Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sakuta

Yoshio Sakuta 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).

  • Manipulating data in a relational data base having operational manipulations defined in an input table and displayed results in an output table with a line displayed designating direction of data flow
    Patent number: 5301313
    Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating a relational data base includes a unit for describing input data in a table format, a unit for describing all the operational manipulation with respect to the input data in a non-text format, and a unit for outputting data by referring to the relational data base based on the described input data and operational manipulation. The input data of a table format includes an input table and an output table. The input table includes an operational description region and the output table includes a region wherein a map relation between the respective items of the input and output table is described. The manipulation contents are described in the operation manipulation description region and the map relation description region. The operation flow is described and defined by a connection line with directiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Terada, Hiroaki Nishikawa, Yoshio Sakuta, Youichiro Nishikawa, Shuji Hara, Yoshie Inaoka, Tetsuo Yamasaki, Kenji Shima, Shin-ichi Yoshida, Shunji Hine