Patents by Inventor Motohiro KUBO

Motohiro KUBO 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).

  • Mobile terminal, onboard device, control method, and control program
    Patent number: 9648155
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that performs communication with an onboard device includes: a communication control unit configured to control reception of information instructing to switch a sound source which is transmitted from the onboard device, the information including information indicating an application program which is executed in the terminal serving as the sound source, and transmission of a sound, played by an application program operating in a foreground of the terminal, to the onboard device; a switching unit configured to switch an application program having been in operation in a foreground until immediately before, to a background, on the basis of the received information instructing to switch a sound source, and to switch an application program having been in operation in a background until immediately before, to a foreground; and a sound control unit configured to stop playing a sound of the application program having been in operation in a foreground until immediately before, and to start playing a s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Akama, Naoto Furuyama, Yoshihiro Mishio, Yuji Yokota, Motohiro Kubo, Takuya Katoh
  • MOBILE TERMINAL, ONBOARD DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160212254
    Abstract: A mobile terminal that performs communication with an onboard device includes: a communication control unit configured to control reception of information instructing to switch a sound source which is transmitted from the onboard device, the information including information indicating an application program which is executed in the terminal serving as the sound source, and transmission of a sound, played by an application program operating in a foreground of the terminal, to the onboard device; a switching unit configured to switch an application program having been in operation in a foreground until immediately before, to a background, on the basis of the received information instructing to switch a sound source, and to switch an application program having been in operation in a background until immediately before, to a foreground; and a sound control unit configured to stop playing a sound of the application program having been in operation in a foreground until immediately before, and to start playing a s
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi AKAMA, Naoto FURUYAMA, Yoshihiro MISHIO, Yuji YOKOTA, Motohiro KUBO, Takuya KATOH