Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Arikawa

Yukinobu Arikawa 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).

  • Portable apparatus having simple and detailed menus
    Patent number: 7561900
    Abstract: A portable terminal is disclosed and which is adapted to display thereon a plurality of functions as a menu for allowing a desired one of the plurality of functions to be selected and executed, comprising: a detailed menu encompassing various functions of the overall portable terminal; a simplified menu including highly frequently used functions which are extracted from those of the detailed menu and having a hierarchy structure different from that of the detailed menu; and display switching means for switching between said first menu and said second menu to be displayed exclusively from each other. The portable terminal thus constructed is excellent in its operability in particular for users who are aged or unfamiliar with the portable terminal by the provision of the simplified and detailed for execution of readily menu manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Ken Hayashida, Takanobu Hattori, Yoshitomo Ishii, Yukinobu Arikawa, Kenichi Shinagawa
  • Portable terminal device
    Patent number: 7171243
    Abstract: A portable terminal is disclosed and which is adapted to display thereon a plurality of functions as a menu for allowing a desired one of the plurality of functions to be selected and executed, comprising: a detailed menu encompassing various functions of the overall portable terminal; a simplified menu including highly frequently used functions which are extracted from those of the detailed menu and having a hierarchy structure different from that of the detailed menu; and display switching means for switching between said first menu and said second menu to be displayed exclusively from each other. The portable terminal thus constructed is excellent in its operability in particular for users who are aged or unfamiliar with the portable terminal by the provision of the simplified and detailed for execution of readily menu manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Ken Hayashida, Takanobu Hattori, Yoshitomo Ishii, Yukinobu Arikawa, Kenichi Shinagawa
  • Portable terminal
    Publication number: 20050250549
    Abstract: A portable terminal is disclosed and which is adapted to display thereon a plurality of functions as a menu for allowing a desired one of the plurality of functions to be selected and executed, comprising: a detailed menu encompassing various functions of the overall portable terminal; a simplified menu including highly frequently used functions which are extracted from those of the detailed menu and having a hierarchy structure different from that of the detailed menu; and display switching means for switching between said first menu and said second menu to be displayed exclusively from each other. The portable terminal thus constructed is excellent in its operability in particular for users who are aged or unfamiliar with the portable terminal by the provision of the simplified and detailed for execution of readily menu manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Ken Hayashida, Takanobu Hattori, Yoshitomo Ishii, Yukinobu Arikawa, Kenichi Shinagawa
  • Portable terminal
    Publication number: 20030032455
    Abstract: A portable terminal is disclosed and which is adapted to display thereon a plurality of functions as a menu for allowing a desired one of the plurality of functions to be selected and executed, comprising: a detailed menu encompassing various functions of the overall portable terminal; a simplified menu including highly frequently used functions which are extracted from those of the detailed menu and having a hierarchy structure different from that of the detailed menu; and display switching means for switching between said first menu and said second menu to be displayed exclusively from each other. The portable terminal thus constructed is excellent in its operability in particular for users who are aged or unfamiliar with the portable terminal by the provision of the simplified and detailed for execution of readily menu manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Watanabe, Ken Hayashida, Takanobu Hattori, Yoshitomo Ishii, Yukinobu Arikawa, Kenichi Shinagawa