Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Motowaki

Kazuyuki Motowaki 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).

  • Information managing device for displaying thumbnail files corresponding to electronic files and searching electronic files via thumbnail file
    Patent number: 6466237
    Abstract: An information managing device includes a liquid crystal display section and thumbnail display means. The liquid crystal display section displays a cluster of file bundles that are thumbnail files each corresponding to one of the image files, so as to enable searches through image files displayed as original document bundles. The thumbnail display means displays the images in the cluster of file bundles on the liquid crystal display section so as to partially overlap each other in a three-dimensional configuration. With the aforementioned device, a stored image file can be easily searched for on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Miyao, Yoshiaki Tomaru, Kazuyuki Motowaki, Miyoko Maruyama