Patents by Inventor Tomochika Ozaki
Tomochika Ozaki 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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Patent number: 7275090Abstract: An information processing apparatus, such as might be associated with an in-home audio or video control device or a home appliance operated by a user, is provided with input allowing the user to set accuracy of a log of device operation history and/or to set a ratio of disclosure of the log information. A log accumulation control device efficiently collects the log information and offers users diversified levels of accuracy for the log information. In a further configuration, user-designated information acquired form user operation of the device identifies frequency of viewing and listening to each program, and reproduction of contents is controlled as a function of the user-designated information, e.g. to select among common contents and contents of different classification types.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeto Oeda, Akira Naito, Tetsuo Shinagawa, Tomochika Ozaki, Hiromichi Ito
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Patent number: 6857131Abstract: A device and method of displaying images and data on a display device. The device and method displays still and moving images in which at least one icon is associated and displayed with each image on a screen. A single screen may contain several images which change over time. As the images change so do the icons associated with them. Upon selection of an icon by a viewer, the device and method will display one of several possible advertisements or information associated with the icon. The selection of which advertisement or piece of information is based on information stored about the viewer. This information would include data concerning the viewer's age, income, address and hobbies. A list of selections made by a viewer is maintained and may be displayed at the viewer's request. The system may also force the display of advertisements if desired by advertisers.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1997Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Yagawa, Michio Morioka, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Akio Yajima
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Publication number: 20040238635Abstract: Services can be simply installed in a terminal. A terminal includes a radio frequency (RF) tag reader for reading identification information of an RF tag, a communicating unit for communicating with a server controlling services, a transmitter for transmitting by the communicating unit the identification information of the RF tag read by the RF tag reader to the server, a receiver for receiving, from the server, information regarding a service corresponding to the identification information of the RF tag. The terminal also includes an install function for installing therein a service according to service information received by the receiver. When the RF tag is within a readable range in which the terminal can read the RF tag, the terminal installs the service corresponding to the RF tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomochika Ozaki, Hiromichi Ito
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Publication number: 20040172661Abstract: A device and method of displaying images and data on a display device. The device and method displays still and moving images in which at least one icon is associated and displayed with each image on a screen. A single screen may contain several images which change over time. As the images change so do the icons associated with them. Upon selection of an icon by a viewer, the device and method will display one of several possible advertisements or information associated with the icon. The selection of which advertisement or piece of information is based on information stored about the viewer. This information would include data concerning the viewer's age, income, address and hobbies. A list of selections made by a viewer is maintained and may be displayed at the viewer's request. The system may also force the display of advertisements if desired by advertisers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Yuichi Yagawa, Michio Morioka, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Akio Yajima
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Publication number: 20040109548Abstract: A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Hiromichi Ito, Tomochika Ozaki, Tetsuo Shinagawa
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Publication number: 20040071148Abstract: A non-IP device holds an interface ID defined by Ipv6. A gateway generates and holds an Ipv6 address for the non-IP device. The gateway serves to convert the protocol of a packet destined to the non-IP device from a portable telephone or a personal computer coupled to an internet into the protocol for a network connected to the non-IP device and transmit the packet to the non-IP device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomochika Ozaki, Tadashi Kuwabara, Isao Nakagawa, Hiromichi Ito
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Patent number: 6693999Abstract: A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromichi Ito, Tomochika Ozaki, Tetsuo Shinagawa
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Publication number: 20030081745Abstract: A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Hiromichi Ito, Tomochika Ozaki, Tetsuo Shinagawa
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Patent number: 6535921Abstract: In an information sending and receiving system in which an information sending equipment and at least one information receiving equipment send and receive information through a transmission medium, a management message is sent from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment thereby to create a list of a content code expressing a data message registered on the information receiving equipment side within the information receiving equipment. Then, a data message containing a content code and data is transmitted from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment. The information receiving equipment selects a data message by comparing a content code of a data message and a list of its own content code. The content code list may be created within the information sending equipment based on a property value in an answer message from the information receiving equipment.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Hirasawa, Michio Morioka, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Yuichi Yagawa, Akio Yajima
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Patent number: 6510212Abstract: A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromichi Ito, Tomochika Ozaki, Tetsuo Shinagawa
