Patents by Inventor Shinako Watabe

Shinako Watabe 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).

  • Bluetooth communication system for drivers of vehicles
    Patent number: 7907975
    Abstract: A system is provided that enables communications between a driver of a vehicle and a person outside the vehicle, between a rider of a motorcycle and a fellow rider of the same vehicle, or between a driver of a vehicle and another driver of another vehicle. A Bluetooth communication system comprises a Bluetooth communication device mountable to a helmet, and an indicator unit having an indicator disposed in a viewing range of a driver of such a vehicle as a car or a boat. It further comprises a transmitting module disposed in the Bluetooth communication device for transmitting an indication signal to the indicator in response to reception of a calling signal and a receiving module disposed in the indicator unit for driving the indicator in response to reception of the indication signal. The indicator indicates when a call arrives at a Bluetooth communication device mounted on a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignees: Honda Access Corporation, Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Sakamoto, Mayumi Sakamoto, legal representative, Masashi Hino, Yasuo Ohishi, Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Masao Kikuchi, Shinako Watabe
  • Bluetooth Communication System for Drivers of Vehicules
    Publication number: 20080220718
    Abstract: A system is provided that enables communications between a driver of a vehicle and a person outside the vehicle, between a rider of a motorcycle and a fellow rider of the same vehicle, or between a driver of a vehicle and another driver of another vehicle. A Bluetooth communication system comprises a Bluetooth communication device mountable to a helmet, and an indicator unit having an indicator disposed in a viewing range of a driver of such a vehicle as a car or a boat. It further comprises a transmitting module disposed in the Bluetooth communication device for transmitting an indication signal to the indicator in response to reception of a calling signal and a receiving module disposed in the indicator unit for driving the indicator in response to reception of the indication signal. The indicator indicates when a call arrives at a Bluetooth communication device mounted on a helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Sakamoto, Mayumi Sakamoto, Masashi Hino, Yasuo Ohishi, Mitsuhiko Yamamoto, Masao Kikuchi, Shinako Watabe
  • Portable terminal apparatus
    Publication number: 20040033822
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus which can be folded by having a movable portion thereof that rotatably moves with respect to a main body portion thereof in means to accommodate the increasing multiple functions of the portable terminal apparatus and to improve operability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Itoh, Ken Hayashida, Shinako Watabe