Patents by Inventor Yukio Numkami

Yukio Numkami 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).

  • Information processor, method thereof, program thereof, recording medium storing the program and information retrieving device
    Publication number: 20050289599
    Abstract: When a request for receiving or reproducing contents data of a TV program of a predetermined detail based on an input on an input unit 260 of a recording/reproducing device 200 is recognized, a related keyword related to a keyword as a searching request is recognized. Program information is narrowed, from program information including the keyword and the related keyword in accordance with a priority based on an appearance frequency as a history of the related keyword for the keyword. Since the detail of the detected program information corresponds to the priority, improper searching of the program information can be prevented, so that the program information can be selected appropriately, and proper contents data can be retrieved easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Matsuura, Harumi Nakamura, Tetsuya Kawahara, Wakako Nagata, Yukio Numkami