Patents by Inventor Asako Kawamura

Asako Kawamura 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).

  • Headphone type acoustic apparatus and control method therefor
    Patent number: 9918157
    Abstract: This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a pair of housing blocks each including a headphone unit, a headband section that supports the housing blocks at both ends and includes a pair of speaker units, one or more sensors that obtain information for estimating a mounted state achieved by a user, and a control unit that estimates the mounted state based on outputs of the one or more sensors and controls, based on the estimated mounted state, outputs of the pair of headphone units and the pair of speaker units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jo Kamada, Atsuto Ohashi, Asako Kawamura, Yasuhiro Onogi
  • HEADPHONE TYPE ACOUSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170272852
    Abstract: This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a headband, a pair of slider blocks including one end portions that are slidably attached to both end portions of the headband, a pair of housing blocks that are coupled to other end portions of the pair of slider blocks via coupling portions and each include a headphone unit, and a speaker unit that is disposed in each of the pair of slider blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: JO KAMADA, ATSUTO OHASHI, ASAKO KAWAMURA, YASUHIRO ONOGI
  • Headphone type acoustic apparatus
    Patent number: 9693129
    Abstract: This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a headband, a pair or slider blocks including one end portions that are slidably attached to both end portions of the headband, a pair of housing blocks that are coupled to other end portions of the pair of slider blocks via coupling portions and each include a headphone unit, and a speaker unit that is disposed in each of the pair of slider blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jo Kamada, Atsuto Ohashi, Asako Kawamura, Yasuhiro Onogi
  • HEADPHONE TYPE ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20160205459
    Abstract: This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a pair of housing blocks each including a headphone unit, a headband section that supports the housing blocks at both ends and includes a pair of speaker units, one or more sensors that obtain information for estimating a mounted state achieved by a user, and a control unit that estimates the mounted state based on outputs of the one or more sensors and controls, based on the estimated mounted state, outputs of the pair of headphone units and the pair of speaker units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jo Kamada, Atsuto Ohashi, Asako Kawamura, Yasuhiro Onogi
  • HEADPHONE TYPE ACOUSTIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160182995
    Abstract: This headphone type acoustic apparatus includes a headband, a pair or slider blocks including one end portions that are slidably attached to both end portions of the headband, a pair of housing blocks that are coupled to other end portions of the pair of slider blocks via coupling portions and each include a headphone unit, and a speaker unit that is disposed in each of the pair of slider blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: JO KAMADA, ATSUTO OHASHI, ASAKO KAWAMURA, YASUHIRO ONOGI
  • Recording and reproducing device including a movable unit
    Patent number: 7929040
    Abstract: A switch for changing the mode of a device main body accompanied with the rotation of an image capture unit and an operation section provided in the device main body and performing inputting or outputting operations of the external information are included, and the external information outputting unit and the operation section change a plurality of modes controlled according to the mode change of the device main body by the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Asako Kawamura
  • Recording and reproducing device
    Patent number: 7636121
    Abstract: When the monitor is slid to the inner side of the device main body, a portion of the monitor is faced outside of the device main body, and various pieces of information are display in one portion of the area, and when the monitor is slid outside of the device main body, the whole area of the monitor is faced outside of the device main body, and various pieces of information are displayed in the whole area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Matsumoto, Asako Kawamura
  • Recording and reproducing device
    Publication number: 20060045485
    Abstract: A switch for changing the mode of a device main body accompanied with the rotation of an image capture unit and an operation section provided in the device main body and performing inputting or-outputting operations of the external information are included, and the external information outputting unit and the operation section change a plurality of modes controlled according to the mode change of the device main body by the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Asako Kawamura
  • Recording and reproducing device
    Publication number: 20060044445
    Abstract: When the monitor is slid to the inner side of the device main body, a portion of the monitor is faced outside of the device main body, and various pieces of information are display in one portion of the area, and when the monitor is slid outside of the device main body, the whole area of the monitor is faced outside of the device main body, and various pieces of information are displayed in the whole area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ryota Matsumoto, Asako Kawamura
  • Recording and/or reproducing device and method for loading storage medium
    Patent number: 6691920
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus employing a flat, plate-shaped memory as a recording medium. The apparatus includes a selection operation unit for selecting data stored in the memory located at an end of a main body portion of the apparatus, where the memory is detachably loaded. The apparatus also includes an ejection unit located at an end opposing the selection operation unit for ejecting the loaded memory, thereby to prevent mistaken operations in data selection and memory ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Kawamura, Masaaki Ohara, Taizo Ogawa
  • Headphone
    Patent number: D797706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Sagawa, Asako Kawamura, Takayuki Akai, So Morimoto