: An information communication system having a location information acquisition part and storage part which acquires and stores respectively, mobile terminal location information indicating a location of a mobile terminal; a location information updating part which updates mobile terminal location information stored in the location information storage part; a facility information storage part storing facility information identifying a facility and facility location information; a facility information extraction part which extracts facility information indicating the facility in the facility information storage part; a facility stay determination part which determines whether a user of the mobile terminal is staying at the facility indicated by the facility information extracted by the facility information extraction part and an inquiry part which outputs query information for inquiring about an evaluation of the facility to the user of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the user of the mobile termin
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki FUKUI, Tatsuro MATSUMOTO, Ai YANO, Kazuo SASAKI, Eiichi TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HARA, Yutaka IWAYAMA, Youji KOHDA
  • Publication number: 20080120358
    Abstract: The multimodal managing system invention comprises: a modality linking data generating unit that generates association data in order to associate a first modality and a second modality of the plurality of modalities; an association correspondence unit that sends content that includes association data, wherein association data is combined with the content to be sent to the first modality, to the first modality; a session information storage unit that stores the correspondence among the connection information of each modality, the link information about the links between the modalities, and the association data generated by the modality linking data generating unit as a session information table; and a modality associating unit that receives link request data sent from the second modality using the association data included in the content that includes association data, and executes a matching process that compares the link request data with the association data stored in the session information storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ai YANO, Tatsurou MATSUMOTO, Kazuo SASAKI, Masayuki FUKUI, Eiichi TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HARA, Yutaka IWAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20080067229
    Abstract: A validity assurance system of the present invention includes a terminal apparatus that generates a slip based on slip item data representing a slip item and slip content data representing a slip content corresponding to the slip item, a slip management apparatus including a slip management database that stores the slip content data representing the slip content of the slip generated by the terminal apparatus, and an invoice issuing apparatus that generates an invoice based on the slip content data stored in the slip management database, wherein in a case where a slip identification code generated by a slip identification code generating part of the terminal apparatus is matched with an invoice identification code generated by an invoice identification code generating part of the invoice issuing apparatus, validity of the voucher is assured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka IWAYAMA, Tatsuro MATSUMOTO, Kazuo SASAKI, Masayuki FUKUI, Ai YANO, Eiichi TAKAHASHI, Masahiro HARA
  • Patent number: 7345847
    Abstract: A tape cartridge is configured to include a cartridge case, a hub, around which a magnetic tape is wound around and is housed in the cartridge case rotatably, and a drive apparatus for driving the hub to rotate, the drive apparatus being arranged between a bottom portion of the hub and the cartridge case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Kikuchi, Osamu Yamaura, Kazuo Sasaki, Hitomi Chiba
  • Patent number: 7318559
    Abstract: A tape cartridge that has a clamp force to a block body and that secures a leader tape to a leader block is provided. Nail portions (63a, 64a) formed on the outer surface sides of a pair of leg portions (63, 64) of a clamper (36?) are secured to securing grooves (53, 54) formed on side walls of a assembling concave portion (50) of a block body (40) to secure the block body (40) and the clamper (36?). At this point, with concave grooves (73, 74) and a reinforcement rib (75) formed on an inner surface side of a base portion (60) that composes the clamper (36?) in the elongation direction of the leg portions 63 and 64. Thus, when the clamper (36?) is pushed, it can be prevented from being damaged and a desired clamp force can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitomi Chiba, Shuichi Kikuchi, Kazuo Sasaki, Takaaki Sanpei, Mitsue Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20070266310
    Abstract: A sensor event controller dynamically switches a destination to which sensor event data are to be notified, according to a service application program (AP) that a user is using,. and notifies sensor event data in compliance with an interface of the service AP as the notification destination. An information collection part stores information for identification of a service AP used on a browser and header information transmitted/received between the browser and the service AP in a collected data storage part. Upon receiving sensor event data, a data-notified application determination part decides that the service AP used on the browser is a service AP as the notification destination, by referring to the collected data storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Sasaki, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Ai Yano, Eiichi Takahashi, Masayuki Fukui, Yutaka Iwayama
  • Publication number: 20070194921
    Abstract: Information is stored in an RFID provided to a goods conveyed by a conveying apparatus and from which information is readable in a noncontact manner. A presence detection sensor that detects the presence of the goods conveyed by the conveying apparatus; a reader that reads the information stored in the RFID in the noncontact manner; a moving apparatus that moves the reader; and a control apparatus that controls the operation of the moving apparatus are provided in a system. The control apparatus presumes the presence position, where the goods is present, on the conveying apparatus based on the detection value of the presence detection sensor, and controls the operation of the moving apparatus so that the reader stays, for a predetermined time, in a space where the reader can read the information from the RFID that is present in the presumed presence position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoru Watanabe, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Masayuki Fukui, Eiichi Takahashi, Kazuo Sasaki, Ai Yano
