Patents by Inventor Hidehisa Mori

Hidehisa Mori 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: 20240263733
    Abstract: A stand supports an electronic apparatus in an erect state. The stand includes: a supporting portion that has a supporting surface which supports a rear surface of the electronic apparatus; a leg portion that is rotatably connected to the supporting portion via a hinge; a flexible member that has flexibility, that is formed in a sheet shape, and that is provided along one edge of the supporting portion so as to protrude from the one edge; a surface material that has flexibility and forms front surfaces of the supporting portion and the flexible member; a first bonding layer that fixes the surface material onto the supporting portion; and a second bonding layer that is formed to have a lower coating density of a bonding adhesive than the first bonding layer and fixes the surface material onto the flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Hidehisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20240251204
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: two amplifiers that and output sound signals based on sound data to two speakers, respectively, that the stereo speaker has; a connector that connects the amplifiers to the two speakers; and a microphone. When a first stereo speaker is to be connected to the connector, the stereo speaker is connected so that the two speakers of the first stereo speaker are in phase with each other. When a second stereo speaker is to be connected to the connector, the stereo speaker is connected so that the two speakers of the second stereo speaker are in reverse phase with each other. The information processing apparatus outputs a sound signal based on predetermined sound data from the amplifiers to the stereo speaker, thus identifying the type of the stereo speaker connected to the connector based on the sound collected with the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Dadao Tian, Hironari Nishino, Qian Wang, Chikara Takahashi, Tabito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20240126370
    Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a signal generation circuit and a vibration generator. The processor executes a program. The memory stores the program. The signal generation circuit generates a beep signal for generating a beep sound. The vibration generator generates the vibrations on the basis of the beep signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari Nishino, Xinmei Yang, Hidehisa Mori, Thixuanmai Tran
  • Publication number: 20230232197
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor which executes an OS; a speaker which outputs a sound; a short-distance wireless communication unit which outputs first information indicating that a specific signal is received by short-distance wireless communication; an EC which outputs first sound data to output a sound in response to acquiring the first information output from the short-distance wireless communication unit; and an audio processing device which exclusively switches between the sound based on the first sound data output from the EC and a sound based on second sound data output from the processor by processing based on the OS in order to output either one of the sounds from the speaker. When acquiring the first information output from the short-distance wireless communication unit, the EC causes the audio processing device to output the sound based on the first sound data from the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Katayama, Qian Wang, Hidehisa Mori, Masahiro Tokuno
  • Patent number: 10748536
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processing circuit configured to detect voice from ambient sounds in first processing, and when detecting voice after a state of detecting no voice continues for a first period of time or longer, shift procedure to second processing; a second processing circuit configured to determine whether the voice detected from the ambient sound includes a specific word or not in the second processing, while being configured, when the specific word appears within a second period of time after the shifting to the second processing, to shift the procedure to third processing, and, when the specific word does not appear within the second period of time, not to shift the procedure to the third processing; and a third processing circuit configured to activate the specific function in the third processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Masaharu Yoneda, Koji Kawakita, Toshikazu Horino
  • Publication number: 20190362714
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processing circuit configured to detect voice from ambient sounds in first processing, and when detecting voice after a state of detecting no voice continues for a first period of time or longer, shift procedure to second processing; a second processing circuit configured to determine whether the voice detected from the ambient sound includes a specific word or not in the second processing, while being configured, when the specific word appears within a second period of time after the shifting to the second processing, to shift the procedure to third processing, and, when the specific word does not appear within the second period of time, not to shift the procedure to the third processing; and a third processing circuit configured to activate the specific function in the third processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Masaharu Yoneda, Koji Kawakita, Toshikazu Horino