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).

  • Publication number: 20200073479
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20200066273
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200066272
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200034032
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200033959
    Abstract: 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 an inclination of the electronic apparatus. 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 an inclination of 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 inclination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10496365
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a sound input interface, and a controller configured to be capable of recognizing sound that is input to the sound input interface. The controller is configured to, once recognizing predetermined sound other than voice of a user, inform, if information included in the predetermined sound matches schedule information of the user, information including the matched schedule information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Manabu Sakuma, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Koutaro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10491740
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an push button, a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger contacting the push button, and a controller configured to release a locked state when it is determined that the push button has been pressed and that the fingerprint detected by the fingerprint sensor matches preregistered fingerprint information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Yasuhiro Ueno, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20190354190
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190339785
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a communication interface that communicates with an external device, and a controller that, when an abnormality notification signal is acquired from the external device by the communication interface, transmits a signal for remotely operating the external device based on a gesture detected by the proximity sensor. Furthermore, the external device may include a first external device and a second external device, and the controller may remotely operate the second external device via the first external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 10423269
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a touch panel of a capacitive type and a controller. The controller, based on a detection value of the touch panel, detects capacitance generated between the touch panel and a contact object and detects, as a contact region, a first region having the capacitance smaller than a capacitance of the other region of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Sakuma, Yudai Nagata, Masanori Morobishi, Taro Iio, Takayuki Fujiki, Yuya Yamaguchi, Makoto Honjo
  • Publication number: 20190273817
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190271546
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190274009
    Abstract: A communication unit can perform a wireless communication with a plurality of communication devices each transmitting allocated identification information. A storage stores, as registered positional information, positional information indicating a position of a first communication device included in the plurality of the communication devices or a position of the electronic apparatus at a time when the communication unit receives the identification information transmitted from the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190268737
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an indoor determiner and a notification determiner. The indoor determiner performs an indoor determination for determining whether or not a user of the electronic apparatus is located in an indoor. The notification determiner performs determination processing for determining whether or not the electronic apparatus transmits a notification outside the electronic apparatus based on a result of the indoor determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190258843
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a case, a display, a fingerprint authentication area, and a light emitter. The display is located on at least one surface of the case. The fingerprint authentication area is located on a surface of the display. The light emitter is located inside the case. The fingerprint authentication area comprises an area through which light of the light emitter is visibly recognizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Isao MASUIKE, Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190246060
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display (display unit), a camera (imaging unit), sensors, and a controller. The controller determines the state of the electronic device on the basis of a detection result of a first sensor among the sensors. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a first state, a first overlay image in which first sensor information based on a detection result of a second sensor among the sensors is overlaid on an image captured by the camera. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a second state, a second overlay image in which second sensor information based on the detection result of the second sensor among the plurality of sensors is overlaid on the image captured by the camera. The second sensor information differs from the first sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190188439
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20190129609
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a display configured to display at least one icon, a fingerprint sensor configured to scan fingerprint information, a touch sensor configured to detect contact of a finger, and a controller configured to execute a function of a certain icon of the at least one icon. The controller executes the function of the certain icon based on the scanned fingerprint information and registered fingerprint information that is registered in advance if movement of a finger toward the certain icon is detected by at least one of the touch sensor and the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Isao MASUIKE, Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10228804
    Abstract: A mobile device includes an acceleration sensor, a touch screen and a controller. The acceleration sensor is capable of detecting a direction and a magnitude of acceleration acting on the mobile device. The touch screen is capable of measuring electrostatic distribution. The controller is capable of executing an estimation whether the mobile device is being immersed in water based on the electrostatic distribution. The controller periodically executes the estimation upon determining that the mobile device is moving in a direction opposite to a gravity direction based on the direction and the magnitude of the acceleration when estimating that the mobile device is being immersed in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Morobishi, Makoto Honjo, Taro Iio, Manabu Sakuma, Yudai Nagata, Yuya Yamaguchi, Takayuki Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20190034001
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a touch sensor, and a controller that turns the proximity sensor on when it is judged that the electronic device is wet on the basis of an output of the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA