Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Azami

Toshihiro Azami 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: 10476319
    Abstract: A communication circuit receives information enabling computation of a power supply efficiency of the highest-priority power receiving device when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets. A power supply circuit is capable of supplying power to a plurality of power receiving devices. A processor computes the power supply efficiency of the highest-priority power receiving device when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets, decides the power receiving devices as the power supply targets so that an estimated supplied power is within a power supply capacity of the power supply circuit when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets, and controls power supply so as to supply power to the decided the power receiving devices as the power supply targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20180145545
    Abstract: A communication circuit receives information enabling computation of a power supply efficiency of the highest-priority power receiving device when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets. A power supply circuit is capable of supplying power to a plurality of power receiving devices. A processor computes the power supply efficiency of the highest-priority power receiving device when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets, decides the power receiving devices as the power supply targets so that an estimated supplied power is within a power supply capacity of the power supply circuit when supplying power to the power receiving devices as the power supply targets, and controls power supply so as to supply power to the decided the power receiving devices as the power supply targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9960816
    Abstract: A power receiving device that receives power from a power supply device, according to a predetermined wireless power supply scheme for transmitting a control signal through wireless communication, includes a communication circuitry for a terminal, configured to perform communication with a terminal including a power supply to which power received by the power receiving device is supplied, a reception circuitry configured to receive a predetermined control signal from the power supply device, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to perform power control and a setting of an operation mode of the terminal, based on the predetermined control signal, through the communication circuitry for a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9423270
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a sensor that detects a triaxial direction acceleration; and a processor operable to calculate axial components in the triaxial directions of a gravitational acceleration from detection values of the sensor, to determine a ratio of a magnitude of the gravitational acceleration with respect to the axial components of an axial direction of the triaxial directions, to determine a vertical acceleration magnitude according to the ratio and the detection values of the sensor in the axial direction, and to judge whether or not a motion state is a running state according to the vertical acceleration magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouichirou Kasama, Toshihiro Azami
  • Patent number: 9364752
    Abstract: A mobile device includes: a location detecting unit configured to detect a location of the mobile device; an operation instructing unit configured to instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the location detecting unit detects a specific location; an operation detecting unit configured to detect the specific operation of the user; a determining unit configured to determine whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location; and a status changing unit configured to change a status of the mobile device when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Makoto Uchishima, Arata Jogo
  • Publication number: 20150280791
    Abstract: A power receiving device that receives power from a power supply device, according to a predetermined wireless power supply scheme for transmitting a control signal through wireless communication, includes a communication circuitry for a terminal, configured to perform communication with a terminal including a power supply to which power received by the power receiving device is supplied, a reception circuitry configured to receive a predetermined control signal from the power supply device, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to perform power control and a setting of an operation mode of the terminal, based on the predetermined control signal, through the communication circuitry for a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihiro AZAMI, Akiyoshi UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 8750937
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a detection interface for detecting touching any of the keys by a user; a press detection interface for detecting pressing the key by the user; a controller for executing a first function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where touching time period, for which the user touches the key, is equal to, or longer than, a predetermined judging time, and for executing a second function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where the touching time period is shorter than the predetermined judging time; and an output controller for displaying an explanation on the first function on a display unit in a case where the touching time period is equal to, or longer than, the predetermined judging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toshihiro Azami, Hiroshi Inamura, Takeshi Tomimori, Keisaku Fukuda, Takenori Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20140114201
    Abstract: A mobile information terminal includes: a directional microphone provided with a front port, a diaphragm and an electrode, wherein the microphone includes a front air chamber formed between a flexible thin film which covers an opening of the front port and the diaphragm, and a rear air chamber formed between a case and the electrode by hermetically covering a rear of the electrode with the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kajiro WATANABE, Toshihiro AZAMI
  • Patent number: 8532711
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a touch detection interface for detecting that a user has touched a key; a press detection interface for detecting that the user has pressed the key; a controller for switching the mode in response to whether or not the user has touched a side key, in order to execute a first function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “shift mode,” and to execute a second function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “normal mode”; and a display unit for displaying an explanation on the first function assigned to the key in a case where it is detected in the “shift mode” that the user has touched the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toshihiro Azami, Hiroshi Inamura, Takeshi Tomimori, Keisaku Fukuda, Takenori Kawamata
  • Patent number: 8422661
    Abstract: A terminal includes a key input unit having a key section and an output unit outputting information inputted by the key input unit. The terminal includes a touch detection unit which detects a touch of an object to the key section and detects a moving distance that the object moves on a surface of the key section while keeping the touch and a control unit which switches information outputted to the output unit according to the moving distance detected by the touch detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toshihiro Azami
  • Publication number: 20130043987
