Patents by Inventor Yukio Uematsu

Yukio Uematsu 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 search method, apparatus, program and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 8909654
    Abstract: An information search apparatus is provided. The information search apparatus includes: a character string input unit configured to obtain a character string from a client; a character string information search unit configured to obtain information that includes the character string from an index DB; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate degree of similarity between the character string and searched information; and an output unit configured to output the searched information in descending order of the degree of similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Uematsu, Kengo Fujioka, Syunsuke Konagai, Ryoji Kataoka
  • INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100257159
    Abstract: An information search apparatus is provided. The information search apparatus includes: a character string input unit configured to obtain a character string from a client; a character string information search unit configured to obtain information that includes the character string from an index DB; a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate degree of similarity between the character string and searched information; and an output unit configured to output the searched information in descending order of the degree of similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Uematsu, Kengo Fujioka, Syunsuke Konagai, Ryoji Kataoka