Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Fukutsuka

Hirotaka Fukutsuka 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: 11924599
    Abstract: A headset includes: a housing provided at one end portion of a headband; a boom main body attached to the housing; and an ear pad attached to the housing on a side opposite to the boom main body. The ear pad includes a cup portion configured to cover an entire auricle of a wearer when the entire auricle is inserted into an inner diameter portion of the cup portion. In the cup portion, a plurality of through holes allowing the inner diameter portion to be open to an outside are formed closer to the housing than a cup opening of the inner diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kuraoka, Reo Takiguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20220353596
    Abstract: A headset includes: a housing provided at one end portion of a headband; a boom main body attached to the housing; and an ear pad attached to the housing on a side opposite to the boom main body. The ear pad includes a cup portion configured to cover an entire auricle of a wearer when the entire auricle is inserted into an inner diameter portion of the cap portion. In the cup portion, a plurality of through holes allowing the inner diameter portion to be open to an outside are formed closer to the housing than a cup opening of the inner diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji KURAOKA, Reo TAKIGUCHI, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10484778
    Abstract: A headset includes a housing provided at one end of a headband, an ear pad attached to the housing, a boom main body attached to the housing on a side opposite to the ear pad, an arm portion provided in the boom main body and protruding to a side opposite to one end of the headband with the housing interposed between the headband and the arm portion, a first microphone provided at a protruding tip of the arm portion, and a second microphone provided on the arm portion, and disposed on a substantially straight line passing through a mouth of a user and the first microphone and on a side opposite to the mouth of the user with the first microphone interposed between the mouth and the second microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Shinji Kuraoka, Ryota Fujii, Koji Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20190132667
    Abstract: A headset includes a housing provided at one end of a headband, an ear pad attached to the housing, a boom main body attached to the housing on a side opposite to the ear pad, an arm portion provided in the boom main body and protruding to a side opposite to one end of the headband with the housing interposed between the headband and the arm portion, a first microphone provided at a protruding tip of the arm portion, and a second microphone provided on the arm portion, and disposed on a substantially straight line passing through a mouth of a user and the first microphone and on a side opposite to the mouth of the user with the first microphone interposed between the mouth and the second microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Shinji KURAOKA, Ryota FUJII, Koji IKEDA
  • Patent number: 9953499
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Publication number: 20170206760
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9652961
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9508240
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus (10) comprises one or more microphones (11) that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus (13) that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone (11) and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus (13) is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch (12) of the microphone (11). With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Patent number: 9479881
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which communicates with a first microphone is disclosed, which includes an audio processor which acquires audio data from the first microphone, a controller which detects an instruction for audio recording from the first microphone, an audio recorder which starts recording the audio data and stops the recording after a defined period of time since detection of the instruction for audio recording, a timer which starts measuring time for the defined period of time, and a memory controller which creates a recorded audio file, wherein the recorded audio file is linked to log information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9424602
    Abstract: The present invention provides an order receiving system includes an order receiving unit that receives an order for an item from a customer terminal; an information obtaining unit that obtains reference information for determining a condition for starting preparation for provision of the item; a start condition setting unit that sets the condition for starting preparation for provision of the item whose order has been received by the order receiving unit, based on a content of the order and the reference information; and a condition determining unit that determines, after receiving the order for the item by the order receiving unit, whether the condition determined by the start condition setting unit is satisfied. When the condition determining unit determines that the condition is satisfied, the transmitting unit of the wireless center module transmits a preparation start instruction signal to the wireless headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Akinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9275537
    Abstract: An inter-communication system has a security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system, if a communication sound control device receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device, the communication sound control device notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device, of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device reports to a preset destination over a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Patent number: 9265059
    Abstract: The wireless communication system of the present invention has a first communication mode in which a center module preferentially allocates a slot to communication data of a calling sub station according to a priority of the calling sub station, and a second communication mode in which the center module allocates the slot to the communication data received from the calling sub station irrespective of the priority of the calling sub station. The center module determines which sub station can make a call to which sub station, each sub station transmits identification information to the center module, and the center module identifies the transmitting sub station based on the identification information, determines which sub station the identified sub station can make a call to, and allocates the slot to communication between the sub station determined to be capable of making a call and the transmitting sub station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20150317889
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus includes one or more microphones that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch of the microphone. With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji KAWASAKI, Ryosuke KITAGO, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Keiji YAMAHAI
  • Publication number: 20150172840
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which communicates with a first microphone is disclosed, which includes an audio processor which acquires audio data from the first microphone, a controller which detects an instruction for audio recording from the first microphone, an audio recorder which starts recording the audio data and stops the recording after a defined period of time since detection of the instruction for audio recording, a timer which starts measuring time for the defined period of time, and a memory controller which creates a recorded audio file, wherein the recorded audio file is linked to log information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kitago, Kenji Fukui, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Motoshi Suzuki, Shouhei Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20150022354
    Abstract: An inter-communication system has a security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system, if a communication sound control device receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device, the communication sound control device notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device, of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device reports to a preset destination over a communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Syouhei TANIGUCHI, Hirotaka FUKUTSUKA, Ryosuke KITAGO
  • Patent number: 8884758
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inter-communication system with security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system (100), if a communication sound control device (11) receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device (17), the communication sound control device (11) notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device (14), of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device (17) reports to a preset destination over a communication network (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Publication number: 20120306650
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inter-communication system with security functionality capable of reporting incidents such as abnormalities occurring in a security system. In an inter-communication system (100), if a communication sound control device (11) receives an alarm from a security system via a main shop processing device (17), the communication sound control device (11) notifies a predetermined order reception communication device, such as a manager communication device (14), of the reception of the alarm, and the main shop processing device (17) reports to a preset destination over a communication network (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Syouhei Taniguchi, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Ryosuke Kitago
  • Publication number: 20120140747
    Abstract: The wireless communication system of the present invention has a first communication mode in which a center module preferentially allocates a slot to communication data of a calling sub station according to a priority of the calling sub station, and a second communication mode in which the center module allocates the slot to the communication data received from the calling sub station irrespective of the priority of the calling sub station. The center module determines which sub station can make a call to which sub station, each sub station transmits identification information to the center module, and the center module identifies the transmitting sub station based on the identification information, determines which sub station the identified sub station can make a call to, and allocates the slot to communication between the sub station determined to be capable of making a call and the transmitting sub station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouhei Taniguchi, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka
  • Publication number: 20120038460
    Abstract: A sound amplification apparatus (10) comprises one or more microphones (11) that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus (13) that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone (11) and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus (13) is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch (12) of the microphone (11). With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Kawasaki, Ryosuke Kitago, Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Keiji Yamahai
  • Publication number: 20080273484
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication system, which ensures that communication can be maintained in an excellent status although a mobile wireless station may be moved in a service area. A CPU (210) of a mobile wireless station (2) in process of transmission is operated to causes a receiving circuit (202) to periodically notify the CPU (210) of the electric field intensity of a received radio wave. When the electric field intensity of the received radio wave becomes lower than a predetermined value, the CPU (210) is operated to judge the distance from a base station (1), with which the mobile wireless station (2) is currently communicating, is increased, and the CPU (210) is operated to control the receiving circuit (202) to receive radio waves on transmission frequencies of base stations (1) other than the base station (1) and detect the electric field intensities of the received radio waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukutsuka, Hiroshi Kondo, Shinichi Ogo