Patents by Inventor Minako Kuwata

Minako Kuwata 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).

  • OPERATION-ASSISTING APPARATUS, OPERATION-ASSISTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140095635
    Abstract: An agent server includes: a conversational message determining section which determines a conversational message to a message on a family message board; an appliance-related message determining section which obtains operation-assisting information for a domestic appliance according to the message; and a message transmitting section which causes the conversational message and the operation-assisting information to be written on the family message board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Yoshimoto, Takayuki Nagamatsu, Minako Kuwata, Chie Hideishi, Makoto Sakuta
  • Display device
    Patent number: 6972752
    Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nako, Minako Kuwata, Keisuke Iwasaki, Shigeki Kuga
  • Display device
    Publication number: 20040212602
    Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nako, Minako Kuwata, Keisuke Iwasaki, Shigeki Kuga
  • Display device
    Patent number: 6788292
    Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nako, Minako Kuwata, Keisuke Iwasaki, Shigeki Kuga