Patents by Inventor Tomoyasu NOZAWA

Tomoyasu NOZAWA 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).

  • Mobile electronic device, method for switching operating modes, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8760420
    Abstract: A mobile phone handset includes a mode switching unit and a configuration detection sensor, so that the operating mode of the mobile phone handset can be switched. The mode switching unit has a switching program installed, and is a computer for executing a prescribed process in accordance with the switching program when a signal is input from the configuration detection sensor. The configuration detection sensor is a sensor for detecting the configuration of the mobile phone handset, and for example may use an angular sensor for detecting the relative angle about a rotation axis between a first casing and a second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nec Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Nozawa, Masaki Uesugi, Seitaro Majima, Shigeru Katayama
  • MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATING MODES, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20110242035
    Abstract: A mobile phone handset includes a mode switching unit and a configuration detection sensor, so that the operating mode of the mobile phone handset can be switched. The mode switching unit has a switching program installed, and is a computer for executing a prescribed process in accordance with the switching program when a signal is input from the configuration detection sensor. The configuration detection sensor is a sensor for detecting the configuration of the mobile phone handset, and for example may use an angular sensor for detecting the relative angle about a rotation axis between a first casing and a second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu NOZAWA, Masaki UESUGI, Seitaro MAJIMA, Tatsuo KATAYAMA, Shigeru KATAYAMA