Patents by Inventor KYOCERA CORPORATION

KYOCERA CORPORATION 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: 20130135799
    Abstract: A cover locking mechanism according to the present invention comprise a seat formed at the cabinet, a locking operation piece that is mounted on the seat of the cabinet and can be turned between a locked position, at which the cover is locked, and an unlocked position, at which the cover is unlocked, and a stopper mechanism configured to prevent the locking operation piece from slipping off. The locking operation piece includes an elastic piece that can be elastically deformed along the turn axis of the locking operation piece at a portion facing the seat of the cabinet, the elastic piece having a fitting portion formed toward the seat of the cabinet, and further, the seat having a engaged portion which releasably engage the engaging portion at a locked position of the locking operation piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130137483
    Abstract: A mobile phone (10) includes a display (14), an acceleration sensor (54), etc., and a displaying direction of the display (14) is set based on an inclination detected by the acceleration sensor. If the mobile phone (10) is rendered in a horizontal posture or approximately horizontal posture, an image imaged by a first camera module (50) is output so as to be subjected to face detection processing. If a face of a user is detected from the imaged image, a direction of the face is detected. When the face direction is detected, the displaying direction of the display (14) is set based on the face direction. An image is displayed on the display (14) in a displaying direction being set based on the direction of the face of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130134932
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which are capable of preventing the portable electronic device from being taken away by another person while charging. The smartphone includes: a touch-screen display; a power receiving unit that receives power from electromagnetic waves that are supplied from a battery charger; and a controller that restricts execution of predetermined functions in a case in which the portable electronic device is separated from the battery charger in a state where the battery charger is supplying electromagnetic waves to the power receiving unit, and enables the predetermined functions to be executed in a case in which an authentication operation is performed via the touch-screen display after restricting execution of the predetermined functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130136552
    Abstract: A drill includes a substantially cylindrical cutting portion includes a first region located at a front end portion, and a second region which has a step whose diameter increases as going from the first region to a rear end in a sectional view perpendicular to a rotation axis, and which is continuous with the first region in an end of the second region on a side of the step, and using this drill, a method of manufacturing a machined product is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: KYOCERA CORPORATION, FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130135511
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display module which displays a screen; a photographing module which is configured to face substantially the same direction as the screen; a determining module which determines, based on an image photographed by the photographing module, whether a state of a user facing the screen coincides with a predetermined determination condition indicating that the user has difficulty in browsing the screen; and a display changing module which changes a current display manner of the screen to a display manner that enhances visibility of characters displayed on the screen, as compared with the current display manner, based on a determination result by the determining module that the state of the user coincides with the determination condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130137491
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of continuing a telephone call, even in a case in which power is received from a battery charger while the telephone call is made. The electronic device includes a power receiving unit and a speaker unit. The power receiving unit receives power from the battery charger by electromagnetic waves. The speaker unit outputs sound in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is made proximate to a user's ear. The second mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is separated from the user's ear. In a case in which the power receiving unit is receiving power, the speaker unit outputs sound in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyocera Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130139107
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. When a predetermined gesture is detected through the touch screen display, a controller displays a paused application which is pausing an editing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130135235
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a screen. In a case where an execution screen of a second function is to be displayed during execution of a first function, the controller displays the execution screen of the second function and a notification screen indicating that the first function is in the middle of execution on the display in an overlapping manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130135234
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen where an icon is arranged. When hen a first gesture is performed on a partial area of the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller enlarges or reduces the area of the home screen to be displayed on the touch screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130135236
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The controller displays a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display. The controller displays a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display. The controller displays a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130130739
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device and A method of controlling, all of which are capable of efficiently selecting a communication processing unit. The portable electronic device includes: a first communication processing unit conforming to a first communication scheme; a second communication processing unit conforming to a second communication scheme; a third communication processing unit conforming to a third communication scheme; and a control unit. When data communication is performed, the control unit controls each processing unit so as to preferentially use the first communication processing unit, the second communication processing unit, and the third communication processing unit in this order. In a case in which a network is disconnected while data communication is being performed by the second communication processing unit, the control unit executes control so as to continue the data communication by the third communication processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130132786
    Abstract: A mobile station device configured to communicate with a base station device by a time division duplex (TDD) scheme, and to transmit retransmission data to the base station device by an automatic retransmission scheme in response to reception acknowledgement information transmitted from the base station device, the mobile station device including a controller configured to determine a number of frames from a reception of the reception acknowledgement information to a transmission of the retransmission data, based on a position of a reception slot within a reception frame, the reception slot including the reception acknowledgement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130122886
    Abstract: Memory 42 stores conditions (schedule, position, and travel condition) for triggering switching to a manner mode. When any of the conditions is met, a CPU 33 requests a user for an instruction as to whether or not to switch to the manner mode according to the condition stored in the memory 42. In response to a user instruction for approvable of the switching to the manner mode, the CPU 33 executes control to switch the mobile phone to the manner mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyocera Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130122954
    Abstract: A mobile station 100 monitors, in Slotted mode, a Paging Channel Slot in a monitor cycle. The mobile station 100 includes: a user interface 53 which receives a PTT setting operation from a user for setting a PTT (Push to Talk) mode; a PTT communication control unit 51 which transmits an allocation request to the radio base station when the PTT setting operation is received; a slot cycle switching unit 52 which switches, when the PTT setting operation is received, the monitor cycle to a predetermined short cycle which is shorter than a cycle at the time of receiving the PTT setting operation; and a voice signal processing unit 40 which receives a voice packet after a PTT CALL is detected in a message transmitted from the radio base station to the mobile station, and reproduces a voice based on the voice packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130125056
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a display and a controller. The display displays an icon corresponding to an application. The controller changes a display mode of the icon according to a use status of the application corresponding thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130107779
    Abstract: A smart phone includes: a communication processing unit that performs wireless communication by WiFi; a touch screen display; and a controller which, when power of the touch screen display is turned OFF in an active state of WiFi, determines whether or not data communication is being performed by WiFi, and when it is determined that the data communication is not being performed by WiFi, makes the smart phone transfer to a power save mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyocera Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130106903
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes: a display surface; a storage module which stores data of a first image, data of a second image created from the first image, and relation data for relating the first image to the second image; and a display control module which displays on the display surface the first image and the second image in a form indicating that these images relate to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyocera Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130111400
    Abstract: A mobile phone (10) includes a flash memory (32) in which folders are set, a camera module, etc., and performs a camera function. In a state that the camera function is being performed, a through image and a saving folder icon (F1) corresponding to a saving folder are displayed. If a touch operation is made to the saving folder icon (F1), folder icons (F1-F3) corresponding to the folders are simultaneously displayed. If and when an arbitrary folder icon out of the folder icons displayed simultaneously is selected by a touch operation, a setting of the saving folder is changed. Then, if a user performs an imaging operation, an imaged image is saved in a changed saving folder changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130100061
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is a smartphone as one example, and provided with a touch panel and a setting key. A processor of the mobile terminal sets, based on an operation of the setting key by a user, a low sensitivity region that is lowered sensitivity than a central portion in a peripheral edge portion of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130100060
    Abstract: A storage part stores therein correspondence table in which a displayed information use process and an execution instruction operation for instructing execution of the displayed information use process are registered in association with each other. When a screen operation identification part identifies that, subsequent to a selection operation for selecting information displayed on a display screen, the execution instruction operation has been performed on the display screen, the process execution part executes the displayed information use process associated with the execution instruction operation in the correspondence table, with use of the information selected by the selection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation