Patents by Inventor Shigeki Tanabe

Shigeki Tanabe 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: 10536810
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an accelerometer, an air-pressure sensor, a communication unit, and an at least one processor. The at least one processor performs determination processing of determining whether probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection after the user approaches the intersection is high based on change in the air-pressure value if the at least one processor detects approach of the user to the intersection when the user is moving in a predetermined movement manner. The at least one processor sends a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection is high. The at least one processor does not send a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability is not high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Tetsushi Wakasa
  • Patent number: 10496365
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a sound input interface, and a controller configured to be capable of recognizing sound that is input to the sound input interface. The controller is configured to, once recognizing predetermined sound other than voice of a user, inform, if information included in the predetermined sound matches schedule information of the user, information including the matched schedule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Manabu Sakuma, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Koutaro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10491740
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an push button, a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger contacting the push button, and a controller configured to release a locked state when it is determined that the push button has been pressed and that the fingerprint detected by the fingerprint sensor matches preregistered fingerprint information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Yasuhiro Ueno, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20190354190
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a storage that links and stores keywords with types of gestures detected by the proximity sensor, and a controller that detects a keyword from notification information provided to a user and executes processing based on the type of gesture linked to the keyword. The electronic device may also include a communication interface, and the notification information may include information received by the communication interface. The electronic device may also include a display, and the notification information may include information displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190344587
    Abstract: Provided are a surface drying device for a sheet-like non-permeable base material with enhanced drying efficiency on a surface of a sheet-like non-permeable base material having a liquid adhering to a surface thereof, and a printing apparatus and a printing method using the surface drying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Kaku SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20190339785
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a communication interface that communicates with an external device, and a controller that, when an abnormality notification signal is acquired from the external device by the communication interface, transmits a signal for remotely operating the external device based on a gesture detected by the proximity sensor. Furthermore, the external device may include a first external device and a second external device, and the controller may remotely operate the second external device via the first external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190303549
    Abstract: An electronic device, a controller, and an operation method of an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a fingerprint sensor, a pressure detector, and at least one processor. The fingerprint sensor comprises a detecting surface, and is configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger touching the detecting surface. The pressure detector comprises a plurality of pressure sensors configured to detect pressure applied on the detecting surface. The at least one processor is configured to perform processing based on a fingerprint detection result of the fingerprint sensor and a pressure detection result of the pressure detector. The pressure detection result varies depending on a position on the detecting surface at which the pressure is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Minabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10405781
    Abstract: A mobile device comprises an air pressure sensor configured to measure a value of air pressure, a walk detector configured to detect whether a user is walking, and a controller configured to estimate a movement method of the user using an own device based on results of the air pressure sensor and the walk detector, wherein in a case where a change amount of the value of the air pressure detected by the air pressure sensor is equal to or larger than a reference value and the walk detector detects that the user is walking, the controller estimates that the user is moving on stairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito
  • Publication number: 20190271546
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, a storage, a first determiner, and an indoor specifying unit. The storage stores therein, as registered identification information, identification information whose contents are changeable, the identification information being allocated to a first communication device with which the communication unit is capable of performing wireless communication. The first determiner determines whether received identification information agrees with the registered identification information, the received identification information being the identification information received by the communication unit from a second communication device and allocated to the second communication device. The indoor specifying unit performs indoor specification to specify that a user having the electronic apparatus is indoors, based on a first result of determination by the first determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190273817
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including an in-vehicle determiner, and a notification determiner. An in-vehicle determiner executes in-vehicle determination in which whether a first user being a user of the electronic apparatus is present in a vehicle. A notification determiner executes a determination process in which whether the electronic apparatus notifies outside the electronic apparatus based on a result of the in-vehicle determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190274009
    Abstract: A communication unit can perform a wireless communication with a plurality of communication devices each transmitting allocated identification information. A storage stores, as registered positional information, positional information indicating a position of a first communication device included in the plurality of the communication devices or a position of the electronic apparatus at a time when the communication unit receives the identification information transmitted from the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190268737
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an indoor determiner and a notification determiner. The indoor determiner performs an indoor determination for determining whether or not a user of the electronic apparatus is located in an indoor. The notification determiner performs determination processing for determining whether or not the electronic apparatus transmits a notification outside the electronic apparatus based on a result of the indoor determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 10394335
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication interface, a display, and a controller. The communication interface communicates with a movement detection apparatus including a motion sensor that detects a predetermined movement of a user. The controller activates the motion sensor when a screen displayed on the display is related to the predetermined movement. The predetermined movement includes a plurality of motions, the motion sensor includes a plurality of sensors that detect the plurality of motions, and when the screen displayed on the display is related to one motion among the plurality of motions, the controller activates the sensor that detects the one motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Yasushi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20190258843
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a case, a display, a fingerprint authentication area, and a light emitter. The display is located on at least one surface of the case. The fingerprint authentication area is located on a surface of the display. The light emitter is located inside the case. The fingerprint authentication area comprises an area through which light of the light emitter is visibly recognizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Isao MASUIKE, Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190246060
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display (display unit), a camera (imaging unit), sensors, and a controller. The controller determines the state of the electronic device on the basis of a detection result of a first sensor among the sensors. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a first state, a first overlay image in which first sensor information based on a detection result of a second sensor among the sensors is overlaid on an image captured by the camera. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a second state, a second overlay image in which second sensor information based on the detection result of the second sensor among the plurality of sensors is overlaid on the image captured by the camera. The second sensor information differs from the first sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10375226
    Abstract: In one aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first sensor configured to detect proximity to an own device, a second sensor configured to detect a biological response, and a controller configured to determine that the own device is present within a storing part provided on clothing when the biological response is detected by the second sensor in a case where proximity to the own device has been detected by the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito
  • Publication number: 20190215392
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first non-contact detection sensor, a second non-contact detection sensor, a display, and a controller. The controller determines a first gesture and a second gesture by referring to the first non-contact detection sensor and a second non-contact detection sensor. The controller, when a first window and a second window are displayed on the display, allocates operation of the first window to the first gesture detected by the first non-contact detection sensor, and allocates operation of the second window to the second gesture detected by the second non-contact detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Shinya SAITO, Yasushi KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 10345331
    Abstract: In one of aspects, a mobile electronic device that is configured to determine transportation thereof comprises at least one controller that is configured to, while a predetermined vibration is being detected, determine that the transportation is a train when a predetermined change in magnetic field strength is detected within a predetermined period of time. On the other hand, the at least one controller is configured to determine that the transportation is an automobile when the predetermined change in the magnetic field strength is not detected within the predetermined period of time. The at least one controller is further configured to determine that, when predetermined information regarding rotation of the mobile electronic device is detected, the transportation is an automobile even when the predetermined change in the magnetic field strength has been detected within the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike
  • Patent number: 10341642
    Abstract: According to one of aspects, a display device includes: a display unit configured to three-dimensionally display a predetermined object, by displaying images respectively corresponding to both eyes of a user by being worn; a detection unit configured to detect displacement of a predetermined body in a display space of the object; and a control unit configured to perform an operation associated with the object, according to the displacement of the predetermined body detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20190188439
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a display, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, and at least one processor. The display displays an icon. The fingerprint sensor reads fingerprint information. The touch sensor detects a movement of a finger. The at least one processor executes, when the movement of the finger from the icon toward the fingerprint sensor is detected and fingerprint information is read by the fingerprint sensor, a function of the icon since the fingerprint information which has been read matches registered fingerprint information which has been previously registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada