Patents by Inventor Kazuo Shimoyamada

Kazuo Shimoyamada 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: 7460885
    Abstract: A mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling portion for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing to each other, and a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface and is hidden when the first and second casings are closed relative to each other. A sub-display part and an image pick-up button are provided in a surface of the first casing and are always exposed. A switch is provided for changing over the display condition of the sub-display part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affect resulting from any folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: 7218732
    Abstract: In a folding portable terminal equipped with the imaging camera, in order to prevent deformation-induced damage to an imaging camera when the folding portable terminal is dropped and gets a strong shock, each face of a camera module housed in an imaging camera casing is retained in place in the camera casing by cushioning members made of a material having excellent shock absorbency, thereby preventing deformation-induced damage to the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Yuuichi Oota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20050287953
    Abstract: A mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling portion for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing to each other, and a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface and is hidden when the first and second casings are closed relative to each other. A sub-display part and an image pick-up button are provided in a surface of the first casing and are always exposed. A switch is provided for changing over the display condition of the sub-display part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affect resulting from any folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: 6957083
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling partition for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing with each other, a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface which is hidden in a condition in which the first casing and the second casing are folded to each other. And a subdisplay part and an image pick-up button are provided in a first casing surface which is always exposed, and a switch for changing over the display condition of the subdisplay part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode is provided, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affection by folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20040204064
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling partition for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing with each other, a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface which is hidden in a condition in which the first casing and the second casing are folded to each other. And a subdisplay part and an image pick-up button are provided in a first casing surface which is always exposed, and a switch for changing over the display condition of the subdisplay part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode is provided, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affection by folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20040075620
    Abstract: In a folding portable terminal equipped with the imaging camera, in order to prevent deformation-induced damage to an imaging camera when the folding portable terminal is dropped and gets a strong shock, each face of a camera module housed in an imaging camera casing is retained in place in the camera casing by cushioning members made of a material having excellent shock absorbency, thereby preventing deformation-induced damage to the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Yuuichi Oota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: D503695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kota, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Asako Katayama, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: D484478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kota, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Asako Katayama, Kazuo Shimoyamada