Patents by Inventor Hideo Nishijima

Hideo Nishijima 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: 20190069174
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10212586
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20190014473
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20180176651
    Abstract: A mobile terminal has a communication processing unit that transmits, to a video display apparatus for displaying a broadcasted video content, a request for setting a viewing schedule of the video content. A storage unit stores a starting time of the video content for which the setting of the viewing schedule has been requested; and an information provision unit provides information to a user of the mobile terminal. A control unit determines whether the video display apparatus is existent around the mobile terminal. At a first predetermined time before the starting time, the information provision unit notifies the user of the first predetermined time. If the video display apparatus is not existent around the mobile terminal at a second predetermined time before the starting time, the information provision unit then notifies the user that it is the second predetermined time before the starting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Masayuki HIRABAYASHI, Motoyuki SUZUKI, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 9942483
    Abstract: In an information processing device configured to include an imaging unit, a display unit, and an illumination sensor, to capture image information by the imaging unit, and to perform processing on the captured image information, the display unit and the imaging unit are disposed on the same surface, the capture processing is performed in a normal mode when a detected value of the illumination sensor is a predetermined value or more, and the capture processing is performed in a dark-place mode when the detected value of the illumination sensor is a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka, Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20170293214
    Abstract: Since a display device is used in a relatively large room, it often displays images on a large screen. On the other hand, a display terminal often displays images on a small screen. Therefore, when the same image is displayed on the display device and the display terminal, the displayed image on the display terminal is so small that the viewer has difficulty in discerning details of the image, which poses a problem that the display terminal is disadvantageous. In a display system including a display terminal and a display device, the display device detects position coordinates optically pointed out by a pointer on a displayed image, and displays a given pointer mark at the detected position coordinates. The display terminal displays a magnified version of the displayed image approximately around received position coordinates serving as a center thereof, and displays a given pointer mark at the position coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuo MASUOKA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 9721462
    Abstract: A terminal device and a remote control method having high usability are provided. In a terminal device having a function for remote control of electric equipments, the current position and the current height of the terminal device are detected. In addition, an azimuth and an inclination toward which the terminal device is placed are detected. Furthermore, position information and height information of electric equipments to be controlled are stored, an electric equipment having the azimuth and the inclination toward which the terminal device is placed within predetermined ranges is selected by referring to information of the position, the height, the azimuth, and the inclination of the terminal device and information of the position and the height of the electric equipments, and the selected electric equipment is remotely controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima, Yasunobu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9652824
    Abstract: Since a display device is used in a relatively large room, it often displays images on a large screen. On the other hand, a display terminal often displays images on a small screen. Therefore, when the same image is displayed on the display device and the display terminal, the displayed image on the display terminal is so small that the viewer has difficulty in discerning details of the image, which poses a problem that the display terminal is disadvantageous. In a display system including a display terminal and a display device, the display device detects position coordinates optically pointed out by a pointer on a displayed image, and displays a given pointer mark at the detected position coordinates. The display terminal displays a magnified version of the displayed image approximately around received position coordinates serving as a center thereof, and displays a given pointer mark at the position coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hideo Nishijima
  • Patent number: 9640144
    Abstract: Blocking a view of a whiteboard by a position of an attendee writing thereon is prevented, and writing records made by all attendees are stored to use the writing records including a course of the written records later. Each terminal of the attendees has a touch-panel-equipped terminal can divide any input line drawing on the terminal into line segment data, successively transmit the line segment data to the controller, and display line drawing information on the display of the touch-panel-equipped terminal. A liquid crystal projector having a controller that can be embedded therein or connected thereto is provided, the controller can sequentially record line drawing information transmitted from each touch-panel-equipped terminal in a data base, add the line drawing information to a video image memory of the whiteboard, and project the video image memory contents onto a wall surface while transmitting information of the data base to each touch-panel-equipped terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Motoyuki Suzuki, Hideo Nishijima, Nobuo Masuoka
  • Patent number: 9591261
    Abstract: Provided are a video telephone device and a video telephone processing method in which a video call environment with excellent usability is provided even when used by a plurality of persons. A video telephone device that performs a call with another video telephone device via a network photographs an image of a speaker, recognizes the speaker based on the photographed image, and changes a background image in an image to be transmitted according to a recognition result. Thus, for example, when the users who are not close to each other perform a call, a situation in which an image showing a state of a room is supplied as a background image is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Nobuo Masuoka, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hideo Nishijima
  • Patent number: 9516363
    Abstract: A content server includes a stored search keyword information receiver for receiving stored search keyword information transmitted from a video display apparatus or a information terminal device, a content extractor for extracting a content to be recommended, from a content group stored in the content server on the basis of the received stored search keyword information, and a recommended content information transmitter for transmitting information on the extracted content to be recommended to the video display apparatus. The video display apparatus includes a recommended content information receiver for receiving the information on the content to be recommended, and a display unit capable of displaying the information on the content to be recommended. The information terminal device includes a keyword information storage unit capable of storing the stored search keyword information required to extract the content to be recommended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hideo Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20160212318
