Patents by Inventor Shigeki Tanabe

Shigeki Tanabe 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: 10909346
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a display, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, and at least one processor. The display displays an icon. The fingerprint sensor reads fingerprint information. The touch sensor detects a movement of a finger. The at least one processor executes, when the movement of the finger from the icon toward the fingerprint sensor is detected and fingerprint information is read by the fingerprint sensor, a function of the icon since the fingerprint information which has been read matches registered fingerprint information which has been previously registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Masuike, Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20210012271
    Abstract: A detection device includes a first sensor, a second sensor configured to operate with power consumption smaller than that of the first sensor and a controller. The controller obtains a detection result from the second sensor while stopping the first sensor. When a detection result of the second sensor meets a first condition, the controller operates the first sensor to obtain a detection result from the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200401291
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a touch sensor, a display configured to display a first screen and a second screen, and a controller configured to associate the gesture detected by the sensor with an operation of the first screen and a touch detected by the touch sensor with an operation of the second screen in accordance with a position where the sensor is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10854071
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a storage configured to store map data, and at least one processor configured to generate information indicating a trajectory of a user's movement based on a transition of a position of the user of the electronic device. The at least one processor is further configured to acquire the map data corresponding to a current position of the user, and execute at least one of notification to the user and notification to outside when it is detected that the user is to cross a road based on a positional relationship between a position of the road on a map specified from the acquired map data and the trajectory of the user's movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Tetsushi Wakasa
  • Publication number: 20200371601
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller configured to determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position and determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Taro IIO, Yuya YAMAGUCHI, Ryohei NAKAMURA, Tsuneo MIYASHITA, Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20200371597
    Abstract: An electronic device 1 includes a first proximity sensor 18, a second proximity sensor 18, and a controller 11 configured to select between first gesture detection based on a value output from the first proximity sensor 18 and second gesture detection based on a value output from the second proximity sensor 18, based on a state of the electronic device 1. When one of the first proximity sensor 18 and the second proximity sensor 18 satisfies a predetermined condition, the controller may select the other one of the first proximity sensor 18 and the second proximity sensor 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200333947
    Abstract: An electronic device mountable in a car includes a first sensor configured to detect a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a second sensor configured to detect a touch that comes into contact with the electronic device, and a controller. The controller is configured to reduce the size of icons, displayed on a display, when detection by the first sensor is enabled and the car is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200333948
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first sensor for detecting a gesture that does not come into contact with the electronic device, a second sensor for detecting a touch that comes into contact with the electronic device, and a controller. The controller increases the size of an icon, displayed on a display, when a gesture is detected by the first sensor. The controller increases the size of the icon in accordance with the distance to the position where the gesture detected by the first sensor is performed. The controller decreases the size of the icon when a touch is detected by the second sensor, regardless of the distance to the position where the gesture detected by the first sensor is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10812950
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an indoor determiner and a notification determiner. The indoor determiner performs an indoor determination for determining whether or not a user of the electronic apparatus is located in an indoor. The notification determiner performs determination processing for determining whether or not the electronic apparatus transmits a notification outside the electronic apparatus based on a result of the indoor determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 10803738
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a communication unit, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The communication unit communicates a roadside unit associated with a pedestrian overpass to acquire height information of the pedestrian overpass from the roadside unit. The acquisition unit acquires height calculation information for calculating the height information of the electronic device. The controller determines whether a user of the electronic device is crossing the pedestrian overpass based on the height information of the electronic device calculated based on the height calculation information and the height information of the pedestrian overpass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma
  • Patent number: 10771728
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display (display unit), a camera (imaging unit), sensors, and a controller. The controller determines the state of the electronic device on the basis of a detection result of a first sensor among the sensors. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a first state, a first overlay image in which first sensor information based on a detection result of a second sensor among the sensors is overlaid on an image captured by the camera. The controller causes the display to display, when the determined state is a second state, a second overlay image in which second sensor information based on the detection result of the second sensor among the plurality of sensors is overlaid on the image captured by the camera. The second sensor information differs from the first sensor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200273327
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a communication unit, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The communication unit communicates a roadside unit associated with a pedestrian overpass to acquire height information of the pedestrian overpass from the roadside unit. The acquisition unit acquires height calculation information for calculating the height information of the electronic device. The controller determines whether a user of the electronic device is crossing the pedestrian overpass based on the height information of the electronic device calculated based on the height calculation information and the height information of the pedestrian overpass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation, KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UENO, Shigeki TANABE, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA
  • Patent number: 10755557
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device comprises a communication unit and at least one processor. The communication unit receives first information for detecting proximity of a vehicle to a predetermined area. The at least one processor acquires second information indicating a schedule of changing a travel direction of the vehicle. When the at least one processor detects the proximity of the vehicle to the predetermined area based on the first information received by the communication unit, the at least one processor estimates a route of the vehicle in the predetermined area based on the second information. The at least one processor transmits, using the communication unit, third information to an electronic apparatus located outside the vehicle, the third information for notifying a person getting close to the estimated route of the proximity of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Tetsushi Wakasa
  • Patent number: 10705042
    Abstract: A mobile device comprises a first sensor configured to acquire information for determining whether the device is in the water, a second sensor configured to acquire information for determining whether the device is in a state of being on-board, and at least one controller configured to perform control not to execute processing to determine whether the device is in the state of being on-board when the device is determined to be in the water, and to perform control to execute the processing to determine whether the device is in the state of being on-board when the device is not determined to be in the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito
  • Patent number: 10698541
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a touch sensor, and a controller that turns the proximity sensor on when it is judged that the electronic device is wet on the basis of an output of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Ueno, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Kenji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20200183524
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a program, and a control method capable of improving detection accuracy. An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a ranging sensor, and a controller configured to switch a sensor to be operated between the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor in accordance with the distance between an object to be detected and the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SHIMADA, Shigeki TANABE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Hideki MORITA, Yasuhiro UENO, Isao MASUIKE
  • Patent number: 10665076
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device comprises at least one processor. The at least one processor specifies a position of a user based on the first information. Upon determining that the user is located in a region through which the user is prohibited from passing based on the position of the user and signal information which a roadside unit transmits using short-range wireless communication, the at least one processor executes setting processing for transmitting a notification of a state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Shinya Saito, Tetsushi Wakasa
  • Publication number: 20200148382
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a communication interface configured to acquire information pertaining to a transportation system from a communication terminal, a propulsion unit for flying, and a controller configured to control the propulsion unit. The controller outputs the information pertaining to the transportation system by controlling at least one of the propulsion unit and the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20200142399
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device according to an aspect is connected to a flight device. The mobile electronic device includes a communication unit that communicates with the flight device, and a controller that executes a predetermined function. When connected to the flight device, the controller changes the predetermined function when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki TANABE, Yasuhiro UENO, Hideki MORITA, Isao MASUIKE, Koutaro YAMAUCHI, Manabu SAKUMA, Kenji SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10645535
    Abstract: A communication unit can perform a wireless communication with a plurality of communication devices each transmitting allocated identification information. A storage stores, as registered positional information, positional information indicating a position of a first communication device included in the plurality of the communication devices or a position of the electronic apparatus at a time when the communication unit receives the identification information transmitted from the first communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Shigeki Tanabe, Hideki Morita, Isao Masuike, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma