Patents by Inventor Makoto Yamanouchi

Makoto Yamanouchi 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).

  • Method for editing document
    Patent number: 4608662
    Abstract: A method of editing a document comprises displaying a text sentence on the screen of a display unit, bounding an area partly removed of the displayed text sentence and reserved for the display of a figure, calculating a configuration which the bounded area has on the document to be printed, displaying an area having a size in proportion to the configuration on the display screen, drawing the figure within the displayed area, and synthesizing the text sentence and the figure. When drawing the figure on the screen of the display unit, the user can monitor a print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Watanabe, Hiroshi Kinukawa, Kenjiro Mori, Kenji Koichi, Shinji Kimura, Makoto Yamanouchi, Yasuo Yajima