Patents by Inventor Tadao ANDO

Tadao ANDO 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10401799
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes an ending operation detection section for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Kusuda, Nobuhisa Nakagawa, Shigeru Kobayashi, Fumitoshi Tanoue, Tadao Ando
  • Portable terminal, and method for controlling portable terminal
    Patent number: 10063680
    Abstract: A mobile terminal (1) includes: a motion detecting section (14) configured to detect a state of motion of the mobile terminal and an attitude of the mobile terminal; and an audio output control section (12) configured to (a) determine whether or not the mobile terminal is outputting audio and (b) in a case where notification conditions have been satisfied, notify the user, via audio that information to be provided to the user has been acquired. The notification conditions include a state where the mobile terminal has remained stationary for a predetermined period after undergoing movement; a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal has remained in a predetermined attitude for a predetermined period; and a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal is not outputting audio other than audio for notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Ando, Nobuhisa Nakagawa, Fumitoshi Tanoue, Masaaki Nakae
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170285582
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to determine wake-up timing of a user with high accuracy. A terminal apparatus (1) includes an ending operation detection section (142) for detecting that an operation to stop an audio output of an alarm has been made; and a wake-up determination section (143) for determining, as wake-up timing of the user, timing when the operation has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kohji KUSUDA, Nobuhisa NAKAGAWA, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Fumitoshi TANOUE, Tadao ANDO
  • PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20170279952
    Abstract: A mobile terminal (1) includes: a motion detecting section (14) configured to detect a state of motion of the mobile terminal and an attitude of the mobile terminal; and an audio output control section (12) configured to (a) determine whether or not the mobile terminal is outputting audio and (b) in a case where notification conditions have been satisfied, notify the user, via audio that information to be provided to the user has been acquired. The notification conditions include a state where the mobile terminal has remained stationary for a predetermined period after undergoing movement; a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal has remained in a predetermined attitude for a predetermined period; and a state where, after the movement, the mobile terminal is not outputting audio other than audio for notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Tadao ANDO, Nobuhisa NAKAGAWA, Fumitoshi TANOUE, Masaaki NAKAE