Patents by Inventor Michiyoshi Kudo

Michiyoshi Kudo 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).

  • Patent number: 6788960
    Abstract: A portable telephone 1 has a connecting portion 2 as well as a first housing portion 3 and a second housing portion 4 which are connected by the connecting portion 2 in such a manner as to be capable of being folded. An external video camera unit 10 is inserted in a camera-unit attaching portion 6. Various video camera units having different specifications, such as a color video camera unit, a monochromatic video camera unit, a wide-angle video camera unit, and a tele video camera unit, can be attached to or detached from the camera-unit attaching portion 6. The portable information communication terminal 1 is capable of identifying the specifications of the attached video camera unit and of switching over its internal operation in accordance with the specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Masutani, Michiyoshi Kudo, Hidehiro Yanagibashi
  • Publication number: 20020137542
    Abstract: A portable telephone 1 has a connecting portion 2 as well as a first housing portion 3 and a second housing portion 4 which are connected by the connecting portion 2 in such a manner as to be capable of being folded. An external video camera unit 10 is inserted in a camera-unit attaching portion 6. Various video camera units having different specifications, such as a color video camera unit, a monochromatic video camera unit, a wide-angle video camera unit, and a tele video camera unit, can be attached to or detached from the camera-unit attaching portion 6. The portable information communication terminal 1 is capable of identifying the specifications of the attached video camera unit and of switching over its internal operation in accordance with the specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Yutaka Masutani, Michiyoshi Kudo, Hidehiro Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 4881258
    Abstract: A portable type mobile radio telephone wherein a battery holding device and a handset cradle is formed on one wider surface of the flat-shaped transceiver unit to be in parallel to each other. The transceiver unit has a guide hole and a first connector at a narrower surface thereof, and a base plate is attached to the battery holding device and the cradle so as to be interposed between the battery holding device and the transceiver unit, and the base plate has a curved portion at one end portion thereof such that the curved portion faces one narrower surface of the transceiver unit. The curved portion is provided with a guide pin and a second connector so that the first and second connectors are guided by connection of the guide pin and the guide hole and coupled with each other when the base plate is moved in a parallel direction with respect to the wider surface of the transceiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kaiwa, Michiyoshi Kudo, Keiki Kobayashi, Yuichiro Suganuma, Naotomo Adachi