Patents by Inventor Atsuhito Iemura

Atsuhito Iemura 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: 8001196
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external communication device, and a first storage unit configured to store, when a phone call or an e-mail is received, information on a caller or a sender of the e-mail. A notification is performed in response to the reception, and a controller determines, when a reply to a first reception performed by a first communication function of the communication unit is not performed and a second reception performed by a second communication function of the communication unit is performed, whether a caller or a sender relating to the second reception is identical to a caller of a sender relating to the first reception in accordance with the information on the caller or the sender stored in the first storage unit. A notification is performed in response to the second reception in accordance with a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Atsuhito Iemura
  • Publication number: 20110006986
    Abstract: Provided is an input device, the operability of which can be VEHICLE improved by enabling efficient character input and function execution. A main controller (121) generates character codes corresponding to a plurality of different character types assigned to a character input key (14) that has been pressed down. The generated character codes of the different character types are stored in a RAM (121b) and each of the character codes read from the RAM (121b) is converted to each character code by a character generator ROM (117a). The converted character codes of the different character types are displayed on the same screen of a display (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsuhito Iemura
  • Publication number: 20090198786
    Abstract: A communication device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external communication device, and a first storage unit configured to store, when a phone call or an e-mail is received, information on a caller or a sender of the e-mail. A notification is performed in response to the reception, and a controller determines, when a reply to a first reception performed by a first communication function of the communication unit is not performed and a second reception performed by a second communication function of the communication unit is performed, whether a caller or a sender relating to the second reception is identical to a caller of a sender relating to the first reception in accordance with the information on the caller or the sender stored in the first storage unit. A notification is performed in response to the second reception in accordance with a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Atsuhito IEMURA