Patents by Inventor Masato Namekawa

Masato Namekawa 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).

  • Portable telephone having hierarchically structured menus of executing functions
    Patent number: 6950679
    Abstract: A portable telephone that executes a desired function with simple operations. The portable telephone that executes various functions selected from hierarchically structured menus is provided with dedicated execution keys 9 for instructing execution of functions, a function assigning device for assigning a desired function to an execution key 9, and a function executing device for executing a function assigned to an execution key 9 in response to a pressing of the execution key 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kumiko Sugiyama, Masato Namekawa
  • Portable information terminal
    Publication number: 20030011564
    Abstract: In the present invention, main information being selected by a display indicator is changed in accordance with selection operations and corresponding detailed information is taken out of a storage means when the selection operations are interrupted and is displayed at a part of a display means, thereby call numbers can be displayed without performing selection and determination operations, so that information can be retrieved with simple operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Tatsuji Ushino, Masato Namekawa, Naohiro Takahashi
  • Portable telephone
    Publication number: 20010053708
    Abstract: A portable telephone is realized, which can execute a desired function with simple operations. The portable telephone 1 which can execute various functions selected from the hierarchically structured menus, is provided with dedicated execution keys 9 for instructing execution of functions, a function assigning means 11 for assigning a desired function to an execution key 9, and a function executing means 11 for executing a function assigned to an execution key 9 in response to the pressing of the execution key 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Kumiko Sugiyama, Masato Namekawa