Patents by Inventor Teruo Hamano

Teruo Hamano 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).

  • Image information retrieving device, image database device, image information storing device and recording medium on which a program performed by the image information retrieving device is recorded
    Patent number: 6307641
    Abstract: An image information retrieving device comprises: a primary service control information storing section in which primary service control information is stored in advance; a response section which performs between a facsimile terminal which is connected to a line, output of guidance information in accordance with a service control procedure indicated by primary service control information stored in the primary service control information storing section, input of an assignment signal from a user based on the guidance information, and output of image information as a retrieval result based on the assignment signal; a retrieval processing section which retrieves image information from an image information storing device in response to the operation of the response section, reads the image information as the retrieval result, and outputs the image information to the response section; a secondary service control information storing section for storing temporarily secondary service control information showing a ser
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Hamano, Ken Kajii, Tsutomu Sasaki, Noboru Sonehara