Patents by Inventor Masashi Futawatari

Masashi Futawatari 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: 6360185
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a power supply for supplying a power; a sound collector for collecting a noise caused by the surroundings to output a sound volume; a sound volume recognizer calculated a measuring value from the sound volume to compare the measuring value with a reference value and output a revolution control signal and a sound level signal; a voltage controller for controlling the power supplied from the power supply in response to the revolution control signal; a blower having a fan rotated with the power supplied from the power source to cool inside the apparatus; an operation setting unit for producing and outputting an operational signal indicative of a processing rate in response to the sound level signal; and a central processing unit changed the processing rate in accordance with the operational signal to perform operation, thereby controlling the number of revolution of the blower in response to a noise and the processing rate of the central processing unit to restrain c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Futawatari