Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiro Obara

Tatsuhiro Obara 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: 10850176
    Abstract: To detect a motion of a hitting tool more precisely by a sensor, provided is a sensor device including: a base member configured to be mounted on a hitting tool via a fitting structure; a substrate joined to the base member; a sensor disposed on the substrate and configured to detect a motion of the hitting tool delivered via the base member and the substrate; a communication unit configured to transmit a detection result of the motion of the hitting tool to an external device; and an exterior member configured to cover the sensor and the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Oguchi, Toshiki Hashida, Kosei Yamashita, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Shinji Yamamura, Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Patent number: 9851092
    Abstract: To provide an electric light bulb type light source apparatus capable of reducing backlash, which results in noise, and improving the sound quality of a speaker. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus may include a speaker, a light source unit, a supporting unit, a casing, and a base. The supporting unit may support the speaker. The supporting unit may include a base portion. The base portion may include a tapered surface and a supporting surface that supports the light source unit. The casing may include an abutting surface that abuts against the tapered surface of the base portion. The base maybe used for supplying a power to the light source unit and the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yotsumoto, Kouji Miyata, Tatsuhiro Obara, Kazunori Kusuki
  • Publication number: 20160089085
    Abstract: To detect a motion of a hitting tool more precisely by a sensor, provided is a sensor device including: a base member configured to be mounted on a hitting tool via a fitting structure; a substrate joined to the base member; a sensor disposed on the substrate and configured to detect a motion of the hitting tool delivered via the base member and the substrate; a communication unit configured to transmit a detection result of the motion of the hitting tool to an external device; and an exterior member configured to cover the sensor and the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio OGUCHI, Toshiki HASHIDA, Kosei YAMASHITA, Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Shinji YAMAMURA, Tatsuhiro OBARA
  • Patent number: 9128316
    Abstract: A dust-proof frame 30 includes a front frame portion 32 located on the outer periphery of the front surface of a display panel unit 20. The dust-proof frame 30 includes a convex portion 31 that projects from the front frame portion 32 toward the inner surface of a housing 10. A gap G1 is located in a pressing direction of the inner surface of the housing 10 with respect to the convex portion 31 and extends along the convex portion 31 is provided in the dust-proof frame 30. According to the above structure, the function of the dust-proof frame 30 can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Publication number: 20150070895
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an electric light bulb type light source apparatus capable of reducing backlash, which results in noise, and improving the sound quality of a speaker. [Solving Means] The electric light bulb type light source apparatus includes a speaker, a light source unit, a supporting unit, a casing, and a base. The supporting unit supports the speaker. The supporting unit includes a base portion. The base portion includes a tapered surface and a supporting surface that supports the light source unit. The casing includes an abutting surface that abuts against the tapered surface of the base portion. The base is used for supplying a power to the light source unit and the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yotsumoto, Kouji Miyata, Tatsuhiro Obara, Kazunori Kusuki
  • Publication number: 20130003271
    Abstract: A dust-proof frame 30 includes a front frame portion 32 located on the outer periphery of the front surface of a display panel unit 20. The dust-proof frame 30 includes a convex portion 31 that projects from the front frame portion 32 toward the inner surface of a housing 10. A gap G1 is located in a pressing direction of the inner surface of the housing 10 with respect to the convex portion 31 and extends along the convex portion 31 is provided in the dust-proof frame 30. According to the above structure, the function of the dust-proof frame 30 can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Patent number: D736660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Shinji Yamamura, Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Patent number: D738245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Shinji Yamamura, Tatsuhiro Obara
  • Patent number: D757581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda, Shinji Yamamura, Tatsuhiro Obara