Patents by Inventor Eiji Wakabayashi

Eiji Wakabayashi 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).

  • Sound-recording apparatus
    Patent number: 8295959
    Abstract: There is provided in a substantially rectangular sound-recording apparatus including: two first audio acquirers to which audio is stereophonically inputted; a second audio acquirer to which audio is monophonically inputted; and a supporter for holding the sound-recording apparatus in a predetermined attitude, in which the first and second audio acquirers are placed on different surfaces, and the two first audio acquirers are placed at both ends of a longer side of the main body, a sound-recording apparatus including an opening and closing sensor for sensing an opened and closed state of the supporter, and an attitude sensor for sensing an attitude of the sound-recording-apparatus main body, in which based on a sensing result of the opening and closing sensor and a sensing result of the attitude sensor, a stem sound-recording and a monophonic sound-recording are switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Wakabayashi
  • SOUND-RECORDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100100209
    Abstract: There is provided in a substantially rectangular sound-recording apparatus including: two first audio acquirers to which audio is stereophonically inputted; a second audio acquirer to which audio is monophonically inputted; and a supporter for holding the sound-recording apparatus in a predetermined attitude, in which the first and second audio acquirers are placed on different surfaces, and the two first audio acquirers are placed at both ends of a longer side of the main body, a sound-recording apparatus including an opening and closing sensor for sensing an opened and closed state of the supporter, and an attitude sensor for sensing an attitude of the sound-recording-apparatus main body, in which based on a sensing result of the opening and closing sensor and a sensing result of the attitude sensor, a stem sound-recording and a monophonic sound-recording are switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiji Wakabayashi
  • Digital voice recorder
    Patent number: D592635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Obata, Eiji Wakabayashi
  • Charger for IC recorder with speaker
    Patent number: D633080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Wakabayashi
  • Digital voice recorder
    Patent number: D634727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Wakabayashi