Patents by Inventor Hideji Kawasaki

Hideji Kawasaki 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: 8521230
    Abstract: In the mobile telephone, an image display surface of a display is arranged on a front surface of a casing, and a camera is arranged on a rear surface thereof. The mobile telephone includes: a proximity sensor, and acceleration sensor, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes: a unit that detects that the casing has been placed on the object; a unit that performs a color conversion process for converting a color of each pixel into a complementary color on an image signal obtained from the camera before detection of that the casing has been placed on the object; and a unit that outputs a color-converted image on the image display surface when an incoming call/mail is received after detection of that the casing has been placed on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuo, Hideji Kawasaki, Tatsuhiko Abe
  • Publication number: 20110111809
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile telephone which can easily be found when called in case the mobile telephone is placed on a desk or a floor. An image display plane of a display (5) is arranged on the front surface of a casing (1) of the mobile telephone. A camera (7) is arranged on the rear surface of the casing (1). The mobile telephone includes: a proximity sensor (8), an acceleration sensor (16), and a control circuit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuo, Hideji Kawasaki, Tatsuhiko Abe
  • Patent number: 7705903
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal having an image-taking function is composed of a camera unit that takes an image of a subject through a photographic lens, and two displays, the first display being positioned on same a front surface of housing of the portable communication terminal as the photographic lens and being visible in a same view as the photographic lens, and the second display being positioned on a back surface of the housing. The mobile communication terminal has a function of having the image taken by the camera unit displayed on at least one of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Kenji Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20070103576
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal having an image-taking function is composed of a camera unit that takes an image of a subject through a photographic lens, and two displays, the first display being positioned on same a front surface of housing of the portable communication terminal as the photographic lens and being visible in a same view as the photographic lens, and the second display being positioned on a back surface of the housing. The mobile communication terminal has a function of having the image taken by the camera unit displayed on at least one of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Kenji Kiyota
  • Patent number: 7197295
    Abstract: A portable communication device including a GPS antenna, a GPS processing circuit for determining a location of the device based on a signal received by the antenna, a location information processing circuit for detecting the location information corresponding to a determined result, a key input device for inputting a telephone number of a communication terminal device for transmitting the location information, a control circuit, and a transmitting circuit. The key input device is provided with a LOST key. The control circuit feeds the location information detected by the location information processing circuit to the transmitting circuit when the LOST key is manipulated. The transmitting circuit transmits the location information to the communication terminal device having the inputted telephone number. This realizes a portable communication device which is adapted to notify others of the accurate present location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Patent number: 7173665
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal having an image-taking function is composed of a camera unit that takes an image of a subject through a photographic lens, and two displays, the first display being positioned on same a front surface of housing of the portable communication terminal as the photographic lens and being visible in a same view as the photographic lens, and the second display being positioned on a back surface of the housing. The mobile communication terminal has a function of having the image taken by the camera unit displayed on at least one of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Kenji Kiyota
  • Patent number: 7031743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable portable communication terminal device including a main body case and a lid case openably connected. The main body case has a side portion provided with an up key and a down key. The portable communication terminal device has a secondary battery, power supplying switch, and a control circuit incorporated therein. The control circuit switches the power supply switch to on/off when the up key and the down key are held depressed at the same time for at least the predetermined period of time. This starts or stops power supply from the secondary battery to the device body to switch the power source of the device body to on/off. Accordingly, the foldable portable communication terminal device can be realized which is adapted to turn off the power source of the device body with the main body case and the lid case folded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka
  • Patent number: 7006835
    Abstract: A position information providing system of the invention, portable telephones A and B are connectable to a service center. The telephone A has a GPS processing circuit for measuring its own position and a control circuit. The circuit prepares position information based on the measurements obtained by the GPS processing circuit, also prepares a list comprising the numbers of a plurality of telephones in response to an input manipulation by the user, and transmits the prepared list data to the center. When an information request signal is supplied from the telephone B to the center, the server transmits the position information as to the telephone A to the telephone B only when the number of the telephone B is not included in the list data. Thus, the system realized is adapted to reliably protect the privacy of the person carrying the telephone A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Patent number: 7006822
    Abstract: A mobile phone set including a mobile phone and a warning apparatus detects an electric field strength of a second electric wave transmitted from the mobile phone and the warning apparatus, and gives a warning sound and the like, which enables users to recognize the fact when the mobile phone is lost or stolen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 6941160
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable telephone device that is composed of two displays of substantially a same size, and can continuously perform two display processes in parallel by allocating different display processes to each of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Patent number: 6915143
