Patents by Inventor Kenichi Noma

Kenichi Noma 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: 9035851
    Abstract: A portable terminal, a display apparatus, a luminance control method and a control program are provided. The portable terminal includes a plurality of display units, and a luminance control unit which, in response to an input operation performed for a first display unit of the plurality of display units at a state where images are visibly displayed on the respective display units, performs a luminance control of decreasing a display luminance of a second display unit of the plurality of display units to be lower than a current luminance thereof, the second display unit being different from the first display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Noma
  • Publication number: 20120256859
    Abstract: A portable terminal, a display apparatus, a luminance control method and a control program are provided. The portable terminal includes a plurality of display units, and a luminance control unit which, in response to an input operation performed for a first display unit of the plurality of display units at a state where images are visibly displayed on the respective display units, performs a luminance control of decreasing a display luminance of a second display unit of the plurality of display units to be lower than a current luminance thereof, the second display unit being different from the first display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi NOMA
  • Patent number: 7664539
    Abstract: A foldable portable terminal of the present invention includes a body cabinet 1 provided with a microphone 14 and a cover cabinet 2 provided with first and second speakers 41, 42, openably/closably coupled to each other. Any one or both of the cabinets are provided with closing means for closing a sound emitting hole 22a of the first speaker in a closed state of the both cabinets. Alternatively, a partition wall for partitioning the first speaker and the second speaker is formed inside the cover cabinet. Alternatively, the body cabinet has an inner surface provided with a transmission unit 6 incorporating a microphone 63 and being rotatable between a first rotational posture where the unit faces the inner surface side of the body cabinet and a second rotational posture where the unit faces a direction deviating from the cover cabinet in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Noma, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masuo Tanaka, Shinichi Yamamoto, Motoaki Mushika, Kiyotada Kawakami, Atsumi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20070087793
    Abstract: A foldable portable terminal of the present invention includes a body cabinet 1 provided with a microphone 14 and a cover cabinet 2 provided with first and second speakers 41, 42, openably/closably coupled to each other. Any one or both of the cabinets are provided with closing means for closing a sound emitting hole 22a of the first speaker in a closed state of the both cabinets. Alternatively, a partition wall for partitioning the first speaker and the second speaker is formed inside the cover cabinet. Alternatively, the cover cabinet has an inner surface provided with a transmission unit 6 incorporating a microphone 63 and being rotatable between a first rotational posture where the unit faces the inner surface side of the body cabinet and a second rotational posture where the unit faces a direction deviating from the cover cabinet in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Noma, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masuo Tanaka, Shinichi Yamamoto, Motoaki Muchika, Kiyotada Kawakami, Atsumi Okamoto