Patents by Inventor KATSUO SAIGOU

KATSUO SAIGOU 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: 11265637
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone includes a housing having an opening, a microphone pad, an element support member, a piezoelectric element, and a drive plate. The microphone pad is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having a bottom portion disposed outward and a tubular portion with an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the opening. The element support member has an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the tubular portion, and a support portion projecting toward the bottom portion. The piezoelectric element is in a plate shape with a peripheral edge of one surface fixed to the support portion and picks up vibration. The drive plate has a diaphragm part fixed to an inward surface of the bottom portion, and the diaphragm part is provided at a center with a protrusion fixed to an element central portion on another surface of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Suguru Nakao, Kei Tasaka, Katsuo Saigou
  • Publication number: 20210185420
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone of the present disclosure includes: a vibration sensor that comes into contact with a nose of a living body from outside the living body and converts vibration into an electric signal; a head-worn part that is worn on a head of the living body; and a sensor support that hangs from the head-worn part and supports the vibration sensor toward the nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kei TASAKA, Suguru NAKAO, Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Katsuo SAIGOU
  • Publication number: 20210176552
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone includes a housing having an opening, a microphone pad, an element support member, a piezoelectric element, and a drive plate. The microphone pad is formed in a bottomed tubular shape having a bottom portion disposed outward and a tubular portion with an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the opening. The element support member has an outer circumference fixed to an inner circumference of the tubular portion, and a support portion projecting toward the bottom portion. The piezoelectric element is in a plate shape with a peripheral edge of one surface fixed to the support portion and picks up vibration. The drive plate has a diaphragm part fixed to an inward surface of the bottom portion, and the diaphragm part is provided at a center with a protrusion fixed to an element central portion on another surface of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNIMOTO, Suguru NAKAO, Kei TASAKA, Katsuo SAIGOU
  • Patent number: 10324296
    Abstract: A display device displays video for a virtual image. The display device includes a video generation unit generates image light representing the video, a concave mirror has a reflective surface on which the image light is reflected, and a support mechanism adjusts a position of the concave mirror. The concave mirror has, in each position on the reflective surface, a first radius of curvature in the first direction and a second radius of curvature in a second direction. The first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature individually change and have different rates of change. The reflective surface has a shape following a partial region on an outer surface of an ellipsoid. The ellipsoid has a radius along the first direction that is greater than a radius along the second direction and a radius along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitani, Katsuo Saigou, Kenya Uomori
  • Publication number: 20180234670
    Abstract: The display device has a microdisplay, a mirror, and a three-dimensional renderer. The microdisplay has a display surface. A width of the display surface is narrower than a pupil distance between user's right and left pupils. The microdisplay is disposed so that a center of the display surface is equally distant from the right and the left pupils, and the display surface is directed toward a line of sight of the user. The mirror is located at a position at which the display image displayed on the display surface has one-time reflection so that the user views the virtual image symmetrically curved. The three-dimensional renderer processes an input signal and generates the display image to be displayed on the display surface so that when the user views the virtual image, the user accepts the virtual image as if the virtual image is displayed on a three-dimensional surface surrounding the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: HIROSHI MITANI, KATSUO SAIGOU, KENYA UOMORI
  • Publication number: 20180217381
    Abstract: A display device displays video for a virtual image. The display device includes a video generation unit generates image light representing the video, a concave mirror has a reflective surface on which the image light is reflected, and a support mechanism adjusts a position of the concave mirror. The concave mirror has, in each position on the reflective surface, a first radius of curvature in the first direction and a second radius of curvature in a second direction. The first radius of curvature and the second radius of curvature individually change and have different rates of change. The reflective surface has a shape following a partial region on an outer surface of an ellipsoid. The ellipsoid has a radius along the first direction that is greater than a radius along the second direction and a radius along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: HIROSHI MITANI, KATSUO SAIGOU, KENYA UOMORI