Patents by Inventor Tadao ANDOH

Tadao ANDOH 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).

  • Publication number: 20200341443
    Abstract: A control device is configured to control an information presentation system including at least one home appliance having a communication function and a plurality of communication devices. The control device includes: a behavior prediction unit configured to perform behavior prediction processing to predict a behavior using the at least one home appliance of a subject user on the basis of operation information and an operation history of the at least one home appliance; and a suggestion information processing unit configured to perform suggestion information processing to generate suggestion information useful for the subject user to perform the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit such that the suggestion information is presented to the subject user using a subject communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: HIROAKI TANAKA, TADAO ANDOH, TAKUYA OYAIZU
  • Publication number: 20200344085
    Abstract: Provided is a control device configured to control an information presentation system constituted of a plurality of electronic apparatuses and a server. The control device includes a presentation generation unit configured to receive holding information of the electronic apparatuses and generate presentation information to be presented to a user, and an apparatus selection unit configured to select the electronic apparatus in charge of performing presentation of the presentation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: IICHIRO FUKUI, TAKUYA OYAIZU, TADAO ANDOH
  • Publication number: 20200186880
    Abstract: The present invention presents appropriate information that corresponds to a situation of a game which a user is watching arid reacting to. In an electronic apparatus (10) including information presenting devices (12, 15, 16) and a control device (11), the control device (11) controls the information presenting devices (12, 15, 16) to present information in response to the situation of the game which situation has been determined based on information that (i) relates to the game which the user is watching and reacting to and (ii) is accumulated in a server (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: MEGUMI YOKOGAWA, TADAO ANDOH, KIYOFUMI OHTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200145733
    Abstract: The present invention allows, without hindering a user from cheering, the user to obtain information at an appropriate timing at which the user wishes to obtain the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: MEGUMI YOKOGAWA, TADAO ANDOH, KIYOFUMI OHTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200135046
    Abstract: An object is to enhance a user's motivation for cheering for a sport and motivate the user to cheer at a stadium or the like. An electronic apparatus (10) includes: at least one motion detecting device (13); and at least one control device (11), the at least one control device (11) being configured to, in a case where at least one motion is detected by the at least one motion detecting device (13), carry out a point acquiring process that includes acquiring a point(s) corresponding to the at least one motion, the at least one motion each being a motion of a body of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: MEGUMI YOKOGAWA, KIYOFUMI OHTSUKA, TADAO ANDOH
  • Patent number: 10162509
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal device (i) in which an application for a touch panel terminal is usable and (ii) which includes a hardware key. A process carried out by the terminal device includes the steps of: detecting an operation to the hardware key (S1310); in a case where a focus is displayed on a location of a user interface image (i.e., YES in step S1330) and the operation is an operation for making a determination (YES in step S1340), accepting an input of a command associated with the user interface image (S1350); and in a case where the operation is not the operation for making a determination (NO in step S1340) and the terminal device has determined that the operation is an operation conducted, to the hard key, for moving a user interface image (YES in step S1360), moving the focus to a next user interface image (S1370).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhsuke Hirano, Takao Oku, Tadao Andoh, Yuhji Maejima, Katsuya Demoto
  • Publication number: 20170255358
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal device (i) in which an application for a touch panel terminal is usable and (ii) which includes a hardware key. A process carried out by the terminal device includes the steps of: detecting an operation to the hardware key (S1310); in a case where a focus is displayed on a location of a user interface image (i.e., YES in step S1330) and the operation is an operation for making a determination (YES in step S1340), accepting an input of a command associated with the user interface image (S1350); and in a case where the operation is not the operation for making a determination (NO in step S1340) and the terminal device has determined that the operation is an operation conducted, to the hard key, for moving a user interface image (YES in step S1360), moving the focus to a next user interface image (S1370).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yuhsuke HIRANO, Takao OKU, Tadao ANDOH, Yuhji MAEJIMA, Katsuya DEMOTO