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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160654 | Power reception control device, power reception device, and electronic instrument A power reception device utilizing non-contact power transmission causes a PMOS transistor as a switch circuit to be turned ON when a secondary battery is in a heavy-load state to form a path which bypasses a series regulator (LDO) as a power supply circuit, and sup... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145040 | Program recording system, communication terminal, as well as recording and reproducing apparatus According to the present invention, a recording instruction signal including channel information on the program that the user is viewing at present is transmitted from a communication terminal with a television receiving function; this recording instruction signal i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136206 | Biaxial hinge device and portable terminal device A biaxial hinge device includes: a first-shaft member; a second-shaft member orthogonal to the first-shaft member; a thrust-cam member provided to the second-shaft member so as to move in the extending direction of the second-shaft member; a rotational-arm member pr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136205 | Biaxial hinge device and mobile terminal device A biaxial hinge device includes: a first rotation axis mechanism configured to form a first rotation axis by using a substantially cylindrically shaped first shaft member; a first arm portion configured to include a fixing portion fixed to a first case, and provided... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8116251 | Mobile phone, communication terminal, phone call method and phone call program A mobile phone connected to a telephone network which uses a telecommunication line by way of a communication terminal including: a wireless communication unit; a sound input unit and a sound output unit; a transmission interface unit; a user information memory unit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111041 | Power transmission control device, power reception control device, non-contact power transmission system, power transmission device, power reception device, and electronic instrument A power reception device transmits authentication information (e.g., start code, manufacturer ID, product ID, rated power information, and resonance characteristic information) to a power transmission device before starting normal power transmission by a non-contact... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089245 | Noncontact charging device with temperature detection A noncontact charging device includes a mounting portion, a primary transmission coil, a temperature-detecting element, and a control unit. A device charged in a noncontact manner is mounted on the mounting portion. The primary transmission coil supplies power to a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086268 | Mobile communication terminal and method of controlling transmission characteristic thereof A mobile communication terminal includes: a signal transmission section having a predetermined default value for a transmission characteristic; an antenna to be used at least by the signal transmission section; a separate circuit section sharing ground with the sign... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086214 | Electric field communication apparatus, electric field communication system, and method of controlling electric field communication apparatus An electric field communication apparatus includes: a plurality of electric field communication antennas for carrying out electric field communication; a detecting unit that detects the electric field communication antenna in connected state where at least electric ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078746 | Mobile terminal, contents delivery system, and contents reproduction program Low bit rate contents data as pre-data corresponding to a series of stream data are preliminarily stored in a mobile phone. In order to reproduce certain contents, a transmission request of a high bit rate contents data block having the same contents as those of the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072304 | Noncontact power-transmission coil, portable terminal and terminal charging device, planar coil magnetic layer formation device, and magnetic layer formation method A noncontact power-transmission coil is provided. The noncontact power-transmission coil includes a planar coil and a magnetic layer. The planar coil is formed by winding a linear conductor in a spiral shape substantially in a single plane. The magnetic layer is for... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060164 | Input device and electronic apparatus An input device that inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body contains a housing including an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and detects a slide position inputted by a slide operation depending on th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059139 | Display controller, display control method, display control program, and mobile terminal device A display controller includes a character display unit for displaying character information on a display unit; a keyword detecting unit for detecting a predetermined keyword from the character information displayed by the character display unit; an image information... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054036 | Power transmission control device, power reception control device, non-contact power transmission system, power transmission device, power reception device, and electronic instrument A power transmission device performs power-saving power transmission that transmits a small amount of power as compared with normal power transmission when the power transmission device has detected that a battery of a load has been fully charged so that the operati... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035563 | Multiband antenna device and communication terminal device A slit (15) is formed between a feed point and GND point of an inverted-F antenna to make the points electrically distant from each other, and at least three antenna elements (14a, 14b, and 14c) are formed. The at lea... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024843 | Biaxial hinge device and portable terminal device A biaxial hinge device includes an approximately rod-shaped first shaft member; an approximately rod-shaped second shaft member; a shaft connecting member for connecting the first shaft member and the second shaft member such that the direction in which the first sh... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7999417 | Electronic device An electronic device having at least a loop-shaped electric conductor generating electric power by electromagnetic induction is provided. The electronic device includes a voltage-detecting unit, a voltage-comparing unit and a separating unit. The voltage-detecting u... