Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130023224 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING TWO DIFFERENT RADIO WAVE INTENSITIES - A radio wave receiver that receives two different sets of radio waves and displays intensity of the received radio waves. First and second radio wave processing portions receive respective radio waves and output various kinds of information, such as video information and audio information. A switching portion receives output signals from the first and second radio wave processing portions, and switches the output signals according to a switching instruction of a controller to supply the output signals to a display portion and a speaker. The controller causes the intensities of the received radio waves in respective tuners of the first and second radio wave processing portions to be displayed simultaneously or in a switching manner based on a user's operation irrespective of which tuner's received radio waves are being processed. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023238 | PICTURE CALLER ID SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARTUS - A communication system is provided that enables automated retrieval of caller ID picture information and association with contact information, while still allowing security control over information or images that are sent to the requesting device. The communication system has a wireless device communicating with a picture server. The wireless device receives an incoming call with caller ID information, and determines if a picture is locally stored for the caller. If no picture is locally stored for the caller, then a request is made to retrieve a picture from the picture server. If the picture server has the requested picture, and the wireless device is authorized to receive the picture, then the picture is downloaded to the wireless device, where the picture is associated with contact information for the caller. The picture of the caller will then be automatically displayed when the caller places future calls. | 01-24-2013 |
20130040670 | INSTANT MESSAGING TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A wireless communications device logs on to an instant messaging service through a proxy server. Notification of an incoming instant message is provided to the wireless communications device by converting at least part of the instant message to Short Message Service (SMS) format or by transmitting a notice in SMS format that a message has been received. | 02-14-2013 |
20130057722 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image acquiring apparatus that includes: an acquiring module to acquire an image of an object; a display module to display the image; a masked region determining module to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of the image displayed on the display module; a feature extraction module to extract a feature from the image; a masked region movement module to move the masked region determined by the masked region determining module according to a change in a position of the feature; and a composite image generation module to generate a composite image in which the masked region of the image is converted to another image. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059535 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Each of the cases C | 03-07-2013 |
20130065650 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In order to facilitate an operation for talking, a mobile communication terminal includes first and second LCDs which display images, the first LCD being changed in state between an open state where a display surface of the second LCD is exposed and a closed state where the display surface of the second LCD is covered by the first LCD, a state detecting portion which detects the open/closed state of the first LCD, a destination number accepting portion which accepts a telephone number of a call destination while the open state is being detected by the state detecting portion, and a communication control portion which originates a call to a telephone number accepted by the destination number accepting portion (S | 03-14-2013 |
20130076483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and method for operating an electronic device are presented. An input for performing a predefined function is received. A lock function is deactivated to unlock the predefined function and the predefined function is displayed on a display module, if the input is received and if a correct password is entered. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076684 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. When a flick gesture in a first direction is performed on a first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a second home screen according to a first rule. When a flick gesture in a second direction is performed on the first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a third home screen according to a second rule. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076945 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A processor ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130079064 | MOBILE PHONE, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a mobile phone that comprises: a speaker; and an audio data storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of audio data pieces in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of levels of relative communication reception frequency, the relative communication reception frequency being calculated for each of a plurality of originators and indicating a ratio of frequency of receiving incoming communications from the originator to frequency of receiving incoming communications from a particular originator, specifies, when an incoming communication is received, from among the levels, a level of the relative communication reception frequency for an originator of the received incoming communication, and outputs a ringtone from the speaker based on one of the audio data pieces corresponding to the specified level. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080964 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a character input screen including a plurality of softkey objects each associated with an execution of an application. The controller executes an edit process of the plurality of softkey objects displayed on the character input screen. | 03-28-2013 |
20130082956 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes: a communication unit, a touch screen display, and a controller. The communication unit acquires information through communication service. The touch screen display displays a screen for setting an image in individual information registered in address book data. When a predetermined gesture is detected during display of the screen, the controller acquires an image to be associated with the individual information through communication service registered in the individual information. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082959 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. The controller displays information for specifying a person in a first area of the home screen, and displays a list of information for specifying communication services used by a person specified by the information displayed in the first area in a second area of the home screen. | 04-04-2013 |
