Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Inukai
Tetsuro Inukai 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).
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Publication number: 20220129150Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro KONDO, Takashi HASEGAWA, Tatsuhiko NISHIMURA, Daisuke MATSUI, Masatoshi INAGAWA, Tetsuro INUKAI
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Patent number: 11249642Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Kondo, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
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Patent number: 10671276Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Kondo, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
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Publication number: 20160283107Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Kazuhiro KONDO, Takashi HASEGAWA, Tatsuhiko NISHIMURA, Daisuke MATSUI, Masatoshi INAGAWA, Tetsuro INUKAI
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Publication number: 20150293696Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Kazuhiro KONDO, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
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Patent number: 9081499Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Kazuhiro Kondo, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
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Patent number: 8694028Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating parties and image information that represents the communicating parties; a display unit displaying images, which represent the registered communicating parties, on a display screen; and an arrangement position determining unit determining arrangement positions of the images, which represent the communicating parties, based on the history information on communication with the communicating parties.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventor: Tetsuro Inukai
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Publication number: 20110227943Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating parties and image information that represents the communicating parties; a display unit displaying images, which represent the registered communicating parties, on a display screen; and an arrangement position determining unit determining arrangement positions of the images, which represent the communicating parties, based on the history information on communication with the communicating parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.Inventor: Tetsuro INUKAI
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Publication number: 20110219302Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicants: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC., SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Kazuhiro Kondo, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
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Patent number: 7974641Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating parties and image information that represents the communicating parties; a display unit displaying images, which represent the registered communicating parties, on a display screen; and an arrangement position determining unit determining arrangement positions of the images, which represent the communicating parties, based on the history information on communication with the communicating parties.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.Inventor: Tetsuro Inukai
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Publication number: 20070123204Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating parties and image information that represents the communicating parties; a display unit displaying images, which represent the registered communicating parties, on a display screen; and an arrangement position determining unit determining arrangement positions of the images, which represent the communicating parties, based on the history information on communication with the communicating parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.Inventor: Tetsuro Inukai