Patents Assigned to Vodafone K.K.
  • Patent number: 7890728
    Abstract: A memory interface device has a write detection section that detects the write of a predetermined unit amount of data by a memory write unit into a memory. A signal generation section generates a signal to notify the memory write unit that readout of data from the memory by a memory readout unit has been completed. A data storage amount measurement device measures an amount of data stored in the memory during the memory write procedures. A memory readout control section generates an interrupt signal with respect to the memory readout unit when the stored data amount in the memory reaches a predetermined readout start storage amount. A timer counts a period in which writing of the predetermined unit amount of the data into the memory by the memory write unit is discontinued and outputs a timeout signal to the memory readout control section when a value of the period count reaches a predetermined timer period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsui, Toshimasa Ike, Masahiro Noguchi, Fukuzo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7877775
    Abstract: When a command for starting up a specific versatile application of a versatile application section is made during an execution of a native application included in a basic processing section, a judgment of the following condition for combining is satisfied: whether or not the specific versatile application is in a paused state, and the specific versatile application has made a request for starting up the native application, is made (step S51). When a judgment that the condition for combining is satisfied is made, an execution of the specific versatile application is restarted (step S56). As a result, it is possible to have a prompt coordination between the basic processing section and the versatile application, while respecting a feeling of presence which is established in the mind of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Yusuke Murai, Satoru Yokota, Takeo Matsuba
  • Patent number: 7822449
    Abstract: In a front surface leather portion of a cover 10, there are formed a display surface opening portion 14 for exposing a display screen of a display of a mobile communication terminal 90, an operating surface opening portion 15 for exposing an operating surface of an input device of the terminal 90, and a fitting opening portion 16 for fitting this cover 10 to the terminal 90. Accordingly, even when the cover 10 is fitted, it is possible for the user both to check the display screen of the terminal 90 from the portion 14 and to actuate the input device of the terminal 90 from the portion 15. Due to this, it is possible to implement a cover for a mobile communication terminal which, along with maintaining a good operating feeling and serving as cushioning material in the case of shock, can also impart a soft texture and a sense of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Vodafone K. K.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uramoto, Shin Daido, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Fuji Asada
  • Publication number: 20100253577
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal 10A, in a process of acquiring assistance information in advance for using for a GPS position measuring at step S10, makes a judgment of whether or not the assistance information is to be acquired, prior to the GPS position measuring command by a user. When a result of this judgment is affirmative, the terminal 10A transmits an assistance information request to a position measuring assistance server 50. When the assistance information is returned from the position measuring assistance server 50 in response to this the assistance information request, in the cellular phone 10A, the assistance information is received and stored, and then prepared for a command for position measuring by the user, for which possibility of being made is higher in a short period. As a result, it is possible to perform quickly the position measuring of a current location of the mobile communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Fujiwara, Satoshi Miyata, Seiichi Kawakami, Jun Sakamoto, Kazuya Kawakami, Atsushi Wada
  • Patent number: 7755544
    Abstract: A method for correcting reference position information is provided. A reference position information correction judging section 62 of an assistance server 50 saves location information in a location information storage and saving section 65, and judges whether to perform a correction of reference position information. The location information corresponds to a location of a cellular phone 20 in a range cell 90. Next, a reference position information correcting section 63 calculates a corrected reference position 92 based on the location information for the range cell 90 stored in the location information storage and saving section 65. The corrected reference position 92 is sent to a database section 64 from the reference position information correcting section 63, and is set as the reference position information of the range cell 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Vodafone K. K.
