Patents by Inventor Noritugu Kagaya

Noritugu Kagaya 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).

  • Retrieval method using image information
    Patent number: 6032157
    Abstract: For retrieving attribute information through image information which is not linked with the attribute information: displaying on a display screen the first image information corresponding with attribute information and second image information that has a common attribute with the first image information; and storing a correspondence between the first image information and the second image information in response to an input of an instruction to confirm the correspondence between the first image information and the second image information, and retrieving and displaying the attribute information on the basis of the stored correspondence between the first image information and the second image information as well as correspondence information between the first image information and the attribute information, in response to an input for object choice indicated by the second image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Maki Tamano, Hiroyuki Okuda, Hiroshi Yajima, Tadashi Hirose, Noritugu Kagaya
  • Retrieval method using image information
    Patent number: 5857199
    Abstract: For retrieving attribute information through image information which is not linked with the attribute information: displaying on a display screen the first image information corresponding with attribute information and second image information that has a common attribute with the first image information; and storing a correspondence between the first image information and the second image information in response to an input of an instruction to confirm the correspondence between the first image information and the second image information, and retrieving and displaying the attribute information on the basis of the stored correspondence between the first image information and the second image information as well as correspondence information between the first image information and the attribute information, in response to an input for object choice indicated by the second image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Maki Tamano, Hiroyuki Okuda, Hiroshi Yajima, Tadashi Hirose, Noritugu Kagaya