Patents by Inventor Soichi Nagamatsu

Soichi Nagamatsu 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).

  • Image display device and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 8378785
    Abstract: A disclosed image display device includes a display part; a user identifying part configured to perform personal identification to identify personal identification information; a detecting part configured to detect whether the image display device is held by hand; and a control part configured to display an image on the display part upon a display request when the user identifying part identifies personal identification information obtained upon the display request as personal identification information of an authorized user, to continue displaying the image on the display part as long as the detecting part detects that the image display device is held by hand, and to erase the image on the display part when the user identifying part fails to identify the personal identification information of the authorized user by a personal identification performed upon detecting by the detecting part that the image display device is not held by hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikue Kawashima, Soichi Nagamatsu
  • IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090278657
    Abstract: A disclosed image display device includes a display part; a user identifying part configured to perform personal identification to identify personal identification information; a detecting part configured to detect whether the image display device is held by hand; and a control part configured to display an image on the display part upon a display request when the user identifying part identifies personal identification information obtained upon the display request as personal identification information of an authorized user, to continue displaying the image on the display part as long as the detecting part detects that the image display device is held by hand, and to erase the image on the display part when the user identifying part fails to identify the personal identification information of the authorized user by a personal identification performed upon detecting by the detecting part that the image display device is not held by hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ikue Kawashima, Soichi Nagamatsu