Patents by Inventor Hironari Nishino

Hironari Nishino 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: 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: 20230370768
    Abstract: A vibration isolator is a vibration isolator for supporting a speaker box to a chassis of an electronic apparatus and includes a main body having a bar shape, and an attachment piece having a plate shape, the attachment piece including a hole portion through which a screw thread to fix the vibration isolator to the speaker box is passed through, the attachment piece being provided to protrude from the main body. The main body includes a core and a rubber material covering a surface of the core, and the attachment piece is made of the rubber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kosei Kimura, Takumi Imai, Hironari Nishino, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20200274905
    Abstract: A conference system includes: an electronic apparatus configured to output shared information; and a terminal apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes: a sound wave output unit configured to output a sound wave; and an output processing unit configured to convert apparatus identification information for identifying the electronic apparatus into the sound wave, and output the sound wave from the sound wave output unit, and wherein the terminal apparatus includes: a sound collection unit configured to collect the sound wave output from the sound wave output unit; and a connection processing unit configured to extract the apparatus identification information from a sound signal of the sound wave collected by the sound collection unit, and connect the terminal apparatus to the electronic apparatus by wireless communication based on the extracted apparatus identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hironari Nishino, Derek Linville Maynard, Takumi Imai
  • Patent number: 9407230
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a device storing machine readable code and a processor executing the machine readable code. The machine readable code includes sound setting code and audio processing code. The sound setting code detects use of a microphone and sets sound characteristics that are suitable for conversation in response to detecting the use of the microphone. The audio processing code processes sound on the basis of the sound characteristics set by the sound setting code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hironari Nishino, Yasushi Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20120185245
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a device storing machine readable code and a processor executing the machine readable code. The machine readable code includes sound setting code and audio processing code. The sound setting code detects use of a microphone and sets sound characteristics that are suitable for conversation in response to detecting the use of the microphone. The audio processing code processes sound on the basis of the sound characteristics set by the sound setting code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hironari Nishino, Yasushi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8174547
    Abstract: A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Hironari Nishino, Hidetoshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20100066665
    Abstract: A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Hironari Nishino, Hidetoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 6986067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus an device for reducing power loss by lowering an operating frequency of a power supply device in a standby state such as soft-off state, suspend state, or a state in which a line is not connected. In one aspect of the present invention, an AC adaptor connectable to a main body of an apparatus through a power line, comprising a rectifying and smoothing unit, a switching unit, and an operating frequency supplying unit, is provided for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Shigefumi Odaohhara, Hironari Nishino, Hideaki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20020190579
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus an device for reducing power loss by lowering an operating frequency of a power supply device in a standby state such as soft-off state, suspend state, or a state in which a line is not connected. In one aspect of the present invention, an AC adaptor connectable to a main body of an apparatus through a power line, comprising a rectifying and smoothing unit, a switching unit, and an operating frequency supplying unit, is provided for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shigefumi Odaohhara, Hironari Nishino, Hideaki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 5805150
    Abstract: A synchronous signal separation circuit is disclosed which separates and fetches a synchronous signal from a video signal to which the synchronous signal has been added. The synchronous signal separation circuit includes an amplifier for amplifying a voltage of the video signal to output an amplified signal having an amplified voltage which is within a predetermined dynamic range. A voltage generator outputs a variable offset voltage to the amplifier for shifting a reference level of the amplified voltage to a predetermined level. A synchronous signal fetch means which, by comparing the amplified video signal with a threshold voltage in which the variable offset voltage has been adjusted based on the degree of amplification of the amplifier, fetches only the synchronous signal from the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hironari Nishino, Hirokazu Nishimura, Masayuki Sohda
  • Patent number: 5479073
    Abstract: To generate a dot clock for a liquid crystal display device from a horizontal sync signal with reduced skew, a phase locked loop (PLL) is divided into three functional parts. The first part generates a particular frequency by supplying voltage from a latch type DAC (digital/analog converter) to a VCO (voltage controller oscillator). A horizontal sync signal is estimated from the dot clock signal that is finally generated and the output value of the DAC is increased or decreased in accordance with the difference between this estimated horizontal sync signal and the actual horizontal sync signal. This increase or decrease correction is made at, for example, the vertical sync timing. The second part achieves synchronization. A signal corresponding to the phase error between the actual horizontal sync signal and the dot clock signal is added to the signal from the DAC to control the phase of the dot clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Johji Mamiya, Hironari Nishino, Kohnji Ishii