Patents by Inventor Toru IWAOKA

Toru IWAOKA 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: 20100257195
    Abstract: An information acquisition system includes: a mobile terminal; and an information search system. The information search system searches for information on a route based on route information input from the mobile terminal and transmits a search result to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal includes a navigation unit that navigates the route from a departure point to a destination. The information search system includes: a database in which information on the route is stored in correspondence with the route information; and an information search server that searches for the information on the route from the database based on the route information and acquires reservation information for transportation on the route based on the information on the route from a reservation system of the transportation, and the information search server transmits the reservation information to the mobile terminal together with the information on the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya INOUE, Toru IWAOKA, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20100076867
    Abstract: In a database, product image data is accumulated. A search portion acquires product image data having the image characteristics information that is the same as or similar to the image characteristics information that indicates the characteristics of the image of input image data from the database for the input image data. A search server outputs information on another product that is different from the product corresponding to the product image data together with the product image data acquired by the search portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya Inoue, Toru Iwaoka, Michiko Noborisaka, Masayuki Hatori, Tomohide Hamada, Yutaka Iwasaki, Hideki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100039505
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging portion that takes an image of a subject, a position information acquisition portion that acquires position information of an imaging position, and an orientation information acquisition portion that acquires orientation information representing an imaging direction at the imaging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya INOUE, Toru IWAOKA, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide HAMADA