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Patent number: 6487543Abstract: Information associated with broadcasting, information associated with a network, and information associated with a package are included in data. A terminal device has means for acquiring data from broadcasting, data from the network, and data from the package. The terminal device further has a means for displaying the data acquired by the above-mentioned means together or a means for displaying information included in the data as a link. This novel constitution allows positive information provision to users by a combination of three types of media, broadcasting, network, and package. At the same time, this novel constitution allows provision of new services by making the most of mass storage provided by package and up-to-date information provided over network.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1997Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomochika Ozaki, Tadashi Kuwabara, Michio Morioka, Yuichi Yagawa, Shigeki Hirasawa, Akio Yajima
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Publication number: 20020131569Abstract: A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Hiromichi Ito, Tomochika Ozaki, Tetsuo Shinagawa
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Publication number: 20020083162Abstract: An apparatus for offering a device operation history of a user to the outside as log information has not allowed for the fact that the ratio or proportion of disclosure of the log information is fixed, and the user sets and changes the proportion of disclosure of the log information according to user's purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeto Oeda, Akira Naito, Tetsuo Shinagawa, Tomochika Ozaki, Hiromichi Ito
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Publication number: 20020016854Abstract: In an information sending and receiving system in which an information sending equipment and at least one information receiving equipment send and receive information through a transmission medium, a management message is sent from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment thereby to create a list of a content code expressing a data message registered on the information receiving equipment side within the information receiving equipment. Then, a data message containing a content code and data is transmitted from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment. The information receiving equipment selects a data message by comparing a content code of a data message and a list of its own content code. The content code list may be created within the information sending equipment based on a property value in an answer message from the information receiving equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Shigeki Hirasawa, Michio Morioka, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Yuichi Yagawa, Akio Yajima
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Patent number: 6314467Abstract: In an information sending and receiving system in which an information sending equipment and at least one information receiving equipment send and receive information through a transmission medium, a management message is sent from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment thereby to create a list of a content code expressing a data message registered on the information receiving equipment side within the information receiving equipment. Then, a data message containing a content code and data is transmitted from the information sending equipment to the information receiving equipment. The information receiving equipment selects a data message by comparing a content code of a data message and a list of its own content code. The content code list may be created within the information sending equipment based on a property value in an answer message from the information receiving equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1997Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeki Hirasawa, Michio Morioka, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Yuichi Yagawa, Akio Yajima
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Patent number: 5991798Abstract: Information obtained through a network and information distributed from a package medium are mixedly displayed. A package medium 3 has a URL (Universal Resource Locator) and information for converting a directory structure in the package medium. A terminal has information for managing correspondence between data of a received electronic mail 6 and a URL of the data. The URL is used for designating data. When the designated URL exists in the terminal, data is read from the terminal. When the designated URL exists in the package medium, data is read from the package medium. The read data is mixedly displayed on one screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Information Network, Ltd.Inventors: Tomochika Ozaki, Tadashi Kuwabara, Toshiyuki Oda, Mika Nishiyama, Takashi Takeuchi, Jun Miyauchi
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Patent number: 5933478Abstract: In the handheld terminal device, when a message reception unit receives from a host computer a new arrival message indicating a new arrival of a file (or electronic mail), a control unit analyzes the new arrival message to obtain identifier information for identifying the file (or electronic mail) and a telephone number of the host computer. After a line connection to the host computer is established by a handheld phone transceiver unit, a fetch request command for fetching the file (or electronic mail) is transmitted to automatically fetch the file (or electronic mail) from the host computer and make the user know the contents of the file (or electronic mail) by using a display unit. A FAX transmitting user designates a destination handheld terminal device and transmits FAX image data to a communication server (CS). CS stores the received FAX image data and transmits a FAX arrival message to a pager connected to the destination handheld terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1995Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomochika Ozaki, Yoshihiko Kunimori, Kouichi Hibi, Michihiro Mese, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tooru Yokozawa, Tadashi Kuwabara, Muneaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 5754629Abstract: A schedule management system which can display a schedule on a screen and enables the user to enter schedule topics promptly and accurately without performing complicated operation is provided. An external voice is input through a microphone or a network control unit and is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter and a coder. An identifier related to the digital signal is generated. The identifier is displayed on a schedule on a display unit. The digital signal is stored in a memory in relation to the identifier. A user specifies the displayed identifier through an operation section, whereby the digital signal related to the identifier is extracted from the memory by a CPU, the extracted digital signal is converted into an analog signal by a D/A converter, and the analog signal is output as a voice through a loudspeaker or the network control unit to the outside. Like a voice, an image can also be handled.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1994Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kunimori, Toshio Kamimura, Tomochika Ozaki, Takao Iwatani, Tadashi Kuwabara, Michihiro Mese, Tomohiro Esaki