Patents by Inventor Tomozumi Saruwatari

Tomozumi Saruwatari 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: 6825830
    Abstract: An information processing system has a first information processing device having a first wireless communicator for receiving and sending data information from and to a base station by wireless communication and a display for displaying first level information. A second information processing device has a second wireless communicator for receiving and sending data information from and to the first information processing device by wireless communication and a display for displaying second level information corresponding to a sub-level of the first level information displayed by the display of the first information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiya Kanesaka, Haruo Hashimoto, Masahiro Noguchi, Tomozumi Saruwatari, Takashi Ito, Hiroshi Odagiri
  • Publication number: 20010026274
    Abstract: There is provided a character group display unit for displaying a plurality of character groups at one time, a direction indication input unit for inputting a direction indication, a character group selection unit for causing movement of the cursor in response to a direction indication input, and selecting one among the character groups displayed, a group character display unit for displaying the number of characters included the selected character group at one time, and a character selection unit for causing movement of the cursor in response to a direction indication input, and selecting one among the character displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventor: Tomozumi Saruwatari
  • Publication number: 20010007817
    Abstract: An information processor capable of recognizing whether the possessor (user) of the information processor is carrying the information processor or located in the vicinity of the information processor. The information processor performs a suitable processing operation according to the possessor's (user's) carrying or non-carrying condition. The information processor has a transmitting section to transmit a signal receivable only in the range of a predetermined distance to a wristwatch type information processor previously assigned, a receiving section to receive a signal sent from the wristwatch type information processor in response to the signal transmitted by the transmitting section, a decision section to make a determination as to whether the reply signal has been received by the receiving section, and a processing operation control section to execute a predetermined processing operation depending upon the result of the determination made by the decision circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Odagiri, Tomozumi Saruwatari, Haruo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6175729
    Abstract: A wrist band for a device main body containing communication circuits, having a first wrist band at least partially covering a first antenna plate, a second wrist band at least partially covering a second antenna plate, and a clasp device including a contact mechanism for electrically connecting the first antenna plate and the second antenna plate to form a loop-like antenna when the second wrist band and first wrist band are clasped. The clasp device is releasable and has a three-fold stricture. The clasp device includes a clasp lower plate having a base end portion fixed to the first wrist band, a clasp intermediate plate connected to the clasp lower plate, a clasp upper box connected to the clasp intermediate plate and fixed to the second wrist band and a clasping lock mechanism that fixes the clasp upper box to the clasp lower plate when the clasp intermediate plate is rotated and overlapped onto the clasped lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Zhujun He, Tomozumi Saruwatari, Dai Terasawa
  • Patent number: 4965779
    Abstract: A multi-functional electronic timepiece has a melody function to play a musical piece and musical hand operation function to operate hands in a normal or reverse rotating direction in match with the sound emission. A plurality of basic hand operation patterns are prepared in a ROM and a predetermined number of basic hand operation patterns are selected in accordance with pattern selecting data which is easily able to change by manufacturer or user to operate hands in match with various musical pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Tomozumi Saruwatari