    Abstract: A portable telephone of the present invention comprises a casing, a LCD 18 and a key input device 20 disposed on a surface of the casing. The casing has a microphone 17 for delivering speech, a speaker 16 for receiving speech, a backlight 19 for lighting a screen of the LCD 18, a key light device 21 for lighting a manipulation surface of the key input device 20, and a control circuit 15 incorporated therein. The control circuit 15 checks whether a speech delivery signal input from the microphone 17 is a voice signal. If the speech delivery signal is a voice signal, display operation of the LCD 18 is set to OFF and both the backlight 19 and the key light device 21 are turned off. If the signal is not a voice signal, display operation of the LCD 18 is set to ON. Consequently, useless power consumption is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Takenori Ugari
  • Publication number: 20020142810
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal having an image-taking function is composed of a camera unit that takes an image of a subject through a photographic lens, and two displays, the first display being positioned on same a front surface of housing of the portable communication terminal as the photographic lens and being visible in a same view as the photographic lens, and the second display being positioned on a back surface of the housing. The mobile communication terminal has a function of having the image taken by the camera unit displayed on at least one of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Kenji Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20020094784
    Abstract: A mobile phone set including a mobile phone and a warning apparatus detects an electric field strength of a second electric wave transmitted from the mobile phone and the warning apparatus, and gives a warning sound and the like, which enables users to recognize the fact when the mobile phone is lost or stolen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20020090956
    Abstract: In the position information providing system of the invention, portable telephones A and B are connectable to a service center. The telephone A has a GPS processing circuit 21 for measuring the position of its own and a control circuit 10. The circuit 10 prepares position information based on the measurements obtained by the circuit 21, also prepares a list comprising the numbers of a plurality of telephones in response to an input manipulation by the user, and transmits the prepared list data to the center. When an information request signal is supplied from the telephone B to the center, the server transmits the position information as to the telephone A to the telephone B only when the number of the telephone B is not included in the list data. Thus, the system realized is adapted to reliably protect the privacy of the person carrying the telephone A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Publication number: 20020077123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable communication device comprises a GPS antenna, a GPS processing circuit for determining a location of the device based on a signal received by the antenna, a location information processing circuit for detecting the location information corresponding to the determined result, a key input device for inputting a telephone number of a communication terminal device for transmitting the location information, a control circuit, and a transmitting circuit. The key input device is provided with a LOST key. The control circuit feeds the location information detected by the location information processing circuit to the transmitting circuit when the LOST key is manipulated. The transmitting circuit transmits the location information to the communication terminal device having the inputted telephone number. This realizes the portable communication device which is adapted to notify the others of the accurate present location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Publication number: 20020065111
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable telephone device that is composed of two displays of substantially a same size, and can continuously perform two display processes in parallel by allocating different display processes to each of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Publication number: 20020058527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable portable communication terminal device including a main body case and a lid case openably connected. The main body case has a side portion provided with an up key and a down key. The portable communication terminal device has a secondary battery, power supplying switch, and a control circuit incorporated therein. The control circuit switches the power supply switch to on/off when the up key and the down key are held depressed at the same time for at least the predetermined period of time. This starts or stops power supply from the secondary battery to the device body to switch the power source of the device body to on/off. Accordingly, the foldable portable communication terminal device can be realized which is adapted to turn off the power source of the device body with the main body case and the lid case folded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.,
    Inventors: Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20020019249
    Abstract: A portable telephone of the present invention comprises a casing, a LCD 18 and a key input device 20 disposed on a surface of the casing. The casing has a microphone 17 for delivering speech, a speaker 16 for receiving speech, a backlight 19 for lighting a screen of the LCD 18, a key light device 21 for lighting a manipulation surface of the key input device 20, and a control circuit 15 incorporated therein. The control circuit 15 checks whether a speech delivery signal input from the microphone 17 is a voice signal. If the speech delivery signal is a voice signal, display operation of the LCD 18 is set to OFF and both the backlight 19 and the key light device 21 are turned off. If the signal is not a voice signal, display operation of the LCD 18 is set to ON. Consequently, useless power consumption is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroomi Kashu, Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Takenori Ugari
  • Patent number: RE43561
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable telephone device that is composed of two displays of substantially a same size, and can continuously perform two display processes in parallel by allocating different display processes to each of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu
  • Patent number: RE44882
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable telephone device that is composed of two displays of substantially a same size, and can continuously perform two display processes in parallel by allocating different display processes to each of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Otsuka, Hideji Kawasaki, Hiroomi Kashu