Patents Assigned to Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 5442710
    Abstract: A body-felt sound unit having a vibration transmitting member imbedded in a human body support member, for example, a chair, a bed, etc., and an electro-mechanical vibration transducer attached to the vibration transmitting member, the transducer generating mechanical vibration on receipt of a low-frequency current, thereby transmitting the vibration to the human body. The vibration transmitting member comprises a flat plate- or net-shaped member of a relatively large area, and the electro-mechanical vibration transducer is attached to the vibration transmitting member such that the direction of vibration generated from the transducer coincides with the direction of the width of the vibration transmitting member so as to transmit transverse vibration to the vibration transmitting member. Even if the vibration transmitting member is thin, the apparent rigidity becomes high, so that the transmission of vibration is made effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Komatsu
  • Patent number: 5076260
    Abstract: A sensible body vibrator has a vibration unit mounted in a human body support such as a bed or a chair and adapted to generate mechanical vibrations upon receipt of a low-frequency signal. The inputting of various kinds of signals (including a low-frequency signal from an acoustic device, a pleasant sleep signal for inducing the user to pleasant sleep, an awakening signal for generating a signal at a preset time, a signal for transmitting a routine time schedule to particularly the deaf and dumb, a security signal for detecting and announcing the entry of an intruder entering a house through a door or a window or by climbing a wall, an emergency signal for announcing an emergency situation at the time of an emergency such as a fire, and similar other signals) is selectively controlled. The emergency signal is given priority over the other signals when the emergency signal is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Komatsu
  • Patent number: 4750208
    Abstract: Audio-band electromechanical vibration converter characterized in that a yoke having a permanent magnet and a magnetic gap formed therein is displaceably housed by a damper in a casing to which a vibration plate is attached; a coil attached to the casing is placed in said magnetic gap; and the casing gives an output of a mechanical vibration synchronized with a low-band audio-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyota Yamada, Akira Komatsu
  • Patent number: 4506379
    Abstract: Audible entertainment signals are also filtered to detect speech presence whereby only frequencies in the band 0-150 Hz, are applied to vibrate a listener's chair for special effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Komatsu
  • Patent number: 4354067
    Abstract: Audio-band electromechanical vibration converter characterized in that a yoke having a magnetic pole and a magnetic gap formed therein is displaceably housed by a damper in a casing to which a vibration plate is attached; a coil attached to the casing is placed in said magnetic gap; and the casing gives an output of a mechanical vibration synchronized with a low-band audio-signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyota Yamada, Akira Komatsu
  • Patent number: 4064376
    Abstract: A sound frequency reproduction system and apparatus has a chair for a human. A transducer is vibrated by a sound signal of appropriate frequency. The vibrating shaft of the transducer is directly fitted to the framework of the chair. The sound signal is provided to an acoustic device, including a speaker, located near the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: Bodysonic Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyota Yamada