Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nishio

Atsushi Nishio 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).

  • Publication number: 20230412973
    Abstract: A sound wave signal processing apparatus may include: an extraction unit configured to extract, from a sound wave signal, a plurality of frequency signals indicating respective frequency components of a plurality of frequency bands including different set frequencies; a setting unit configured to set a set frequency of the extraction unit on the basis of a comparison result between output levels of the frequency signals of the different set frequencies extracted by the extraction unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a formant frequency band including a formant frequency in the sound wave signal on the basis of a comparison result group between the output levels of the frequency signals of the different set frequencies extracted by the extraction unit, a setting history of the set frequency of the extraction unit by the setting unit, and a frequency characteristic of the extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi SATO, Atsushi NISHIO, Satoshi KASAHARA
  • Patent number: 9778423
    Abstract: In a boot B for an optical connector ferrule including a rear opening portion 21b used to insert an optical fiber tape T having an optical fiber at a front end thereinto and a front opening portion 21a used to expose the optical fiber of the front end of the inserted optical fiber tape T to the outward front side, the boot is inserted into an insertion opening portion 14 formed at a rear end side of a ferrule body 10 and a surface of the boot B is provided with protrusions 22a, 22b, and 22c formed so as to be crushable when the protrusions are inserted into the insertion opening portion 14 of the ferrule body 10 in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the boot B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANWA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Atsushi Nishio
  • Patent number: 9684137
    Abstract: Adhesive reservoirs having shapes of stepped grooves are provided at corners in outer edges of an opening of an insertion opening portion having a shape of a rectangular opening of a main body of the ferrule which is formed by consecutively installing the insertion opening portion provided on a rear end side such that a boot having substantially a shape of a square tube and having an optical fiber core wire at a distal end is inserted and supported, and optical fiber core wire insertion holes provided on a front end side such that a side of a distal end portion of the optical fiber core wire is inserted into a deep portion of the insertion opening portion and the distal end portion is exposed outwardly. In this way, an adhesive is prevented from leaking out from a gap between the boot and the insertion opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SANWA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Atsushi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20160356965
    Abstract: In a boot B for an optical connector ferrule including a rear opening portion 21b used to insert an optical fiber tape T having an optical fiber at a front end thereinto and a front opening portion 21a used to expose the optical fiber of the front end of the inserted optical fiber tape T to the outward front side, the boot is inserted into an insertion opening portion 14 formed at a rear end side of a ferrule body 10 and a surface of the boot B is provided with protrusions 22a, 22b, and 22c formed so as to be crushable when the protrusions are inserted into the insertion opening portion 14 of the ferrule body 10 in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the boot B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WATANABE, Atsushi NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20160320570
    Abstract: Adhesive reservoirs having shapes of stepped grooves are provided at corners in outer edges of an opening of an insertion opening portion having a shape of a rectangular opening of a main body of the ferrule which is formed by consecutively installing the insertion opening portion provided on a rear end side such that a boot having substantially a shape of a square tube and having an optical fiber core wire at a distal end is inserted and supported, and optical fiber core wire insertion holes provided on a front end side such that a side of a distal end portion of the optical fiber core wire is inserted into a deep portion of the insertion opening portion and the distal end portion is exposed outwardly. In this way, an adhesive is prevented from leaking out from a gap between the boot and the insertion opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WATANABE, Atsushi NISHIO
  • Patent number: 8508647
    Abstract: The module connector can accommodate a miniaturized module such as a camera module and reliably fix the module in an electrically connected state, and make the connector itself in lower profile. With this connector (100), a housing (110) has a concave container (110a) that accommodates an inserted camera module (200) in which a plurality of pads are disposed its bottom face. A contact (130) has: an arm (131) that projects from the bottom face of the container (110a) to the interior of the container (110a) and that elastically deforms; and, at the tip of the arm (131), a contact point part (133) that is swingable in the insertion direction of the camera module (200) by means of elastic deformation of the arm (131) and that contacts a pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Murakami, Atsushi Nishio, Soichi Takagi
  • Patent number: 7862382
    Abstract: A memory card connector is able to insert and remove a memory card (200) without leaving marks of insertion and removal on the memory card (200), prevent the memory card from popping out when the memory card is inserted and removed and enable miniaturization at ease with a simple configuration. In this connector (100), by the side of a container (104) in which the memory card (200) is inserted, a slider (150) that has a lock claw part (155) engaging with a notch part (220) formed on the side of the memory card (200) is arranged movable in the longitudinal direction and swingable in a location at a card insertion slot end which is a location the memory card (200) is inserted halfway. The slider (150) is urged in the direction of removal by a coil spring (160), and this urge is suppressed by a slider pressuring piece (122) which presses the slider (150) from above and claw pressing piece (128) that presses the slider (150) located in a location at the card insertion slot end toward the memory card (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Soichi Takagi, Isao Suzuki, Satoshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 7833042
    Abstract: Provided is a connector for connecting an electronic component, which reduces noise radiation when the electronic component is connected to a substrate through the connector and driven. In a connector (100), a connector main body (130) stores a module (210) inside an opening section (110), and the connector main body is mounted on the substrate by being electrically connected to the stored module (210). The connector main body (130) is provided with a contact lead section (120b) which is lead out to the side of the connector main body (130) to be bonded to a conductor on the substrate. A cover member (160) which opens and closes by turning with a shaft section (161) at the center is pivotally supported on the connector main body (130), and the opening section (110) is covered with the cover member (160) from above. The cover member (160) is provided with a conductive skirt section (170) for covering the contact lead section (120b) from above in a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Taketomo Nakane
  • Publication number: 20100091179
    Abstract: The module connector can accommodate a miniaturized module such as a camera module and reliably fix the module in an electrically connected state, and make the connector itself in lower profile. With this connector (100), a housing (110) has a concave container (110a) that accommodates an inserted camera module (200) in which a plurality of pads are disposed its bottom face. A contact (130) has: an arm (131) that projects from the bottom face of the container (110a) to the interior of the container (110a) and that elastically deforms; and, at the tip of the arm (131), a contact point part (133) that is swingable in the insertion direction of the camera module (200) by means of elastic deformation of the arm (131) and that contacts a pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Murakami, Atsushi Nishio, Soichi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20100055949
    Abstract: A memory card connector is able to insert and remove a memory card (200) without leaving marks of insertion and removal on the memory card (200), prevent the memory card from popping out when the memory card is inserted and removed and enable miniaturization at ease with a simple configuration. In this connector (100), by the side of a container (104) in which the memory card (200) is inserted, a slider (150) that has a lock claw part (155) engaging with a notch part (220) formed on the side of the memory card (200) is arranged movable in the longitudinal direction and swingable in a location at a card insertion slot end which is a location the memory card (200) is inserted halfway. The slider (150) is urged in the direction of removal by a coil spring (160), and this urge is suppressed by a slider pressuring piece (122) which presses the slider (150) from above and claw pressing piece (128) that presses the slider (150) located in a location at the card insertion slot end toward the memory card (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Soichi TAKAGI, Isao SUZUKI, Satoshi AOKI
  • Patent number: 7632132
    Abstract: A module connector reliably locks a module such as a camera module, which is accommodated, to prevent the module from falling and make a module connector in lower profile. This module connector has contact pins (120) that electrically connect with the module inside a container (110) in which the camera module is inserted. Retaining members (150) are provided in sides of the container (110), elastically deform when the module is inserted such that claw parts (159), which form the tip parts of arm parts (158) projecting toward the container (110), move to the sides of the container (110), and engage with an engaged part (230) of the camera module accommodated in the container (110). An arm part (158) connects with an upper end part of a second body part (156) bent from the tip of a first body part (154), which projects toward the container (110) in the side of the container (110), in the direction going away from the container (110) and extends upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Takashi Kawasaki, Makoto Murayama
  • Patent number: 7617460
    Abstract: Software optimized to use fewer computer resources provides a more appropriate user interface. The invention provides a display device for displaying a screen specified by an instruction. The display includes a display screen, a display frequency setting and a transitioned destination screen. Display control responds to instructions to set the screen to be displayed. A screen display sequentially displays each of a number of screens in response to a number of instructions. A display frequency for a transition destination screen is set in response to an instruction, and a display control sets a screen that the screen display means displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuko Katoh, Atsushi Nishio, Tetsuo Morimura
  • Publication number: 20090239420
    Abstract: Provided is a connector for connecting an electronic component, which reduces noise radiation when the electronic component is connected to a substrate through the connector and driven. In a connector (100), a connector main body (130) stores a module (210) inside an opening section (110), and the connector main body is mounted on the substrate by being electrically connected to the stored module (210). The connector main body (130) is provided with a contact lead section (120b) which is lead out to the side of the connector main body (130) to be bonded to a conductor on the substrate. A cover member (160) which opens and closes by turning with a shaft section (161) at the center is pivotally supported on the connector main body (130), and the opening section (110) is covered with the cover member (160) from above. The cover member (160) is provided with a conductive skirt section (170) for covering the contact lead section (120b) from above in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Taketomo Nakane
  • Publication number: 20080311782
    Abstract: A module connector reliably locks a module such as a camera module, which is accommodated, to prevent the module from falling and make a module connector in lower profile. This module connector has contact pins (120) that electrically connect with the module inside a container (110) in which the camera module is inserted. Retaining members (150) are provided in sides of the container (110), elastically deform when the module is inserted such that claw parts (159), which form the tip parts of arm parts (158) projecting toward the container (110), move to the sides of the container (110), and engage with an engaged part (230) of the camera module accommodated in the container (110). An arm part (158) connects with an upper end part of a second body part (156) bent from the tip of a first body part (154), which projects toward the container (110) in the side of the container (110), in the direction going away from the container (110) and extends upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Takashi Kawasaki, Makoto Murayama
  • Patent number: 7435145
    Abstract: A connection terminal that can be brought into stable one-point contact with an electrode and that allows for a smooth connecting operation, even in the case of small contact pads or other such electrodes for establishing electrical contact. A socket contact as the connection terminal is provided to an electronic-component connector having an open portion into which a module is inserted. The socket contact comes into contact at the distal end with an electrode of the module in a direction that intersects with the connecting direction of the module when the module is inserted. The socket contact has a contact part having a contact trunk that protrudes into the opening from the proximal-end side, and a contact point provided to the distal end of the contact trunk. The concave electrode of the module slides from the proximal-end side of the contact part to the distal-end side, and the contact part narrows towards the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano
  • Patent number: 7402359
    Abstract: A positive terminal 20 for a dry battery of a battery box 1a includes an electrode portion 22 adapted to make contact with the anode of a battery, a soldering portion 13 soldered to the substrate 6, and a lead portion 21 integrally provided between the electrode portion 22 and the soldering portion 13. Further, a load absorbing means is provided in the lead portion 21 to prevent a force exerted in the longitudinal direction of the battery from being applied directly to the soldering portion 13. The lead portion 21 includes an extending part 21a which extends in the longitudinal direction of the battery and is continuous with the electrode portion 22, and a loop part 21b bent in a substantially ring shape and positioned within a plane roughly perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the battery, wherein the loop part 21b forms the load absorbing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Yoshinori Ohta, Yasuhiko Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7331812
    Abstract: An electronic-component connector forms a secure detachable connection and is packaged in a small space even when the electronic component is a module that is linked to an optical waveguide, and transmits and receives a signal such as an optical signal via the transfer member. An optical waveguide extends from a first side of a module connected to the connector. The connector body of the electronic-component connector has an open portion for accommodating a module inserted from the open side. A socket contact portion for contacting a connection terminal of the module is provided to the open portion. A lead-out path is formed in the shape of a groove in the connector body communicated with the open portion, and leads out the optical waveguide from the connector body. A cover member is attached to the connector body so as to open, close, and secure the module inside the open portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D592599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D598860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Shinichi Asano, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: D772170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: SANWA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Atsushi Nishio