Patents by Inventor Shinich Ooi

Shinich Ooi 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).

  • Apparatus for managing selection and display of graphic user interface (GUI) information
    Patent number: 8042134
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a managing module configured to manage pieces of image information corresponding to types of applications; a determination module configured to determine whether a present time satisfies a preset temporal condition; an image selecting module configured to select first image information corresponding to a type of an activated application, and second image information corresponding to the type of the activated application when the present time satisfies the temporal condition; and a display module configured to generate a first image based on the first image information to be displayed on a display device when the image selecting module selects the first image information. The display module generates a second image based on the second image information to be displayed on the display device in place of the first image when the image selecting module selects the second image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirota, Shinich Ooi, Osamu Yoshida, Michihiro Fukushima
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100251310
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a managing module configured to manage pieces of image information corresponding to types of applications; a determination module configured to determine whether a present time satisfies a preset temporal condition; an image selecting module configured to select first image information corresponding to a type of an activated application, and second image information corresponding to the type of the activated application when the present time satisfies the temporal condition; and a display module configured to generate a first image based on the first image information to be displayed on a display device when the image selecting module selects the first image information. The display module generates a second image based on the second image information to be displayed on the display device in place of the first image when the image selecting module selects the second image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirota, Shinich Ooi, Osamu Yoshida, Michihiro Fukushima