Patents by Inventor Kaoru Tomiyasu

Kaoru Tomiyasu 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).

  • Electronic device with a touch sensor
    Patent number: 9727177
    Abstract: The electronic device 1 includes a touch sensor 11, a press detection unit 12 configured to detect a press on the touch sensor 11, a control unit 15 configured to, upon detecting data based on a press that satisfies a predetermined standard, any of the applications running in the background to be switched with an application running in the foreground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Tomiyasu
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130335373
    Abstract: The electronic device 1 includes a touch sensor 11, a press detection unit 12 configured to detect a press on the touch sensor 11, a control unit 15 configured to, upon detecting data based on a press that satisfies a predetermined standard, any of the applications running in the background to be switched with an application running in the foreground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaoru Tomiyasu
  • Mobile Terminal Apparatus, Printing System, Printing Communication Control Method, and Computer Program of the Same
    Publication number: 20080248828
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus (10) which can selectively conduct one of a printing operation and an operation corresponding to an event when the event is generated. In this mobile terminal apparatus (10), when the generation of an event of an incoming call, or the like is detected while conducting the printing operation, a control portion (13) selects whether an event operation corresponding to the event or the printing operation has priority to be conducted based on information set beforehand in a memory (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Kaoru Tomiyasu