Patents by Inventor Kohsei Kawamoto

Kohsei Kawamoto 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: 20190107943
    Abstract: Display modes are switched by a simple method in accordance with whether or not to display status information. An electronic device (1) includes a control section (20) which (i) causes status information (ST1 to ST4) of the electronic device to be displayed in at least either (a) an enlarged display mode in which to display the status information in a first display region (D1) or (b) an alternative display mode in which to display the status information in a second display region (D2) and causes a switchover accepting display (SW1) for accepting a switchover from the alternative display mode to the enlarged display mode to be displayed in the first display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: SHUJI DAIOKU, NOZOMU NISHIMOTO, KOHSEI KAWAMOTO, MUNETAKA YASUNOU
  • Publication number: 20190107865
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a control section which causes a display section to carry out a display process in either of the following two display modes: an enlarged display mode in which to display status information of the electronic device in a first display region in at least a part of which a notch part is provided and to use a second display region as a region in which to show details of an application; and an alternative display mode in which to display no status information of the electronic device in the first display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: SHUJI DAIOKU, NOZOMU NISHIMOTO, KOHSEI KAWAMOTO, MUNETAKA YASUNOU
  • Publication number: 20150084885
    Abstract: A display portion provided in a portable electronic device including a touch panel has, as display modes, a full-screen display mode in which an image is displayed over an entire surface of the display surface, a right-hand display mode in which a scaled-down display of an original image with a similarity shape is provided along a right side and a lower side of the display surface, and a left-hand display mode in which a scaled-down display of an original image with a similarity shape is provided along a left side and a lower side of the display surface. When a prescribed input operation is received by an input portion, a control portion switches a display mode of the display portion from the full-screen display mode to the right-hand display mode or the left-hand display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohsei Kawamoto