Patents by Inventor Eiji Kotobuki

Eiji Kotobuki 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).

  • Telephone for searching memory content using a simple user operation
    Patent number: 7499538
    Abstract: A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric keys that are each assigned different characters. The telephone also includes a control unit. When a key press of at least the predetermined time is received by the operating unit, the control unit searches the storage unit for names that include a character assigned to the pressed numeric key, and displays the found names on a display unit. The user can switch the telephone to telephone directory mode and perform a keyword search simply by pressing a numeric key for at least the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kusaka, Mitsuji Hama, Masahiro Naito, Eiji Kotobuki
  • Telephone for retrieving memory content through simple operation
    Patent number: 7092511
    Abstract: A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric keys that are each assigned different characters. The telephone also includes a control unit. When a key press of at least the predetermined time is received by the operating unit, the control unit searches the storage unit for names that include a character assigned to the pressed numeric key, and displays the found names on a display unit. The user can switch the telephone to telephone directory mode and perform a keyword search simply by pressing a numeric key for at least the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kusaka, Mitsuji Hama, Masahiro Naito, Eiji Kotobuki
  • Telephone for searching memory content using a simple user operation
    Publication number: 20060171525
    Abstract: A telephone enabling a user to search a telephone directory using a simple and trouble-free operation. The telephone has a storage unit for storing names to be called and corresponding telephone numbers, and an operating unit including a plurality of numeric keys that are each assigned different characters. The telephone also includes a control unit. When a key press of at least the predetermined time is received by the operating unit, the control unit searches the storage unit for names that include a character assigned to the pressed numeric key, and displays the found names on a display unit. The user can switch the telephone to telephone directory mode and perform a keyword search simply by pressing a numeric key for at least the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kusaka, Mitsuji Hama, Masahiro Naito, Eiji Kotobuki