Patents Assigned to NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8988351
    Abstract: An input device includes a substrate, a key top, a magnet, magnetic sensors, and electromagnetic converters. The substrate includes first and second surfaces. The key top is arranged on a first surface side, slides from a reference position in directions parallel to the substrate, and moves in a perpendicular direction. The magnet is fixed on a substrate side, and moves together with the key top. The magnetic sensors are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, and detect a position of the magnet. The electromagnetic converters are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, are arranged at positions different from the magnetic sensors, and generate magnetic force in a direction in which the magnet is away from the substrate in the perpendicular direction, in accordance with a supply of electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Okada
  • Publication number: 20150042525
    Abstract: An antenna device (10) includes a first antenna pattern (100), a second antenna pattern (200), and a frequency characteristic adjustment unit (400. The first antenna pattern (100) includes a feeding point (14). The second antenna pattern (200) is fed from the feeding point (14) similarly to the first antenna pattern (100). The frequency characteristic adjustment unit (400) is connected to the feeding point (14). The frequency characteristic adjustment unit (400) changes a frequency characteristic of at least one of the first antenna pattern (100) and the second antenna pattern (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshida, Masanori Sakurai, Shinichiro Kitano, Daisuke Kurita, Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20150046855
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image, an operation unit capable of detecting plural input positions, and a control unit. The control unit computes an operation target region that is formed by the plural input positions detected by the operation unit and performs first processing on plural operation targets included in the operation target region and associated with the image displayed on the display unit, according to a change in the area of the operation target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryusuke Tai
  • Patent number: 8952867
    Abstract: When a user makes a touch input, a touch detector receives touch inputs from two touch panels and measures the coordinates of the touch inputs. The touch detector discriminates a detection mode. When the mode is an individual detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of each display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the corresponding display panel, and stores touch history data in a storage unit. When the mode is a combined detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of one display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the display panel, and to coordinates in the coordinate system of the other display panel to integrate the coordinate systems into the coordinate system of a single display panel, and stores touch history data in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Urawaki, Masahiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150036034
    Abstract: An imaging device (100) is provided with: an imager (1) that includes an imaging element with multiple pixels arranged two-dimensionally, and that outputs an image signal in accordance with setting of either a pixel addition readout method or a cutout readout method; a signal processor (2) that processes the image signal from the imager (1); an operator (3) that inputs operation information; a lightness detector (4) that detects a subject lightness; and a controller (5). The controller (5) includes a zoom setter (51) that sets a zoom magnification for a subject based on a zoom signal that is input by the operator (3), and a readout-method switching controller (52) that switches between the pixel addition readout method and the cutout readout method according to the zoom magnification set by the zoom setter (51) and the lightness detected by the lightness detector (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yatabe, Hironori Komi, Kozo Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150039693
    Abstract: An information processing terminal is connected to an external server via the information sharing system (WEB) so as to implement Twitter, social networking services, and text posting services. The information processing terminal is used to receive a desired content (e.g. a television broadcast content), to browse the posted information posted on the WEB from the external server, to select at least one classified information (e.g. hash tags) used to classify the posted information from among a plurality of classified information, to obtain at least one classified information with reference to the external server, and to simultaneously display at least one classified information linked with the desired content. The information processing terminal simultaneously displays a content display screen used to display the desired content and a posting service display screen used to display a plurality of posted information browsed from the external server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Itamoto, Ryo Taya
  • Publication number: 20150040024
    Abstract: An information processing device having a touch panel includes an operation part, a display, an operation content determination part, and a display control part. The operation part displays an unlock icon while the display displays the predetermined lock screen in the locked state. The operation content determination part determines whether or not to release the locked state and whether to change the display content of the lock screen in response to a user's operation on the unlock icon. The display control part changes the display content of the lock screen based on the determination result. The unlock icon can be moved from the initial position to an end mark along a slide bar via a user's operation. The operation content determination part determines the instructed content of a user's operation based on the time length of a user's operation on the unlock icon or the position of the unlock icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Higashibeppu
  • Publication number: 20150029122
    Abstract: This electronic device includes: a manipulation unit (12) that detects manipulation performed upon a display unit (15) by a manipulation unit, determines an effective area on the basis of a detected area that is the area that was detected, and outputs the effective area; and a control unit (17) that identifies a designated area, which is the area that was designated by the manipulation unit on the basis of the effective area. The control unit (17) sets the effective area in accordance with display content that is displayed on the display unit (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Erina Sato
  • Patent number: 8942765
    Abstract: When a user performs a playback operation, an imaging unit starts taking images, and video data based on the image data obtained from that imaging is stored in a buffer of a memory unit. A control unit writes the video data stored in the buffer in a newly opened image file. When the capacity of the image file reaches a limit capacity, the control unit closes that image file and opens a new image file. The control unit also writes video data to the opened image file. The control unit creates information (image file information) for the generated image file and enters that information in an image management table. When a plurality of image files is generated, the control unit stores information indicating the playback order of the image files in the image management table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nozomu Shimoda
  • Patent number: 8943246
    Abstract: A character input device of the present invention includes a skill estimation unit that estimates the skill of a user in character input operation, based on the history of key operation by the user. In this character input device, a determination period for determining an input character being selected by a character input interface unit is increased or decreased, according to the skill estimated by the skill estimation unit. The character input interface unit selects the character based on the number of times at which a same key has been depressed, and judges whether or not the determination operation of the character has been performed, based on the determination period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naomichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150026744