  • Publication number: 20070129914
    Abstract: An equipment inspection support system, equipment inspection support method, and program therefor are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sasaki, Satoru Watanabe, Masayuki Fukui, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070124064
    Abstract: Obtaining a map update information related to a change caused by a new establishment or razing of a road or facility or the like, only in a case that a re-confirm is possible from a different information source, update a map information. Each of terminal apparatuses obtains a position information, transmits the obtained position information to the central apparatus, and obtains the map update information related to the change in the facility or road, and then transmits the obtained map update information to the central apparatus. The central apparatus receives the position information and the map update information, and compares with a map update information, and consequently judges whether or not there is any difference from the map information. If there is the difference, this transmits a confirm request to a different terminal apparatus, and when receiving a confirm report indicative of the normality, updates the stored map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Fukui, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Yasuhide Matsumoto, Satoru Watanabe, Ai Yano, Kazuo Sasaki, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7216060
    Abstract: An equipment inspection support system, equipment inspection support method, and program including maintenance and inspection management unit selecting and transmitting to a terminal device inspection item contents stored in contents storage unit, receiving inspection result data transmitted from terminal device; timing determination unit determining status information acquisition timing by status information acquisition device based on inspection item contents transmitted to terminal device by maintenance and inspection management unit and the inspection result data transmitted from the terminal device; status information acquisition unit collecting status information acquired by the status information acquisition device according to status information acquisition timing determined by timing determination unit; result data control unit creating result data correspondence table associating the inspection result data received by maintenance and inspection management unit and status information collected by the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sasaki, Satoru Watanabe, Masayuki Fukui, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070100583
    Abstract: An equipment inspection support system, equipment inspection support method, and program including maintenance and inspection management unit selecting and transmitting to a terminal device inspection item contents stored in contents storage unit, receiving inspection result data transmitted from terminal device; timing determination unit determining status information acquisition timing by status information acquisition device based on inspection item contents transmitted to terminal device by maintenance and inspection management unit and the inspection result data transmitted from the terminal device; status information acquisition unit collecting status information acquired by the status information acquisition device according to status information acquisition timing determined by timing determination unit; result data control unit creating result data correspondence table associating the inspection result data received by maintenance and inspection management unit and status information collected by the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sasaki, Satoru Watanabe, Masayuki Fukui, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7194505
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shared information processing system, such that information can be shared between a plurality of clients and a server with a chat system is constructed, and it is possible to acquire from a server or other clients information about files frequently used by a user registered at a client, or update information thereof, and to display this information. A client terminal 200 includes a link file registration component 211 that notifies a server terminal 100 of registration information for link files, a link file manager 212 that acquires and manages information pertaining to link files, and a link file status display component 213 that displays information pertaining to link files; and a server terminal 100 includes a link file information notification component 102 that acquires information pertaining to link files and sends this information to the client terminal 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Ryuichi Matsukura, Kazuo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7177928
    Abstract: A status setting method that includes, setting and notifying a status that is suitable to a channel, preparing a status table for storing a settable status for each channel, and obtaining the status table of the channel. The user status in each channel is selected from among statuses registered in the status table of the channel and then set. Users can set a suitable status for each channel because the status table is set according to properties of each channel and user statuses can be separately set for each channel. It is preferable that a particular user such as an administrator set a status table. A settable status in a channel can be changed according to a user attribute in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Sasaki, Ryuichi Matsukura, Ai Manabe
  • Patent number: 7165597
    Abstract: There is provided a method of cast molding a cylinder for an internal combustion engine by making use of an insert core, which makes it possible to rationally form the chamfered portions at the rim portion, on the cylinder bore side, of the scavenging ports, the suction port and the exhaust port with high precision and high freedom in dimension and configuration without fluctuation in size and configuration of the chamfered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Kioritz Corporation
