Patents by Inventor Yumiko Okuma

Yumiko Okuma 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).

  • Publication number: 20150248656
    Abstract: A computing device includes an operation unit configured to receive a first user input about an item to be purchased, a display unit configured to display a name of the item and an interface based on which a user can make a second user input about the user's preference of the item through the operation unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit data corresponding to the first and second user inputs to an external device configured to store information about items for sale and information about user preferences of the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi HASEGAWA, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA, Yasutsugu SASAKI, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Mina KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20150112833
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a shopping support system has a plurality of customer terminals and a center server. The customer terminal has an input acceptance unit and a customer terminal controller. The input acceptance unit accepts an input of a candidate commodity to become a purchase candidate. The customer terminal controller transmits purchase schedule information including the candidate commodity to the center server. The center server has a center server controller. The center server controller receives the purchase schedule information transmitted from the customer terminal controller, and notifies a store to sell the candidate commodity included in the received purchase schedule information, of the candidate commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu SASAKI, Kanya HIROI, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA, Naoki HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20150112840
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a shopping support device accepts an input of a candidate commodity to become a purchase candidate of a customer. The shopping support device acquires additional information relating to the candidate commodity. Furthermore, the shopping support device controls a display so that the display displays the additional information, along with the candidate commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu SASAKI, Kanya HIROI, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20150108213
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a shopping support device has a controller which acquires identification information of a commodity from an electronic shelf tag using a communication unit. The controller acquires commodity information corresponding to the identification information, makes a storage unit store the commodity information, and makes a display display the commodity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu SASAKI, Kanya HIROI, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA, Masayuki NAKAEDA
  • Publication number: 20150112834
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a shopping support device is configured to accept an input of a periodic purchase commodity to be periodically purchased by a customer. The shopping support device is configured to control a display so that the display displays the periodic purchase commodity as a candidate commodity, along with the candidate commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yasutsugu SASAKI, Kanya HIROI, Mahina NAKAMURA, Maki SATO, Yumiko OKUMA, Yuko KIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150073840
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a member association unit configured to maintain a code of a consumer, a reception unit configured to receive electronic receipt information and additional information corresponding to the code maintained by the member association unit from an electronic receipt management server, which associates the code of each consumer with the electronic receipt information and other information collected for a plurality of companies, the electronic receipt information including information concerning payments made by the consumer to each of the plurality of companies, and the additional information added to the electronic receipt information, and a display unit configured to display the electronic receipt information and the additional information, which are received by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro ANDO, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Akiko SUSAKI, Yumiko OKUMA, Maki SATO, Takuro MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20150046177
    Abstract: A medicine registration apparatus includes a storage unit, a processor and a display unit. The storage unit stores a medicine master database including information regarding a required disposal method of a medicine. The processor reads identification information on a medicine, identifies a medicine based on the identification information, determines whether the identified medicine includes a corresponding required disposal method in the medicine master database, and provide a notification that the identified medicine includes the corresponding requited disposal method when it is determined that the identified medicine includes the corresponding required disposal method. The display unit displays the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: MAKOTO NOZAWA, Yoshiaki Kumai, Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Shiomi Matsui, Hirokazu Watanabe, Maki Sato, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019244
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a registration module configured to register a medicament to be used in a storage section; a display control module configured to display each of the medicaments registered by the registration module in a list on a display section; and a reception module configured to receive a cancellation operation of cancelling the registration of the designated medicament in the medicaments registered by the registration module; wherein the registration module cancels the registration of the medicaments designated through the cancellation operation from the storage section; and the display control module displays the cancelled information indicating that the registration is cancelled corresponding to the medicament designated through the cancellation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019245
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus for registering a used medicament in a storage section comprises a registration module configured to set a borrow resource for a used medicament borrowed from another place and register the borrow source in the storage section and a display control module configured to display a list of the registered medicaments on a display section and display the information indicating that the medicament is borrowed from another place corresponding to the medicament set with the borrow source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20150019243
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a storage section, a recognition module and an output control module. The storage section stores a first medicament master in which first medicament information relating to each medicament is held and a second medicament master in which second medicament information including determined output form of each medicament is held. The recognition module recognizes a medicament of a reading target. The output control module outputs the first medicament information corresponding to the medicament recognized by the recognition module according to the determined output form in the second medicament information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihide Murata, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shiomi Matsui, Makoto Nozawa, Yoshiaki Kumai, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Shunichiro Kamamoto, Ryu Morita, Yasuhiro Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140253757
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a medicine administering process to enable inspection of the medicine administering process, includes a video recording unit that generates video recorded image data by video recording the medicine administering process, and a data addition unit that adds controlling data that enables the recorded video of the medicine administering process to be displayed with display elements that depict transition events of the medicine administering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YUMIKO OKUMA, MAKI SATO, TOSHIHIDE MURATA, SHUNICHIRO KAMAMOTO, SHIOMI MATSUI, TOMOYUKI TAKE
  • Publication number: 20140249998
    Abstract: An electronic receipt managing server includes a reception unit configured to receive electronic receipt information relating to a sale of a merchandise at a store to a consumer, an electronic receipt management unit configured to manage the electronic receipt information, an additional information management unit configured to manage additional information, for example, warranty information, of the merchandise with the electronic receipt information, an electronic receipt transmission unit configured to transmit the electronic receipt information to an information processing device associated with a code of the consumer, and an additional information transmission unit configured to transmit the additional information to the information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Taro ANDO, Akiko SUSAKI, Yumiko OKUMA, Maki SATO, Takuro MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20140249951
    Abstract: A merchandise sales data processing apparatus includes a code reading unit configured to read a code of a customer purchasing a merchandise, an electronic receipt issuing instruction unit configured to receive an instruction for issuing electronic receipt information associated with merchandise sales data, an electronic receipt generation unit configured to generate the electronic receipt information in correlation with the code of the customer when the instruction for issuing the electronic receipt information is received by the electronic receipt issuing instruction unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit a company code indicating a company and the electronic receipt information generated by the electronic receipt generation unit to an electronic receipt server, and a receipt printing unit configured to print a paper receipt associated with the merchandise sales data when the instruction for issuing the electronic receipt information is not received by the electronic receipt issuing instruction uni
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Taro ANDO, Yumiko OKUMA, Yasutsugu SASAKI, Katsuhito MOCHIZUKI, Shigeki NIMIYA
  • Publication number: 20140235160
    Abstract: An information distribution device includes a display unit, a reception unit, and a distribution unit. The display unit displays information of distributable full content. The reception unit receives a trial request for the distributable full content from the portable terminal. The distribution unit distributes, as trial content which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masami TAKAHATA, Mika HIRAMA, Naoki WATANABE, Tomonori IKUMI, Yumiko OKUMA, Mahina NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140237074
    Abstract: An information distribution device includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a control unit. The first communication unit transmits trial content to a terminal device by wireless communication. The second communication unit transmits full content to the terminal device in a communication range that is shorter than a communication range of the first communication unit. The control unit concurrently performs a process of transmitting the trial content using the first communication unit and a process of transmitting the full content using the second communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomonori IKUMI, Masami TAKAHATA, Mika HIRAMA, Naoki WATANABE, Yumiko OKUMA, Mahina NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140237084
    Abstract: An information distribution device includes a distribution unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The distribution unit distributes trial content to a portable terminal. The storage unit stores history information of the trial content being distributed by the distribution unit. The display unit displays, as user selectable content, content selected based on the history information of the trial content being distributed, which is stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masami TAKAHATA, Mika HIRAMA, Naoki WATANABE, Tomonori IKUMI, Yumiko OKUMA, Mahina NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140195262
    Abstract: A drug registration apparatus includes a registration module configured to store a name of drug. The drug may have been administered to a patient during a medical procedure, such as an operation or surgery. A display control module is configured to display, on a display unit, the drug name stored by the registration module, drug information (e.g., dose level) associated with the drug name, and other information related to the context of the usage of the drug corresponding to the name. For example, a list of drug names and drug information corresponding to drugs administered to a patient during a surgical operation can be established and displayed on a display unit along with additional information related to patient identity and/or the medical procedure performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko OKUMA, Maki SATO, Shiomi MATSUI
  • Patent number: 8650504
    Abstract: An order receiving apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display an order input screen including a menu item space in which operation images for receiving orders of menu items are allocated and a menu allocation screen including the menu item space and a list of menu items for which the operation images can be allocated to the menu item space; a first selecting unit configured to select a menu item from among the menu items included in the list; a second selecting unit configured to select an allocation position to which the selected operation image of is allocated in the menu item space; and an updating unit configured to update the definition information according to the selected menu item and the selected allocation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Shimizu, Masanori Sambe, Takashi Makiyama, Yumiko Okuma, Hisashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20130262300
    Abstract: A billing system is disclosed. The system is configured to store a plurality of billing data, each billing data related to one of one or more products or services to be sold in a corresponding transaction. The system is further configured to display on a screen a first area that displays a first billing data and a second area that displays a thumbnail of a second billing data, and to process a payment of money with respect to any billing data displayed in the first area. According to a defined user operation, the first billing data displayed in the first area may be treated as being on hold, and a payment of money may be processed with respect to the second billing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumiko OKUMA, Maki Sato
  • Patent number: 8397178
    Abstract: An order receiving apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display an order input screen including an order list in which order information indicating ordered menu items is list-displayed; a receiving unit configured to receive the order information indicating a menu item, an order of which is to be cancelled, among the pieces of order information list-displayed in the order list; a canceling unit configured to cancel the order of the menu item indicated by the received order information; and a changing unit configured to change display of the order information indicating the menu item, the order of which is cancelled, among the pieces of order information list-displayed in the order list to special display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahide Kubota, Yumiko Okuma, Masanori Sambe, Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama