Patents by Inventor Hiromi Yamagata

Hiromi Yamagata 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: 20110143819
    Abstract: A mobile phone (10) includes: a first housing (12) including a first operation section (22) made of a touchscreen; a second housing (14) to which the first housing (12) is slidably connected; a slid state detecting section (27) detecting a transition from a not-slid state in which the first housing (12) is not slid with respect to the second housing (14) to a slid state in which the first housing (12) is slid with respect to the second housing (14); an inputting state detecting section (29) detecting an inputting state in which an operation input is being made at the first operation section (22); a phone network communication section (50) communicating with another phone via a phone network; and a control section (30) invalidating the operation input from the first operation section (22), in a case where (i) the slid state detecting section (27) detects the transition from the not-slid state to the slid state and (ii) the inputting state detecting section (29) detects the inputting state, the transition and t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Juri Sugiyama, Hiromi Yamagata