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990708 | Blower for electronic device and electronic device A blower for an electronic device includes a fan frame having an opening through which air passes for cooling the electronic device; a blade arranged in the opening of the fan frame; a motor configured to rotationally drive the blade; an attachment portion provided ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975237 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium containing information processing program with rotary operation There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a cas... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974641 | Communication terminal apparatus and computer program A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating partie... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974597 | Power amplifier system and mobile phone terminal using same A power amplifier system includes a first power amplifier, a second harmonic generator, a phase shifter, and first and second adders. The first power amplifier amplifies a primary input signal. The second harmonic generator outputs a second harmonic by using a split... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967640 | Card connector with a bottom wall with isosceles triangle shaped contacts A card connector according to the present invention includes a bottom wall of a base member configured to support a plurality of contacts in a cantilever manner. A rectangular SIM card is inserted into the card connector in such a manner that the shorter side of the... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965976 | Information processing apparatus and method and computer program If a situation in which it is difficult to make a decision about automatic processing without involving user intervention occurs, an inquiry is made to a user to clear such a situation and a response by the user to the inquiry is used as a decision criterion by whic... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7949881 | Mobil terminal device, personal identification number verification program, and method of verifying personal identification number A mobile terminal device includes biometric information detecting means for detecting biometric information; encryption key generating means for generating an encryption key on the basis of the biometric information in registration; encrypting means for encrypting a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938586 | Mobile terminal apparatus and sliding cover device A mobile terminal apparatus includes a camera unit and a sliding cover device. The sliding cover device includes a cover slidable with respect to the camera unit, a pair of arm members supporting the cover on both sides from a back surface of the cover and extending... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7928799 | Power amplifying apparatus and mobile communication terminal A power amplifying apparatus includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal, a first power amplifier biased for class A or class AB operation which is configured to amplify the input signal, an output terminal connected to an output of the first po... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925833 | Apparatus, method, computer program and mobile terminal for processing information An apparatus for processing information, includes a memory storing a plurality of content items different in type and metadata containing time information of the content items, a cache processor for fetching from the memory the content item and the metadata of the c... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7907056 | Contactless communication circuit and portable terminal The present invention provides a contactless communication circuit having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, which includes a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with a contactl... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905395 | Communication system, communication terminal and communication method A communication system includes a communication terminal wirelessly communicating with a predetermined base station and a server capable of transferring data through the wireless communication with the communication terminal. The communication terminal includes a pa... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7884506 | Electronic device An electronic device having at least a loop-shaped electric conductor generating electric power by electromagnetic induction is provided. The electronic device includes a voltage-detecting unit, a voltage-comparing unit and a separating unit. The voltage-detecting u... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881705 | Mobile communication terminal and information acquisition method for position specification information There is provided a mobile communication terminal including an information storage unit having registered therein a plurality of registration names and position specification information data with which at least a position can be specified which are correlated respe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865840 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device An apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range The display controller portion c... | 01/04/2011 |
| D630199 | Mobile phone | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852184 | Coil module apparatus A coil module apparatus is provided. The coil module apparatus includes a flat coil, a circuit board, a magnetic sheet, connection terminals, and a case. The flat coil has a flat shape. The circuit board is used for the flat coil. The magnetic sheet is provided so a... | 12/14/2010 |
| D627769 | Mobile phone | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836446 | Conflict management program, storage medium for conflict management program storage, conflict management method, and electronic apparatus for terminal devices Disclosed is a conflict management program that ensures that an application can be programmed without having to consider a conflict with another application. An application manager (25) is provided with an execution list (61) for registering a currentl... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831975 | Resource managing method, resource managing apparatus, resource managing program and storage medium for managing resource usage rights in a flexible manner This invention provides a method and an apparatus for allocating resources between applications efficiently and flexibly to permit exclusive, conflict-free resource usage. When an application APP1 is using a resource, a resource manager (ResMan) may re... | 11/09/2010 |
| D626930 | Mobile phone | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821545 | Portable information terminal and image management program A portable information terminal and an image management program are provided. A portable information terminal includes: a display part which has a screen capable of displaying at least an image; an in-focus value computing part which computes an in-focus value from ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810046 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion and a controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The controller portion co... | 10/05/2010 |
