Patents by Inventor Hajime Shimamoto

Hajime Shimamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20120087076
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 8102646
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Publication number: 20100134966
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 7684176
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Publication number: 20080180893
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 7336481
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Publication number: 20070206350
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 7256988
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Publication number: 20050063149
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Satoshi Araki
  • Patent number: 6750856
    Abstract: A signal generated by a display controller is divided into a plurality of signal groups comprising a display data signal, a control signal, and a clock signal. The divided signals are transmitted to a panel controller via channels that are different with each signal group, and adjustment of a skew generated between signal groups is executed with respect to the control signal as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hajime Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 6544307
    Abstract: A polishing compound containing cocoon-shaped silica particles and crystal silica particles, and water-soluble polymers including; at least one type selected from the groups including ammonium nitrate and ammonium acetate, and at least one type selected from methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, and the group including carboxymethylcellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Rodel Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Shoji Ichikawa, Katsumi Kondo, Susumu Abe, Kenji Takenouchi
  • Publication number: 20020036651
    Abstract: A signal generated by a display controller is divided into a plurality of signal groups comprising a display data signal, a control signal, and a clock signal. The divided signals are transmitted to a panel controller via channels that are different with each signal group, and adjustment of a skew generated between signal groups is executed with respect to the control signal as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventor: Hajime Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20020036635
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus compatible to displays of different display types, such as TFT-type and STN-type, the apparatus by which an LVDS signal and an STN signal are supplied for the TFT-type LCD and the STN-type LCD, respectively via corresponding interface circuits, the interface circuits and an FET switch, which switches on/off the power supply for the display are controlled by means of separate gate signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventor: Hajime Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20020028632
    Abstract: A polishing compound containing cocoon-shaped silica particles and crystal silica particles, and water-soluble polymers including; at least one type selected from the groups including ammonium nitrate and ammonium acetate, and at least one type selected from methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, and the group including carboxymethylcellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Shoji Ichikawa, Katsumi Kondo, Susumu Abe, Kenji Takenouchi
  • Patent number: 6147672
    Abstract: On a computer body side, there is provided a low voltage parallel-serial conversion circuit for converting R, G and B digital parallel signals of a first potential, which are output from a display controller, to serial signals of a second potential lower than the first potential and converting a display clock signal and a control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) each having the first potential to a clock signal and a control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) each having the second potential. On a display apparatus side, there is provided a low voltage serial-parallel conversion circuit for converting the second-potential R, G and B signals, which are output from the low voltage parallel-serial conversion circuit, to parallel R, G and B signals of the first potential and restoring the second potential clock signal and control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) to the first-potential clock signal and control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hajime Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 5986641
    Abstract: On a computer body side, there is provided a low voltage parallel-serial conversion circuit for converting R, G and B digital parallel signals of a first potential, which are output from a display controller, to serial signals of a second potential lower than the first potential and converting a display clock signal and a control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) each having the first potential to a clock signal and a control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) each having the second potential. On a display apparatus side, there is provided a low voltage serial-parallel conversion circuit for converting the second-potential R, G and B signals, which are output from the low voltage parallel-serial conversion circuit, to parallel R, G and B signals of the first potential and restoring the second potential clock signal and control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB) to the first-potential clock signal and control signal (FP, LP, DATA ENAB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hajime Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 5552800
    Abstract: According to this invention, a panel controller converts display data having 64 gray scale levels for a color CRT output from an RAMDAC into display data having 57 gray scale levels to perform display driving of a color LCD. The panel display controller has a function of generating 7 intermediate pseudo gray scales between the base frames of R, G, and B signals by a frame rate control method in the color LCD having 8 base gray scale levels of each of the R, G, and B signals to generate (180K colors) display data having 57 gray scale levels and a function of generating 3 intermediate pseudo gray scales between the base gray scales of the signals by a dither method to generate (24K colors) display data having 39 gray scale levels. The selection of the frame rate control or the dither method and the selection of the 512-color, 180-K-color, or 24-K-color display are arbitrarily performed, or these selection operations are automatically performed in accordance with a display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uchikoga, Hiroki Zenda, Hajime Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 5448260
    Abstract: A value obtained by adding a back porch period following a vertical sync signal output from a CRT controller to the total number of horizontal display lines of a display resolution is set in a register. A counter counts the value set in the register in synchronism with a horizontal sync signal, and outputs a scanning start signal to a Y driver. With this operation, when a designated display resolution is lower than the physical resolution of an LCD, the scanning start signal is output before scanning of all the physical display lines of the LCD is completed. As a result, upper and lower non-display portions on the LCD display screen are simultaneously scanned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroki Zenda, Hajime Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 5300874
    Abstract: An intelligent power supply system for a portable computer, the computer having a central processing unit (CPU), and being operable in response to power supplied from at least two chargeable batteries or an alternating current (AC) adapter, includes means for detachably coupling the batteries to the computer and a PC-CPU for controlling power supply independent of the CPU. The PC-CPU has means for receiving battery select information for controlling power supply and generating a control signal. The power supply system further includes battery control circuit means, connected to the AC adapter and the batteries, for selecting and controlling the AC adapter or one of the batteries based on the control signal. Accordingly, the proper battery for the usage can be installed in the portable computer operable on battery power, and the computer can be operated continuously on the battery power for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hajime Shimamoto, Yasuhiro Ishida