Patents by Inventor Noriaki Tobita

Noriaki Tobita 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: 11915852
    Abstract: An electronic component according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an element body and a terminal electrode. The element body includes an outer surface provided with a depression. The terminal electrode is disposed on the element body. The terminal electrode includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion. The first electrode portion is disposed in the depression. The second electrode portion protrudes from the depression. The second electrode portion is thicker than the first electrode portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Ishima, Shinichi Kondo, Kosuke Ito, Shingo Hattori, Kazuya Tobita, Noriaki Hamachi, Atsushi Moriya
  • Patent number: 8064818
    Abstract: The present invention enables provision of a service in which a distribution method of content is changed depending on a location of a mobile station. Specifically, if a user of mobile station MS is located in a country where the usage of content is not permitted, content server CS detains the content temporarily, and after confirming that the user has moved to a country where the usage of the content is permitted, sends the detained content to mobile station MS of the user. When detaining the content, content server CS checks whether an expected date of the user moving to a country where the usage of the content is permitted is within a distribution period of the content, and if so, detains the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Noriaki Tobita, Kentaro Endo, Toshiki Takatsu
  • Publication number: 20090011697
    Abstract: The present invention enables provision of a service in which a distribution method of content is changed depending on a location of a mobile station. Specifically, if a user of mobile station MS is located in a country where the usage of content is not permitted, content server CS detains the content temporarily, and after confirming that the user has moved to a country where the usage of the content is permitted, sends the detained content to mobile station MS of the user. When detaining the content, content server CS checks whether an expected date of the user moving to a country where the usage of the content is permitted is within a distribution period of the content, and if so, detains the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Noriaki Tobita, Kentaro Endo, Toshiki Takatsu