    Inventors: Seiichi Kawakami, Jun Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 7702402
    Abstract: When, from a standby screen of a terminal device, a user depresses a motion key (S11) and performs a registered movement (S13), a sensor unit observes the movement of the terminal device, and a movement parameter calculation unit calculates a movement parameter. A movement parameter change decision unit decides (S15 and S16) whether or not a change of the movement parameter which is calculated, and a change of the movement parameter corresponding to a predetermined function registered in advance, agrees with one another. If the result of this decision is affirmative, a function control unit starts the corresponding function (S17). As a result, it is possible to set the terminal device to a state in which the predetermined function can be employed, with a simple and easily remembered actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsujino, Hirohisa Kusuda, Yasuhiro Nishide, Jun Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7660603
    Abstract: A card type electronic device system has an adapter including a self-identification function compliant with a preselected recognition procedure for identifying the adapter. A card type electronic device is provided for selective connection to one of a first card slot of a host device without the adapter and to a second card slot of the host device via the adapter that has a maximum supply current standard value greater than that of the first card slot. The card type electronic device includes a recognition function via which the adapter is recognized in accordance with the preselected recognition procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noguchi, Toshimasa Ike, Takayuki Matsui, Fukuzo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090098821
    Abstract: An information delivery system of the present invention includes mobile communication terminals and an information delivery apparatus. The information delivery apparatus selectively delivers information to the mobile communication terminals via a communication network, and includes delivery information memory means, location history information memory means, delivery information selecting means, and information transmitting means. The location history information memory means memorizes location history information showing locations where a mobile communication terminal was located in the past. The delivery information selecting means selects delivery information to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal according to predetermined selection conditions based on the location history information read out from the location history information memory means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventor: Tadashi Shinya
  • Publication number: 20080316939
    Abstract: Synchronization of presence information is established between different presence services. Presence information of each user is stored on the presence server 27 of the presence display system comprising mobile phones. Presence information of the SIP phone system comprising the SIP phone 29 and the SIPG/W (enterprise side) 30 is stored in the SIPG/W (enterprise side) 30. When presence information of the presence server 27 has changed, the presence server 27 notifies the SIPG/W (enterprise side) 30 of the change in presence information via the SIPG/W (mobile communication network side) 31. Conversely, when presence information of the SIP phone system has changed, the SIPG/W (enterprise side) 30 notifies the presence server 27 of the change in presence via the SIPG/W (mobile communication network side) 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Koichi Shimamura, Jota Nakatsuma, Seiichi Kawakami, Takenori Sekiya
  • Patent number: 7469197
    Abstract: A data collection unit (37) collects measurement data which satisfies a data collection condition designated by an application (33) and stores the measurement data in a temporary storage area (24). The data report unit (38) reports, to the application (33), measurement data which is stored in the temporary storage area (24) and satisfies a data report condition designated by the application (33). As a result, the load on the application 33 using a measurement result by a sensor in measurement data acquisition is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsujino, Yasuhiro Nishide, Jun Yamazaki, Hirohisa Kusuda
  • Patent number: 7450977
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal having a digital camera and which is comprised of a first section and a second section. There are four structural states realized by folding up of the mobile communication terminal and rotation of a display section with respect to a base section of the second section. In each of the four structural states, the mobile communication terminal automatically allocates operations modes of camera mode and non-camera mode. Also, the mobile communication terminal can automatically change the operating mode as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Yutaka Oe, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Fuji Asada, Shigetaka Kanai, Tomoko Mori, Manabu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20080234968
    Abstract: When an acquisition and reporting control unit 66 of a measurement data processing unit 65 in a development support device sends a sensor measurement start request to a cellular phone device for development in response to a collection operation start command from an application under development 62, accompanied by a collection condition, an acquisition and reporting control unit of a measurement data processing unit in the cellular phone device for development starts measurement operation by a sensor. As a result, measurement operation by the sensor starts, and the measured raw data is continuously sent to the development support device. Those which match the collection condition, among the measurement data items corresponding to the data thus generated by measurement, are collected by a data collection unit 67.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsujino, Yasuhiro Nishide, Jun Yamazaki, Hirohisa Kusuda
  • Publication number: 20080233923
    Abstract: A method and device capable of automating registration of a transmission mail address allowed for reception in a white list and reducing a user burden without an input error is provided. From a mobile unit, in respect of registration of a transmission address allowed for reception in a white list of an e-mail server, it becomes possible to eliminate a work of making an operation of inputting list data for updating the white list by utilizing information electronically stored in an address directory, and further, it becomes possible to reliably register the latest data free of an input error as a white list. In addition, the data stored in the white list of the e-mail server is transferred to a mobile terminal device, thereby making it easy to update an address directory due to a device model change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventor: Tadashi Shinya
  • Patent number: 7420364
