Patents by Inventor Takanori Obata

Takanori Obata 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: 10162466
    Abstract: A portable device includes a display, a touch panel including at least one curved area, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to, when a touched position on the touch panel is within the curved area, determine a direction from which a touched position indicator has approached the curved area, and modify the touched position based on the determined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Obata
  • Publication number: 20160334936
    Abstract: A portable device includes a display, a touch panel including at least one curved area, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to, when a touched position on the touch panel is within the curved area, determine a direction from which a touched position indicator has approached the curved area, and modify the touched position based on the determined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Takanori OBATA
  • Patent number: 9317936
    Abstract: A mobile phone is capable of displaying data of a website stored in a server through a browsing function. The mobile phone is also capable of detecting a line-of-sight of a user with utilizing an infrared light. In a case where the user is reading a website, a keyword is acquired from a content of the website based on the line-of-sight of the user. Thereafter, if a search result screen on a search site is displayed, a plurality of index information are listed such that the index information of the website related to an acquired keyword becomes a higher rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Obata
  • Publication number: 20130278625
    Abstract: A mobile phone is capable of displaying data of a website stored in a server through a browsing function. The mobile phone is also capable of detecting a line-of-sight of a user with utilizing an infrared light. In a case where the user is reading a website, a keyword is acquired from a content of the website based on the line-of-sight of the user. Thereafter, if a search result screen on a search site is displayed, a plurality of index information are listed such that the index information of the website related to an acquired keyword becomes a higher rank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori OBATA
  • Patent number: 8295895
    Abstract: One embodiment of the portable electronic device according to the present invention includes a housing provided with a camera 6 to enable image capture. In the housing, arranged are a pressure sensor 5 for detecting that the housing is in a submerged state, a speaker 3 for emitting shutter sound at the time of photographing using the camera 6, and a control circuit 1 for controlling an operation of the speaker 3. When the pressure sensor 5 detects that the housing is in the submerged state, the control circuit 1 increases volume of the shutter sound emitted from the speaker 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Obata
  • Publication number: 20100210325
    Abstract: One embodiment of the portable electronic device according to the present invention includes a housing provided with a camera 6 to enable image capture. In the housing, arranged are a pressure sensor 5 for detecting that the housing is in a submerged state, a speaker 3 for emitting shutter sound at the time of photographing using the camera 6, and a control circuit 1 for controlling an operation of the speaker 3. When the pressure sensor 5 detects that the housing is in the submerged state, the control circuit 1 increases volume of the shutter sound emitted from the speaker 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Obata