Patents by Inventor Hideaki Gotoh

Hideaki Gotoh 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).

  • Amplifier unit and mobile electronic device provided with the amplifier unit
    Patent number: 9197964
    Abstract: An amplifier unit suitable for a wide variety of uses, which can flexibly support diverse sound recording scenarios, and a mobile electronic device provided with the amplifier unit. An amplifier unit has microphone/line input terminals respectively provided on the topside surface and the left side surface. When a connector is connected to a mobile electronic device, stereophonic sound is recorded using one of the terminals when the mobile electronic device is held in portrait orientation, and using the other terminal when the mobile electronic device is held in landscape orientation. It is possible to switch each of audio signals coming through the two terminals between monophonic and stereophonic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Gotoh, Kazuki Ida
  • AMPLIFIER UNIT AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE AMPLIFIER UNIT
    Publication number: 20140064497
    Abstract: An amplifier unit suitable for a wide variety of uses, which can flexibly support diverse sound recording scenarios, and a mobile electronic device provided with the amplifier unit. An amplifier unit has microphone/line input terminals respectively provided on the topside surface and the left side surface. When a connector is connected to a mobile electronic device, stereophonic sound is recorded using one of the terminals when the mobile electronic device is held in portrait orientation, and using the other terminal when the mobile electronic device is held in landscape orientation. It is possible to switch each of audio signals coming through the two terminals between monophonic and stereophonic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TEAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Gotoh, Kazuki Ida