Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Higuchi

Kazutoshi Higuchi 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: 9563337
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a display unit; a touch panel that is arranged overlapping the display unit, that detects contact by or proximity with an indication element, and that outputs detection results; and a control unit that displays all or a portion of an operation image on the display unit and, when a portion of the operation image is being displayed on the display unit and a drag operation is carried out that causes sliding of the contact point at which the indication element and touch panel are in proximity or contact, identifies the direction of movement and the amount of movement of the contact point that accompany the drag operation, and scrolls the display of the display unit by an amount that corresponds to the amount of movement that was identified and in the direction opposite to the direction of movement that was identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8781525
    Abstract: In a cellular phone 100, a directional coupler 20 provided between a transmitter for communication 32 and a duplexer 30 extracts a transmitted signal, and a detector 21 detects the signal and detects a transmission power level. Next, the comparator 22 compares a comparison level generated by a base voltage source 23 which generates a base voltage corresponding to a received field strength of a broadcast signal with an output level from the detector 21. When the output level exceeds the comparison level, the comparator generates a selection instruction signal of level ‘H,’ and switches a path so as to insert a filter between a TV receiving antenna ANT 1 and a TV receiver 13 using an input selection switch 10 and an output selection switch 12. Accordingly, deterioration of viewing quality due to suppressed sensitivity caused by transmission power of wireless communication can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20140009423
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a display unit; a touch panel that is arranged overlapping the display unit, that detects contact by or proximity with an indication element, and that outputs detection results; and a control unit that displays all or a portion of an operation image on the display unit and, when a portion of the operation image is being displayed on the display unit and a drag operation is carried out that causes sliding of the contact point at which the indication element and touch panel are in proximity or contact, identifies the direction of movement and the amount of movement of the contact point that accompany the drag operation, and scrolls the display of the display unit by an amount that corresponds to the amount of movement that was identified and in the direction opposite to the direction of movement that was identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8346221
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8340643
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20100330966
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20080299949
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070049332
    Abstract: In a cellular phone 100, a directional coupler 20 provided between a transmitter for communication 32 and a duplexer 30 extracts a transmitted signal, and a detector 21 detects the signal and detects a transmission power level. Next, the comparator 22 compares a comparison level generated by a base voltage source 23 which generates a base voltage corresponding to a received field strength of a broadcast signal with an output level from the detector 21. When the output level exceeds the comparison level, the comparator generates a selection instruction signal of level ‘H,’ and switches a path so as to insert a filter between a TV receiving antenna ANT 1 and a TV receiver 13 using an input selection switch 10 and an output selection switch 12. Accordingly, deterioration of viewing quality due to suppressed sensitivity caused by transmission power of wireless communication can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6983140
    Abstract: A cellular phone capable of informing a user of the deterioration of a line speech quality by raising an alarm. In the cellular phone according to the present invention, the condition in which the saturation of a transmission output lasts for a predetermined period of time or longer is detected, and a deterioration in the uplink speech quality is thereby predicted, an alarm signal being sent out to the cellular phone. Thus, the user is notified that a deterioration in the uplink speech quality occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050148361
    Abstract: In a multi-band radio terminal apparatus, when communication frequency bands are switched, a reception intermediate frequency is selected to be equal to each other in respective communication frequency bands. As a result, the circuit arrangements of this multi-band radio terminal apparatus succeeding to the intermediate frequency signal circuit stage are commonly used in the respective communication frequency bands. While a local oscillator signal is produced by a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase-locked loop, and a doubler, in a case where communication is established within a plurality of communication frequency bands, the transmission/reception frequency intervals are different from each other. A mixer for a reception system and a mixer for a transmission system are commonly used so as to convert the frequency of the local oscillator signal into a frequency existing between the communication frequency and the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6882830
    Abstract: In a multi-band radio terminal apparatus, when communication frequency bands are switched, a reception intermediate frequency is selected to be equal to each other in respective communication frequency bands. As a result, the circuit arrangements of this multi-band radio terminal apparatus succeeding to the intermediate frequency signal circuit stage are commonly used in the respective communication frequency bands. While a local oscillator signal is produced by a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase-locked loop, and a doubler, in a case where communication is established within a plurality of communication frequency bands, the transmission/reception frequency intervals are different from each other. A mixer for a reception system and a mixer for a transmission system are commonly used so as to convert the frequency of the local oscillator signal into a frequency existing between the communication frequency and the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6850739
    Abstract: In a multi-band radio terminal apparatus, even when communication frequency bands are switched, a reception intermediate frequency is selected to be equal to each other in the respective different communication frequency bands. The circuit arrangements of this multi-band radio terminal apparatus succeeding to the intermediate frequency signal circuit state are commonly used in the respective communication frequency bands. A local oscillator signal is produced by a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase-locked loop, and a doubler, such that a communication is established within a plurality of communication frequency bands, the transmission/reception frequency intervals of which are different from each other. A mixer for reception system and a mixer for a transmission system are commonly used to convert the frequency of the local oscillator signal into a frequency existing between the communication frequency and the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6823182
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating massages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and a transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20040192261
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit or storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit or transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6799034
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit or transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6725019
    Abstract: In a multi-band radio terminal apparatus, when communication frequency bands are switched, a reception intermediate frequency is selected to be equal to each other in respective communication frequency bands. As a result, the circuit arrangements of this multi-band radio terminal apparatus succeeding to the intermediate frequency signal circuit stage are commonly used in the respective communication frequency bands. While a local oscillator signal is produced by a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase-locked loop, and a doubler, in a case where communication is established within a plurality of communication frequency bands, the transmission/reception frequency intervals are different from each other. A mixer for a reception system and a mixer for a transmission system are commonly used so as to convert the frequency of the local oscillator signal into a frequency existing between the communication frequency and the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6697647
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone system including a cellular mobile telephone apparatus and a peripheral apparatus communicating bidirectionally. The cellular mobile telephone apparatus may include: a modulating/demodulating device demodulating radio frequency signals into a digital signal including a control signal; a controlling device controls operation of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus in accordance with the control signal; a first communicating device performs bidirectional communication, including transmitting a first control information controlling operation of the peripheral apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Hiroyuki Tomihara, Yasuaki Takahara, Yoshihiro Kanomata
  • Publication number: 20030216138
    Abstract: A cellular mobile telephone apparatus has circuits for generating messages, a storage circuit for storing messages, and transmitter/receiver circuit or transmitting a message. When the user of the cellular mobile telephone apparatus cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, a desired one of a plurality of previously generated and stored messages can be transmitted to a calling party through simple key manipulations or by other means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Higuchi, Katsuo Ogawa, Fumitaka Itoh, Yasuaki Takahara, Teiji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20030199261
    Abstract: In a multi-band radio terminal apparatus, when communication frequency bands are switched, a reception intermediate frequency is selected to be equal to each other in respective communication frequency bands. As a result, the circuit arrangements of this multi-band radio terminal apparatus succeeding to the intermediate frequency signal circuit stage are commonly used in the respective communication frequency bands. While a local oscillator signal is produced by a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase-locked loop, and a doubler, in a case where communication is established within a plurality of communication frequency bands, the transmission/reception frequency intervals are different from each other. A mixer for a reception system and a mixer for a transmission system are commonly used so as to convert the frequency of the local oscillator signal into a frequency existing between the communication frequency and the intermediate frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6625202
    Abstract: A mobile station for preventing reduction of the line quality when it is used near the head of a human operator. Plural antennas are arranged so that the cross-correlation of the received waves becomes small. The signals received by the antennas are delayed by a delay time to prevent interference between the received signals so that the time difference of each received signal becomes at least one chip time of the spreading code or more. After that, a combiner combines the received signals, and an output signal of the combiner is inputted into a rake receiver. A reduction of the extent of the delay spreading is prevented by directivity of the antennas in use near a human body, and a decline of path diversity gain by the rake receiving is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Sudo, Osamu Hikino, Kazutoshi Higuchi