    Abstract: A display system includes an acquisition unit that acquires recorded data of a broadcasted content and posted information which is posted on a Web page in association with the content; and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display posting result information which indicates a posting result for the posted information posted in association with the content. It is possible that the display control unit displays, as the posting result information, a posting result for the posted information posted in association with the content, based on posting correspondence relationship information in which temporal information according to a time at which the content was broadcasted is associated with posting timing of the posted information posted for the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Itamoto, Hideaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150024701
    Abstract: When detecting occurrence of an emergency situation, a controller notifies a notification destination stored in a notification data storage of the occurrence via a wireless transmitter and receiver. An impact detector detects exertion of an impact. When the impact detector detects exertion of an impact equal to or higher than a threshold while the controller is transmitting notification to the notification destination, the controller allows a display to display a screen representing a state in which the notification is stopped, for example, an out-of-order screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki NAGASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8934623
    Abstract: A housing includes: main body 10 that includes a bottom portion and a side wall rising from the bottom portion; lid member 20 that is mounted on the inside of the side wall of main body 10; waterproof sealant 60 that is deposited between lid member 20 and main body 10 to seal a gap between lid member 20 and main body 10; and an operation section that is provided on lid member 20, wherein a peripheral edge of the operation section and a surface of lid member 20 are joined together with waterproof tape 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Itou
  • Publication number: 20150008794
    Abstract: A lower surface of a circular support plate made of resin is fixed to an upper surface of a ring-shaped frame. A circular through hole is provided in a center portion of the support plate, a lower surface of a circular metal plate is fixed to a portion of an upper surface of the support plate positioned at the circumference of the through hole. An upper-groove is provided in a ring shape positioned inward of an upper surface of the metal plate. A shock absorbing member made of elastic materials is provided in the upper groove of the metal plate. A piezoelectric element is provided on a portion of the upper surface of the metal plate positioned inward from the shock absorbing member, and a portion of an upper surface of the shock absorbing member positioned on an inner periphery portion of the shock absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Onishi, Yukio Murata, Yuichiro Kishinami, Motoyoshi Komoda
  • Patent number: 8929956
    Abstract: A contact receiving unit (110) receives a contact request from another person. An incoming get-through unit (120) allows the received contact request to get through. Note, however, that when the contact request has not got through, if a sender of the contact request is not registered in a communicator registering unit (140), then an incoming presenting unit (130) presents the contact request that has not got through, by a predetermined display image. On the other hand, if a communicator of the contact request that has not got through is registered in the communicator registering unit (140), then a specific presentation unit (150) presents the contact request that has not got through, by a specific display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahito Komoto
  • Publication number: 20140375676
    Abstract: The display device according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of display units, a mechanism that binds together at least one part of each of the plurality of display units, and a drawing control unit that, when drawing on a specific display unit from among the plurality of display units, prioritizes drawing on, from among the display regions of the specific display unit, a specific region other than regions that include the mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Kitatani
  • Publication number: 20140376335
    Abstract: A vibration member (140) has a sheet shape. A piezoelectric element (130) is attached to one surface of the vibration member (140). A support member (110) supports the edge of the vibration member (140). The support member (110) includes a first facing portion (112) and a second facing portion (114). The first facing portion (112) faces the surface of the vibration member (140) to which the piezoelectric element (130) is attached. The second facing portion (114) faces the surface of the vibration member (140) which is located on the opposite side to the piezoelectric element (130). A first spring (152) is provided between the first facing portion (112) and the vibration member (140) or the piezoelectric element (130). A second spring (154) is provided between the second facing portion (114) and the vibration member (140).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kuroda, Yasuharu Onishi, Shigeo Satou, Motoyoshi Komoda
  • Publication number: 20140355216
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, and a connecting member engaging with the first casing to allow the first casing to turn about a first axis of rotation, and engaging with the second casing to allow the second casing to turn about a second axis of rotation. When a turning angle is 0 or 360 degrees, a distance between the first and second axes of rotation equals to the sum of a half of the sum of the thicknesses of the first and second casings and a clearance between the first and second casings, and the first axis of rotation is arranged at a position shifted from the center of the first casing in a reference direction to the second casing side, by a half of a value calculated by subtracting the thickness of the first casing from the thickness of a first casing-side connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20140357329
    Abstract: The object of the present invention provides the housing structure of a portable telephone device in a portable terminal, which enables utilization of the functions of a portable wireless terminal in the integrated state of the portable wireless terminal to the portable terminal. The housing structure houses, in portable terminal 101, the portable wireless terminal that includes first casing 26 and a functional unit configured to perform a predetermined function in an exposed state. Portable terminal 101 includes second casing 110 having a first face and a second face which is adjacent to the first face and in which opening 112 is formed to enable insertion or removal of the portable wireless terminal. Housing unit 111 is formed in second casing 110 to house and fix the portable wireless terminal inserted through opening 112.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140355194
    Abstract: A portable terminal device 1 according to the present invention includes a frame component 40 to which a battery 20 and a substrate 30 are fixed, a housing 10 to which the frame component 40 is fixed, and a display section 50 fixed on a side of the housing 10 on which the frame component 40 is fixed. In the portable terminal device 1 according to the present invention, the housing 10 may contain carbon composite material. Further, the carbon composite material contained in the housing 10 may contain carbon fibers. According to the portable terminal device 1 in accordance with the present invention, a portable terminal device capable of achieving a reduction in the thickness and an improvement in the impact resistance of the portable terminal device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Shiraishi, Takehiko Komiyama