Patents Assigned to SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 10636270
    Abstract: A position management system 1 includes an identification information transmitting apparatus 10, a relay mobile terminal 20, and a management apparatus 30, wherein the identification information transmitting apparatus 10 includes a power generating unit 12, an identification side storage unit 13, and an identification side transmitting unit 14 that wirelessly transmits an identification side signal using the electric power generated by the power generating unit 12, wherein the relay mobile terminal 20 includes a terminal side communication unit 21 and a terminal side communication unit 21 that wirelessly transmits a relay side signal, and wherein the management apparatus 30 includes a management side communication unit 31 and a management side control unit 33 that is based on the relay side signal received by the management side communication unit 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Godo Irukayama, Kohei Hayamizu
  • Patent number: 10461784
    Abstract: A communication apparatus 1 includes a manipulating unit 10, a power generating unit 20 that generates electric power using force externally applied via the manipulating unit 10, a transmitting unit 40 transmitting a signal, and a control unit 60 that causes, when the manipulating unit 10 is manipulated, the transmitting unit 40 to transmit the signal with priority over another process other than the transmission of the signal using first electric power which is part of the electric power generated by the power generating unit 20 and then performs the other process using second electric power other than the first electric power among the electric power generated by the power generating unit 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Hayamizu, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10381957
    Abstract: A power generation device is provided with: power generation plates, each of which has a vibration plate, and a piezoelectric element that is fixed to one side surface of the vibration plate, said power generation plates being disposed in parallel to each other such that the power generation plates overlap each other at intervals; and supporting sections, which are provided among the power generation plates, and which support the power generation plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Soundpower Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20180107749
    Abstract: An information presentation system includes discrimination information transmission devices, a mobile terminal, and an information provision device and a provision side storage unit that mutually associates and stores terminal discrimination information of the mobile terminal that is the transmission destination of a transmitted target information signal, information for identifying target information included in the transmitted target information signal, information for identifying a target facility related to the target information, and transmission device discrimination information of the discrimination information transmission devices provided in the target facility, a provision side communication unit that receives a terminal side signal transmitted from a terminal side communication unit of the mobile terminal, and a provision side decision unit that decides whether the target information included in the transmitted target information signal is used by a user of the mobile terminal based on the transmis
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SoundPower Corporation
    Inventors: Godo Irukayama, Kohei Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20170126149
    Abstract: A power generation device is provided with: power generation plates, each of which has a vibration plate, and a piezoelectric element that is fixed to one side surface of the vibration plate, said power generation plates being disposed in parallel to each other such that the power generation plates overlap each other at intervals; and supporting sections, which are provided among the power generation plates, and which support the power generation plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Soundpower Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20170030380
    Abstract: A power generation system to improve the degree of freedom of installation is described herein. A power generation system comprises: first fluid chambers that contain a fluid; a second fluid chamber that contains the fluid; a communication flow channel that communicates the first fluid chambers and the second fluid chamber with each other; first pistons that are disposed such that the fluid in the first fluid chambers can be pressed; a second piston that is disposed such that the fluid in the second fluid chamber can be pressed; and power generation modules that convert pressing forces of the corresponding first pistons into electricity using piezoelectric elements. The power generation elements of the power generation modules generate power when the second piston is pressed, and the pressing force is transmitted to the first pistons via the fluid, and the piezoelectric elements are indirectly pressed due to the force thus transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei HAYAMIZU
  • Patent number: 8686620
    Abstract: A remote controller (1) provided with a power generating function is provided with: a main body (10); an operation board (11); operation buttons (12) provided on the operation board (11) so as to be exposed to the outside of the remote controller (1); and a power generating section (14) which has a piezoelectric element that generates an electromotive force when the piezoelectric element is deformed. The operation board (11) can rotate with respect to the main body (10) when an operation force is applied to the operation buttons (12), and the power generating element of the power generating section (14) generates the electromotive force when the power generating element is deformed due to the force applied from the operation board (11) which has been rotated by means of the operation force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Soundpower Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20120248937
    Abstract: A remote controller (1) provided with a power generating function is provided with: a main body (10); an operation board (11); operation buttons (12) provided on the operation board (11) so as to be exposed to the outside of the remote controller (1); and a power generating section (14) which has a piezoelectric element that generates an electromotive force when the piezoelectric element is deformed. The operation board (11) can rotate with respect to the main body (10) when an operation force is applied to the operation buttons (12), and the power generating element of the power generating section (14) generates the electromotive force when the power generating element is deformed due to the force applied from the operation board (11) which has been rotated by means of the operation force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20110109201
    Abstract: A manual control device with a power generation function includes a manual input unit of a touch sensor type, a control unit that detects a direction input in the manual input unit and performs a control operation according to the direction, a power generation unit that is formed of piezoelectric material for power generation and arranged to a bottom side of the manual input unit, a charge unit that charges electric power from the power generation unit, and a power supply unit that supplies the electric power from the charge unit to the control unit. The operation start control unit supplies an operation instruction to the power supply unit after predetermined delay time since the electric power supply from the power generation unit to the charge unit is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, SOUNDPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Ozawa, Takahisa Gunji, Toshio Kimura, Kohei Hayamizu