Patents by Inventor Yuko Furukawa

Yuko Furukawa 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).

  • Display device and display method
    Patent number: 7518959
    Abstract: A display device has a timekeeping unit that keeps time; and a display unit that displays numerals denoting the hour value of time information, numerals denoting the tens digit of the minute value of the time information, and numerals denoting the ones digit of the minute value of the time information at dispersed over the display area of the display device, and varies the position where time information is displayed by the numeral denoting the hour value, the numeral denoting the tens digit of the minute value, and the numeral denoting the ones digit of the minute value, based on time information kept by the timekeeping unit. The numeral denoting the hour value, the numeral denoting the tens digit, and the numeral denoting the ones digit are displayed on the display unit according to at least one of a specified display state and a specified display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Akaiwa, Yuko Furukawa, Norimitsu Baba
  • Display Device And Display Method
    Publication number: 20080130421
    Abstract: A display device has a timekeeping unit that keeps time; and a display unit that displays numerals denoting the hour value of time information, numerals denoting the tens digit of the minute value of the time information, and numerals denoting the ones digit of the minute value of the time information at dispersed over the display area of the display device, and varies the position where time information is displayed by the numeral denoting the hour value, the numeral denoting the tens digit of the minute value, and the numeral denoting the ones digit of the minute value, based on time information kept by the timekeeping unit. The numeral denoting the hour value, the numeral denoting the tens digit, and the numeral denoting the ones digit are displayed on the display unit according to at least one of a specified display state and a specified display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Akaiwa, Yuko Furukawa, Norimitsu Baba
  • Portable telephone with reduced specific absorption rate and improved efficiency
    Patent number: 7274953
    Abstract: A dielectric sheet is attached to the inner surface of the portable telephone housing. The dielectric sheet extends in the area between the user's head and a whip antenna of the portable telephone. The real part and the imaginary part of the relative dielectric constant of the dielectric sheet is properly selected such that the dielectric sheet can reduce SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) and improve antenna efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Fine Rubber Kenkyuusho
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Takagi, Yuko Furukawa, Yuji Koyamashita, Shigeru Kusunoki, Sohji Tsuchiya
  • Portable telephone
    Publication number: 20050075150
    Abstract: A dielectric sheet is attached to the inner surface of the portable telephone housing. The dielectric sheet extends in the area between the user's head and a whip antenna of the portable telephone. The real part and the imaginary part of the relative dielectric constant of the dielectric sheet is properly selected such that the dielectric sheet can reduce SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) and improve antenna efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA FINE RUBBER KENKYUUSHO
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Takagi, Yuko Furukawa, Yuji Koyamashita, Shigeru Kusunoki, Sohji Tsuchiya
  • Wrist watch
    Patent number: D626435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kiasha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Yuko Furukawa