Patents by Inventor Manabu Sakuma
Manabu Sakuma 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: 12154339Abstract: An exhibition supporting device 110 includes a recognition result information acquisition unit 1112 configured to acquire recognition result information on a display item in accordance with image information on the display item, an exhibition information acquisition unit 1114 configured to acquire exhibition information in accordance with the recognition result information and exhibition-related user information, and a display unit 114 configured to display the exhibition information.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Motegi, Sayaka Teranaka, Akiko Hayashi, Shunsuke Takamiya, Masafumi Suzuki, Yukihiro Nakamura, Tatsuya Matsui, Satoshi Sakuma, Shingo Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11460303Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, a storage, a first determiner, and an indoor specifying unit. The storage stores therein, as registered identification information, identification information whose contents are changeable, the identification information being allocated to a first communication device with which the communication unit is capable of performing wireless communication. The first determiner determines whether received identification information agrees with the registered identification information, the received identification information being the identification information received by the communication unit from a second communication device and allocated to the second communication device. The indoor specifying unit performs indoor specification to specify that a user having the electronic apparatus is indoors, based on a first result of determination by the first determiner.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11410647Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone configured to receive input of speech, an output interface, and a processor configured to recognize the speech inputted to the microphone. The processor judges whether the electronic device satisfies a predetermined condition. The processor causes the output interface to output information prompting a user for speech input when the processor judges that the electronic device satisfies the predetermined condition. This electronic device improves the convenience of speech recognition.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11402993Abstract: An electronic device includes a first sensor for detecting a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a second sensor for detecting a touch that comes into contact with the electronic device, and a controller. The controller increases the size of an icon, displayed on a display, when a gesture is detected by the first sensor. The controller increases the size of the icon in accordance with the distance to the position where the gesture detected by the first sensor is performed. The controller decreases the size of the icon when a touch is detected by the second sensor, regardless of the distance to the position where the gesture detected by the first sensor is performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11354031Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a display surface, a first sensor, a second sensor, and at least one processor. The first sensor comprises a detection object surface, and detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the detection object surface. The second sensor detects a pressure on the detection object surface. The at least one processor specifies an operation of a finger performed on the detection object surface based on a first detection result in the first sensor. The at least one processor specifies a pressure on the detection object surface based on a second detection result in the second sensor. The at least one processor controls a display of a first screen in the display surface based on the specified operation and pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11354030Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a touch sensor, a display configured to display a first screen and a second screen, and a controller configured to associate the gesture detected by the sensor with an operation of the first screen and a touch detected by the touch sensor with an operation of the second screen in accordance with a position where the sensor is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11307669Abstract: Provided is an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller configured to determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position and determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Taro Iio, Yuya Yamaguchi, Ryohei Nakamura, Tsuneo Miyashita, Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
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Patent number: 11307690Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a program, and a control method capable of improving detection accuracy. An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a ranging sensor, and a controller configured to switch a sensor to be operated between the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor in accordance with the distance between an object to be detected and the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Kenji Shimada, Shigeki Tanabe, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Hideki Morita, Yasuhiro Ueno, Isao Masuike
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Patent number: 11269417Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a communication interface that communicates with an indoor unit of an intercom, and a controller. When the communication interface acquires a signal indicating receipt of a call notification by the indoor unit of the intercom, the controller executes processing to control the indoor unit of the intercom based on a gesture detected by the proximity sensor. An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a communication interface that communicates with an outdoor unit of an intercom, and a controller. When the communication interface acquires a call notification from the outdoor unit of the intercom, the controller executes processing to control the outdoor unit of the intercom based on a gesture detected by the proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
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Patent number: 11227595Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone configured to receive input of speech and a processor configured to recognize the speech inputted to the microphone. The processor judges whether the state of the electronic device is a predetermined state when a voice command is recognized based on the speech inputted to the microphone. The processor executes a first process corresponding to the voice command when the processor judges that the state of the electronic device is the predetermined state and executes a second process corresponding to the voice command when the processor judges that the state of the electronic device is not the predetermined state. This electronic device improves the convenience of speech recognition.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 11165904Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including an in-vehicle determiner, and a notification determiner. An in-vehicle determiner executes in-vehicle determination in which whether a first user being a user of the electronic apparatus is present in a vehicle. A notification determiner executes a determination process in which whether the electronic apparatus notifies outside the electronic apparatus based on a result of the in-vehicle determination.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
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Patent number: 11163439Abstract: An electronic device mountable in a car includes a first sensor configured to detect a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a second sensor configured to detect a touch that comes into contact with the electronic device, and a controller. The controller is configured to reduce the size of icons, displayed on a display, when detection by the first sensor is enabled and the car is moving.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Publication number: 20210255764Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a sensor (a proximity sensor) and a controller. The sensor detects a gesture made without contacting the electronic apparatus. The controller, when the gesture made without contacting the electronic apparatus is detected while a first screen and a second screen are displayed in a display screen of a display, locates a position of a driver based on a direction of a first detected gesture and changes the display screen to a display screen corresponding to the position of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11086595Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone; a display; a touch panel; and a controller. The controller is configured to start accepting, through the microphone, a specific voice command input. The controller is configured to start accepting voice input in response to a text input field being displayed on the display, wherein the accepting voice input includes converting voice inputted through the microphone into text, and inputting the converted text into the text input field. During the accepting voice input, when a predetermined word corresponding to a specific voice command is recognized, the controller is configured to determine whether voice is inputted through the microphone during two intervals of a predetermined duration before and after the predetermined word, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
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Patent number: 11054911Abstract: An electronic device 1 includes a proximity sensor 18, a camera 13, and a controller 11 configured to switch between gesture detection based on a value output from the proximity sensor 18 and gesture detection based on a value output from the camera 13, in accordance with a state in which a user uses the electronic device. The controller 11 may determine the state of the electronic device based on an environment of the electronic device being used by the user. The controller 11 may determine the state of the electronic device based on a state of the electronic device. The controller 11 may determine the state of the electronic device based on a distance between the user and the electronic device. The controller 11 may determine the state of the electronic device based on a user operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Publication number: 20210179289Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes at least one communicator and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the at least one communicator to transmit first information pertaining to a transportation system to at least one of a vehicle and a roadside device by controlling the at least one communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
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Patent number: 10955927Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a storage that links and stores keywords with types of gestures detected by the proximity sensor, and a controller that detects a keyword from notification information provided to a user and executes processing based on the type of gesture linked to the keyword. The electronic device may also include a communication interface, and the notification information may include information received by the communication interface. The electronic device may also include a display, and the notification information may include information displayed on the display.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
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Patent number: 10948908Abstract: A mobile electronic device according to an aspect is connected to a flight device. The mobile electronic device includes a communication unit that communicates with the flight device, and a controller that executes a predetermined function. When connected to the flight device, the controller changes the predetermined function when a predetermined condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Patent number: 10909346Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a display, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, and at least one processor. The display displays an icon. The fingerprint sensor reads fingerprint information. The touch sensor detects a movement of a finger. The at least one processor executes, when the movement of the finger from the icon toward the fingerprint sensor is detected and fingerprint information is read by the fingerprint sensor, a function of the icon since the fingerprint information which has been read matches registered fingerprint information which has been previously registered.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
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Publication number: 20210012271Abstract: A detection device includes a first sensor, a second sensor configured to operate with power consumption smaller than that of the first sensor and a controller. The controller obtains a detection result from the second sensor while stopping the first sensor. When a detection result of the second sensor meets a first condition, the controller operates the first sensor to obtain a detection result from the first sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA