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).

  • Patent number: 8397174
    Abstract: An order receiving apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a task other than an order task related to an order of a menu item; and a display control unit configured to display an order input screen including an area in which an operation image for operating execution of the order task is displayed and an area in which an operation image for operating execution of the task, the selection of which is received, is displayed.
    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
  • Patent number: 8207986
    Abstract: A display control device is provided, which can display, on a screen, a plurality of display objects related to a process object to undergo a predetermined process. The device comprises: an object-information acquisition unit that acquires information; an extraction unit that extracts some display objects having a specific relation with the process object; an importance-information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a degree of importance that the display object has in connection with display on the screen; and a control unit that displays the display objects extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the information in a display region composed of substantially ring-shaped first to n-th regions (n is 2 or a gr ater integer) concentric to one another, such that a display object having a higher degree of importance than a display object displayed in an x-th region is displayed in an (x?1)th region located inside the x-th region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20120130867
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity information providing system includes: a commodity-data acquiring section configured to acquire, on the basis of location data indicating a location of an information terminal including a display screen and commodity data associated with a place or an area, commodity data that is provided to or can be provided to the information terminal; and a display-data generating section configured to generate display data for displaying, on the display screen of the information terminal, information concerning a commodity corresponding to the commodity data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Motegi, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma
  • Publication number: 20120130635
    Abstract: A portable information terminal apparatus according to an embodiment acquires route point information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on a digital signage terminal apparatus and searches for a guidance route including a route point equivalent to the acquired route point information. Therefore, in a building such as a shopping mall, it is possible to easily guide, without increases labor of a customer as a user, the customer to a store or the like in which the customer takes an interest according to the advertisement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma, Tsunehiro Motegi
  • Publication number: 20120130920
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a commodity processing supporting system includes a commodity-data acquiring section and a display-data generating section. The commodity-data acquiring section acquires, on the basis of information received from a portable information terminal, data of commodities registered in a storing section. The display-data generating section displays, on a display screen of the portable information terminal, information corresponding to the data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section while distinguishing the commodities into commodities to be taken back home and commodities not to be taken back home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi
  • Publication number: 20110265037
    Abstract: A technique is provided, which can help the user to know well that process modes have been switched among them, thereby enabling the user to work more efficiently. A display control device is provided, which comprises: a selection information acquisition unit 201 that acquires selection information representing which process mode has been selected from a plurality of process modes in which different processes are performed; and a control unit 202 that displays display objects corresponding to set items related to the process mode selected, in a first display region on a screen, and display objects corresponding to any process mode not selected, in a second display region narrower than the first display region on the screen, on the basis of the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 201.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110209086
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a generating unit, a display unit, an input unit, and a processing unit. The generating unit generates a graphical user interface image including an operation area in which display components respectively associated with instructions by a user are arrayed. The display unit displays the graphical user interface image. The input unit inputs operation by the user for designating one of the display components. The processing unit executes processing corresponding to an instruction associated with the display component designated by the operation. The generating unit changes, in a period in which display of an explanation is designated by the user, the graphical user interface image to show the operation area reduced in size by reducing the sizes of the display components and an explanation image showing the explanation without superimposing the operation area and the explanation image on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Sambe, Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama, Yumiko Okuma
  • Publication number: 20110209225
    Abstract: There is disclosed a technique capable of improving operatability for registered users and capable of displaying an interface screen for guest users with security levels maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110208598
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an order input apparatus includes: a first storing unit configured to store therein plural menu items and plural sub-menu items in association with one another, the sub-menu items accompanying the menu items; a first display control unit configured to display a list of the plural menu items in a first area in a display screen of a display unit; a first receiving unit configured to receive selection of any menu item out of the list of the menu items displayed in the first area; a second display control unit configured to display a list of the sub-menu items accompanying the menu item, the selection of which is received by the first receiving unit, in a second area in the display screen; a second receiving unit configured to receive selection of any sub-menu item out of the list of the sub-menu items displayed in the second area; and an order processing unit configured to manage, as order menu item information, the menu item and the sub-menu item, the selection of which is received
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama, Yumiko Okuma, Masanori Sambe
  • Patent number: 8006198
    Abstract: A technique is provided, which can help the user to know well that process modes have been switched among them, thereby enabling the user to work more efficiently. A display control device is provided, which comprises: a selection information acquisition unit 201 that acquires selection information representing which process mode has been selected from a plurality of process modes in which different processes are performed; and a control unit 202 that displays display objects corresponding to set items related to the process mode selected, in a first display region on a screen, and display objects corresponding to any process mode not selected, in a second display region narrower than the first display region on the screen, on the basis of the selection information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 201.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110126137
    Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of contributing to an improvement in operability and working efficiency. A display control system comprises: an identification information acquisition section 201 that acquires identification information for identifying a user who uses a second device 41; an operation determination section 202 that determines whether there is any uncompleted job among those for which the relevant operation has started in the first device 11; an operation history acquisition section 203 that acquires information concerning the operation history; a setting information acquisition section 204 that acquires setting information concerning the display of an interface screen; and a screen control section 205 that displays the interface screen on the second device 41 and, at the same time, reflects the information acquired by the operation history acquisition section 203 on the interface screen as operation content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110122150
    Abstract: There is provided a technique concerning a preview display function used when predetermined processing is performed for predetermined data, which contributes to enhancement of user's convenience. A display controller contains a control section 205 that displays, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition section 203, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section 202 in the display area 902 and 903, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the area 903 are displayed in the area 902 and, at the same time, displays the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section 201 inside the area 902 ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to be performed for the target data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7945961
    Abstract: There is disclosed a technique capable of improving operatability for registered users and capable of displaying an interface screen for guest users with security levels maintained. A display control device includes: an identification information obtaining unit that obtains identification information for identifying a user; a determination unit that determines, based on the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit, whether the user belongs to a first group or a second group which is allowed to conduct operation concerning only processing items of a lower security level than a security level allowed for the first group; and a control unit that performs control so as to display, for the user determined as belonging to the second group by the determination unit, display objects corresponding to predetermined processing items of a lower security level than a security level of processing items to be displayed for the user determined as belonging to the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110073645
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a search unit searches a data file storing article information, and acquires article information corresponding to the article code inputted by a input unit. A storage unit stores a first transaction number indicating a first transaction and article information about the first transaction, a second transaction number indicating a second transaction after the first transaction and article information about the second transaction, and a third transaction number indicating a third transaction after the second transaction and article information about the third transaction. A display unit displays the transaction number of and a total amount for the first transaction, the transaction number of and a total amount for the second transaction, and the transaction number of and a total amount for the third transaction that are stored in the storage unit at the same time, in one display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Okuma, Maki Sato, Nobuhiro Sugita, Satoru Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7908563
    Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of contributing to an improvement in operability and working efficiency. A display control system comprises: an identification information acquisition section 201 that acquires identification information for identifying a user who uses a second device 41; an operation determination section 202 that determines whether there is any uncompleted job among those for which the relevant operation has started in the first device 11; an operation history acquisition section 203 that acquires information concerning the operation history; a setting information acquisition section 204 that acquires setting information concerning the display of an interface screen; and a screen control section 205 that displays the interface screen on the second device 41 and, at the same time, reflects the information acquired by the operation history acquisition section 203 on the interface screen as operation content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110049236
    Abstract: A commodity information acquisition and display apparatus includes a commodity information input unit that has a reading window to read commodity information, and reads a commodity code attached to a commodity through the reading window so that the commodity information is inputted, a display unit that has a screen made of a transparent or semitransparent member and to display specified settlement information based on the commodity information, and is provided to be adjacent to the reading window to enable a customer to simultaneously and visually confirm the commodity and the settlement information through the screen, and a display control unit to control the display of the settlement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Sasaki, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma
  • Patent number: 7890879
    Abstract: There is provided a technique concerning a preview display function used when predetermined processing is performed for predetermined data, which contribute to enhancement of user's convenience. A display controller comprises: a control section 205 that displays, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition section 203, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section 202 in the display area 902 and 903, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the area 903 are displayed in the area 902 and, at the same time, displays the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section 201 inside the area 902 ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to be performed for the target data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7850068
    Abstract: A commodity information acquisition and display apparatus includes a commodity information input unit that has a reading window to read commodity information, and reads a commodity code attached to a commodity through the reading window so that the commodity information is inputted, a display unit that has a screen made of a transparent or semitransparent member and to display specified settlement information based on the commodity information, and is provided to be adjacent to the reading window to enable a customer to simultaneously and visually confirm the commodity and the settlement information through the screen, and a display control unit to control the display of the settlement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Sasaki, Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Yumiko Okuma
  • Publication number: 20100262934
    Abstract: An order receiving apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a task other than an order task related to an order of a menu item; and a display control unit configured to display an order input screen including an area in which an operation image for operating execution of the order task is displayed and an area in which an operation image for operating execution of the task, the selection of which is received, is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahide Kubota, Yumiko Okuma, Masanori Sambe, Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama
  • Publication number: 20100262935
    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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahide Kubota, Yumiko Okuma, Masanori Sambe, Hisashi Sato, Takashi Makiyama