Patents by Inventor Soshiro Kuzunuki
Soshiro Kuzunuki 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).
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Publication number: 20010028742Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a character recognition apparatus for inferring the entire character string solely from a user-input handwritten keyword and displaying the inferred result as a candidate character string.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Keiko Gunji, Koyo Katsura, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Masaki Miura, Toshimi Yokota
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Patent number: 6266057Abstract: An information processing system includes a desk with a planar display unit which also accommodates physical objects to be manipulated by the operator. The physical objects are representative of physical objects normally used in office environments when handling paper files. A camera is provided which continuously monitors the desk display surface and is coupled to an electronic computer which can be controlled by the operator by moving the physical objects and the operator hands to simulate paper processing tasks, such as mailing, faxing, filing, opening files, editing and the like. An operator driven menu is provided on the desk display surface for facilitating operator classification and storage of physical object shapes of those physical objects which are to be used.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Toshifumi Arai, Tadaaki Kitamura, Hiroshi Shojima
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Patent number: 6173253Abstract: A document or sentence processing apparatus having an input unit for inputting characters, a display unit for displaying input characters and a processing unit for converting and editing the input characters, in which the processing unit has a candidate word extraction unit which extracts candidates for the words with their characters omitted and/or omitted words themselves by referring to the vocabulary dictionary storing words and their usage frequency, to the dictionary of transition between words defining the information on the transition between words and the probability of the transition between words, and by searching the characters before and after the elliptic character included in the input sentence into the vocabulary dictionary, and a determination unit which selects a single word among the extracted candidate words by referring to the dictionary of transition between words.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Keiko Abe, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Koyo Katsura, Toshimi Yokota, Masaki Miura
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Patent number: 6125206Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-user pattern data processing system configured for various kinds of patterns, such as characters, to learn efficiently and effectively. The present invention comprises an input arrangement 1 having patterns entered therein from a plurality of users, a dictionary 2 having patterns and attributes of the patterns belonging thereto defined therein, a recognizing arrangement 4 that receives the entered pattern and a group attribute and retrieves from among the patterns entered in the dictionary and having a corresponding group attribute to feed out the category, and a dictionary editing arrangement 5 for extracting a pattern used in common by a group before editing the pattern, such as entering it in the common dictionary, with the group having the user made to belong thereto. The invention allows the dictionary used to the pattern recognition to learn very efficiently and effectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1995Date of Patent: September 26, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimi Yokota, Hiroshi Shojima, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Toshifumi Arai, Masaki Miura, Keiko Gunji, Yasushi Fukunaga
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Patent number: 6097841Abstract: A character recognition apparatus for inferring the entire character string solely from a user-input handwritten keyword and displaying the inferred result as a candidate character string. The apparatus of the invention comprises: a word dictionary storing word identification information and hierarchy information for layering a plurality of words into a hierarchy and for recognizing each of the words within the hierarchy; a character transition probability table a4 storing probabilities of transitions from any one character to another, and those pieces of the word identification information which correspond to combinations of characters resulting from the transitions; and an optimization unit for using the character transition probability table in optimizing candidate character strings obtained by a recognition unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1997Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Keiko Gunji, Koyo Katsura, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Masaki Miura, Toshimi Yokota
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Patent number: 5917475Abstract: A display device has a touch pad and a display lamintated together to form a screen, That screen is connected to a controller which processes signals generated by physical contact with the touch pad and activates the display to display e.g. characters input by a stylus to the touch pad. The display device is connected to an external device (e.g. a computer) and video signals from the external device are received via a video input and may be displayed on the display. Also the controller can transmit to the external device via an output. Thus, the display can simultaneously display information from the external device and information input to the touch pad. If the controller is arranged to carry out character recognition, the display device may then act as a handwriting input device, with the handwritten information being incorporated with information in the external device and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yasushi Fukunaga, Hiroshi Shojima, Masaki Miura, Toshimi Yokota
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Patent number: 5917490Abstract: An information processing system and method using a file storage unit which stores electronic information and a display unit which displays the electronic information. A discrimination unit discriminates each of a plurality of physical objects indicated by a user. An attribute discrimination unit discriminates changeable attribute information of the physical objects. A link storage unit stores link information designating a correspondence between each of the physical objects and a respective corresponding portion of the electronic information stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Toshifumi Arai, Tadaaki Kitamura, Hiroshi Shojima
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Patent number: 5903667Abstract: In an information processing apparatus having a handwriting input unit made of an integral structure of a handwriting coordinate input device and a plane display, the screen of the handwriting input unit is constituted by one or more areas, and there are provided a form defining unit for defining in advance a process operation for each area and a stroke interpretation executing unit for executing the process operation defined by the form defining unit when a handwritten stroke is inputted to the area. It becomes therefore possible to input data with a realistic sense of writing data on a paper with a pen without intercepting human thinking processes, while considerably improving man-machine interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1993Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yasushi Fukunaga, Hiroshi Shojima, Toshifumi Arai, Masaki Miura, Toshimi Yokota
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Patent number: 5892190Abstract: Elevator group supervisory control method and system for group supervisory control of a plurality of elevators serving a plurality of floors. The method and apparatus of the invention permits the inputting of qualitative requests (guidance), from the user, concerning elevator operation into the group supervisory control system. Qualitative requests concerning elevator operation are set in the form of guidance (or request) targets. The thus set request targets are converted into control targets for the elevators. Actual group supervisory control is executed using the control targets.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuzo Morita, Toshimitsu Tobita, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Atsuya Fujino, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Kotaro Hirasawa, Yoshio Sakai, Kenji Yoneda, Takaaki Ueshima, Yuji Toda, Hiromi Inaba
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Patent number: 5864335Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing system using a coordinate detection device and displays, and more specifically to an input-display integrated information processing system which allows the displays to be carried like paper and to be freely laid out and stacked together on a desk (coordinate input device). The system includes a layout determining unit for determining a layout of the display on said coordinate detection device, wherein the layout determining unit further comprises a display position coordinate detector that detects where in the coordinate space of the coordinate detection device the display for displaying an information is located, and a coordinate converter that converts the information into display coordinates. The layout determination is done by using markers attached to three of the four corners of the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Hiroshi Shojima, Toshimi Yokota, Toshifumi Yokota, Masaki Miura, Keiko Gunji, Yasushi Fukunaga, Toshio Tanaka, Masaaki Kitajima
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Patent number: 5732227Abstract: An information processing system includes a desk with a planar display unit which also accommodates physical objects to be manipulated by the operator. The physical objects are representative of physical objects normally used in office environments when handling paper files. A camera is provided which continuously monitors the desk display surface and is coupled to an electronic computer which can be controlled by the operator by moving the physical objects and the operator hands to simulate paper processing tasks, such as mailing, faxing, filing, opening files, editing and the like. An operator driven menu is provided on the desk display surface for facilitating operator classification and storage of physical object shapes of those physical objects which are to be used.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 1995Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Toshifumi Arai, Tadaaki Kitamura, Hiroshi Shojima
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Patent number: 5592189Abstract: An apparatus for use in offices includes a planar liquid crystal shutter disposed at least a portion of a surface of a housing of the apparatus, the shutter being set to a transparent state or a non-transparent state depending on an input signal supplied thereto, and a controller for applying to the shutter a control signal to control the transparent or non-transparent state thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yasuro Hori, Shuichi Okabe, Fumitaka Ito
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Patent number: 5592565Abstract: A hand-written character recognition apparatus with a personal dictionary preparation function has a character recognition unit for comparing an input hand-written character data with a registered standard dictionary to recognize a most similar character pattern, and a display unit for selecting and displaying a display font corresponding to the recognized character pattern, so that a personal peculiar character or simplified character inputted can be recognized. When a personal dictionary is to be registered, the character to be registered is inputted by hand-writing, the character recognition unit compares the input hand-written character data with the standard dictionary to recognize a similar character pattern, and the recognized character code of the standard dictionary is selected as the character code to be registered.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1994Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Shojima, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yasushi Fukunaga, Toshihiko Matsuda, Toshio Takekoshi, Masaki Miura, Junko Mori, Toshimi Mifune
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Patent number: 5436639Abstract: An information processing system which comprises an integral input and display unit comprising a display which enables an object to be selectively displayed at one of a plurality of positions in a display area and a tablet having an input face overlaid on a display face of the display, the input and display face being disposed substantially horizontally, and a display whose display face is disposed substantially uprightly, wherein when an object is presented to a user in the display area of the display, a display position of the object is determined in response to at least one of a state of the user, a state of the input and display face, and a display state of the display, thereby enabling the object to be displayed at an easy-to-use position relative to the user's position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1994Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshifumi Arai, Hiroshi Shojima, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Masaki Miura, Toshimi Yokota, Keiko Gunji, Kazuo Aisaka, Tooru Numata, Hideki Sakao, Yasushi Fukunaga
