Patents by Inventor Kenji Shiba

Kenji Shiba 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).

  • Publication number: 20200288631
    Abstract: A riding type vehicle has a driving source, a left wheel and a right wheel, a transmission configured to receive power from the driving source to independently operate and drive the left wheel and the right wheel with regard to a rotation direction and a rotation speed, and caster wheels separately provided in a front-rear direction with respect to the left wheel and the right wheel, the riding type vehicle including two first sensors arranged on both left and right sides more to a front side than a rear end of the vehicle, the two first sensors configured to detect an obstacle target located on a rear side, the obstacle target being a target becoming an obstacle at the time of reversing or turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoichi KAWAI, Hirohiko KAWADA, Seishi KOSEGAWA, Koga YAMANE, Etsuo MIYAKE, Masaki WATANABE, Koji SAKATA, Kenji SHIBA, Kosuke ONODA, Hiroki MAEHARA
  • Patent number: 10638661
    Abstract: A riding type vehicle has a driving source, a left wheel and a right wheel, a transmission configured to receive power from the driving source to independently operate and drive the left wheel and the right wheel with regard to a rotation direction and a rotation speed, and caster wheels separately provided in a front-rear direction with respect to the left wheel and the right wheel, the riding type vehicle including two first sensors arranged on both left and right sides more to a front side than a rear end of the vehicle, the two first sensors configured to detect an obstacle target located on a rear side, the obstacle target being a target becoming an obstacle at the time of reversing or turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kawai, Hirohiko Kawada, Seishi Kosegawa, Koga Yamane, Etsuo Miyake, Masaki Watanabe, Koji Sakata, Kenji Shiba, Kosuke Onoda, Hiroki Maehara
  • Publication number: 20170280621
    Abstract: A riding type vehicle has a driving source, a left wheel and a right wheel, a transmission configured to receive power from the driving source to independently operate and drive the left wheel and the right wheel with regard to a rotation direction and a rotation speed, and caster wheels separately provided in a front-rear direction with respect to the left wheel and the right wheel, the riding type vehicle including two first sensors arranged on both left and right sides more to a front side than a rear end of the vehicle, the two first sensors configured to detect an obstacle target located on a rear side, the obstacle target being a target becoming an obstacle at the time of reversing or turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ryoichi KAWAI, Hirohiko KAWADA, Seishi KOSEGAWA, Koga YAMANE, Etsuo MIYAKE, Masaki WATANABE, Koji SAKATA, Kenji SHIBA, Kosuke ONODA, Hiroki MAEHARA
  • Patent number: 8903103
    Abstract: A receiving device includes a receiving unit receiving a transmission signal of audio data sampled by a first clock from a transmitting device, a received data processing unit selectively executing an asynchronous mode process for executing demodulation of the audio data with respect to the transmission signal received in the receiving unit with a second clock which is asynchronous with the first clock and has the same frequency as the first clock and outputting the demodulated audio data and a re-sampling mode process for performing re-sampling with respect to the audio data obtained from the transmission signal received in the receiving unit and outputting the audio data re-sampled with the second clock, and a control unit controlling the received data processing unit to execute any one of the asynchronous mode process and the re-sampling mode process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8855659
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a transmission power setting unit that respectively sets a transmission power for transmitting a main sound signal indicating a main sound and transmission powers for transmitting one or two or more subsidiary sound signals which pertain to the main sound signal and which realize a predetermined sound effect, and a first communication unit that respectively transmits the main sound signal and the one or two or more subsidiary sound signals on time division channels using the same frequency band, based on the transmission powers set by the transmission power setting unit, wherein the transmission power setting unit sets the transmission power for the main sound signal to a first reference value, and sets the transmission powers for the subsidiary sound signals to a second reference value smaller than the first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Sawada, Masataka Wakamatsu, Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8751026
    Abstract: An audio data receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive audio data sampled in accordance with a first clock signal; a synchronization unit configured to generate a second clock signal that is synchronized with the first clock signal by extracting clock components contained in the audio data; a demodulator configured to demodulate the audio data in accordance with the second clock signal; an oversampling unit configured to oversample the audio data demodulated by the demodulator by using a frequency higher than a frequency of the second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate a third clock signal having a frequency nearly equal to the first clock signal; and a data output unit configured to output the audio data oversampled by the oversampling unit in accordance with the third clock signal generated by the clock generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Sato, Kenji Shiba, Satoru Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120224712
    Abstract: A receiving device includes a receiving unit receiving a transmission signal of audio data sampled by a first clock from a transmitting device, a received data processing unit selectively executing an asynchronous mode process for executing demodulation of the audio data with respect to the transmission signal received in the receiving unit with a second clock which is asynchronous with the first clock and has the same frequency as the first clock and outputting the demodulated audio data and a re-sampling mode process for performing re-sampling with respect to the audio data obtained from the transmission signal received in the receiving unit and outputting the audio data re-sampled with the second clock, and a control unit controlling the received data processing unit to execute any one of the asynchronous mode process and the re-sampling mode process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8233635
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an audio signal receiving apparatus which receives audio signals transmitted from external connection apparatuses through a plurality of channels, including an audio signal transmitting scheme determining unit which determines a transmitting scheme of the audio signal in the external connection apparatus on the basis of channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals transmitted by the external connection apparatuses. When the audio signal to be received is changed, a process to be executed is changed depending on the transmitting scheme of the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8185054
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecting portion for selecting an identifier from a plurality of identifiers to use for connection with the another information processing apparatus; a radio wave state monitoring portion for monitoring a radio wave state of the plurality of channels; and a channel controlling portion for setting the channel having satisfactory radio wave state as the channel to use in the bidirectional communication based on a monitoring result of the radio wave state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8135141
    Abstract: There is provided an audio signal transmitting apparatus including: a channel mapping unit which determines the audio signals allocated to each of the channels and generates channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals allocated to each of the channels; an audio signal transmitting unit which transmits the audio signals allocated to each of the channels by the channel mapping unit to the external connection apparatuses by a first transmitting scheme or a second transmitting scheme; and a connection management information providing unit which provides connection management information including the channel mapping information and transmitting scheme information representing the transmitting scheme of the audio signals to the external connection apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: 8098977
    Abstract: A signal reproduction device and signal reproduction method capable of automatically discriminating the format of input data and reproducing the data is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kojo, Tetsuya Aoki, Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20110249818
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a transmission power setting unit that respectively sets a transmission power for transmitting a main sound signal indicating a main sound and transmission powers for transmitting one or two or more subsidiary sound signals which pertain to the main sound signal and which realize a predetermined sound effect, and a first communication unit that respectively transmits the main sound signal and the one or two or more subsidiary sound signals on time division channels using the same frequency band, based on the transmission powers set by the transmission power setting unit, wherein the transmission power setting unit sets the transmission power for the main sound signal to a first reference value, and sets the transmission powers for the subsidiary sound signals to a second reference value smaller than the first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Sawada, Masataka Wakamatsu, Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20100316238
    Abstract: An audio data receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive audio data sampled in accordance with a first clock signal; a synchronization unit configured to generate a second clock signal that is synchronized with the first clock signal by extracting clock components contained in the audio data; a demodulator configured to demodulate the audio data in accordance with the second clock signal; an oversampling unit configured to oversample the audio data demodulated by the demodulator by using a frequency higher than a frequency of the second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate a third clock signal having a frequency nearly equal to the first clock signal; and a data output unit configured to output the audio data oversampled by the oversampling unit in accordance with the third clock signal generated by the clock generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Sato, Kenji Shiba, Satoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7841430
    Abstract: A transmission includes a transmission case accommodating a planetary gear mechanism, a traveling speed change mechanism, a differential gear mechanism and a PTO clutch mechanism, and supporting an HST. The HST is connected to a first end wall of the transmission case positioned on one side in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a state that its HST output shaft is positioned its HST input shaft. A plurality of traveling rotational shafts forming a traveling transmission path are positioned coaxially with the HST output shaft, or on a first side of the HST output shaft in a vehicle width direction and below the HST output shaft. A plurality of PTO rotational shafts forming the PTO transmission path are positioned coaxially with or below the HST input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20090197539
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecting portion for selecting an identifier from a plurality of identifiers to use for connection with the another information processing apparatus; a radio wave state monitoring portion for monitoring a radio wave state of the plurality of channels; and a channel controlling portion for setting the channel having satisfactory radio wave state as the channel to use in the bidirectional communication based on a monitoring result of the radio wave state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20090105030
    Abstract: A transmission includes a transmission case accommodating a planetary gear mechanism, a traveling speed change mechanism, a differential gear mechanism and a PTO clutch mechanism, and supporting an HST. The HST is connected to a first end wall of the transmission case positioned on one side in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a state that its HST output shaft is positioned its HST input shaft. A plurality of traveling rotational shafts forming a traveling transmission path are positioned coaxially with the HST output shaft, or on a first side of the HST output shaft in a vehicle width direction and below the HST output shaft. A plurality of PTO rotational shafts forming the PTO transmission path are positioned coaxially with or below the HST input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20090060206
    Abstract: There is provided an audio signal transmitting apparatus including: a channel mapping unit which determines the audio signals allocated to each of the channels and generates channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals allocated to each of the channels; an audio signal transmitting unit which transmits the audio signals allocated to each of the channels by the channel mapping unit to the external connection apparatuses by a first transmitting scheme or a second transmitting scheme; and a connection management information providing unit which provides connection management information including the channel mapping information and transmitting scheme information representing the transmitting scheme of the audio signals to the external connection apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20090060220
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an audio signal receiving apparatus which receives audio signals transmitted from external connection apparatuses through a plurality of channels, including an audio signal transmitting scheme determining unit which determines a transmitting scheme of the audio signal in the external connection apparatus on the basis of channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals transmitted by the external connection apparatuses. When the audio signal to be received is changed, a process to be executed is changed depending on the transmitting scheme of the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Shiba
  • Publication number: 20070211579
    Abstract: A data output system includes an information processing apparatus, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a mounting base device that is electrically connected to one of the first terminal and the second terminal when the one of the first terminal and the second terminal is mounted on the mounting base device, the information processing apparatus includes a storage for storing time-series play data, and a wireless communication unit for communicating with the second terminal in a wireless communication, the first terminal including a storage for storing time-series play data, the second terminal including a first wireless communication unit for communicating with the information processing apparatus in a wireless communication, and the mounting base device including an output unit for outputting time-series play data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshimura, Kenji Shiba
  • Patent number: D547333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Nishi, Kensaku Wakuta, Toshikazu Matsubayashi, Junko Shibaoka, Kunihiko Matsumoto, Kenji Shiba, Yuki Otomo, Naoki Yamamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa