Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ebara

Kenichi Ebara 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: 8892669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile phone provided with: a main body that can be put in a storage state or a usage state by changing the relative positions or relative orientations of a first unit and a second unit; a wireless communication unit (23) that transmits and receives email; a state detection unit (29) that detects whether the main body is in the storage state; a side key (24) that the user can press; a memory unit (28) that stores email information including email addresses and message bodies; and a control unit (20). The control unit measures how long the side key (24) is depressed, and if the state detection unit (29) has detected the storage state, then in accordance with the length of time for which the side key (24) was depressed, the control unit uses the wireless communication unit (23) to transmit, as an email, email information that is assigned to said length of time and stored in the memory unit (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Kenichi Ebara
  • Publication number: 20130103717
    Abstract: A text conversion device includes a database that stores information, an inputter (120), a determiner (171), a text extractor (172), a related information extractor (177), and a converter (178). The inputter (120) is configured to input a text. The determiner (171) is configured to determine whether the text inputted by the inputter (120) contains a word specifying the database, and if the determination result indicates that the word is contained, the text extractor (172) extracts the word and a remaining text. The related information extractor (177) extracts information from the database specified by the extracted word with the use of the remaining text without the word as a search key. The convertor (178) converts the text inputted by the inputter (120) into any of the extracted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Ebara
  • Publication number: 20120233280
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile phone provided with: a main body that can be put in a storage state or a usage state by changing the relative positions or relative orientations of a first unit and a second unit; a wireless communication unit (23) that transmits and receives email; a state detection unit (29) that detects whether the main body is in the storage state; a side key (24) that the user can press; a memory unit (28) that stores email information including email addresses and message bodies; and a control unit (20). The control unit measures how long the side key (24) is depressed, and if the state detection unit (29) has detected the storage state, then in accordance with the length of time for which the side key (24) was depressed, the control unit uses the wireless communication unit (23) to transmit, as an email, email information that is assigned to said length of time and stored in the memory unit (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Ebara