Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Machide

Hirokazu Machide 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).

  • Multifunctional mobile electronic device
    Patent number: 7126626
    Abstract: The main body section and the cover section, those of which are combined with the coupling section so that the electronic device can pivot, constitute the present invention. There is an input key section is provided in the opposed surface of the main body section meeting the cover section when the device is folded. There is the main display section provided in the opposing surface of the cover section meeting the main body section when the device is folded. Because of this, the electronic device can be used easier as a mobile phone. Furthermore, the electronic device also can be used easier as a still camera because the device can be used as a still camera immediately whenever the user wants to, even when the electronic device is in stand-by mode of mobile phone mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Sawahara, Seiji Kurokawa, Hirokazu Machide, Makoto Sasaki
  • Multifunctional mobile electronic device
    Publication number: 20040174430
    Abstract: The main body section and the cover section, those of which are combined with the coupling section so that the electronic device can pivot, constitute the present invention. There is an input key section is provided in the opposed surface of the main body section meeting the cover section when the device is folded. There is the main display section provided in the opposing surface of the cover section meeting the main body section when the device is folded. Because of this, the electronic device can be used easier as a mobile phone. Furthermore, the electronic device also can be used easier as a still camera because the device can be used as a still camera immediately whenever the user wants to, even when the electronic device is in stand-by mode of mobile phone mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Shingo Sawahara, Seiji Kurokawa, Hirokazu Machide, Makoto Sasaki
  • Portable telephone
    Patent number: D490065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Shimazu, Hirokazu Machide