Patents by Inventor Shizu Ohshima

Shizu Ohshima 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).

  • System for designing configuration with design elements characterized by fuzzy sets
    Patent number: 5267146
    Abstract: A system for designing a configuration capable of accounting for subtle variations of each design element involved. In this system, evaluation terms which expresses impressions associated with the design elements of the configuration is entered; a fuzzy knowledge data-base for memorizing relationships between the evaluation terms and the design elements in terms of fuzzy sets represented by membership functions is prepared; a pattern of each design element appropriate for the evaluation terms entered at the entering step is inferred according to the fuzzy knowledge data-base, and the configuration is constructed from the inferred pattern of each design element; and the constructed configuration is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Shimizu, Tomio Jindo, Shizu Ohshima, Kiyomi Hirasago