Patents by Inventor Sei Kono

Sei Kono 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: 20110291971
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional highly integrated handheld device. The present invention provides a highly integrated handheld device including a control unit, a storage unit, a main body display unit, a first connection unit capable of communicating directly or via an internal network with a first device compliant with a predetermined standard, a second connection unit capable of connecting to a second device not compliant with the predetermined standard, and a third connection unit capable of at least one of near field communication and infrared communication, wherein the control unit can carry out reproducing and displaying in the first device, the second device, and a screen of the main body display unit, transmit control signals to controlled devices through any of the first connection unit to the third connection unit, and divide the main body display unit into multiple screens to display multiple registered applications on the respective screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Masaki, Sei Kono
  • Publication number: 20040259551
    Abstract: An information communication system and apparatus is disclosed wherein setting necessary for communication with a desired information communication apparatus with which a user wants to communicate can be performed with certainty by an operation system familiar to the user and a high security level can be assured for the communication which uses the setting. A first radio communication apparatus in which communication information necessary for communication through a radio network is set in advance is connected to a second communication apparatus through a wire circuit, an information repeating apparatus and another wire circuit. When setting switches of the first and second radio communication apparatus are depressed individually, the first radio communication apparatus transmits the communication information to the second radio communication apparatus by wire communication. The second radio communication apparatus sets the communication information to itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoko Ihori, Sei Kono, Ko Togashi, Toru Ino