Patents by Inventor Nobuyo Suzuki

Nobuyo Suzuki 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 electronic apparatus and function control method and program for the mobile electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 7505799
    Abstract: A mobile phone terminal is provided in which first and second housings can be set to open and close states via a hinge portion. In the case that the terminal is at least in the close state and an electronic wallet function is locked, when side keys, namely, an “F” key, and a camera key, are depressed in an authentication registration sequence, then an electronic wallet lock can be temporarily released. On the other hand, in the case that the terminal is in the open state, when a personal ID number is input by using, for example, ten keys provided on the first housing, then the electronic wallet lock can be released. Thereby, in the mobile electronic apparatus enabling the apparatus shape to be changed, a security function is maintained, and concurrently, the lock of the electronic wallet function can be easily and speedily released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuyo Suzuki, Seiji Muramatsu, Yujin Ohsawa
  • Mobile electronic apparatus and function control method and program for the mobile electronic apparatus
    Publication number: 20060189345
    Abstract: A mobile phone terminal is provided in which first and second housings can be set to open and close states via a hinge portion. In the case that the terminal is at least in the close state and an electronic wallet function is locked, when side keys, namely, an “F” key, and a camera key, are depressed in an authentication registration sequence, then an electronic wallet lock can be temporarily released. On the other hand, in the case that the terminal is in the open state, when a personal ID number is input by using, for example, ten keys provided on the first housing, then the electronic wallet lock can be released. Thereby, in the mobile electronic apparatus enabling the apparatus shape to be changed, a security function is maintained, and concurrently, the lock of the electronic wallet function can be easily and speedily released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuyo Suzuki, Seiji Muramatsu, Yujin Ohsawa