Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Iwata

Hirofumi Iwata 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: 4724424
    Abstract: A 1-bit microcomputer driven by a clock signal has first and second output ports. The signals from these output ports control first and second transistors whose output signals are supplied to step-up transformers. The output signals from these transformers drive the sounding devices constructed of piezoelectric elements to produce a chord sound. The memory of the microcomputer stores a program by which first and second square-wave pulse-train signals formed of a combination of a plurality of square wave pulses and in which each unit pulse train has a mutually different basic frequency are output from the first and second output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Nakashima, Haruhiko Inoue, Hirofumi Iwata