Patents by Inventor Yukimasa Yamaguchi

Yukimasa Yamaguchi 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: 8913772
    Abstract: The ear speaker device includes a mount section that is provided with ear-hook sections, and rotation sections that rotate speaker movable sections with respect to the mount section. Tubular ducts are positioned more inside than the ear-hook sections in a natural state. When the ear speaker device is mounted, the speaker movable sections are rotated to the most outside positions. Then, the ear-hook sections are brought into contact with auricle base upper sections, respectively, and the speaker movable sections are rotated inwardly. In this manner, the tubular ducts can be positioned in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus openings, respectively, of the listener without interfering with auricles and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Makoto Yamagishi, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140254855
    Abstract: The ear speaker device includes a mount section that is provided with ear-hook sections, and rotation sections that rotate speaker movable sections with respect to the mount section. Tubular ducts are positioned more inside than the ear-hook sections in a natural state. When the ear speaker device is mounted, the speaker movable sections are rotated to the most outside positions. Then, the ear-hook sections are brought into contact with auricle base upper sections, respectively, and the speaker movable sections are rotated inwardly. In this manner, the tubular ducts can be positioned in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus openings, respectively, of the listener without interfering with auricles and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukimasa YAMAGUCHI, Makoto Yamagishi, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8538059
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Publication number: 20120177206
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAGISHI, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Patent number: 8175316
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Patent number: 7671919
    Abstract: First to fourth lenses are aligned in an optical axis direction by a lens-barrel of a camera, an O-ring is disposed between the first lens and the lens-barrel, an O-ring is disposed between the fourth lens and the lens-barrel, a space is formed between the first and second lenses, a space is formed between the second and fourth lenses, a space is formed between the third and fourth lenses, and flow of air between the spaces is precluded. The camera thus configured is free of dewing on the lens or a protective plate exposed to the exterior, even when the inside temperature is raised due to heat generation in a CCD or a mounting substrate on which the CCD is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Iwasaki, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20090052716
    Abstract: The ear speaker device includes a mount section that is provided with ear-hook sections, and rotation sections that rotate speaker movable sections with respect to the mount section. Tubular ducts are positioned more inside than the ear-hook sections in a natural state. When the ear speaker device is mounted, the speaker movable sections are rotated to the most outside positions. Then, the ear-hook sections are brought into contact with auricle base upper sections, respectively, and the speaker movable sections are rotated inwardly. In this manner, the tubular ducts can be positioned in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus openings, respectively, of the listener without interfering with auricles and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Yukimasa YAMAGUCHI, Makoto Yamagishi, Satoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080253604
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Publication number: 20050206780
    Abstract: First to fourth lenses are aligned in an optical axis direction by a lens-barrel of a camera, an O-ring is disposed between the first lens and the lens-barrel, an O-ring is disposed between the fourth lens and the lens-barrel, a space is formed between the first and second lenses, a space is formed between the second and fourth lenses, a space is formed between the third and fourth lenses, and flow of air between the spaces is precluded. The camera thus configured is free of dewing on the lens or a protective plate exposed to the exterior, even when the inside temperature is raised due to heat generation in a CCD or a mounting substrate on which the CCD is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Keiichi Iwasaki, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5323257
    Abstract: An infrared-ray cordless microphone including a modulator for modulating an acoustic-to-electric converted sound signal through a predetermined process; and an infrared-ray transmitter for transmitting an output infrared signal obtained by converting the modulated sound signal from the modulator; wherein the infrared-ray transmitter is disposed at a lower end of the microphone body. There is also provided an infrared-ray cordless microphone system comprising such a microphone and a sound output means which includes an infrared-ray receiver for receiving the infrared signal from the microphone, a demodulator for demodulating the received infrared signal, and an electric-to-acoustic converter for converting the demodulated signal into a sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kensaku Abe, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Kousuke Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 5159188
    Abstract: An optical reception apparatus comprises of a prism made by forming in a member of substantially the frustum of a circular cone made of a transparent material a concave portion of a substantially circular cone or substantially the frustum of circular cone whose diameter is gradually reduced in the direction from a small diameter circular outer side surface to a large diameter circular outer side surface of the frustum of the circular cone, and a light receiving element mounted on the prism at its position along a center line of a circle of the large diameter circular outer side surface and also in the vicinity of the large diameter circular outer side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kensaku Abe, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kobayashi