Patents by Inventor Kentaro Matsuoka

Kentaro Matsuoka 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: 10231057
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a universal speaker that efficiently transmits kinetic energy that has been converted from electrical energy of an audio signal to one or more diaphragms, and enables both healthy individuals and the hard of hearing to comfortably hear as a result of higher-volume and sharp emitted-sound. [Solution] This universal speaker (10) is provided at least with a diaphragm (1) having a planar shape, a driver unit (2) for causing the diaphragm to vibrate in accordance with an inputted electrical signal, and an enclosure (3) with a hollow structure for accommodating the diaphragm and the driver unit. The enclosure has an opening (39) at one surface, and the driver unit abuts against an end edge of the diaphragm so as to drive in the same direction as the plane direction of the diaphragm and is also fixedly mounted onto the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sound Fun Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Nobuhiro Miyahara, Kentaro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20180220236
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a universal speaker that efficiently transmits kinetic energy that has been converted from electrical energy of an audio signal to one or more diaphragms, and enables both healthy individuals and the hard of hearing to comfortably hear as a result of higher-volume and sharp emitted-sound. [Solution] This universal speaker (10) is provided at least with a diaphragm (1) having a planar shape, a driver unit (2) for causing the diaphragm to vibrate in accordance with an inputted electrical signal, and an enclosure (3) with a hollow structure for accommodating the diaphragm and the driver unit. The enclosure has an opening (39) at one surface, and the driver unit abuts against an end edge of the diaphragm so as to drive in the same direction as the plane direction of the diaphragm and is also fixedly mounted onto the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kazunori SATO, Nobuhiro MIYAHARA, Kentaro MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 6903651
    Abstract: A method of unlocking an electronic lock capable of saving a labor by unmanning a system on the side of an object to be unlocked and increasing a security, comprising the step of unlocking by using a radio and a plurality of identification codes, wherein a cashbox (10) transmits ID=A as ID1, a first electronic lock device (20) transmits ID=B as ID2 when receiving ID=A as ID, a second electronic lock device (30) transmits ID=C as ID3 when receiving ID=B as ID, and the cashbox (10) performs an unlocking operation when receiving ID=C as ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
    Inventor: Kentaro Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20040012484
    Abstract: A method of unlocking an electronic lock capable of saving a labor by unmanning a system on the side of an object to be unlocked and increasing a security, comprising the step of unlocking by using a radio and a plurality of identification codes, wherein a cashbox (10) transmits ID=A as ID1, a first electronic lock device (20) transmits ID=B as ID2 when receiving ID=A as ID, a second electronic lock device (30) transmits ID=C as ID3 when receiving ID=B as ID, and the cashbox (10) performs an unlocking operation when receiving ID=C as ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Kentaro Matsuoka