Patents by Inventor Koichi Ohtani

Koichi Ohtani 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: 20220277353
    Abstract: An intellectual contents distribution method distributes intellectual contents from a computer via a network. The contents provided from a contents provider are stored in a computer 1, along with support results from at least one supporter relating to the contents. The contents are transmitted to a system of a purchaser via a network in response to the purchaser's request. Also, purchase results of the contents are stored in the computer. Further, the computer computes earnings to be returned to the contents provider and earnings to be returned to each supporter based on a predetermined computational formula by using the support results and the purchase results stored in the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: Koichi OHTANI
  • Publication number: 20200394685
    Abstract: An intellectual contents distribution method distributes intellectual contents from a computer via a network. The contents provided from a contents provider are stored in a computer 1, along with support results from at least one supporter relating to the contents. The contents are transmitted to a system of a purchaser via a network in response to the purchaser's request. Also, purchase results of the contents are stored in the computer. Further, the computer computes earnings to be returned to the contents provider and earnings to be returned to each supporter based on a predetermined computational formula by using the support results and the purchase results stored in the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: Koichi OHTANI
  • Publication number: 20190139095
    Abstract: An intellectual contents distribution method distributes intellectual contents from a computer via a network. The contents provided from a contents provider are stored in a computer 1, along with support results from at least one supporter relating to the contents. The contents are transmitted to a system of a purchaser via a network in response to the purchaser's request. Also, purchase results of the contents are stored in the computer. Further, the computer computes earnings to be returned to the contents provider and earnings to be returned to each supporter based on a predetermined computational formula by using the support results and the purchase results stored in the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Koichi OHTANI
  • Patent number: 9511783
    Abstract: A vehicle abnormality detecting apparatus 1 includes wheel load sensors 11 that are attached to right and left rails R constituting a track to measure wheel loads of wheels 3 provided in a vehicle 2; and a calculation unit 12 that is connected to the wheel load sensors 11. An index represented by wheel loads of a pair or more of right and left wheels 3 provided in at least one of bogies 4 and defined according to a type of vehicle abnormality as an index for detecting the vehicle abnormality is previously stored in the calculation unit 12. The calculation unit 12 calculates a value of the stored index from the wheel loads measured by the wheel load sensors 11 and transmitted from the wheel load sensors 11, and detects the abnormality of a running vehicle based on the calculated value of the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Masaaki Mizuno, Yoshihiro Suda, Masahiko Aki, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Koichi Ohtani, Masuhisa Tanimoto, Yoshifumi Komura, Jun Kurihara, Atsushi Iwamoto, Takuya Saito, Hiroshi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20150019071
    Abstract: A vehicle abnormality detecting apparatus 1 includes wheel load sensors 11 that are attached to right and left rails R constituting a track to measure wheel loads of wheels 3 provided in a vehicle 2; and a calculation unit 12 that is connected to the wheel load sensors 11. An index represented by wheel loads of a pair or more of right and left wheels 3 provided in at least one of bogies 4 and defined according to a type of vehicle abnormality as an index for detecting the vehicle abnormality is previously stored in the calculation unit 12. The calculation unit 12 calculates a value of the stored index from the wheel loads measured by the wheel load sensors 11 and transmitted from the wheel load sensors 11, and detects the abnormality of a running vehicle based on the calculated value of the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Masaaki Mizuno, Yoshihiro Suda, Masahiko Aki, Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Koichi Ohtani, Masuhisa Tanimoto, Yoshifumi Komura, Jun Kurihara, Atsushi Iwamoto, Takuya Saito, Hiroshi Obayashi
  • Publication number: 20140365316
    Abstract: An intellectual contents distribution method distributes intellectual contents from a computer via a network. The contents provided from a contents provider are stored in a computer 1, along with support results from at least one supporter relating to the contents. The contents are transmitted to a system of a purchaser via a network in response to the purchaser's request. Also, purchase results of the contents are stored in the computer. Further, the computer computes earnings to be returned to the contents provider and earnings to be returned to each supporter based on a predetermined computational formula by using the support results and the purchase results stored in the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Koichi Ohtani
  • Patent number: 8874484
    Abstract: An intellectual contents distribution method distributes intellectual contents from a computer via a network. The contents provided from a contents provider are stored in a computer 1, along with support results from at least one supporter relating to the contents. The contents are transmitted to a system of a purchaser via a network in response to the purchaser's request. Also, purchase results of the contents are stored in the computer. Further, the computer computes earnings to be returned to the contents provider and earnings to be returned to each supporter based on a predetermined computational formula by using the support results and the purchase results stored in the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji Mizumachi, Koichi Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20040059679
    Abstract: A system for distributing an intelligent content via a network publicizes the intellectual content to the public to increase the number of purchases and to ensure the funds for activity and operation of an intelligent content provider and the manager of a distribution. Web page at a requested timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Yuji Mizumachi, Koichi Ohtani