Patents by Inventor Yuji Sakka

Yuji Sakka 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).

  • Electronic comic viewing apparatus and method and recording medium
    Patent number: 6937241
    Abstract: An electronic comic including at least one frame on each page, each of the frames having a balloon portion displaying words and a frame image, is viewed on a screen of a display device. The balloon portion and the frame image are stored as image data, and words displayed in the balloon portion are displayed as text data separately from the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Minagawa, Yuji Sakka
  • Electronic comic viewing apparatus and method and recording medium
    Publication number: 20020122039
    Abstract: An electronic comic including at least one frame on each page, each of the frames having a balloon portion displaying words and a frame image, is viewed on a screen of a display device. The balloon portion and the frame image are stored as image data, and words displayed in the balloon portion are displayed as text data separately from the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: SQUARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Minagawa, Yuji Sakka
  • Intraocular lens having annular groove formed in its peripheral portion
    Patent number: 5266074
    Abstract: An intraocular lens system adapted to be implanted within a generally circular opening in an anterior wall of the capsular bag which normally contains the crystalline lens of an eye. The intraocular lens system includes a lens body having an annular groove which is formed in a peripheral portion thereof in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens body. The lens body includes an optically effective portion located radially inside the annular groove, and an anterior lens portion and a posterior lens portion located on respective anterior and posterior sides of the annular groove. The intraocular lens system is secured in position within the circular opening such that an annular flap portion of the capsular bag which surrounds the circular opening is accommodated within the annular groove in the lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Menicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Okihiro Nishi, Yuji Sakka, Yoshiharu Yamada, Akihiko Iinuma