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal apparatus that includes a vibration source unit configured to generate vibrations, each of vibrations including a frequency corresponding to an electric condition applied to the vibration source unit, a detection value collecting unit configured to collect a plurality of detection values detected by an acceleration sensor included in the mobile terminal apparatus, while the electric condition being varied, and a vibration source control unit configured to determine a specific electronic condition applied to the vibration source unit, the specific electronic condition being determined by using the plurality of detection values and the vibration source control unit configured to apply the specific electric condition to the vibration source unit when an event to be notified to a user is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouichirou KASAMA, Toshihiro AZAMI
  • Publication number: 20130041619
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a sensor that detects a triaxial direction acceleration; and a processor operable to calculate axial components in the triaxial directions of a gravitational acceleration from detection values of the sensor, to determine a ratio of a magnitude of the gravitational acceleration with respect to the axial components of an axial direction of the triaxial directions, to determine a vertical acceleration magnitude according to the ratio and the detection values of the sensor in the axial direction, and to judge whether or not a motion state is a running state according to the vertical acceleration magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouichirou KASAMA, Toshihiro AZAMI
  • Publication number: 20120320086
    Abstract: An information processing device that overlaps and displays a visible-light image and a thermal image, comprising: a visible-light image acquiring unit that acquires a visible-light image of an object; a thermal image acquiring unit that acquires a thermal image specifying a temperature distribution of the object; and a display controller that uses the acquired visible-light image and the acquired thermal image and specifies a thermal image of a certain part whose temperature is different from another part surrounding the certain part of the object and controls to display the thermal image of the certain part to be displayed in a display state that is different from other parts of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouichirou KASAMA, Junko TOGAWA, Toshihiro AZAMI
  • Publication number: 20120149395
    Abstract: A mobile device includes: a location detecting unit configured to detect a location of the mobile device; an operation instructing unit configured to instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the location detecting unit detects a specific location; an operation detecting unit configured to detect the specific operation of the user; a determining unit configured to determine whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location; and a status changing unit configured to change a status of the mobile device when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Makoto Uchishima, Arata Jogo
  • Patent number: 8188976
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device provided with a plurality of keys includes: a touch pad and a touch detection interface which detect a user touching a key; a press detection interface which detects the user pressing the key; a display unit which sequentially displays characters, as candidate characters, assigned to the key pressed by the user, when the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key; and a controller which converts the candidate character displayed on the display unit to a finalized character, when an untouched time period during the user does not touch the pressed key reaches a predetermined judging time after the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toshihiro Azami, Hiroshi Inamura, Toshio Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20090318184
    Abstract: A disclosed terminal device includes a detecting unit configured to detect whether the terminal device is held by a user; a judging unit configured to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in the case where the terminal device is detected to be held; and an output unit configured to make a predetermined output in the case where the predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Hiroshi Kanno, Ikuro Hibino, Sosuke Jogo
  • Patent number: 7633487
    Abstract: A device is provided in which a video image controller acquires information for a plurality of video images from a video image source, a cursor position controller calculates cursor position information and generates cursor image information, a display image generator synthesizes the plurality of video images and cursor image information and displays the same on a display device, a distance information generator generates distance information based on the video image position information and the cursor position information, and an audio output controller decides volume of audio for the plurality of video images based on this distance information, and outputs to an audio output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshihiro Azami, Katsutoshi Yano, Tomoharu Matsushita, Tomonori Yasumoto
  • Publication number: 20080227499
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device provided with a plurality of keys includes: a touch pad and a touch detection interface which detect a user touching a key; a press detection interface which detects the user pressing the key; a display unit which sequentially displays characters, as candidate characters, assigned to the key pressed by the user, when the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key; and a controller which converts the candidate character displayed on the display unit to a finalized character, when an untouched time period during the user does not touch the pressed key reaches a predetermined judging time after the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuki, Toshihiro Azami, Hiroshi Inamura, Toshio Kaneda
  • Patent number: 7424733
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is, in a device control system that controls devices within a house, to reduce the effort required of a user during authentication, as well as to prevent unauthorized access by a third party. A device control system access restriction method includes the steps of accepting registration of terminal information for associating an identifier unique to an operating terminal with operating terminal access right, of accepting instruction information including operating terminal identifier and instruction signals relating to operations of a device, of determining the access right of an operating terminal based on the operating terminal identifier included in instruction information, and of controlling the device based on operating terminal access right and instruction signals relating to that device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toru Kamiwada, Toshihiro Azami, Takushi Fujita
  • Patent number: 7406162
    Abstract: A communication support system includes a command signal recognition unit which discretely detects a command signal sent by a telephone unit and a command signal sent from a telephone network, and determines whether the command signal is from the telephone unit, the command signal from the telephone unit indicating one of a plurality of telephone services of a data processing device. A signal transmission inhibition unit inhibits transmission of a signal from the telephone unit to the telephone network. A telephone service processing unit performs a telephone service processing of the data processing device for the telephone service indicated by the command signal from the telephone unit, the telephone service processing unit starting execution of the telephone service processing when the command signal recognition unit determines that the command signal is from the telephone unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kimikazu Furukawa, Tomoyoshi Takebayashi, Toshihiro Azami, Katsutoshi Yano, Jun Kakuta, Yasuo Sato