Patents by Inventor Sachio Aoyama

Sachio Aoyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20070298839
    Abstract: Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing information on presetting of a plurality of modes where various features are set, and a controller for switching to a preset mode among a plurality of modes stored in the memory on detecting that the lens cover is open. This provides easy-to-use cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities in both the cell phone mode and the camera mode without causing misunderstanding or unnecessary guard on the side of others in photography shooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachio Aoyama, Taichi Tabata
  • Patent number: 7271845
    Abstract: Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing information on presetting of a plurality of modes where various features are set, and a controller for switching to a preset mode among a plurality of modes stored in the memory on detecting that the lens cover is open. This provides easy-to-use cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities in both the cell phone mode and the camera mode without causing misunderstanding or unnecessary guard on the side of others in photography shooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachio Aoyama, Taichi Tabata
  • Publication number: 20070188424
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a portable terminal device in which a display of a high visual effect can be performed. The portable terminal device of the invention has: plural light emitting elements 11; and a controlling section 21 which selectively drives the respective plural light emitting elements 11 to cause the plural light emitting elements 11 to perform a matrix display based on display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Norio Okada, Sachio Aoyama, Toshinari Suo, Takayuki Miyazawa, Naoshi Tsunehiro
  • Publication number: 20040027474
    Abstract: Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing information on presetting of a plurality of modes where various features are set, and a controller for switching to a preset mode among a plurality of modes stored in the memory on detecting that the lens cover is open. This provides easy-to-use cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities in both the cell phone mode and the camera mode without causing misunderstanding or unnecessary guard on the side of others in photography shooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Sachio Aoyama, Taichi Tabata