Patents by Inventor Mark Masao Morita

Mark Masao Morita 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 and apparatus to provide visual cues indicative of the level of severity or importance
    Patent number: 7671868
    Abstract: A method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) displaying data points; (b) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (c) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. Another method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) querying disparate information systems with a certain search parameter (b) displaying data points returned from said search parameter into a single window; (c) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (d) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. A system for displaying information according to level of importance or severity comprising a database, a worklist and an interface wherein said interface conveys level of importance or severity using varying shades of colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VISUAL CUES INDICATIVE OF THE LEVEL OF SEVERITY OR IMPORTANCE
    Publication number: 20080244393
    Abstract: A method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) displaying data points; (b) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (c) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. Another method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) querying disparate information systems with a certain search parameter (b) displaying data points returned from said search parameter into a single window; (c) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (d) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. A system for displaying information according to level of importance or severity comprising a database, a worklist and an interface wherein said interface conveys level of importance or severity using varying shades of colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, William Douglas Hughes
  • Method and apparatus for reducing eye fatigue
    Patent number: 7234814
    Abstract: Some configurations of the present invention provide a method for reducing eye fatigue that includes adjusting an intensity of an essentially white light source behind a display device to set an ambient light level in a room behind the display device, and adjusting an intensity of a blue light source disposed beside the display device to dilate pupils of the eyes of a viewer of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, Steve Lawrence Fors, Charles Cameron Brackett