Patents by Inventor Tomomichi SUMI

Tomomichi SUMI 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: 20210338008
    Abstract: A server device, characterized by comprising: comprising: a memory and at least one processor configured to: detect a second cooking process performed by a user who is cooking according to a cooking recipe involving a first cooking process; and in a case where a predetermined condition that the second cooking process detected by the detection unit deviates from the first cooking process is met, performs control for outputting a modified cooking recipe resulting from subjecting the first cooking process to at least one of reordering relevant steps, adding a step, or removing a step based on a configuration of the first cooking process and a configuration of the second cooking process that meets the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Cookpad Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OHTANI, Masayuki IOKI, Akihisa KANEKO, Tomomichi SUMI, Jun HARASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210312142
    Abstract: A recipe translation server, for translating quantitative recipe information into a second language based on recipe information written in a first language, comprising: a memory and at least one circuitry configured to acquire quantitative recipe information, wherein ,the quantitative recipe information being made by converting qualitative expressions described in the recipe information into quantitative expressions and the quantitative recipe information includes nodes each representing information on an ingredient of a dish and edges each provided between nodes and representing information on an action necessary for a cooking process of the dish; separate the quantitative recipe information into the nodes and the edges; acquire edge information made by translating the edges written in the first language into the second language from an edge translation unit associating the edges written in the first language with the edges in the second language; and acquire node information made by translating the n
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Cookpad Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OHTANI, Masayuki IOKI, Akihisa KANEKO, Tomomichi SUMI, Jun HARASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210312830
    Abstract: A server device includes a memory that stores recipe information, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to transmit, via a network, the recipe information to a terminal device; receive, via the network, user attribute information regarding an attribute of a user of the terminal device; receive, via the network, information regarding an information output mode available by the terminal device or a cooking appliance device; and perform control for outputting the recipe information by at least one of the terminal device or the cooking appliance device, based on the received information regarding the information output mode and the received user attribute information, the recipe information being output, by the cooking appliance device or the terminal device, in an output mode that matches the attribute of the user indicated by the user attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Cookpad Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OHTANI, Masayuki IOKI, Akihisa KANEKO, Tomomichi SUMI, Jun HARASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210212504
    Abstract: A server apparatus which includes a memory that stores recipe information including a plurality of cooking processes, and circuitry that acquires the recipe information, specifies, in the acquired recipe information, a cooking process described with a qualitative expression, searches the recipe information stored in the memory for the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process, converts the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process into a quantitative expression based on a result of the search, and sends, to a user terminal via the internet, quantitative recipe information including the quantitative expression which corresponds to the acquired recipe information, for controlling a cooking appliance based on the quantitative recipe information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Cookpad Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OHTANI, Masayuki IOKI, Akihisa KANEKO, Tomomichi SUMI
  • Publication number: 20210216603
    Abstract: A recipe suggestion apparatus which includes a memory that stores a plurality of recipes, and circuitry that obtains, via the internet, spec information on a cooking appliance of a predetermined user from a user terminal of the predetermined user or the cooking appliance, the spec information indicating a performance upper limit of the cooking appliance, identifies, from the plurality of recipes, at least one target recipe in which a value of a cooking operation corresponding to a quantitative description falls within a predetermined range of the performance upper limit indicated by the spec information, and sends, via the internet, the identified target recipe to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Cookpad Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya OHTANI, Masayuki IOKI, Akihisa KANEKO, Tomomichi SUMI