    Abstract: An attitude detection sensor includes three magnetic sensing parts that detect magnetic field strength in respective directions along three axes perpendicular to each other, and two tilt sensing parts that detect tilt angles around two axes perpendicular to each other. The tilt sensing parts each include a cantilever having a magnet body that moves in accordance with the tilt angle, and a magnetic detection head that detects a displacement of the magnet body. The three magnetic sensing parts and the two magnetic detection heads are each formed using a magnetic detection element of the same type. At least one electronic circuit for controlling the five magnetic detection elements, the three magnetic sensing parts, and the two tilt sensing parts is disposed in a single package in the form of a module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignees: Aichi Steel Corporation, Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Honkura, Michiharu Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Kohtani, Masaki Mori, Eiji Kako, Tomohiko Nagao, Toshiro Matsumura, Hirohisa Kusuda, Yasuhiro Nishide, Daisuke Tsujino, Jun Yamazaki, Takashi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20080189685
    Abstract: Via an internal bus 69, a host emulation unit 61 of a control procedure unit 60 loads a program under development into, and sends program execution control commands to, a program under development execution unit 70 which includes an engine processor. In response to these program execution control commands, the program under development execution unit 70 performs execution starting, stopping, pausing, or resumption of the program under development. On the other hand, execution mode setting information for the program under development is sent from an execution mode setting unit 62 of the control procedure unit 60 via the internal bus 69 to the program under development execution unit 70, in response to commands from the user. Based upon this execution mode setting information, the program execution operation by the engine processor is controlled by the program under development execution unit 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuo Aoki, Toshiro Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20080160942
    Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal device 1: a storage means 23 has first through fifth registration regions; a business with which communication can be established extraction means 21a analyzes information carried by a radio wave which is received at the current position and extracts communication businesses with which communication can be established; and a communication business selection means 21b selects a communication business to be employed based upon the results of extraction by the business with which communication can be established extraction means 21a and upon the contents registered in the first through the fifth registration regions. As a result, during roaming, this mobile communication terminal device is enabled to select, among a plurality of communication businesses with which communication can be established, a communication business for which the cost of connection is cheap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: VODAFONE K.K., SII MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Masahiro Noguchi, Haruo Kanaya, Takaaki Haruna, Masao Kudo
  • Publication number: 20080146350
    Abstract: A branching tree program replays audio data, and thereafter, when the user performs a selection of alternatives, the branching tree program replays audio data in the branching tree which is the target of selection. The branching tree program progresses a game by repeating this type of selection and replaying. If the end of the branching tree is reached, or if the next item of audio data is not stored upon the portable telephone, then the required data or program is downloaded from a server device 50, and the game is continued. Accordingly, along with it being possible to progress the story of the game by simple actuation, also it is possible to economize upon the storage space, and moreover it is possible to utilize story data without changing the program. As a result, along with it being possible to progress the story of the game by simple actuation, also it is possible to economize upon the storage space, and moreover it is possible to utilize story data without changing the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Mikio Inoue, Norioki Watanabe, Junko Osawa
  • Publication number: 20080108344
    Abstract: When a character input is necessary during an execution of an engine application 39k in an engine section, a character input processing request section 65 of the engine section issues a character input processing request FRQ depending on a request from the engine application 39k. After receiving the character input processing request, a character input processing section 61 of a host section carries out a character input processing, and notifies a character input processing result to the engine section. In the engine section which has received the character input processing result, characters according to the character input processing result are displayed by using character font data in the engine section. As a result, it is possible to make an apparatus structure compact, as well as to improve a convenience for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kuwabara, Kazuo Aoki, Toshiro Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7368903
    Abstract: A measured physical quantity calculating part 41 calculates a measurement result-corrected value obtained by correcting a measurement result of a sensor unit 25 by the use of corrected values for the sensor unit 25. Subsequently, a measurement environment estimating part 42 estimates a terrestrial magnetism measurement environment on the basis of at least one measurement result-corrected value. The estimation result is displayed on a display unit 13 by an estimation result display part 43. In this way, the terrestrial magnetism measurement environment is first estimated and then the terrestrial magnetism is measured by the use of the sensor unit 25. That is, it is possible to measure the terrestrial magnetism by the use of a magnetic sensor mounted on a mobile information device after estimating the terrestrial magnetism measurement environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Vodafone K.K.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Kusuda, Daisuke Tsujino, Jun Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Nishide, Hideyuki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080094364
    Abstract: In order to display the image included in the original one on a display part together with outputting the object, a key in a keypad on an operation part by a user. Thereby, the key operated by the user is specified in both of the mask image creation part 32 and data notification part 35. Subsequently, it is judged whether there is the object inherently assigned to the specified key or not. When the judge result is affirmative, the object that corresponds to the operation of the key is output together with displaying the image included in the original one. As a result, a changing of output object when an image included in an original one is displayed together with outputting an object is able to perform simply for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: VODAFONE K.K.
    Inventors: Mineko Moroto, Yusaku Nagai