Patents by Inventor Hirobumi Nagumo
Hirobumi Nagumo 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).
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Patent number: 11918372Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit that obtains utterance data indicating a voice of an evaluatee uttering a sentence as instructed; a calculation unit that calculates, from the utterance data obtained by the obtainment unit, a feature based on the utterance data; an evaluation unit that compares the feature calculated by the calculation unit to reference data indicating a relationship between voice data indicating a voice of a person and a cognitive function of the person to evaluate the cognitive function of the evaluatee; and an output unit that outputs the sentence to be uttered by the evaluatee and outputs a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadayuki Sumi, Ryosuke Nagumo, Kengo Abe, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Takashi Nishiyama, Hirobumi Nakajima, Kohji Sasabe, Makoto Kariyasu, Takako Yoshimura, Minoru Toyama
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Patent number: 8016433Abstract: A projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Patent number: 7993015Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information on the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a control circuit for performing a clocking operation of a lamp timer for managing a use time of the lamp loaded in the projector; and a memory for storing information.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Hirobumi Nagumo
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Patent number: 7950807Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order. The projector includes: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Hirobumi Nagumo
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Patent number: 7901087Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Patent number: 7896505Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Publication number: 20100328630Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki SHIRASU, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Publication number: 20100328629Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Shirasu, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Publication number: 20080297736Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki SHIRASU, Daizo Oka, Hirobumi Nagumo, Tessho Ishida
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Publication number: 20080291404Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information on the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order, the projector including: a control circuit for performing a clocking operation of a lamp timer for managing a use time of the lamp loaded in the projector; and a memory for storing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki SHIRASU, Hirobumi Nagumo
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Publication number: 20080218701Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector that can be loaded with lamps of a plurality of kinds, each of a plurality of the lamps loadable into the projector being given a lamp serial code formed by arranging lamp information including at least a minimum wattage and a maximum wattage of the lamp and a check sum in predetermined order. The projector includes: a lamp power supply for driving the lamp loaded in the projector, the lamp power supply being provided in advance with a plurality of mode ranges each as a range from a minimum wattage to a maximum wattage of output of the lamp power supply, and one predetermined mode range of the plurality of mode ranges being freely set in the lamp power supply; and a control circuit for controlling the lamp power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki SHIRASU, Hirobumi Nagumo
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Patent number: 6318861Abstract: In a film positioning system and method thereof, stable film positioning is accomplished. In the present invention, when a film is fed to a stop position by driving first feeding mechanism and second feeding mechanism synchronizing with each other and then the stop position is determined with the first feeding mechanism or the second feeding mechanism, a fixed tension is applied to the film by the other feeding mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hirobumi Nagumo
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Patent number: 5093752Abstract: In a tape loading device in which a tape is drawn from a mounted tape cassette and loaded on a tape path which lies in front of the mounted tape cassette, a big capstan which is arranged in front of the mounted tape cassette is inserted into a space formed between the mounted tape cassette and a portion of the tape which has been loaded on the tape path, from a position where the big capstan does not interfere with the tape which is moved to the tape path, so that it is possible to make the diameter and length of the capstan large.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1990Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tsuguo Sato, Hirobumi Nagumo, Takashi Shimodaira, Etsuro Saito