Patents by Inventor Etsuzo Adachi

Etsuzo Adachi 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).

  • Patent number: 10819867
    Abstract: A sound notification device includes a plurality of speakers of each of which a sound volume is capable of being adjusted and which have directivity characteristics different from each other; and a speaker control unit which selects at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a content of a predetermined event and causes the selected speaker to output a sound with a sound volume determined according to the content of the event if the event occurs in a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Etsuzo Adachi
  • Publication number: 20190109955
    Abstract: A sound notification device includes a plurality of speakers of each of which a sound volume is capable of being adjusted and which have directivity characteristics different from each other; and a speaker control unit which selects at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a content of a predetermined event and causes the selected speaker to output a sound with a sound volume determined according to the content of the event if the event occurs in a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: ETSUZO ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20150015501
    Abstract: Provided is an information display apparatus capable of smoothly performing a presentation or the like using a touch panel. The information display apparatus is able to edit display content based on a touch to the touch panel. A touch judging portion for judging whether or not the touch panel is touched, and an image edit portion for displaying a trace of the touch to the touch panel that is judged by the touch judging portion on the touch panel as an input image are included. The image edit portion deletes the input image from the touch panel automatically after a predetermined time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Etsuzo Adachi