Patents by Inventor Katsunori Masamune

Katsunori Masamune 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 apparatus and program storage medium
    Patent number: 7903845
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that can scroll an image on a display screen with a simple operation and in various modes. A glide point is provided and a fingerprint sensor is provided adjacently to the glide point. Scroll mode is changed in response to a touch of a finger or thumb on the glide point and a vertical or horizontal movement of the finger or thumb on the glide point and an image on the display screen is scrolled in response to an upward or downward movement of a finger or thumb on the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsunaga, Katsunori Masamune
  • Electronic apparatus and program storage medium
    Publication number: 20070217662
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that can scroll an image on a display screen with a simple operation and in various modes. A glide point is provided and a fingerprint sensor is provided adjacently to the glide point. Scroll mode is changed in response to a touch of a finger or thumb on the glide point and a vertical or horizontal movement of the finger or thumb on the glide point and an image on the display screen is scrolled in response to an upward or downward movement of a finger or thumb on the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsunaga, Katsunori Masamune
  • Electronic equipment and input control method
    Publication number: 20060152485
    Abstract: In electronic equipment comprising input devices of a stick-like pointing device and a pad-like pointing device, and a controller that controls a manipulation performed on the pad-like pointing device as a manipulation performed on a button during a predetermined time after the stick-like pointing device is completed. Owing to this feature, electronic equipment offering excellent maneuverability can be provided without an increase in the number of operation buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Satoshi Abe, Katsunori Masamune
  • Status display control unit, electronic equipment and storage medium
    Publication number: 20020140627
    Abstract: An electronic equipment is provided with a main display section, an auxiliary display section which displays status information of the electronic equipment, a plurality of buttons provided above and/or below the auxiliary display section, and a controller. The controller displays definitions or meanings of the plurality of buttons, within the auxiliary display section at positions corresponding to each of the plurality of buttons, depending on an operation mode of the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohki, Katsunori Masamune, Masafumi Okumura, Masato Ageta, Kazuhiro Takeda, Keigo Matsunaga, Takashi Suda