Patents by Inventor Noboru Imazawa

Noboru Imazawa 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 apparatus
    Patent number: 8135381
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile apparatus including: a sensor configured to detect acceleration applied to the mobile apparatus and to generate a detection signal; a memory configured to record count data based on the detection signal, the count data associated with movement of the mobile apparatus; a counting module configured to count the number of user's steps based on the count data; a sound module configured to sound; and a counting control module configured to control the counting module to stop counting of the number of user's steps when the sound module starts sounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ikeda, Shiro Shimaoka, Hideki Nakashima, Noboru Imazawa
  • MOBILE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090298536
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile apparatus including: a sensor configured to detect acceleration applied to the mobile apparatus and to generate a detection signal; a memory configured to record count data based on the detection signal, the count data associated with movement of the mobile apparatus; a counting module configured to count the number of user's steps based on the count data; a sound module configured to sound; and a counting control module configured to control the counting module to stop counting of the number of user's steps when the sound module starts sounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko IKEDA, Shiro Shimaoka, Hideki Nakashima, Noboru Imazawa