Patents by Inventor Akihiro Furuhira

Akihiro Furuhira 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: 11979711
    Abstract: A speaker unit that has a housing, a lower substrate that is fixed to the housing, a plurality of first ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the lower substrate, an upper substrate that is fixed to the housing and has a plurality of openings (OP) formed therein at locations that correspond to the first ultrasonic vibrators, and a plurality of second ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the upper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AFUR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Furuhira
  • Publication number: 20220386037
    Abstract: A speaker unit that has a housing, a lower substrate that is fixed to the housing, a plurality of first ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the lower substrate, an upper substrate that is fixed to the housing and has a plurality of openings (OP) formed therein at locations that correspond to the first ultrasonic vibrators, and a plurality of second ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the upper substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: AFUR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro FURUHIRA
  • Patent number: 8854056
    Abstract: A system can include an input for receiving objects having a flat shape; a capacitance sensing network comprising a plurality of capacitance sensors positioned to be proximate to the received objects; an operations section coupled to the capacitance sensing network and configured to perform predetermined operations on the objects; and a processor section coupled to receive capacitance sense values from the capacitance sensors and configured to determine the presence and features of received objects, prior to the objects being forwarded to the operations section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Furuhira, Ryan Seguine