Patents by Inventor Kikuko Yamawa

Kikuko Yamawa 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).

  • Portable electronic information device
    Patent number: 7263350
    Abstract: A portable electronic information device with superb portability and/or amusement value is provided. This device A is a portable electronic information device A having an external housing 1 that can be equipped in a car, and the device A is provided with expression means 7, 8 and 9 for performing actions that can be sensed by the user of the vehicle, in accordance with vehicle status information of the vehicle or output signals from sensors 4 or 5 equipped inside external housing 1, and thus delivers superb amusement value. This device also functions as a vehicle key, providing high portability, and enabling information to be shared with a home computer, thus providing a high level of convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Kizu, Masayuki Yurimoto, Kenji Mori, Simon D. Humphries, Kikuko Yamawa, Kota Nezu, Akira Shinada, Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Hiroaki Okajima
  • Portable electronic information device
    Publication number: 20030045278
    Abstract: A portable electronic information device with superb portability and/or amusement value is provided. This device A is a portable electronic information device A having an external housing 1 that can be equipped in a car, and the device A is provided with expression means 7, 8 and 9 for performing actions that can be sensed by the user of the vehicle, in accordance with vehicle status information of the vehicle or output signals from sensors 4 or 5 equipped inside external housing 1, and thus delivers superb amusement value. This device also functions as a vehicle key, providing high portability, and enabling information to be shared with a home computer, thus providing a high level of convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Kizu, Masayuki Yurimoto, Kenji Mori, Simon D. Humphries, Kikuko Yamawa, Kota Nezu, Akira Shinada, Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Hiroaki Okajima
  • Electronic business transaction assisting system and method
    Publication number: 20020049668
    Abstract: A server that includes a memory that stores data indicative of an actual delivery time of each of a plurality of commodities and a controller that receives data indicative of a desired delivery time and selects at least one of the plurality of commodities that meets the desired delivery time on the basis of the actual delivery times of the plurality of the commodities stored in the memory and the received desired delivery time, and provides a result of the at least one selection made. The server enable consumers to easily learn delivery times of commodities in order to make more informed decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kota Nezu, Simon David Humphries, Kikuko Yamawa, Norihiro Matsubara