    Abstract: In an information processing device configured to include an imaging unit, a display unit, and an illumination sensor, to capture image information by the imaging unit, and to perform processing on the captured image information, the display unit and the imaging unit are disposed on the same surface, the capture processing is performed in a normal mode when a detected value of the illumination sensor is a predetermined value or more, and the capture processing is performed in a dark-place mode when the detected value of the illumination sensor is a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuo MASUOKA, Masayuki HIRABAYASHI, Hideo NISHIJIMA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160205344
    Abstract: Provided are a video telephone device and a video telephone processing method in which a video call environment with excellent usability is provided even when used by a plurality of persons. A video telephone device that performs a call with another video telephone device via a network photographs an image of a speaker, recognizes the speaker based on the photographed image, and changes a background image in an image to be transmitted according to a recognition result. Thus, for example, when the users who are not close to each other perform a call, a situation in which an image showing a state of a room is supplied as a background image is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Motoyuki SUZUKI, Nobuo MASUOKA, Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160163190
    Abstract: A terminal device and a remote control method having high usability are provided. In a terminal device having a function for remote control of electric equipments, the current position and the current height of the terminal device are detected. In addition, an azimuth and an inclination toward which the terminal device is placed are detected. Furthermore, position information and height information of electric equipments to be controlled are stored, an electric equipment having the azimuth and the inclination toward which the terminal device is placed within predetermined ranges is selected by referring to information of the position, the height, the azimuth, and the inclination of the terminal device and information of the position and the height of the electric equipments, and the selected electric equipment is remotely controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki HIRABAYASHI, Hideo NISHIJIMA, Yasunobu HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160165537
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal device capable of sustaining a battery remaining amount for an extended period of time, even in the event of an emergency such as a disaster. The present invention is provided with: a reception unit for receiving emergency disaster information; a positional-information acquisition unit for acquiring positional information; a storage unit in which preset positional information is stored; an electric power supply unit which supplies, to a plurality of parts configuring the portable terminal device, electric power supplied from a battery; and a control unit for controlling the electric power supply unit. When the emergency disaster information is received, the control unit controls the electric power supply unit on the basis of the positional information obtained by the positional-information acquisition unit and the positional information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Motoyuki SUZUKI, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160150282
    Abstract: A mobile terminal has a communication processing unit that transmits, to a video display apparatus for displaying a broadcasted video content, a request for setting a viewing schedule of the video content. A storage unit stores a starting time of the video content for which the setting of the viewing schedule has been requested; and an information provision unit provides information to a user of the mobile terminal. A control unit determines whether the video display apparatus is existent around the mobile terminal. At a first predetermined time before the starting time, the information provision unit notifies the user of the first predetermined time. If the video display apparatus is not existent around the mobile terminal at a second predetermined time before the starting time, the information provision unit then notifies the user that it is the second predetermined time before the starting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Masayuki HIRABAYASHI, Motoyuki SUZUKI, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150339007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a Portable information terminal provided with a method for recommending application software and/or a method for controlling screen display capable of granting ideal ease of use to a user. A screen for executing application software recommended by the portable information terminal and an icon correlated with application software arbitrarily selected by the user of the portable information terminal are displayed at the same time in separate areas on the same screen. An icon correlated with the application software recommended by the portable information terminal and the icon correlated with the application software arbitrarily selected by the user of the portable information terminal are displayed at the same time in separate areas on the same screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA, Nobuo MASUOKA, Masayuki HIRABAYASHI, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150324168
    Abstract: This invention is provided with: a memory unit for storing lip movement recognition data; an imaging unit for capturing a video including at least the lip portion of the operator; a lip movement recognition unit for performing a comparison between data representing the movement of the lip portion of the operator obtained from the imaging unit and the lip movement recognition data, and thereby recognizing the operation to execute; and a controller for performing an operation executable in accordance with the lip movement recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Motoyuki SUZUKI, Hideo NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20150138444
    Abstract: The present invention provides a video display apparatus and a terminal device that are easy to use. The present invention is provided with a display unit for displaying video content, a receiving unit for receiving a command transmitted by the terminal device, and a control unit for executing a process corresponding to the command received from the receiving unit. The control unit executes a process corresponding to a first command when the first command is received from a specific terminal device, but not a process corresponding to the first command when the first command is received from another terminal device; and executes a process corresponding to a second command when the second command is received from the specific terminal device or the other terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirabayashi, Hideo Nishijima, Nobuo Masuoka
  • Publication number: 20150130847
    Abstract: Since a display device is used in a relatively large room, it often displays images on a large screen. On the other hand, a display terminal often displays images on a small screen. Therefore, when the same image is displayed on the display device and the display terminal, the displayed image on the display terminal is so small that the viewer has difficulty in discerning details of the image, which poses a problem that the display terminal is disadvantageous. In a display system including a display terminal and a display device, the display device detects position coordinates optically pointed out by a pointer on a displayed image, and displays a given pointer mark at the detected position coordinates. The display terminal displays a magnified version of the displayed image approximately around received position coordinates serving as a center thereof, and displays a given pointer mark at the position coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hideo Nishijima