Patents by Inventor Kotaro FUKUI
Kotaro FUKUI 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).
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Patent number: 9055236Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a connector which outputs a video signal, a display driver which controls output of a video signal to the display and connector, a monitoring unit which monitors whether a partner switches an input from a video signal output from the connector to another video signal, the partner being connected to the connector, and an output switching unit which instructs the display driver to switch the output destination of the video signal from the connector to the display when the monitoring unit detects that the input of the partner is switched to the other video signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20150145800Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display configured to display a content including pages, a touch panel on the display, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to detect a tilt of the device, switch a displayed page from a first page to a second page when the device is tilted in a first direction, and when a contact on a partial area of the touch panel corresponding to the first direction is detected, stop switching of a displayed page based on a tilt of the device in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Patent number: 9009776Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a speaker, a connector to output a video signal and audio signal, a display driving module to control outputting of the video signal with respect to the display and connector, a sound driving module to control outputting of the audio signal with respect to the speaker and connector, and an output control module to instruct the sound driving module to output the audio signal from the connector when an event of instructing the display driving module to output a video signal to the connector occurs.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Patent number: 9009485Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20140298424Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20140253810Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a connector which outputs a video signal, a display driver which controls output of a video signal to the display and connector, a monitoring unit which monitors whether a partner switches an input from a video signal output from the connector to another video signal, the partner being connected to the connector, and an output switching unit which instructs the display driver to switch the output destination of the video signal from the connector to the display when the monitoring unit detects that the input of the partner is switched to the other video signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Patent number: 8788833Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Patent number: 8767123Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a connector which outputs a video signal, a display driver which controls output of a video signal to the display and connector, a monitoring unit which monitors whether a partner switches an input from a video signal output from the connector to another video signal, the partner being connected to the connector, and an output switching unit which instructs the display driver to switch the output destination of the video signal from the connector to the display when the monitoring unit detects that the input of the partner is switched to the other video signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20130283355Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Kotaro FUKUI
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Publication number: 20130258194Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a speaker, a connector to output a video signal and audio signal, a display driving module to control outputting of the video signal with respect to the display and connector, a sound driving module to control outputting of the audio signal with respect to the speaker and connector, and an output control module to instruct the sound driving module to output the audio signal from the connector when an event of instructing the display driving module to output a video signal to the connector occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Patent number: 8516263Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20120229685Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an image data receiving module, a color data acquiring module, and a video display module. The image data receiving module is configured to receive image data that is produced by a camera through shooting. The color data acquiring module is configured to acquire color data of a color that is close to a complementary color of a color of the received image data. The video display module is configured to display a first image based on the received image data and to display a second image adjacent to the first image based on the acquired color data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20110320612Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication device, a first controller, a second controller, and a player. The communication device has a close proximity wireless communication function. The first controller establishes connection between a wireless device and the communication device in a proximity state. The second controller connects the electronic apparatus to a server through the close proximity wireless communication function and a wireless communication function of the wireless device. The player plays a content received from the server through the close proximity wireless communication function and the wireless communication function of the wireless device, to halt playing the content when the proximity state is released during the playing, and resume playing the content when the proximity state is restored.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicants: NTT DOCOMO, INC., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroyuki Oka, Ryo Hatano, Hirotada Hirabayashi, Kotaro Fukui, Masaharu Nakatsuchi, Toshiyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110117837Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connection control module is configured to transmit a connection request signal during a period in which a communication module is in an unconnected state, and to establish a connection between the communication module and an external device which are in a close proximity state. A halt module is configured to halt a communication control module from executing a negotiation with the external device, when the connection between the communication module and the external device is released by the connection release request signal from the external device and thereafter the connection between the communication module and the external device is re-established by the connection control module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kotaro Fukui, Hiroyuki Oka
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Publication number: 20110072501Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module and a connection control module. The communication module is configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The connection control module is configured to start an operation of establishing a connection between the communication module and an external device which is in close proximity to the communication module if an identifier of the external device wirelessly transmitted from the external device is included in a connection permission list. The connection control module is configured to display a password entry screen if the identifier is not included in the connection permission list, and to add, if a password entered on the password entry screen matches with a registered password, the identifier to the connection permission list and start the operation of establishing the connection between the communication module and the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20090300499Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display controller configured to generate a video signal of images including a moving picture, command transmitting and receiving module configured to transmit and receive the commands, detecting module configured to detect an event to change a display state of the moving picture from one of the full screen display and the window display to another, and outputting module configured to output a command to change a first display mode to a second display mode when the detecting module detects an event to change the window display to the full screen display, and outputting a command to change the second display mode to the first display mode when the detecting module detects an event to change the full screen display to the window display, the outputting module outputting the command through the connector via the command transmitting and receiving module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kotaro FUKUI
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Publication number: 20090044221Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a CPU, a connector which outputs a video signal and inputs/outputs various commands for operation control, a command transmitting unit which transmits the various commands via the connector, a menu screen display unit which arranges an operation menu on a display screen and transmits a video signal for the display screen via the connector, when a command which requests display of the operation menu dealing with various programs which cause the CPU to perform information processes accompanied by playback of motion picture data as options is received by the command transmitting unit, and a program startup unit which starts up a program corresponding to a selected one of the options when a command which instructs selection of one of the options on the operation menu is received by the command transmitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20090040381Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a speaker, a connector to output a video signal and audio signal, a display driving module to control outputting of the video signal with respect to the display and connector, a sound driving module to control outputting of the audio signal with respect to the speaker and connector, and an output control module to Instruct the sound driving module to output the audio signal from the connector when an event of instructing the display driving module to output a video signal to the connector occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20090040380Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a connector which outputs a video signal, a display driver which controls output of a video signal to the display and connector, a monitoring unit which monitors whether a partner switches an input from a video signal output from the connector to another video signal, the partner being connected to the connector, and an output switching unit which instructs the display driver to switch the output destination of the video signal from the connector to the display when the monitoring unit detects that the input of the partner is switched to the other video signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui
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Publication number: 20040103119Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a function database which stores functions which can be assigned to keys, the functions being categorized according to types of the functions, and an assigning unit which assigns an arbitrary one of the functions stored in the function database to one of the keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Kotaro Fukui