Patents by Inventor Masami Makino

Masami Makino 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: 8634022
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable telephone with camera having a camera 7 mounted as opposed to a camera window 22 provided on a casing. The casing is provided with an auxiliary light window 23 adjacent to the camera window 22. Arranged in the rear of the auxiliary light window 23 is an auxiliary light source 8 for emitting light in photographing with the camera 7. The camera window 22 is covered with a main optical cover 4. The auxiliary light window 23 is covered with an auxiliary optical cover 5. A light-shield surface 52 is formed between the main optical cover 4 and the auxiliary optical cover 5. Consequently the degradation of picture quality when the camera 7 and the auxiliary light source 8 are arranged close to each other is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Masami Makino
  • Patent number: 7567823
    Abstract: The invention provides a foldable electronic device comprising a main body and a closure connected to each other openably. A frame 6 is provided inside the closure and holds therein a main display 4 and a subdisplay 5 as arranged back to back. A chip mount area 42 of a flexible lead 41 extending from the main display 4 and a chip mount area 53 of a flexible lead 51 extending from the subdisplay 5 are opposed to each other in an opening formed in the frame 6. Opposed surfaces of the respective chip mount areas 42, 53 have groups of electronic circuit chips 43, 54 mounted thereon as positioned in a staggered relation with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Takumi Sakai
  • Patent number: 7187306
    Abstract: The invention provides a key input device comprising a plurality of key tops 7 arranged on a surface of a main body case, each of the key tops 7 having a body 73 of transparent resin, the key body 73 being provided with a light blocking film 71 formed over a front surface thereof, the light blocking film 71 being partly cut out to form a light transmitting pattern 72 representing a character. LEDs 8 are arranged below the key tops 7. Each of the key tops 7 has a semitransparent screen 9 formed on a rear surface thereof in an area to be illuminated with LEDs 8 and extending only over a region opposed to the light transmitting pattern 72.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Sanyo Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Kazuhito Fukumasu
  • Patent number: 7117011
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable telephone with camera including a casing provided with an auxiliary light window 23 adjacent to a camera window 22, and an auxiliary light source 8 disposed in the rear of the auxiliary light window 23 and emitting light in photographing with a camera 7. A main optical cover 4 is mounted on the casing for covering the camera window 22 and the auxiliary light window 23. The main optical cover 4 has an opening 43 formed at a position opposed to the auxiliary light window 23. An auxiliary optical cover 5 is fitted around the opening 43. A flange 53 projects from an outer periphery portion of the auxiliary optical cover 5. The flange 53 is held between a flange portion 25 surrounding the auxiliary light window 23 and formed on the casing, and an edge portion 43a defining the opening 43 and formed on the main optical cover 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Makino
  • Publication number: 20050107118
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable telephone with camera having a camera 7 mounted as opposed to a camera window 22 provided on a casing. The casing is provided with an auxiliary light window 23 adjacent to the camera window 22. Arranged in the rear of the auxiliary light window 23 is an auxiliary light source 8 for emitting light in photographing with the camera 7. The camera window 22 is covered with a main optical cover 4. The auxiliary light window 23 is covered with an auxiliary optical cover 5. A light-shield surface 52 is formed between the main optical cover 4 and the auxiliary optical cover 5. Consequently the degradation of picture quality when the camera 7 and the auxiliary light source 8 are arranged close to each other is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Masami Makino
  • Publication number: 20050107117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable telephone with camera including a casing provided with an auxiliary light window 23 adjacent to a camera window 22, and an auxiliary light source 8 disposed in the rear of the auxiliary light window 23 and emitting light in photographing with a camera 7. A main optical cover 4 is mounted on the casing for covering the camera window 22 and the auxiliary light window 23. The main optical cover 4 has an opening 43 formed at a position opposed to the auxiliary light window 23. An auxiliary optical cover 5 is fitted around the opening 43. A flange 53 projects from an outer periphery portion of the auxiliary optical cover 5. The flange 53 is held between a flange portion 25 surrounding the auxiliary light window 23 and formed on the casing, and an edge portion 43a defining the opening 43 and formed on the main optical cover 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Masami Makino
  • Publication number: 20040077384
