Patents by Inventor Kohji Kusuda

Kohji Kusuda 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: 10401799
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes an ending operation detection section for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Kusuda, Nobuhisa Nakagawa, Shigeru Kobayashi, Fumitoshi Tanoue, Tadao Ando
  • Publication number: 20170285582
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine wake-up timing of a user with high accuracy. A terminal apparatus (1) includes an ending operation detection section (142) for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section (143) for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kohji KUSUDA, Nobuhisa NAKAGAWA, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Fumitoshi TANOUE, Tadao ANDO
  • Publication number: 20150082237
    Abstract: To provide a mobile information terminal that makes it possible to facilitate a touch operation on an image displayed in the upper area within a vertically long display screen provided on the front surface of a housing. The mobile information terminal is configured to include: a touch panel 20 that detects a touch operation on a vertically long display screen 21 provided on the front surface 13 of a thin housing 10; a slide sensor 4 that is provided on the left lateral surface 11 or right lateral surface 12 of the thin housing 10 and detects a sliding operation in the longer direction of the display screen 21; and drawing area control means adapted to, within the display screen 21, form a main drawing area 23b and a sub drawing area 23a, which are both touch operable, arranging the main drawing area 23b and the sub drawing area 23a in the longer direction, and on the basis of the sliding operation, interchange the order of the arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruna Konishi, Takako Kadota, Shigeru Kobayashi, Kohji Kusuda