Patents by Inventor Seiji Kurokawa

Seiji Kurokawa 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: 7126626
    Abstract: The main body section and the cover section, those of which are combined with the coupling section so that the electronic device can pivot, constitute the present invention. There is an input key section is provided in the opposed surface of the main body section meeting the cover section when the device is folded. There is the main display section provided in the opposing surface of the cover section meeting the main body section when the device is folded. Because of this, the electronic device can be used easier as a mobile phone. Furthermore, the electronic device also can be used easier as a still camera because the device can be used as a still camera immediately whenever the user wants to, even when the electronic device is in stand-by mode of mobile phone mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Sawahara, Seiji Kurokawa, Hirokazu Machide, Makoto Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20040174430
    Abstract: The main body section and the cover section, those of which are combined with the coupling section so that the electronic device can pivot, constitute the present invention. There is an input key section is provided in the opposed surface of the main body section meeting the cover section when the device is folded. There is the main display section provided in the opposing surface of the cover section meeting the main body section when the device is folded. Because of this, the electronic device can be used easier as a mobile phone. Furthermore, the electronic device also can be used easier as a still camera because the device can be used as a still camera immediately whenever the user wants to, even when the electronic device is in stand-by mode of mobile phone mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Shingo Sawahara, Seiji Kurokawa, Hirokazu Machide, Makoto Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20040173083
    Abstract: Music data is easily and positively produced from a melody the user imagined to himself/herself, without the need of musical expertise. Accepted are an input of a melody voice the user is singing to himself/herself and a key depression corresponding to a rhythm of the melody voice to be inputted. Depending upon a timing of the accepted key depression, voice pitch and note value are extracted from the melody voice. The produced music data is format-changed into a file for outputting at a terminal unit, and then sent toward the terminal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hidefumi Konishi, Seiji Kurokawa, Akihiro Aoi, Masuzo Yanagida, Masanobu Miura
  • Patent number: D440588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D460097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa, Masaki Iinuma
  • Patent number: D473575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Iinuma, Makoto Shinba, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D313608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ooi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D325921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ooi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D341368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ooi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D347235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ooi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D347236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ooi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D352728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Kurokawa, Hiroshi Ooi
  • Patent number: D366269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa, Katsunori Kume
  • Patent number: D380226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa, Katsunori Kume
  • Patent number: D388449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D392298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa, Katsunori Kume
  • Patent number: D408427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taisuke Saeki, Hiroshi Ohi, Seiji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D419172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taisuke Saeki, Harumi Sakamoto, Seiji Kurokawa, Kohichi Iida, Kiyomi Usui