Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Shimofusa

Tomoaki Shimofusa 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).

  • Information terminal device and character data display method
    Patent number: 7716733
    Abstract: The information terminal device of the invention has a first function of displaying non-confidential data in a selectable manner on its display screen and, in response to the user's selection of the non-confidential data, showing the details of the non-confidential data. The information terminal device also has a second function of displaying confidential data in a selectable manner and, in response to the user's selection of the confidential data, showing the details of the confidential data. The first function is given as one normally selectable menu option and is activated by the user's selection of the corresponding menu. The second function is, however, not given as a normally selectable menu option and is triggered only by the user's series of operations of an operation unit in a preset sequence. No operation-related display appears on the display screen of the information terminal device during the user's series of operations of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Suncorporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Shimizu, Masakazu Harase, Tomoaki Shimofusa, Hiroaki Asai
  • INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND CHARACTER DATA DISPLAY METHOD
    Publication number: 20070271608
    Abstract: The information terminal device of the invention has a first function of displaying non-confidential data in a selectable manner on its display screen and, in response to the user's selection of the non-confidential data, showing the details of the non-confidential data. The information terminal device also has a second function of displaying confidential data in a selectable manner and, in response to the user's selection of the confidential data, showing the details of the confidential data. The first function is given as one normally selectable menu option and is activated by the user's selection of the corresponding menu. The second function is, however, not given as a normally selectable menu option and is triggered only by the user's series of operations of an operation unit in a preset sequence. No operation-related display appears on the display screen of the information terminal device during the user's series of operations of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: SUNCORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki SHIMIZU, Masakazu HARASE, Tomoaki SHIMOFUSA, Hiroaki ASAI