20130093082 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRODE MEMBER, AND ELECTRODE MEMBER FABRICATION METHOD - A semiconductor device that improves the heat cycle resistance and power cycle resistance of a power module. An electrode member in which copper posts are formed in a plurality of perforations cut in a support made of a ceramic material is soldered onto a side of an IGBT where an emitter electrode is formed. By soldering the copper posts onto the electrode, heat generated in the IGBT is transferred to the electrode member and is radiated. In addition, even if a material of which the IGBT is made and copper differ in thermal expansivity, stress on a soldered interface is reduced and distortion is reduced. This suppresses the appearance of a crack. As a result, the heat cycle resistance and power cycle resistance of a power module can be improved. | 04-18-2013 |
20130122954 | PUSH TO TALK MOBILE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A mobile station | 05-16-2013 |
20130130739 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device and A method of controlling, all of which are capable of efficiently selecting a communication processing unit. The portable electronic device includes: a first communication processing unit conforming to a first communication scheme; a second communication processing unit conforming to a second communication scheme; a third communication processing unit conforming to a third communication scheme; and a control unit. When data communication is performed, the control unit controls each processing unit so as to preferentially use the first communication processing unit, the second communication processing unit, and the third communication processing unit in this order. In a case in which a network is disconnected while data communication is being performed by the second communication processing unit, the control unit executes control so as to continue the data communication by the third communication processing unit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132786 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND DATA FRAME RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A mobile station device configured to communicate with a base station device by a time division duplex (TDD) scheme, and to transmit retransmission data to the base station device by an automatic retransmission scheme in response to reception acknowledgement information transmitted from the base station device, the mobile station device including a controller configured to determine a number of frames from a reception of the reception acknowledgement information to a transmission of the retransmission data, based on a position of a reception slot within a reception frame, the reception slot including the reception acknowledgement information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130134932 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which are capable of preventing the portable electronic device from being taken away by another person while charging. The smartphone includes: a touch-screen display; a power receiving unit that receives power from electromagnetic waves that are supplied from a battery charger; and a controller that restricts execution of predetermined functions in a case in which the portable electronic device is separated from the battery charger in a state where the battery charger is supplying electromagnetic waves to the power receiving unit, and enables the predetermined functions to be executed in a case in which an authentication operation is performed via the touch-screen display after restricting execution of the predetermined functions. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135234 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen where an icon is arranged. When hen a first gesture is performed on a partial area of the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller enlarges or reduces the area of the home screen to be displayed on the touch screen display. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135511 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a display module which displays a screen; a photographing module which is configured to face substantially the same direction as the screen; a determining module which determines, based on an image photographed by the photographing module, whether a state of a user facing the screen coincides with a predetermined determination condition indicating that the user has difficulty in browsing the screen; and a display changing module which changes a current display manner of the screen to a display manner that enhances visibility of characters displayed on the screen, as compared with the current display manner, based on a determination result by the determining module that the state of the user coincides with the determination condition. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135839 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes: a first housing and a second housing connected to each other by a connecting mechanism so as to be relatively movable; a first display placed on a front face of the first housing; and a second display placed on a front face of the second housing, wherein one end of the connecting mechanism is pivotably supported around a first shaft relative to one housing, and the other end of the connecting mechanism is slidably engaged in a direction perpendicular to the first shaft relative to the other housing. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136552 | DRILL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT - A drill includes a substantially cylindrical cutting portion includes a first region located at a front end portion, and a second region which has a step whose diameter increases as going from the first region to a rear end in a sectional view perpendicular to a rotation axis, and which is continuous with the first region in an end of the second region on a side of the step, and using this drill, a method of manufacturing a machined product is provided. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137491 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of continuing a telephone call, even in a case in which power is received from a battery charger while the telephone call is made. The electronic device includes a power receiving unit and a speaker unit. The power receiving unit receives power from the battery charger by electromagnetic waves. The speaker unit outputs sound in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is made proximate to a user's ear. The second mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is separated from the user's ear. In a case in which the power receiving unit is receiving power, the speaker unit outputs sound in the second mode. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143485 | CELLULAR PHONE PROVIDED WITH KEY LOCK FUNCTION - A mobile phone includes: an operation module configured to receive an input from a user; a display module configured to display information; a lighting module configured to illuminate the display module; and a control module configured to control the lighting module by a first method, if the input is received by the operation module while the mobile phone is in a key lock state, and control the lighting module by a second method that uses more power than the first method, if the mobile phone is released from the key lock state. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143619 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, MODE SWITCHING METHOD, AND NETWORK SWITCHING METHOD - In order to input/output only necessary information in accordance with the form of application, a mobile phone includes: a wireless circuit | 06-06-2013 |
20130150116 | RADIO COMMUNICATON SYSTEM, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, SMALL CELL BASE STATION, AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - A large cell base station | 06-13-2013 |
20130150128 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a display unit; an input detection unit that detects an input to the display unit, and a lock control unit that sets or releases a locked state for a part or all of functions of the portable electronic device when a predetermined input is detected by the input detection unit, wherein the predetermined input includes inputs, in which a preset screen operation is continuously performed by a predetermined number of times in an area of the display unit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159888 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SCREEN UPDATING METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a storage module which stores two or more screens of web pages; a receiving module which receives an operation to collectively update predetermined screens of the web pages stored in the storage module; an acquisition module which acquires information for generating the predetermined screens of the web pages through a communication network, in response to the operation; and an updating module which collectively updates, based on the acquired information, the predetermined screens of the web pages stored in the storage module. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162569 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which improve the operability for enlarging or reducing an image. A controller sets a scale factor for enlarging or reducing a display image displayed on a touch-screen display, in response to detecting a touch to a plurality of points on the touch-screen display. The controller enlarges or reduces the display image, based on a gesture after touching the plurality of points (multi-touch gesture), and the scale factor thus set. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165179 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A smartphone includes: a first communication processing unit that performs wireless communication by a WiMAX network; a second communication processing unit that performs communication with an external device; a touch-screen display; and a controller. In a state of searching for WiMAX, in a case in which a power supply of the touch-screen display is turned off and communication with the external device by the second communication processing unit is disconnected, the controller causes the first communication processing unit to stop searching for WiMAX. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167021 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which reduce the processing load when a document is opened, and improve the operability for editing a document. A smartphone includes a touch-screen display and a controller. The controller displays a virtual keyboard and a document area which displayed an editing document inputted via the virtual keyboard, on the touch-screen display. The controller maintains displaying of the virtual keyboard while switching the editing document over from a first document to the second document, in a case in which a touch operation to switch the editing document over from the first document to the second document is performed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179987 | SYSTEM FOR LICENSING MOBILE APPLICATIONS, FEATURES, AND DEVICES - A system for licensing an application or feature for use on a wireless mobile device is disclosed. The wireless mobile device is provided to a user with a licensable application or feature, but the application or feature has not been fully authorized for use. When the wireless device receives a request to use the application or feature, the wireless device operates the requested application or feature, and generates an irrevocable license request. The license request is transmitted to a license server at a time convenient for the wireless device. The license server generates a license certificate to the application or feature, and transmits the license certificate to the wireless mobile device. The wireless device receives the license certificate, which is stored in local memory. Accordingly, the application or feature is now fully licensed for future operation on the wireless mobile device. The license server operates accounting processes to generate license reports and license accounting information. | 07-11-2013 |
20130195046 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND BASE STATION - A wireless communication method for a wireless communication terminal, a wireless communication terminal and a base station are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting to a base station information indicating an upper limit of a value based on current consumption of the wireless communication terminal and a number of frequency bands requested by the wireless communication terminal. The base station assigns a radio resource of OFDMA scheme to the wireless communication terminal. The method also includes performing wireless communication with the base station by using the assigned radio resource. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201139 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A user interface apparatus includes two touch panels. A drag & drop operation over the two touch panels is described. Adjacent first and second touch panels display a display object, and a location of a designated point related to a display object is determined based on certain conditions. The display object is then displayed on one of the touch panels at the determined location. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201569 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE ABERRATION CONTROL METHOD - An optical system comprising an aberration control optical system is disclosed. An aberration control optical system is operable to produce an image aberration, and an aperture stop is operable to limit a light beam passing through the aberration control optical system. An image pickup device is operable to capture an object image passing through the aberration control optical system, and the aberration control optical system provides inflection points within a diameter of the aperture stop to obtain a depth extending effect. | 08-08-2013 |