Patents by Inventor Masayuki Chiba

Masayuki Chiba 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: 11230998
    Abstract: A ventilation apparatus of an internal combustion engine of the invention ventilates a chain chamber by recirculating blow-by gas to an intake passage through a blow-by gas recirculation pipe and introducing air into the chain chamber through an air introduction pipe. The air introduction pipe is secured to a head cover wall portion which corresponds to a portion of a head cover wall which defines the chain chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Chiba, Katsuichi Miyasaka, Satoko Tofukuji, Kenji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20170335808
    Abstract: A ventilation apparatus of an internal combustion engine of the invention ventilates a chain chamber by recirculating blow-by gas to an intake passage through a blow-by gas recirculation pipe and introducing air into the chain chamber through an air introduction pipe. The air introduction pipe is secured to a head cover wall portion which corresponds to a portion of a head cover wall which defines the chain chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki CHIBA, Katsuichi MIYASAKA, Satoko TOFUKUJI, Kenji IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8567685
    Abstract: There is provided a short-range wireless communication apparatus and a cellular phone terminal that can surely and immediately notify a user of the optimum distance between a contactless IC card reader/writer and a contactless IC card not through an MPU or a CPU and if the contactless IC card function is locked, surely notify the user as such. In an RFID card, a magnetic field strength/brightness conversion section adjusts the brightness of two LEDs in accordance with the detected magnetic field strength of a carrier wave. A blink generation circuit detects whether the RFID card is in a communication state and blinks the LEDs if so. A function combining section combines the functions to indicate the magnetic field strength and the communication state with the brightness and blinking of the LEDs. An LED with another color illuminates only when an RFID function LSI is in a lock state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Sueoka, Takaaki Tsushima, Masayuki Chiba
  • Patent number: 8341217
    Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20110235252
    Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
  • Patent number: 8010596
    Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
  • Patent number: 7970815
    Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20100227558
    Abstract: There is provided a short-range wireless communication apparatus and a cellular phone terminal that can surely and immediately notify a user of the optimum distance between a contactless IC card reader/writer and a contactless IC card not through an MPU or a CPU and if the contactless IC card function is locked, surely notify the user as such. In an RFID card, a magnetic field strength/brightness conversion section adjusts the brightness of two LEDs in accordance with the detected magnetic field strength of a carrier wave. A blink generation circuit detects whether the RFID card is in a communication state and blinks the LEDs if so. A function combining section combines the functions to indicate the magnetic field strength and the communication state with the brightness and blinking of the LEDs. An LED with another color illuminates only when an RFID function LSI is in a lock state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicants: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SUEOKA, Takaaki Tsushima, Masayuki Chiba
  • Patent number: 7762469
    Abstract: There is provided a short-range wireless communication apparatus and a cellular phone terminal that can surely and immediately notify a user of the optimum distance between a contactless IC card reader/writer and a contactless IC card not through an MPU or a CPU and if the contactless IC card function is locked, surely notify the user as such. In an RFID card, a magnetic field strength/brightness conversion section adjusts the brightness of two LEDs in accordance with the detected magnetic field strength of a carrier wave. A blink generation circuit detects whether the RFID card is in a communication state and blinks the LEDs if so. A function combining section combines the functions to indicate the magnetic field strength and the communication state with the brightness and blinking of the LEDs. An LED with another color illuminates only when an RFID function LSI is in a lock state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sueoka, Takaaki Tsushima, Masayuki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20070100935
    Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20060160488
    Abstract: There is provided a short-range wireless communication apparatus and a cellular phone terminal that can surely and immediately notify a user of the optimum distance between a contactless IC card reader/writer and a contactless IC card not through an MPU or a CPU and if the contactless IC card function is locked, surely notify the user as such. In an RFID card, a magnetic field strength/brightness conversion section adjusts the brightness of two LEDs in accordance with the detected magnetic field strength of a carrier wave. A blink generation circuit detects whether the RFID card is in a communication state and blinks the LEDs if so. A function combining section combines the functions to indicate the magnetic field strength and the communication state with the brightness and blinking of the LEDs. An LED with another color illuminates only when an RFID function LSI is in a lock state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicants: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sueoka, Takaaki Tsushima, Masayuki Chiba
  • Publication number: 20010049825
    Abstract: A network device is connectable to a network for use in directing data. The receiving process is executed by receiving data having a physical address indicating a destination of the data, comparing the physical address of the received data with registered physical addresses, completing the receiving process when the physical address of the received data matches with one of the registered physical addresses, and otherwise canceling the receiving process. The transmitting process is executed by detecting a destination of data to be transmitted, selecting one of the registered physical addresses according to the detected destination of the data to be transmitted, and attaching the selected physical address to the data, thereby indicating an origin of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Ryota Hirose, Masayuki Chiba, Masashi Hirano