Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Nakada

Yoshimi Nakada 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).

  • Electronic device and electronic device operation control method
    Patent number: 7904237
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information; and a controller configured to determine whether the identification information read by the reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if the identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to the identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of the user setting information and, if the identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Takumi Arie, Yasuo Mutoh, Yoshimi Nakada
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20080051986
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a reader configured to read information from a noncontact-type communications device storing unique identification information; and a controller configured to determine whether the identification information read by the reader is already registered or not yet registered and, if the identification information is found already registered, get user setting information corresponding to the identification information to execute setting processing on the basis of the user setting information and, if the identification information is found not yet registered, execute processing for registering the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi AMANO, Takumi ARIE, Yasuo MUTOH, Yoshimi NAKADA