Patents by Inventor KYOCERA CORPORATION
KYOCERA CORPORATION 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).
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Publication number: 20130169570Abstract: A mobile phone being an example of electronic equipment includes a processor which determines whether or not a touch operation by a user is slid to draw a predetermined locus such as a zigzag based on touch coordinates data which is input from a touch control circuit and corresponds to the touch operation. If it is determined that the touch operation by the user draws the predetermined locus, a displayed object which is a deletion target is determined based on an operated range decided by the locus, and then, the displayed object is deleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kyocera Corporation
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Publication number: 20130168465Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric element includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers and a plurality of metal layers stacked alternately. The plurality of metal layers include a plurality of low-filled metal layers having a lower filling rate of metal composing the metal layers than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction. The plurality of metal layers may include a plurality of thin metal layers having a smaller thickness than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction. Where the plurality of metal layers are composed mainly of an alloy, the plurality of metal layers may include a plurality of high-ratio metal layers having a higher ratio of a component constituting the alloy than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130167074Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a first screen. The first screen is a lock screen including an object arranged thereon. The controller changes a direction of the object according to an operation to the object. The controller is configured to turn the first screen to a second screen depending on a content of the operation made to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130162571Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen provided with a display area in which any of a plurality of icons is displayed. The controller displays any of the icons in the display area according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display while the lock screen is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130167021Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which reduce the processing load when a document is opened, and improve the operability for editing a document. A smartphone includes a touch-screen display and a controller. The controller displays a virtual keyboard and a document area which displayed an editing document inputted via the virtual keyboard, on the touch-screen display. The controller maintains displaying of the virtual keyboard while switching the editing document over from a first document to the second document, in a case in which a touch operation to switch the editing document over from the first document to the second document is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130162569Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which improve the operability for enlarging or reducing an image. A controller sets a scale factor for enlarging or reducing a display image displayed on a touch-screen display, in response to detecting a touch to a plurality of points on the touch-screen display. The controller enlarges or reduces the display image, based on a gesture after touching the plurality of points (multi-touch gesture), and the scale factor thus set.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130161421Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric element includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers and a plurality of metal layers stacked alternately. The plurality of metal layers include a plurality of low-filled metal layers having a lower filling rate of metal composing the metal layers than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction. The plurality of metal layers may include a plurality of thin metal layers having a smaller thickness than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction. Where the plurality of metal layers are composed mainly of an alloy, the plurality of metal layers may include a plurality of high-ratio metal layers having a higher ratio of a component constituting the alloy than oppositely disposed metal layers adjacent to each other in a stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130165179Abstract: A smartphone includes: a first communication processing unit that performs wireless communication by a WiMAX network; a second communication processing unit that performs communication with an external device; a touch-screen display; and a controller. In a state of searching for WiMAX, in a case in which a power supply of the touch-screen display is turned off and communication with the external device by the second communication processing unit is disconnected, the controller causes the first communication processing unit to stop searching for WiMAX.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA Corporation
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Publication number: 20130162574Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen and a first object that moves on the lock screen. When a gesture is performed on the first object, the controller releases a locked state in which the lock screen is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130167090Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a first folder storing a first icon and a second folder storing a second icon. The controller combines the first folder and the second folder in accordance with a predetermined gesture made on the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kyocera Corporation
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Publication number: 20130157075Abstract: Disclosed is a brazing structure that includes a ceramic member, a metal layer, a tubular metal fitting and first and second brazing members. The ceramic member includes a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion. The metal layer is located on an outer surface of the large diameter portion. At least an edge of the ceramic member is inserted in the fitting. The first brazing member connects the inner surface of the fitting to the metal layer. The second brazing member does not contact with the metal layer, and fills between at least a part of the small diameter portion and the inner surface, which faces to the part of the small diameter portion, of the fitting. The small diameter portion is located closer to the edge than the metal layer and is inside the fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130159888Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a storage module which stores two or more screens of web pages; a receiving module which receives an operation to collectively update predetermined screens of the web pages stored in the storage module; an acquisition module which acquires information for generating the predetermined screens of the web pages through a communication network, in response to the operation; and an updating module which collectively updates, based on the acquired information, the predetermined screens of the web pages stored in the storage module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA Corporation
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Publication number: 20130150128Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130147708Abstract: A mobile phone includes a display provided with a touch panel. If a memo pad function is performed, a document and a cursor which indicates an editing position are displayed on the display. If a pinch out operation is made by two fingers in a state that a character is being displayed, the character being displayed on the display is enlarged. In such a state, if a third finger touches the touch panel between the two fingers, a cursor position is changed based on a touch position of a touch by the third finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kyocera Corporation
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Publication number: 20130150116Abstract: A large cell base station 100 according to an embodiment is configured to form a large cell and includes: an upper-limit value determination unit 124 configured to determine an upper-limit value Icap of an amount of interference which is received by the large cell base station from each of the radio terminals based on a permissible value Itotal of a total amount of interference which is received by the large cell base station from the radio terminals and the number of the small cell base stations within the large cell; and a wired communication unit 140 configured to transmit upper-limit value information indicating the upper-limit value Icap determined by the upper-limit value determination unit 124 to the small cell base stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130150131Abstract: A mobile phone apparatus 10 includes a touch panel controlling IC 30. The touch panel controlling IC 30 controls electric power supplied from the electric power IC 14 on the basis of a received active signal or standby signal to set a touch panel input apparatus 32 to an active state or a standby state on the basis of the received active signal or standby signal. A processor 12 transmits to the touch panel controlling IC 30 the active signal or the standby signal in correspondence with a determined state of the mobile phone apparatus 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kyocera Corporation
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Publication number: 20130147717Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a display surface; a display control module that displays on the display surface a first input screen with a plurality of character keys which input characters and a second input screen having larger intervals between at least some of adjacent character keys than intervals between all of adjacent character keys of the first input screen, in a switchable manner between the two input screens; and a delete key for deleting a character input by the character key. In this arrangement, the display control module executes control for changing the first input screen to the second input screen based on fulfillment of a condition for changing including deletion of a character by the delete key when the first input screen is displayed on the display surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA Corporation
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Publication number: 20130143485Abstract: A mobile phone includes: an operation module configured to receive an input from a user; a display module configured to display information; a lighting module configured to illuminate the display module; and a control module configured to control the lighting module by a first method, if the input is received by the operation module while the mobile phone is in a key lock state, and control the lighting module by a second method that uses more power than the first method, if the mobile phone is released from the key lock state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Kyocera Corporation
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Publication number: 20130143619Abstract: In order to input/output only necessary information in accordance with the form of application, a mobile phone includes: a wireless circuit 22 to connect to a first network in order to communicate with a device connected to the first network; a wireless LAN circuit 23 to connect to a second network different from the first network in order to communicate with a device connected to the second network; and a setting mode switching portion 21 to switch between a first setting mode capable of activating wireless circuit 22 and wireless LAN circuit 23 and a second setting mode capable of activating only wireless circuit 22 among wireless circuit 22 and wireless LAN circuit 23.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130135839Abstract: A mobile communication terminal includes: a first housing and a second housing connected to each other by a connecting mechanism so as to be relatively movable; a first display placed on a front face of the first housing; and a second display placed on a front face of the second housing, wherein one end of the connecting mechanism is pivotably supported around a first shaft relative to one housing, and the other end of the connecting mechanism is slidably engaged in a direction perpendicular to the first shaft relative to the other housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION