Patents by Inventor Takashi Higashitani

Takashi Higashitani 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: 11948718
    Abstract: Inside a first case outer frame portion as an outer frame of the first case, a plurality of first core pieces and a partition to separate a pair of adjacent first core pieces among the plurality of first core pieces are disposed. The first case has a shape capable of accommodating at least a part of the second core piece. The first case outer frame portion includes a first case accommodating portion as a portion of the first case outer frame portion that is capable of accommodating the plurality of first core pieces, and a first case cover portion to cover a space inside the first case accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Hosokawa, Takashi Kumagai, Tomohito Fukuda, Kenji Nishizaka, Shohei Higashitani
  • Publication number: 20160147313
    Abstract: A mobile terminal has a touch screen and a sensor configured to sense a change of an orientation of this mobile terminal. CPU of this mobile terminal is configured to, when the sensor senses a change of the orientation of the mobile terminal, determine whether or not a two-point long touch operation is being performed on the touch screen. CPU is configured to, when it is determined that a two-point long touch operation is not being performed, turn a display orientation of an image based on a sensing result of the sensor. CPU is configured to, when it is determined that a two-point long touch operation is being performed, forbid such turning until the orientation of the mobile terminal is changed next time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Takashi HIGASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20110248945
    Abstract: A mobile terminal (10) includes an LCD monitor (28), and the display region of the LCD monitor (28) includes a character display region (44) wherein character strings or the like representing a mail body can be displayed and a virtual keyboard display region (46) wherein a hiragana character virtual keyboard or the like can be displayed. On the upper surface of the LCD monitor (28), a touch panel (36) is provided, and the touch panel (36) detects touch manipulation on the character display region (44) or the like. By sliding a finger on the character display region (44), the selected position can be moved in the virtual keyboard, and the character corresponding to the character key indicated by the selected position, i.e., the focused character key is displayed in the character display region (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Takashi Higashitani