Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Nishizawa
Kazuhiko Nishizawa 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).
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Publication number: 20230360826Abstract: A fader device includes a plurality of shafts disposed parallel to each other, and a moving body attached to the plurality of shafts and movable in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of shafts. At least one of the plurality of shafts is a screw shaft with a male thread on an outer periphery thereof and is configured to be rotatable about an axis extending along the longitudinal direction. At least one of the plurality of shafts other than the screw shaft is a guide shaft that guides the moving body in the longitudinal direction. The moving body meshes with the male thread to move in the longitudinal direction as the screw shaft rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Taku UEDA, Hisanobu SUZUKI, Hisashi NAGAI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA
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Patent number: 11422767Abstract: A playback system includes a playback controller that causes a sound outputter to play a sound in accordance with an operation made by a user to an operator that is operated while the user is in contact with the operator; and a vibration imparter that vibrates the operator in accordance with a vibration signal that corresponds to the sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi Nagai, Kazuhiko Nishizawa
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Patent number: 11323799Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Tsuchihashi, Satoshi Gougi, Atsushi Hattori, Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Akira Miki
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Publication number: 20210136486Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Satoshi GOUGI, Atsushi HATTORI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA, Akira MIKI
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Patent number: 10725222Abstract: A display device includes: a panel including a front face and a back face; a substrate including an end face and being provided so as to abut on the back face of the panel; a light emitting element provided on the substrate so as to emit light toward the panel in parallel to the substrate; and a light guide body provided interposed between the end face of the substrate and the back face of the panel, the light guide body guiding light incident from the light emitting element, to a side of the front face of the panel, and transmitting the light.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Hisashi Nagai, Satoshi Gougi, Noritsugu Kusaba
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Publication number: 20200137473Abstract: A microphone includes: a housing; a microphone unit that outputs a sound signal disposed in the housing; an elastic member mounted to the microphone unit; and a weight member mounted to the elastic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Satoshi GOUGI, Atsushi HATTORI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20190384564Abstract: A playback system includes a playback controller that causes a sound outputter to play a sound in accordance with an operation made by a user to an operator that is operated while the user is in contact with the operator; and a vibration imparter that vibrates the operator in accordance with a vibration signal that corresponds to the sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Hisashi NAGAI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA
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Publication number: 20180329131Abstract: A display device includes: a panel including a front face and a back face; a substrate including an end face and being provided so as to abut on the back face of the panel; a light emitting element provided on the substrate so as to emit light toward the panel in parallel to the substrate; and a light guide body provided interposed between the end face of the substrate and the back face of the panel, the light guide body guiding light incident from the light emitting element, to a side of the front face of the panel, and transmitting the light.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA, Hisashi NAGAI, Satoshi GOUGI, Noritsugu KUSABA
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Publication number: 20140320406Abstract: When a knob of controls is operated and a parameter value corresponded to the knob becomes a specific value at a time, a vibration of a predetermined duration is given to the knob. Further, when the parameter value which has been the specific value becomes no longer the specific value at a time, a vibration for the duration is given to the knob. A tactile impression feedback is thus given to the user, and thus it is possible to enable the user to sense that the parameter value has become the specific value or no longer the specific value without gazing at the screen on which the parameter value is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventor: Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA
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Patent number: 7455440Abstract: A panel of an electronic device on which an indicator is mounted is provided with an insertion hole therethrough. The indicator is composed of a light guide with one end surface exposed to a front surface side of the panel and another end surface projecting to a rear surface side of the panel, through the insertion hole, and a light emitting unit provided on the rear surface side of the panel such that a light emitting portion thereof is opposed to the other end surface of the light guide. Further, the light guide is composed of a light transmitting elastic body having a uniform cross section, and fixed by an outer peripheral surface thereof near the one end surface being in pressure contact with an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Kazuhiko Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20050068189Abstract: A panel of an electronic device on which an indicator is mounted is provided with an insertion hole therethrough. The indicator is composed of a light guide with one end surface exposed to a front surface side of the panel and another end surface projecting to a rear surface side of the panel, through the insertion hole, and a light emitting unit provided on the rear surface side of the panel such that a light emitting portion thereof is opposed to the other end surface of the light guide. Further, the light guide is composed of a light transmitting elastic body having a uniform cross section, and fixed by an outer peripheral surface thereof near the one end surface being in pressure contact with an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiko Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20040090342Abstract: A panel of an electronic device on which an indicator is mounted is provided with an insertion hole therethrough. The indicator is composed of a light guide with one end surface exposed to a front surface side of the panel and another end surface projecting to a rear surface side of the panel, through the insertion hole, and a light emitting unit provided on the rear surface side of the panel such that a light emitting portion thereof is opposed to the other end surface of the light guide. Further, the light guide is composed of a light transmitting elastic body having a uniform cross section, and fixed by an outer peripheral surface thereof near the one end surface being in pressure contact with an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiko Nishizawa
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Patent number: 6144519Abstract: A library apparatus in which a plurality of cell drums are divided into two groups respectively placed on the left and right side of a recording/reproducing unit placed in a central part thereof. In this library apparatus, rails are placed in a direction along which the cell drums and the recording/reproducing unit are arranged. The conveying of media, which are contained in the cell drums placed on the left side of the recording/reproducing unit, is assigned to an accessor placed on the left side thereof. Simultaneously, the conveying of media, which are contained in the cell drums placed on the right side of the recording/reproducing unit, is assigned to an accessor placed on the right side thereof. A robot hand of each of the accessors is opened and closed by a turn of a motor. At that time, a power supply is turned off. Moreover, the robot hand is prevented by a locking mechanism from popping out of the accessor. Furthermore, ordinary cartridges are discriminated from cleaning cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1995Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yasuhiko Hanaoka, Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Shinobu Sasaki, Hiroshi Shimada, Masaki Takeuti