Patents by Inventor Hidenori Yamazaki

Hidenori Yamazaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230228962
    Abstract: A optical cable member includes an optical cable, a fixing member, a first housing tube, and a second housing tube. The optical cable includes an optical fiber and a tensile strength member. In the optical cable, a cable main body housing the optical fiber and the tensile strength member, and a cable exposure portion in which the optical fiber and the tensile strength member are exposed to an outside are provided. The fixing member fixes the tensile strength member. The first housing tube is disposed between the fixing member and the cable main body, houses the tensile strength member therein, and allows the optical fiber to extend therein. The second housing tube is disposed on a side opposite to the first housing tube of the fixing member, and houses the optical fiber of the cable exposure portion therein. The second housing tube is a bendable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NODA, Hidenori YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8203914
    Abstract: A disc storage apparatus includes a disc changer mechanism including a disc slot through which a disc is insertable, a storage section having storage locations that are capable of storing discs inserted through the disc slot, and a transport mechanism that transports the disc, inserted through the disc slot, to any of the storage locations in the storage section. The apparatus further includes an operation section having operations keys; a display section; and a controller that associates, when the disc is inserted and any of the operations keys is operated, the operated operation key with the storage location in which the disc is stored. In accordance with a predetermined operation on the operation section, the controller extracts all discs stored in the storage locations associated with the operated operation key and causes information regarding all the extracted discs to be displayed on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8040762
    Abstract: A disk changer device including a disk changer mechanism having a drive that can reproduce a disk, a holding mechanism including at least two holding sections, where each of the holding sections can hold the disk, and a picker configured to transfer a disk inserted into the drive to any of the holding sections, a memory configured to store information about the reproduced disk and information about the date and time when the disk is reproduced as reproduction history information when the disk existing in the drive is reproduced, and a control unit configured to determine the position of each of the holding sections where a plurality of the disks held in the holding mechanism is held based on the reproduction history information, and let the disks be held at the determined holding positions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamazaki, Fumihiko Tsubota
  • Publication number: 20100014392
    Abstract: A disk changer device including a disk changer mechanism having a drive that can reproduce a disk, a holding mechanism including at least two holding sections, where each of the holding sections can hold the disk, and a picker configured to transfer a disk inserted into the drive to any of the holding sections, a memory configured to store information about the reproduced disk and information about the date and time when the disk is reproduced as reproduction history information when the disk existing in the drive is reproduced, and a control unit configured to determine the position of each of the holding sections where a plurality of the disks held in the holding mechanism is held based on the reproduction history information, and let the disks be held at the determined holding positions is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Yamazaki, Fumihiko Tsubota
  • Publication number: 20090245035
    Abstract: A disc storage apparatus includes a disc changer mechanism including a disc slot through which a disc is insertable, a storage section having storage locations that are capable of storing discs inserted through the disc slot, and a transport mechanism that transports the disc, inserted through the disc slot, to any of the storage locations in the storage section. The apparatus further includes an operation section having operations keys; a display section; and a controller that associates, when the disc is inserted and any of the operations keys is operated, the operated operation key with the storage location in which the disc is stored. In accordance with a predetermined operation on the operation section, the controller extracts all discs stored in the storage locations associated with the operated operation key and causes information regarding all the extracted discs to be displayed on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidenori Yamazaki