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Patent number: 5341413Abstract: A communication equipment has a dictionary file for areas and destination names corresponding to destination numbers entered by a destination entry unit such as a dialer. The dictionary file is looked up by a retrieval unit during the entry of the number and the retrieved area name and destination name are informed by an informing unit so that an entry error of the area name and the destination name can be detected during the entry of the destination and the error is corrected.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuro Hori, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Shuichi Okabe, Fumitaka Ito
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Patent number: 5307903Abstract: Elevator group supervisory control method and system for group supervisory control of a plurality of elevators serving a plurality of floors. The method and apparatus of the invention permits the inputting of qualitative requests (guidance), from the user, concerning elevator operation into the group supervisory control system. Qualitative requests concerning elevator operation are set in the form of guidance (or request) targets. The thus set request, targets are converted into control targets for the elevators. Actual group supervisory control is executed using the control targets.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1989Date of Patent: May 3, 1994Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuzo Morita, Toshimitsu Tobita, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Atsuya Fujino, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Kotaro Hirasawa, Yoshio Sakai, Kenji Yoneda, Takaaki Ueshima, Yuji Toda, Hiromi Inaba
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Patent number: 5191622Abstract: A hand-written character recognition apparatus with a personal dictionary preparation function has a character recognition unit for comparing an input hand-written character data with a registered standard dictionary to recognize a most similar character pattern, and a display unit for selecting and displaying a display font corresponding to the recognized character pattern, so that a personal peculiar character or simplified character inputted can be recognized. When a personal dictionary is to be registered, the character to be registered is inputted by hand-writing, the character recognition unit compares the input hand-written character data with the standard dictionary to recognize a similar character pattern, and the recognized character code of the standard dictionary is selected as the character code to be registered.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1988Date of Patent: March 2, 1993Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Shojima, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yasushi Fukunaga, Toshihiko Matsuda, Toshio Takekoshi, Masaki Miura, Junko Mori, Toshimi Mifune
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Patent number: 5010472Abstract: A customer participatory elevator control system includes a device for setting and storing information necessary to operate a plurality of elevators on trial and a device for operating the elevators on the basis of the trial operation information. When the customer inputs into the control system a request which is unexpected to the elevator maker in the course of design of operation specifications, the control system enables the customer to carry out a trial of elevator call assignment control and guide control in accordance with the customer's request and changes the designed elevator operation specifications in accordance with results of the trial.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1989Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kenzi Yoneda, Takaaki Ueshima, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yuzo Morita, Toshimitsu Tobita
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Patent number: 4989694Abstract: The invention relates to call registration wherein of a plurality of elevators an elevator which a user (passenger) wants to ride is called to the elevator hall of the user. A display is provided at an elevator hall for users. When a user depresses a hall calling button, a group supervisory controller determines and selects a suitable elevator, and causes the condition of the elevator to be displayed on the display in the form of sentences or the like. If the user is satisfied with the selected elevator, the hall calling button is not actuated again. If the user is dissatisfied with the selected elevator, the hall calling button is depressed again so that the controller selects another elevator for service to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1989Date of Patent: February 5, 1991Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Ueshima, Kenji Yoneda, Naobumi Nakata, Toshimitsu Tobita, Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yuzo Morita, Atsuya Fujino, Masato Suzuki, Masachika Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4947965Abstract: In a group-control for an elevator system with plural elevator cages, when a hall call is generated, evaluation values of all of group-controlled cages with respect to the generated hall call are calculated by a predetermined evaluation function, as expressed by the following formula:.phi..sub.n =(WT-k.sub.p Z.sub.p +k.sub.c T.sub.c +k.sub.L L.sub.L -K.sub.z Z.sub.Z -k.sub.s Z.sub.s).sub.nn=1, 2, . . ., Nwherein N denotes the total number of group-controlled elevator cages, WT, Z.sub.p, T.sub.c, L.sub.L, and Z.sub.s represent evaluation indexes of a waiting time, an equal time-interval operation preferential zone, a riding time, a cage-load factor, a first-arriving cage preferential zone and a stop call, and k.sub.p, k.sub.c, k.sub.L, k.sub.z and k.sub.s represent control parameters for the last five of the evaluation indexes above, respectively. The generated hall call is allotted to a cage having a minimal evaluation value calculated by the aforesaid evaluation function.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1989Date of Patent: August 14, 1990Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Soshiro Kuzunuki, Yuzo Morita, Kenzi Yoneda, Takaaki Ueshima, Toshimitsu Tobita, Atsuya Fujino