Patents by Inventor Kiyoko Maruyama

Kiyoko Maruyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20090013198
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a battery holder, a detector detecting a battery, a non-volatile memory storing a program for initialization, a volatile memory, a first power supply for the non-volatile memory, a second power supply for the volatile memory, a power switch, a power supply controller activating the first power supply and the second power supply after the battery is detected or after the power switch is turned on, and a management circuit sending the program from the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory if the first and the second power supplies are activated and before the program is fully sent to the volatile memory, causing the power supply controller to deactivate the first power supply after sending the program, and causing the program in the volatile memory to run after the power switch is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsutomu TANAKA, Kunihiko Aoto, Kiyoko Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080046836
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus capable of detecting an object being in contact with a portion thereof is provided. The data processing apparatus includes a display, a tactile sensor and a controller. The tactile sensor is configured to detect the object and to locate the object on a sensing surface thereof. The controller is coupled to the display and the tactile sensor, configured to locate an initial location of the object on the sensing surface if the object starts being detected, and configured to locate a final location of the object on the sensing surface if the object ends being detected. The controller is configured to select a scroll direction depending on a direction from the initial location to the final location. The controller is configured to select a scroll speed, and configured to scroll a screen displayed on the display in the scroll direction at the scroll speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kiyoko Maruyama, Seiji Matsui
  • Publication number: 20060098512
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus comprising a battery holder, a detector detecting a battery, a non-volatile memory storing a program for initialization, a volatile memory, a first power supply for the non-volatile memory, a second power supply for the volatile memory, a power switch, a power supply controller activating the first power supply and the second power supply after the battery is detected or after the power switch is turned on, and a management circuit sending the program from the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory if the first and the second power supplies are activated and before the program is fully sent to the volatile memory, causing the power supply controller to deactivate the first power supply after sending the program, and causing the program in the volatile memory to run after the power switch is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tanaka, Kunihiko Aoto, Kiyoko Maruyama