Patents by Inventor Toshie Mihira

Toshie Mihira 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).

  • Patent number: 7152016
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for supporting evaluation of usability in consideration of situations particular to each business and ISO evaluation standards. The usability evaluation support apparatus uses an instrument including a display portion for displaying information, and supports the evaluation of usability in achieving a given task. During achievement of the task, a control unit acquires information of an operation log related to an operation performed by a user, and divides an effectiveness index associated with achievement of the task, efficiency index associated with efficiency for the achievement, and satisfaction index associated with subjective satisfaction of a task achiever for each predefined subtask. The unit evaluates the indexes by a statistical calculation using measurement results of a plurality of measurement items including the information of the operation log for each subtask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ohyama, Toru Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Toshie Mihira, Kazuo Shibuta, Katsura Sakai, Hideto Yuzawa
  • Patent number: 6829564
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for supporting evaluation of usability of an instrument relative to performing a given task. During performing of the task, a control unit acquires information of an operation log related to an operation performed by a user, and evaluates an effectiveness index associated with achievement of the task, efficiency index associated with efficiency, and satisfaction index associated with subjective satisfaction of the user. The indexes are generated by a statistical calculation using a plurality of measured items, including the operation log information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Toshie Mihira, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Kazuo Shibuta, Tsutomu Ohyama, Katsura Sakai, Hideto Yuzawa
  • Publication number: 20040075685
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for supporting evaluation of usability in consideration of situations particular to each business and ISO evaluation standards. The usability evaluation support apparatus uses an instrument including a display portion for displaying information, and supports the evaluation of usability in achieving a given task. During acieve of the task, a control unit acquires information of an operation log related to an operation performed by a user, and divides an effectiveness index associated with achievement of the task, efficiency index associated with efficiency for the achievement, and satisfaction index associated with subjective satisfaction of a task achiever for each predefined subtask. The unit evaluates the indexes by a statistical calculation using measurement results of a plurality of measurement items including the information of the operation log for each subtask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ohyama, Toru Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Toshie Mihira, Kazuo Shibuta, Katsura Sakai, Hideto Yuzawa
  • Publication number: 20040049366
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for supporting evaluation of usability of an instrument relative to performing a given task. During performing of the task, a control unit acquires information of an operation log related to an operation performed by a user, and evaluates an effectiveness index associated with achievement of the task, efficiency index associated with efficiency, and satisfaction index associated with subjective satisfaction of the user. The indexes are generated by a statistical calculation using a plurality of measured items, including the operation log information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toru Tanaka, Toshie Mihira, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Kazuo Shibuta, Tsutomu Ohyama, Katsura Sakai, Hideto Yuzawa