    Abstract: The invention provides a key input device comprising a plurality of key tops 7 arranged on a surface of a main body case, each of the key tops 7 having a body 73 of transparent resin, the key body 73 being provided with a light blocking film 71 formed over a front surface thereof, the light blocking film 71 being partly cut out to form a light transmitting pattern 72 representing a character. LEDs 8 are arranged below the key tops 7. Each of the key tops 7 has a semitransparent screen 9 formed on a rear surface thereof in an area to be illuminated with LEDs 8 and extending only over a region opposed to the light transmitting pattern 72.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Kazuhito Fukumasu
  • Publication number: 20040077385
    Abstract: The invention provides a foldable electronic device comprising a main body and a closure connected to each other openably. A frame 6 is provided inside the closure and holds therein a main display 4 and a subdisplay 5 as arranged back to back. A chip mount area 42 of a flexible lead 41 extending from the main display 4 and a chip mount area 53 of a flexible lead 51 extending from the subdisplay 5 are opposed to each other in an opening formed in the frame 6. Opposed surfaces of the respective chip mount areas 42, 53 have groups of electronic circuit chips 43, 54 mounted thereon as positioned in a staggered relation with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Takumi Sakai
  • Patent number: 6714123
    Abstract: An electronic device including a vibration generator having an eccentric weight member attached to the output of a motor. The motor is accommodated into a bracket made from elastic material, and the bracket is held in a casing. The bracket has a prism-shaped body, and has a through hole in which the motor is tightly fitted formed the central portion of the body, and the peripheral wall defining the through hole is formed with a slit cut from one end face of the body to a central portion of the body in a specified depth. Accordingly, the vibration generator is accommodated into the bracket with great ease. Moreover, the motor of the vibration generator is unlikely to change easily its rotating angle posture in the interior of the bracket while the bracket is assembled into a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Miyake, Masami Makino
  • Patent number: 6370038
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a casing 1, a first circuit board 3 provided in the interior of the casing 1, and a circuit module 5 attached to the first circuit board 3. The circuit module 5 comprises a chassis 51 engaged with the first circuit board 3 and a second circuit board 32 fixed to the chassis 51. A male connector 61 attached to one circuit board and a female connector 62 attached to the other circuit board are engaged with each other to have the both circuit boards electrically connected. The chassis 51 is formed with a pair of arms 52, 52 holding and supporting the respective end faces of the first circuit board 3 on respective end portions of the chassis 51. The pair of arms 52, 52 extends to the first circuit board 3 on respective end portions of the chassis 51, and an end portion of each arm 52 is held between an end face of the first circuit board 3 and the inner face of the casing 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Miyake, Masami Makino
  • Patent number: 5950048
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive unit and a developing unit, at least one of which is arranged rotatable about a parallel support shaft. In a state that the both units are mounted on an apparatus main body, a developing roller gear (driven gear) of the developing unit is in mesh with a drive gear provided on the photosensitive unit. A drive force is transmitted from the drive gear to the developing roller gear. The developing roller gear and the drive gear are arranged such that a drive force acting on a pitch point has an extension line passing through a center of the parallel support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Ryoji Aoki, Masahiko Hayashi, Minoru Kumida, Masami Makino
  • Patent number: 5327414
    Abstract: A signal recording method for an optical disk and an apparatus therefor wherein a turn-off duration, during which a laser beam is turned-off, of a binary signal to be recorded on the optical disk is elongated and an irradiation duration, during which the laser beam is irradiated, of the binary signal is shortened, so that it is possible to avoid influence of thermal diffusion which is caused by irradiating the laser beam corresponding to the irradiation duration on the optical disk and to obtain a more precise reproduced signal in comparison with that obtained by prior arts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Satoshi Sumi
  • Patent number: 4618854
    Abstract: A double eye type crime preventing sensor system comprising a pair of detection axes (6) substantially horizontally spaced apart and extending in substantially the same direction in a predetermined space, another pair of detection axes (7) substantially horizontally spaced apart and extending above or below the first pair of detection axes in the corresponding direction, a radiant energy focusing element (4) disposed at the terminal ends of these two pairs of detection axes for focusing radiant energy which comes in along the respective axes, two pairs of radiant energy sensing elements (8) and (9) disposed in the image forming position corresponding to the two pairs of detection axes in the vicinity of the focal point of the focusing element, the two elements (8a), (8b) or (9a), (9b), which constitute each pair of sensing elements (8) and (9) being connected in such a manner as to produce a substantially resultant sensing output when they detect energy in a time differential fashion, and a signal processing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Takenaka Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Miyake, Masami Makino