Patents by Inventor Kohji Oku

Kohji Oku 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).

  • Managing method, managing system, composite apparatus, ordering apparatus, computer program and memory product
    Patent number: 7330843
    Abstract: An ordering apparatus receives unit information for specifying units constituting a composite apparatus to be ordered. The ordering apparatus creates composite state information for specifying a composite state of units based on the received unit information, according to a predetermined rule. Meanwhile, the composite apparatus recognizes unit information for specifying units constituting itself, and creates composite state information based on the recognized unit information, according to the same rule as the above rule. Then, the composite state information created by the ordering apparatus and the composite state information created by the composite apparatus are compared. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a managing system capable of appropriately managing a complicated composite apparatus at the time of ordering, shipment, setup, subsequent maintenance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kimihito Yamasaki, Katsutoshi Ishikawa, Masakatsu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohji Oku, Kumiko Ogino
  • Managing method, managing system, composite apparatus, ordering apparatus, computer program and memory product
    Publication number: 20020133370
    Abstract: An ordering apparatus receives unit information for specifying units constituting a composite apparatus to be ordered. The ordering apparatus creates composite state information for specifying a composite state of units based on the received unit information, according to a predetermined rule. Meanwhile, the composite apparatus recognizes unit information for specifying units constituting itself, and creates composite state information based on the recognized unit information, according to the same rule as the above rule. Then, the composite state information created by the ordering apparatus and the composite state information created by the composite apparatus are compared. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a managing system capable of appropriately managing a complicated composite apparatus at the time of ordering, shipment, setup, subsequent maintenance, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Kimihito Yamasaki, Katsutoshi Ishikawa, Masakatsu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Nakai, Kohji Oku, Kumiko Ogino