Patents by Inventor Kazunari MURANAKA

Kazunari MURANAKA 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: 9793940
    Abstract: A cover for a mobile device includes a cover body to be mounted on the mobile device, an operation portion provided on the cover body and capable of receiving an external operation, a transmission portion which transmits an operation signal for remotely operating a vehicle-mounted device when the operation portion receives the operation, a determination portion which determines whether or not the mobile device is in a specific state, and a restricting device which executes a process for restricting the remote operation when the determination portion determines that the mobile device is in the specific state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Otsubo, Kazunari Muranaka
  • Publication number: 20170012658
    Abstract: A cover for a mobile device includes a cover body to be mounted on the mobile device, an operation portion provided on the cover body and capable of receiving an external operation, a transmission portion which transmits an operation signal for remotely operating a vehicle-mounted device when the operation portion receives the operation, a determination portion which determines whether or not the mobile device is in a specific state, and a restricting device which executes a process for restricting the remote operation when the determination portion determines that the mobile device is in the specific state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori OTSUBO, Kazunari MURANAKA