Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Mizoo

Nobuyoshi Mizoo 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 status indication of activating application including indication of operating system bootup process with light emitting section prior to application activation
    Patent number: 7930528
    Abstract: When a prescribed application such as a TV application, etc., is activated by using a general-purpose OS, an application activation device can inform a user of the fact that it is now in preparation for activation of the application, so as to avoid inducing the user to become uneasy during his or her waiting. The device includes an activation event input section (1) for inputting an activation event for the TV application in either of plural power supply states of a computer when the TV application is activated from either of a power off state, a hibernation state and a standby state of the computer, an activation event detection section (2) for detecting an input activation event, and an activation preparation state indicating section (3A) for indicating, during the time from when an activation event has been detected until when the TV application is activated, that the TV application is in preparation for being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kimura, Takahide Norinobu, Hisashi Negishi, Takashi Kogure, Nobuyoshi Mizoo
  • Information processing device, application activation method, application activation program, and display unit for computer
    Publication number: 20050235294
    Abstract: When a prescribed application such as a TV application, etc., is activated by using a general-purpose OS, an application activation device can inform a user of the fact that it is now in preparation for activation of the application, so as to avoid inducing the user to become uneasy during his or her waiting. The device includes an activation event input section (1) for inputting an activation event for the TV application in either of plural power supply states of a computer when the TV application is activated from either of a power off state, a hibernation state and a standby state of the computer, an activation event detection section (2) for detecting an input activation event, and an activation preparation state indicating section (3A) for indicating, during the time from when an activation event has been detected until when the TV application is activated, that the TV application is in preparation for being activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kimura, Takahide Norinobu, Hisashi Negishi, Takashi Kogure, Nobuyoshi Mizoo