    Inventors: Daiju Yamada, Kazuo Sasaki, Fujihiro Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20060259450
    Abstract: To provide a multimodal control device and method, wherein existing browsers can be used to achieve synchronization with fine granularity, while making full use of GUI browsability. A multimodal control device comprises input focus managing means for managing input focus items in document data, content generation means for generating content, in accordance with a modality type, from document data within a data input item range including input focus items, and content transmission means for transmitting generated content to the corresponding browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Sasaki, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Ai Yano
  • Publication number: 20060237566
    Abstract: A tape cartridge that has a clamp force to a block body and that secures a leader tape to a leader block is provided. Nail portions (63a, 64a) formed on the outer surface sides of a pair of leg portions (63, 64) of a damper (36?) are secured to securing grooves (53, 54) formed on side walls of a assembling concave portion (50) of a block body (40) to secure the block body (40) and the damper (36?). At this point, with concave grooves (73, 74) and a reinforcement rib (75) formed on an inner surface side of a base portion (60) that composes the damper (36?) in the elongation direction of the leg portions 63 and 64. Thus, when the damper (36?) is pushed, it can be prevented from being damaged and a desired clamp force can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitomi Chiba, Shuichi Kikuchi, Kazuo Sasaki, Takaaki Sanpei, Mitsue Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7118061
    Abstract: A tape reel in which molding quality of a flange unit is improved so as to improve reliability at the time when a magnetic tape runs at high speed, and a tape cartridge having the same. A plurality of reference planes (152v) formed between a chucking gear (152b) and an outer peripheral rib (152r2) formed at an outer peripheral side of this chucking gear (152b) are provided separately from the outer peripheral rib (152r2). And the reference plane (152v) is formed with edge planes of each of a first rib (152v1) extending toward a circumference and a second rib (152v2) extending toward a direction crossing the first rib (152v1). According to this arrangement, a volume at a portion constituting the reference plane (152v) is made smaller, occurrence of a sink after a resin is hardened is suppressed, and molding quality of the flange unit (152) is improved so that straight runnability of the magnetic tape at high speed running and reliability in recording/reproducing operation are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Sanpei, Shuichi Kikuchi, Kazuo Sasaki, Mitsue Sakurai, Hitomi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20060224929
    Abstract: A state management apparatus is disclosed which makes a determination whether or not to provide services based on a plurality of state information. For example, it is determined whether all the family members are going out or not based on state information of each family member. If all the family members are going out, the apparatus further determines whether an air conditioner is turned ON or not. If it is determined “Yes”, the apparatus notifies the air conditioner to switch off the power. As such, the state management apparatus makes determinations for providing various services and controlling based on the state information of a plurality of objects such as people, equipment and the like. As a result, implementation of the service applications can be simplified, and developing efficiency can be increased. In addition, it becomes easy to realize flexible services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Fukui, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Yasuhide Matsumoto, Satoru Watanabe, Ai Yano, Kazuo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20060095267
    Abstract: A dialogue system, a dialogue method, and a recording medium storing a computer program are provided for allowing a third party to assist effectively a plurality of dialogues, without causing a sense of discomfort to the users. In a dialogue system for performing automatic answering to a voice, a dialogue assistance apparatus is provided that is connected in a state permitting transmission and reception of data. The dialogue assistance apparatus performs the following operations of: suspending a dialogue when the dialogue is not established meaningfully; displaying a plurality of recognition candidates for an utterance received last in the dialogue suspended by the dialogue suspending means; receiving one recognition candidate selected from a plurality of the candidates; and sending out the selected candidate. When the one candidate is received from the dialogue assistance apparatus, the dialogue is resumed according to the dialogue scenario information starting at the portion having been suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sasaki, Satoru Watanabe, Masayuki Fukui, Yasuhide Matsumoto, Hideto Kihara
  • Publication number: 20060095268
    Abstract: A dialogue system, a dialogue method, and a recording medium storing a computer program are provided for allowing a third party to assist effectively a plurality of dialogues, without causing a sense of discomfort to the users. In a dialogue system for performing automatic answering to a voice, a dialogue assistance apparatus is provided that is connected in a state permitting transmission and reception of data. The dialogue assistance apparatus performs the following operations of suspending a dialogue when the dialogue is not established meaningfully; displaying a plurality of recognition candidates for an utterance received last in the dialogue suspended by the dialogue suspending means; receiving one recognition candidate selected from a plurality of the candidates; and sending out the selected candidate. When the one candidate is received from the dialogue assistance apparatus, the dialogue is resumed according to the dialogue scenario information starting at the portion having been suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ai Yano, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Kazuo Sasaki, Satoru Watanabe, Masayuki Fukui, Yasuhide Matsumoto, Hideto Kihara