Patents by Inventor Masayuki Okamoto

Masayuki Okamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 8788621
    Abstract: An action acquiring unit acquires action information corresponding to operation information from a first storage unit for a first user, and stores acquired action information in a third storage unit. A receiving unit receives, via a network, action information of a second user from an external device. A situation acquiring unit acquires, from a second storage, a communication situation corresponding to received action information. A writing unit writes the action information of the first user indicated by the communication situation to the third storage unit, additionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Naoki Iketani, Hideo Umeki, Sogo Tsuboi, Kenta Cho, Keisuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8782049
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a keyword presenting device including: an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of keywords from a browsing document; a determination unit configured to arrange keywords with spellings similar to each other among the plurality of keywords to obtain a plurality of groups of similar keyword; an integration unit configured to classify the keywords into main keywords that are titles and the other sub-keywords for each group of similar keywords, and to integrate the sub-keywords into the main keywords; and a presentation unit configured to present the main keywords to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Nayuko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140189769
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information management device includes a generator, a storage module, a structuring module, a retrieval module, and a result notification module. The generator generates a characteristic quantity of a reproduction content. The storage module stores the generated characteristic quantity. The structuring module generates structure information by dividing a single reproduction content into a plurality of reproduction intervals based on the generated characteristic quantity and by structuring the reproduction content by taking into account a time sequence of the reproduction intervals of the reproduction content that is being reproduced. The reproduction content is structured by the reproduction intervals. The retrieval module retrieves a related content based on the structure information. The result notification module notifies the retrieval result of the related content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Masaru Sakai, Hiroko Fujii, Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20140156277
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: an input module configured to receive voice input therein; a display controller configured to identify from the input voice a keyword and a single piece of attribute information associated with the keyword to be used for content retrieval and to cause to display on a display the identified keyword and the identified attribute information, and attribute candidate information that is associated with the identified keyword and selectable as an alternative to the identified attribute information; and a retrieval instructing module configured to give an instruction for the content retrieval using the identified keyword and the selected attribute candidate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroko FUJII, Masaru SAKAI, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Daisuke SANO
  • Publication number: 20140156030
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a remote controller managing device is configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device. The remote controller managing device includes a conflict determining module and a controller. The conflict determining module is configured to determine whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers. The controller is configured to control the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Masaru Sakai, Hiroko Fujii, Akira Miyazawa, Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20140152851
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an image capturing module, an estimation module, a content obtaining module, and a display module. The image capturing module is configured to capture a subject to be captured. The estimation module is configured to estimate a state of the subject to be captured based on a capturing method for the subject to be captured by the image capturing module. The content obtaining module is configured to obtain the content based on the state of the subject to be captured and relating to the subject to be captured. The display module is configured to display the obtained content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidetaka Ohira, Kazuhide Sawa, Masayuki Okamoto, Masaru Sakai, Masahiro Sekine, Masashi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20140156279
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content searching apparatus includes: a search condition generator configured to perform voice recognition in parallel with an input of a natural language voice giving an instruction for a search for a piece of content, and to generate search conditions sequentially; a searching module configured to perform a content search while updating the search condition used in the search as the search condition is generated; and a search result display configured to update the search condition used in the content search and a result of the content search based on the search condition to be displayed as the search condition is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Hiroko FUJII, Daisuke SANO, Masaru SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20140147668
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes: 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0° C.; 0.05 parts by mass to 3 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight (MwB) of 1000?MwB<30000 and including, as a monomer unit, a (meth)acrylic monomer having an alicyclic structure represented by the following general formula (1); 0.005 parts by mass to 1 part by mass of an ionic compound (C); and 0.01 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass of a compound (D) having a polyoxyalkylene chain. CH2?C(R1)COOR2??(1) [wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having an alicyclic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YAMAGATA, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Kiyoe SHIGETOMI, Ryo KANNO
  • Patent number: 8710139
    Abstract: An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (A), 1 to 70 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1000?Mw<30000, and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a hydrogenated tackifying resin (C). The (meth)acrylic polymer (B) is a polymer having a weight average molecular weight smaller than that of the acrylic polymer (A) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and functions as a tackifying resin along with the hydrogenated tackifying resin (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoe Shigetomi, Masayuki Okamoto, Masato Yamagata, Jun Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8691924
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a polymer formed of one or more monomer ingredients containing, as an indispensable monomer ingredient, a monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not lower than ?10° C., said sheet having a moisture content of at least 0.65% by weight after stored in an environment at 60° C. and 95% RH for 120 hours. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shou Takarada, Takahiro Nonaka, Hiroaki Kishioka, Hiroaki Fumoto, Tomohide Banba, Masayuki Okamoto, Masahito Niwa
  • Publication number: 20140037951
