Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Enomoto
Kazuyoshi Enomoto 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: 20150290534Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface provided at a front surface of the central section. The central section includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
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Publication number: 20150193017Abstract: An operating device includes: right and left hold sections to be held by a user, the right and left hold sections provided with first operating members; and a central section interconnecting the right and left hold sections. The operating device has a second operating member forming an upper surface of the central section. The second operating member includes a touch sensor located between the first operating members of the right and left hold sections, and is so supported as to be capable of vertical movement in response to a user s pressing-down operation. The second operating member is plate-like in shape, so that user s fingers can easily reach the second operating member in a condition where the user is holding the hold sections. As a result, operability of the operating device can be enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
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Patent number: 9028326Abstract: Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Koji Hamada, Yoshikazu Onuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yutaka Sumi, Takamasa Araki, Takamasa Ito
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Publication number: 20140235349Abstract: Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio MIYAZAKI, Koji HAMADA, Yoshikazu ONUKI, Kazuyoshi ENOMOTO, Yutaka SUMI, Takamasa ARAKI, Takamasa ITO
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Patent number: 8747224Abstract: Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Koji Hamada, Yoshikazu Onuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yutaka Sumi, Takamasa Araki, Takamasa Ito
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Patent number: 8485904Abstract: Provided is an operation device, including: a magnetic sensor (21); and an operation button (14) used for operation input by a user, in which the operation button (14) has a spring (14a) integrated therein, and the spring (14a) is formed of a non-magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Takamasa Araki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Patent number: 8393965Abstract: Provided is an operation device, including: a magnetic sensor (21); and an operation button (14) used for operation input by a user, in which the operation button (14) has a spring (14a) integrated therein, and the spring (14a) is formed of a non-magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Takamasa Araki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Patent number: 8333664Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, which is connected to an operation device including a magnetic sensor and an operation button used for operation input by a user, and is configured to: receive, from the operation device, a detection result of the magnetic sensor and information indicating an operation performed by the user with respect to the operation button; determine whether or not the operation button has been operated, by using the received information indicating the operation; and, when it is determined that the operation button has been operated, restrict a posture of the operation device from being identified by using the detection result of the magnetic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takamasa Araki
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Publication number: 20110263329Abstract: Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Koji Hamada, Yoshikazu Onuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yutaka Sumi, Takamasa Araki, Takamasa Ito
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Publication number: 20110195783Abstract: Provided is an operation device, including: a magnetic sensor (21); and an operation button (14) used for operation input by a user, in which the operation button (14) has a spring (14a) integrated therein, and the spring (14a) is formed of a non-magnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Takamasa Araki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20110195784Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, which is connected to an operation device including a magnetic sensor and an operation button used for operation input by a user, and is configured to: receive, from the operation device, a detection result of the magnetic sensor and information indicating an operation performed by the user with respect to the operation button; determine whether or not the operation button has been operated, by using the received information indicating the operation; and, when it is determined that the operation button has been operated, restrict a posture of the operation device from being identified by using the detection result of the magnetic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Takamasa Araki
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Patent number: 7822383Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit and a wireless communication apparatus that can be reduced in size without deteriorating a receiving sensitivity and a transmission efficiency. Communication with an external reader/writer and an external non-contact IC card is carried out through a common antenna 211. The signal received from the external reader/writer or the external non-contact IC card through the antenna is supplied to an ASK demodulation circuit 149 and demodulated. The signal received from the external reader/writer is full-wave rectified and smoothed by an full-wave rectification and smoothing circuit composed of diodes 231, 232 and a capacitor 233, and the power obtained from the full-wave rectified and smoothed signal is supplied to respective units of a semiconductor integrated circuit 101. The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc.Inventors: Yoichi Miyagawa, Mamoru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yuko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100262897Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Yoichi Miyagawa, Mamoru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yuko Yoshida
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Patent number: 7801109Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Felica Networks, Inc.Inventors: Yoichi Miyagawa, Mamoru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yuko Yoshida, Atsuo Yoneda
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Patent number: 7782040Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing terminal including: a resonance circuit unit configured to have a resonance frequency varying linearly in accordance with a control signal so as to receive data and power from a reader/writer in noncontact fashion at the resonance frequency; a maximum received voltage setting unit configured to output a reference voltage for defining a maximum received voltage to be output by the resonance circuit unit; a control signal generation unit configured to generate the control signal in accordance with the received voltage and the reference voltage; and a transmit-receive processing section configured to operate on the received voltage to process the data; wherein the received voltage is not in excess of a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Publication number: 20080280648Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit and a wireless communication apparatus that can be reduced in size without deteriorating a receiving sensitivity and a transmission efficiency. Communication with an external reader/writer and an external non-contact IC card is carried out through a common antenna 211. The signal received from the external reader/writer or the external non-contact IC card through the antenna is supplied to an ASK demodulation circuit 149 and demodulated. The signal received from the external reader/writer is full-wave rectified and smoothed by an full-wave rectification and smoothing circuit composed of diodes 231, 232 and a capacitor 233, and the power obtained from the full-wave rectified and smoothed signal is supplied to respective units of a semiconductor integrated circuit 101. The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Yoichi Miyagawa, Mamoru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yuko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080161052Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Yoichi Miyagawa, Mamoru Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Yuko Yoshida, Atsuo Yoneda
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Publication number: 20080059725Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing terminal including: a resonance circuit unit configured to have a resonance frequency varying linearly in accordance with a control signal so as to receive data and power from a reader/writer in noncontact fashion at the resonance frequency; a maximum received voltage setting unit configured to output a reference voltage for defining a maximum received voltage to be output by the resonance circuit unit; a control signal generation unit configured to generate the control signal in accordance with the received voltage and the reference voltage; and a transmit-receive processing section configured to operate on the received voltage to process the data; wherein the received voltage is not in excess of a predetermined level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventor: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Patent number: 7296742Abstract: A data processing apparatus adapted to receive power to operate a clock generator from a first power supply, such as a radio signal transmitter, or a second power supply, such as an internal power supply for a portable communication device. The data processing apparatus is configured to use a lower clock frequency when drawing power from the radio signal transmitter, and a higher clock frequency when drawing power from the internal battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Atsuo Yoneda
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Publication number: 20050284940Abstract: A data processing apparatus adapted to receive power to operate includes clock generating means for generating a clock; data processing means for receiving the power from a first power supply in which the power is caused by a radio signal transmitted from another data processing apparatus or a second power supply, which is an internal power supply, to perform data processing in synchronization with the clock; and clock controlling means for controlling the clock in accordance with the power supply from which the data processing means receives the power.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: FeliCa Networks, Inc.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Atsuo Yoneda