Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Iwama

Yoshihiro Iwama 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: 7460885
    Abstract: A mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling portion for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing to each other, and a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface and is hidden when the first and second casings are closed relative to each other. A sub-display part and an image pick-up button are provided in a surface of the first casing and are always exposed. A switch is provided for changing over the display condition of the sub-display part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affect resulting from any folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20070015551
    Abstract: A portable phone including a connecting member such as a hinge part for coupling a display housing and a grip housing in a manner that a first state in which the display housing and the grip housing are folded together, and a second state in which the display housing and the grip housing are coupled at one end, are exchangeable. The display housing includes a display unit, a fuel cell, and a fuel cartridge, and the grip housing includes an operation part and a rechargeable part for storing electricity generated by the fuel cell, the fuel cartridge is detachably mounted on the side face of the display housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwama, Koji Suso
  • Publication number: 20050287953
    Abstract: A mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling portion for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing to each other, and a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface and is hidden when the first and second casings are closed relative to each other. A sub-display part and an image pick-up button are provided in a surface of the first casing and are always exposed. A switch is provided for changing over the display condition of the sub-display part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affect resulting from any folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: 6957083
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling partition for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing with each other, a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface which is hidden in a condition in which the first casing and the second casing are folded to each other. And a subdisplay part and an image pick-up button are provided in a first casing surface which is always exposed, and a switch for changing over the display condition of the subdisplay part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode is provided, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affection by folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20040204064
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling partition for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing with each other, a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface which is hidden in a condition in which the first casing and the second casing are folded to each other. And a subdisplay part and an image pick-up button are provided in a first casing surface which is always exposed, and a switch for changing over the display condition of the subdisplay part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode is provided, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affection by folding motion of the casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Publication number: 20030095032
    Abstract: A tag management server includes a database for storing tag management information corresponding to respective ID tags, wherein the tag management server judges whether the inquiry is legitimate or not, based on tag information corresponding to an ID tag managed by the tag management server, the tag management server retrieves tag management information corresponding to the tag information used in the legitimate inquiry from the database, and when the corresponding tag management information is retrieved, the tag management server supplies the tag management information to an inquirer, and when the inquiry is not legitimate or when corresponding tag management information is not retrieved, the tag management server gives a notice of the fact to the inquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yoshihiro Iwama, Takashi Yoshimaru
  • Patent number: 6431989
    Abstract: In order to display distortion-free and high-precision images which give a three-dimensional appearance to many crews in a ride simulation system, there is provided a ride simulation system comprising a ride casing which is in shape of a capsule and can accept one or more people and a driving mechanism for driving this ride casing, wherein a horizontally long, curve screen is provided at the front of the interior of the ride casing, a plurality of projectors are provided at the rear of the interior of the ride casing, and because of projection on each corresponding divided area of the curve screen by means of the plurality of projectors, one picture is displayed on the curve screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Katayama, Nobuhiko Matsukuma, Yoshihiro Iwama, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Douglas Trumbull, Eric A. Wilson, Brahm Rhodes, Steven D. Bronson, Joshua D. Minges, Erich A. Greenebaum
  • Patent number: D503695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kota, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Asako Katayama, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: D513410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Moriya, Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yasunori Kawauchi
  • Patent number: D515053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Morita, Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Hidenori Shinohara
  • Patent number: D515123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kojima, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Akihiro Goto
  • Patent number: D517107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kojima, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Kazuto Oyama
  • Patent number: D519091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Moriya, Minoru Ikeda, Yoshihiro Iwama, Yasunori Kawauchi
  • Patent number: D526298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kota, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Takashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: D530293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Moriya, Minoru Ikeda, Hidenori Shinohara, Yoshihiro Iwama
  • Patent number: D530691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Moriya, Minoru Ikeda, Hidenori Shinohara, Yoshihiro Iwama
  • Patent number: D469762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Atsuhiko Urushihara, Takashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: D484478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kota, Yoshihiro Iwama, Minoru Ikeda, Asako Katayama, Kazuo Shimoyamada
  • Patent number: D490422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwama, Yuichiro Kota, Minoru Ikeda, Takashi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D427191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayuri Hashizume, Toshiyuki Utsuki, Yoshihiro Iwama, Takashi Yamamoto, Takashi Ohwada, Kenta Kumagai, Shigeki Masatsugu, Mitsuo Miyamoto, Toshio Mori, Yutaka Hayashi