Patents by Inventor Chiharu Tanaka

Chiharu Tanaka 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: 10585339
    Abstract: A dustproof apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion includes a connection portion to be connected to an external attachment portion and a holding portion that holds an image display apparatus. The cover portion includes an inlet, a filter portion provided at the inlet, and an outlet that discharges air sucked in from the inlet, the cover portion being attached to the base portion such that the cover portion covers the image display apparatus held by the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyazaki, Hironori Konno, Chiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10379430
    Abstract: A dustproof apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a casing portion, a fan portion, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The casing portion is capable of accommodating an image display apparatus and includes an inlet and an outlet that discharges air sucked in from the inlet. The fan portion is provided at the outlet or the inlet. The sensor unit is capable of respectively measuring a first temperature which is a temperature of the air in a vicinity of the inlet and a second temperature which is a temperature of the air in a vicinity of the outlet. The control unit controls drive of the fan portion on a basis of a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature measured by the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chiharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180364551
    Abstract: A dustproof apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a casing portion, a fan portion, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The casing portion is capable of accommodating an image display apparatus and includes an inlet and an outlet that discharges air sucked in from the inlet. The fan portion is provided at the outlet or the inlet. The sensor unit is capable of respectively measuring a first temperature which is a temperature of the air in a vicinity of the inlet and a second temperature which is a temperature of the air in a vicinity of the outlet. The control unit controls drive of the fan portion on a basis of a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature measured by the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chiharu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180356712
    Abstract: A dustproof apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion includes a connection portion to be connected to an external attachment portion and a holding portion that holds an image display apparatus. The cover portion includes an inlet, a filter portion provided at the inlet, and an outlet that discharges air sucked in from the inlet, the cover portion being attached to the base portion such that the cover portion covers the image display apparatus held by the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiro MIYAZAKI, Hironiri KONNO, Chiharu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8979082
    Abstract: A vibration damping bushing including: an inner axial member; an outer cylindrical member through which the inner axial member is inserted; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the two members; and a stopper member that is fitted onto the inner axial member as a component of a first stopper mechanism that limits relative displacement of the inner axial member against the outer cylindrical member to one side in an axial direction. The inner axial member is formed with a latching depression that opens toward an outer periphery thereof, and the stopper member is provided with a latching piece that protrudes outward in the axial direction. The latching piece is engaged with the latching depression so as to provide a slipping out prevention mechanism for preventing the stopper member from slipping out from the inner axial member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Makino, Chiharu Tanaka, Akira Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120326368
    Abstract: A vibration damping bushing including: an inner axial member; an outer cylindrical member through which the inner axial member is inserted; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the two members; and a stopper member that is fitted onto the inner axial member as a component of a first stopper mechanism that limits relative displacement of the inner axial member against the outer cylindrical member to one side in an axial direction. The inner axial member is formed with a latching depression that opens toward an outer periphery thereof, and the stopper member is provided with a latching piece that protrudes outward in the axial direction. The latching piece is engaged with the latching depression so as to provide a slipping out prevention mechanism for preventing the stopper member from slipping out from the inner axial member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi MAKINO, Chiharu TANAKA, Akira KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7724519
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to have: a display section (2) pivotally provided with respect to an apparatus main body (3) with a pair of hinges (9a, 9b) so as to pivot between a close position to close the apparatus main body and an open position to open the apparatus main body; and an operation section (18) executing a predetermined function by being operated is disposed between the pair of hinges, so that operations to the operation section are possible in the both states of the open position and the close position of the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Asawa, Atsushi Kawase, Chiharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080291616
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to have: a display section (2) pivotally provided with respect to an apparatus main body (3) with a pair of hinges (9a, 9b) so as to pivot between a close position to close the apparatus main body and an open position to open the apparatus main body; and an operation section (18) executing a predetermined function by being operated is disposed between the pair of hinges, so that operations to the operation section are possible in the both states of the open position and the close position of the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tsutomu Asawa, Atsushi Kawase, Chiharu Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 6577338
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera comprising a CCD, an A/D conversion circuit for converting an image signal into a digital image data to perform a compression processing, a RAM for memorizing this compressed image data, a CPU for selecting a compressed image data associated with an image to be displayed out of the compressed image data which is memorized in the RAM, and an LCD for displaying this selected image data after a predetermined processing by the aforementioned CPU, and a communication driver for outputting the compressed image data which is memorized in the RAM to a digital color printer, and also provides a digital color printer comprising a communication driver for receiving the aforementioned compressed image data, an image memory to memorize the compressed image data received, and a CPU for subjecting this compressed data which is memorized to a predetermined processing to convert the compressed data to a data which can be printed, wherein the aforementioned CPU outputs a control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiharu Tanaka, Yukio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20030007169
    Abstract: This invention is a digital color print system having a feature that the printing operation is effected according to the size of printing paper irrespective of the image size of a digital image corresponding to a photographed image and including a digital color printer which can be selectively connected to plural types of digital cameras having different image sizes of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: CHIHARU TANAKA, YUKIO NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20020044295
    Abstract: A printer device includes a plurality of memory card slots, a printing/copying key, a printing key, a copying key, etc. When a user presses the printing/copying key, a selected picture frame (image information) is printed and copied substantially simultaneously. When the printing key is pressed, the selected picture frame is printed. When the copying key is pressed, the selected picture frame is copied. However, when the printing key and the copying key are continuously pressed without changing the picture frame, the picture frame selected in the preceding process is used in the subsequent process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6132818
    Abstract: Prepared is a transcribing plate comprising a glass substrate and a chromium film formed on a surface of the glass substrate. The transcribing plate is disposed on a surface of an object (for example, a glass substrate of a plasma display panel) such that the chromium film faces the surface of the object. The transcribing plate is pressed toward the object, if necessary. A predetermined identification code pattern is drawn on the transcribing plate by a YAG laser beam. The laser beam reaches, through the glass plate, the chromium film to heat it. Chromium vapors generated by the heating are deposited on the surface of the object. This means that the identification code pattern is transcribed on the object surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: Omron Corporation, Miyachi Technos Corporation
    Inventors: Chiharu Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakano, Mitsuo Yonemori, Takeshi Tomita, Masayuki Abe