Patents by Inventor Motohisa Hirano

Motohisa Hirano 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 system for providing environmental information on network
    Patent number: 7155507
    Abstract: A scheme for providing environmental information to users is disclosed. In this scheme, environmental information is measured automatically by each of a plurality of environment sensors arranged at a plurality of regions, and the environmental information measured by each environment sensor is collected automatically to a base device, and stored at the base device. Then, the environmental information is processed at the base device according to a user information of an individual user, and processed environmental information is provided from the base device to the individual user through a network connecting the users and the base device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Motohisa Hirano, Tadashi Katoh, Takeshi Toriyama
  • Method and system for providing environmental information on network
    Publication number: 20010029535
    Abstract: A scheme for providing environmental information to users is disclosed. In this scheme, environmental information is measured automatically by each of a plurality of environment sensors arranged at a plurality of regions, and the environmental information measured by each environment sensor is collected automatically to a base device, and stored at the base device. Then, the environmental information is processed at the base device according to a user information of an individual user, and processed environmental information is provided from the base device to the individual user through a network connecting the users and the base device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Motohisa Hirano, Tadashi Katoh, Takeshi Toriyama