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes: 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0° C.; and 0.05 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight (MwB) of 1000?MwB<30000 that contains, as monomer units, both a (meth)acrylic monomer having an alicyclic structure represented by the following general formula (1) and a monomer having a polyoxyalkylene skeleton: CH2?C(R1)COOR2??(1) [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 represents an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having an alicyclic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoe SHIGETOMI, Ryo KANNO, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Masato YAMAGATA
  • Patent number: 8623961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, containing: 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (A) which contains a vinylic monomer having a nitrogen atom in a skeleton thereof as a monomer unit and does not substantially contain a monomer containing a carboxyl group; 1-70 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or greater and less than 30,000; and 1-50 parts by mass of a hydrogenated tackifying resin (C), and an optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing the optical acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Akiyama, Masayuki Okamoto, Kiyoe Shigetomi, Masato Yamagata
  • Patent number: 8597786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including, as a main ingredient, a monomer mixture or an acrylic copolymer material obtained by at least partially polymerizing the monomer mixture, the monomer mixture including: at least one monomer (monomer m1) selected from alkyl (meth)acrylates represented by the following formula (I) CH2?C(R1)COOR2 in which R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms: at least one monomer (monomer m2) selected from N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamides represented by the following formula (II) CH2?C(R1)CONHR4 in which R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R4 is a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms: and at least one monomer (monomer m3) selected from N-vinyl cyclic amides and (meth)acrylamides that may have an N-alkyl group; and the monomer mixture including substantially no carboxyl group-containing monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Niwa, Masayuki Okamoto, Naoaki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20130274419
    Abstract: An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains: an acrylic polymer (A); and a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) that includes, as a monomer unit, a (meth)acrylic monomer having a tricyclic or higher alicyclic structure and that has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 30000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Masahito NIWA, Jun AKIYAMA, Kiyoe SHIGETOMI
  • Publication number: 20130268736
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor data recording apparatus includes following elements. The temporary storage unit temporarily stores the sensor data acquired from sensors. The data selector selects sensor data stored in the temporary storage unit for each sensor. The sensor data storage unit stores the sensor data selected for each sensor. The recording method controller controls at least one of a recording method of storing the sensor data in the temporary storage unit, and a recording method of storing the sensor data in the sensor data storage unit, based on the recording status which is statistical information about storing of the sensor data in the sensor data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Takao MARUKAME, Kouji UENO, Takahiro KURITA, Atsuhiro KINOSHITA, Kenta CHO
  • Publication number: 20130262674
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a server device includes a first registering unit, a second registering unit, and a providing unit. The first registering unit is configured to acquire first action information regarding an action performed by a first user from a client device, and register the first action information in an action information storage unit in which pieces of action information of users are stored in association with labels of the respective pieces of action information. The second registering unit is configured to specify at least one piece of action information similar to the first action information among the pieces of action information, and register the label associated with the specified piece of action information in the action information storage unit in association with the first action information. The providing unit is configured to provide the label associated with the first action information to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi Nagano, Masayuki Okamoto, Kouhi Ueno, Kenta Sasaki, Kenta Cho
  • Publication number: 20130123460
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a peptide fragment capable of improving biostability of a bioactive substance while maintaining the activity of the bioactive substance, and a bioactive substance to which the peptide fragment is added. The present invention relates to a partial peptide of a GA module having 5 to 25 amino acids, including a partial sequence of a GA module (SEQ ID NO: 1) and the amino acid sequence Ile-Asp-Glu-Ile-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 2), and a bioactive complex in which the partial peptide of the GA module is bound to a bioactive substance. The bioactive substance includes GLP-1, GLP-2, GIP, VIP, somatostatin, amylin, ghrelin, derivatives thereof, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Ryuhji Okamoto, Tomohiro Shigemori, Takayo Murase, Atsushi Miyachi, Mitsuaki Takeuchi, Miyuki Tamura, Hiroshi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8427608
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is furnished with: a liquid crystal display element having a pair of substrates, to which alignment members are provided to their respective opposing surfaces, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; an alignment mechanism for providing at least two different director configurations simultaneously on different arbitrary regions used for display in the liquid crystal layer; and a reflection film provided to at least one of the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations; wherein the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations are used for a reflection display section for showing reflection display and a transmission display section for showing transmission display, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Hajime Hiraki, Seiichi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20130078463
    Abstract: An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a core layer and a surface layer provided on one or both surfaces of the core layer. The core layer contains an acrylic polymer (A). The surface layer contains 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (B) and 1 to 70 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (C) that has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 30000 and that has a terpene structure in its side chain. The (meth)acrylic polymer (C) is a polymer having a weight average molecular weight smaller than that of the acrylic polymer (B) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and functions as a tackifying resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Kiyoe SHIGETOMI, Masato YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20130071656
    Abstract: A peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes: 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0° C.; and 0.05 parts by mass to 3 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (B) that has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 30000 and that contains, as a monomer unit, a (meth)acrylic monomer having an alicyclic structure represented by the following general formula (1): CH2?C(R1)COOR2??(1) [wherein, R1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group and R2 is an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having an alicyclic structure].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato YAMAGATA, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Kiyoe SHIGETOMI