Patents by Inventor Kazuo Fujii
Kazuo Fujii 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: 20250134394Abstract: In this disclosure, at heartbeat detection, a frequency component caused by a micro vibration of heartbeat is extracted over a predefined heartbeat observation time window, an amplitude peak is extracted from the frequency component caused by the micro vibration of the heartbeat, and one characteristic micro vibration out of a plurality of characteristic micro vibrations in one heartbeat is extracted. On the other hand, at respiration detection, positive and negative frequency components caused by the micro vibration of the heartbeat are extracted, complex multiplication of the positive and negative frequency components is performed, and from complex multiplication of the positive and negative frequency components, a respiration phase change caused by a micro vibration of respiration is extracted, with a heartbeat phase change caused by the micro vibration of the heartbeat removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: NISSHINBO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Saito, Kengo Tsushima, Minori Fujii
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Patent number: 12248339Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing which has an opening in one face, a cover member which is detachably coupled to the housing and closes the opening in the housing, a first board which is housed in the housing, a second board which is supported to the cover member, a first connector which is mounted on the first board and is fixed to the housing relatively and a second connector which is mounted on the second board, is supported to the cover member in a floating state and is connected with the first connector in a state that the cover member is coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Onda, Kazuo Fujii
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Publication number: 20250036351Abstract: A computer implemented method performed by a smart device includes receiving a meeting signal from a conference hub device in a meeting room indicative of an electronic conference, communicatively connecting with the conference hub in response to receiving the meeting signal, generating a communication tunnel to a smart device microphone, and accepting commands from the conference hub device to control the smart device microphone via the communication tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: David Douglas, Philip J. Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong, Ken Seethaler, Kazuo Fujii, Koji Kawakita, Kelly C. Sean
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Patent number: 12207070Abstract: A sound output control device includes: an orientation detecting unit configured to detect a state of orientation of a face of a user; an ambient sound obtaining unit configured to obtain ambient sound; an ambient sound reducing processing unit configured to perform, based on the ambient sound, processing of reducing the ambient sound; and a sound output control unit configured to cause sound to be output with the ambient sound reduced by the ambient sound reducing processing unit, when the detected orientation of the face of the user is in a first state, and make audibility of the ambient sound higher than in a state where the ambient sound has been reduced by the ambient sound reducing processing unit, when the detected orientation of the face of the user is in a second state changed from the first state.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CorporationInventors: Tatsuru Kobayashi, Toshikazu Fujii, Kazuo Nomura, Tatsuhiro Sukegawa, Shinji Kamimura, Jeong-ju Choe
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Patent number: 12148340Abstract: A computing device can include a base housing; a display housing that includes a display, a display side, a back side and a back side camera; a hinge assembly that couples the base housing and the display housing; an orientation sensor that senses orientation of the display housing; and image circuitry that, based on output of the orientation sensor, controls rendering of imagery acquired by the back side camera to the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Sean C Kelly, Michael Ripp, Kazuo Fujii, Koichiro Ishigami
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Patent number: 12093211Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, based on context data, a location of an information handling device; accessing a settings profile for the information handling device that is based on the identified location; determining, using a processor, whether at least one current setting on the information handling device is inconsistent with the settings profile; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the at least one current setting is inconsistent with the settings profile, the at least one current setting to match the settings profile for the location. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kenneth Seethaler, Philip J Jakes, Adam Cavenaugh, Tin-Lup Wong, Koji Kawakita, David Douglas, Kazuo Fujii
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Patent number: 11991507Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using at least one camera sensor coupled to an information handling device, an image of a location; identifying, based upon analysis of the captured image, at least one user position in the location; determining, using a processor, whether a beamforming setting for a microphone array is optimized for the at least one user position; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the beamforming setting for the microphone array is not optimized for the at least one user position, the beamforming setting to an optimized beamforming setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kawakita, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip J Jakes, Kazuo Fujii, Kenneth Seethaler, David Douglas
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Patent number: 11979665Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and program products for interleaving display ON/OFF periods and camera ON/OFF periods for camera-under-display (CUD) configurations are disclosed. One apparatus includes a display screen including a CUD area, the display screen configured for switching between display ON periods and display OFF periods, and a camera positioned behind the CUD area of the display screen, the camera configured for switching between exposure ON periods and exposure OFF periods. The apparatus further includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to interleave the display ON/OFF periods and the exposure ON/OFF periods such that the CUD area appears to continuously display data and the camera is simultaneously able to capture images. Methods and computer program products that perform the operations and/or functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Kevin Dao, Tin-Lup Wong, Kazuo Fujii
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Patent number: 11948490Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a display having a screen area with an array of a plurality of pixels and a camera near the rear face of the display to capture an image based on light incident through the display. The information processing apparatus stops emission of light from pixels in a first area corresponding to a position in the screen area of the display where the camera is placed and control the pixels to be non-displayed, and when the operation position within the screen area of the display is within the first area, displays an image based on the display data corresponding to the first area in any part of the screen area of the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Huy Ngoc Truong, Kazuo Fujii, Limin Xiao
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Publication number: 20240036613Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing which has an opening in one face, a cover member which is detachably coupled to the housing and closes the opening in the housing, a first board which is housed in the housing, a second board which is supported to the cover member, a first connector which is mounted on the first board and is fixed to the housing relatively and a second connector which is mounted on the second board, is supported to the cover member in a floating state and is connected with the first connector in a state that the cover member is coupled to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Onda, Kazuo Fujii
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Publication number: 20240021126Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a display having a screen area with an array of a plurality of pixels and a camera near the rear face of the display to capture an image based on light incident through the display. The information processing apparatus stops emission of light from pixels in a first area corresponding to a position in the screen area of the display where the camera is placed and control the pixels to be non-displayed, and when the operation position within the screen area of the display is within the first area, displays an image based on the display data corresponding to the first area in any part of the screen area of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Huy Ngoc Truong, Kazuo Fujii, Limin Xiao
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Publication number: 20230413143Abstract: A system and a method for automatically switching between a WLAN primary data connection mode and a WWAN primary data connection mode within a mobile device include a switching control unit in communication with a WLAN communication device and a WWAN communication device. The switching control unit is configured to selectively and automatically switch the mobile device between the WLAN primary data connection mode and the WWAN primary data connection mode based on one or both of motion of the mobile device or a time period of the motion of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Philip J. Jakes, Kenneth Seethaler, Tin-Lup Wong, David Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii
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Patent number: 11809235Abstract: An information apparatus includes a display, a back face cover, and a support member. The display covers a face opposite to a display surface of the display. The support member fills a space between the face opposite to the display surface of the display and an inner face of the back-face cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Seita Horikoshi, Kazuo Fujii, Kenji Watamura
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Publication number: 20230276187Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple people at various locations about the microphone array. The received sound is encoded in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people. The encoded sound is transmitted in the at least one format to a remote user system capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations to a user of the remote user system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Tin-Lup Wong, David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii
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Publication number: 20230262300Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first sensor that outputs a first output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting visible light incident through a color filter; a second sensor that outputs a second output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting visible light incident through a color filter or a third output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting light including infrared light incident without going through the color filter; a first processor that generates first image data based on the first output signal, and second image data based on the second output signal or the third output signal; a memory that temporarily stores the first image data and the second image data; a second processor that generates image data obtained by fusing the first image data and the second image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. LtdInventors: Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii, David Douglas, Kenneth Scott Seethaler
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Publication number: 20230195687Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, based on context data, a location of an information handling device; accessing a settings profile for the information handling device that is based on the identified location; determining, using a processor, whether at least one current setting on the information handling device is inconsistent with the settings profile; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the at least one current setting is inconsistent with the settings profile, the at least one current setting to match the settings profile for the location. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Kenneth Seethaler, Philip J. Jakes, Adam Cavenaugh, Tin-Lup Wong, Koji Kawakita, David Douglas, Kazuo Fujii
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Publication number: 20230199383Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using at least one camera sensor coupled to an information handling device, an image of a location; identifying, based upon analysis of the captured image, at least one user position in the location; determining, using a processor, whether a beamforming setting for a microphone array is optimized for the at least one user position; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the beamforming setting for the microphone array is not optimized for the at least one user position, the beamforming setting to an optimized beamforming setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Koji Kawakita, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip J Jakes, Kazuo Fujii, Kenneth Seethaler, David Douglas
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Patent number: 11650631Abstract: A stand device includes a base block, a first stand plate, a second stand plate, a third stand plate, a first hinge device that connects the first stand plate to the base block, a second hinge device that connects the first stand plate and the second stand plate, a third hinge device that connects the second stand plate and the third stand plate, and a fourth hinge device that connects the third stand plate to the base block. The stand device is configured so that the rotation axis of the third hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the first hinge device and the rotation axis of the fourth hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the second hinge device.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii, Takayuki Morino, Madison Smith, Cuong Truong, Thomas Perelli
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Publication number: 20230044946Abstract: A stand device includes a base block, a first stand plate, a second stand plate, a third stand plate, a first hinge device that connects the first stand plate to the base block, a second hinge device that connects the first stand plate and the second stand plate, a third hinge device that connects the second stand plate and the third stand plate, and a fourth hinge device that connects the third stand plate to the base block. The stand device is configured so that the rotation axis of the third hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the first hinge device and the rotation axis of the fourth hinge device is located on an extension of the rotation axis of the second hinge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Kazuo Fujii, Takayuki Morino, Madison Smith, Cuong Truong, Thomas Perelli
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Patent number: 11551634Abstract: A processor-based device with a display unit, such as a smart phone, identifies pixels associated with a camera under the display screen. The device also identifies a condition in which the pixels associated with the camera under the display screen can be dimmed or turned off. The device then dims or turns off the pixels associated with the camera under display based on the condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (United States) Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scott Seethaler, Kazuo Fujii, Ngoc Huy Truong, Limin Xiao