Patents by Inventor Kiminobu Ichimura
Kiminobu Ichimura 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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Patent number: 11223390Abstract: A power feeding unit includes: an electrode array including a plurality of power feeding electrodes arranged side by side; a power feeding section configured to supply power to a power receiving unit via the electrode array; and a setting section configured to set a power feeding condition for each of the power feeding electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takayuki Hirabayashi, Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Patent number: 10734829Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Publication number: 20200044472Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Patent number: 10447059Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Patent number: 10277281Abstract: A power feeding unit includes: an electrode array including a plurality of power feeding electrodes arranged side by side; a power feeding section configured to supply power to a power receiving unit via the electrode array; and a setting section configured to set a power feeding condition for each of the power feeding electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayuki Hirabayashi, Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20190089418Abstract: A power feeding unit includes: an electrode array including a plurality of power feeding electrodes arranged side by side; a power feeding section configured to supply power to a power receiving unit via the electrode array; and a setting section configured to set a power feeding condition for each of the power feeding electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Takayuki Hirabayashi, Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20190067972Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Patent number: 10097025Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Patent number: 9961444Abstract: A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20170195787Abstract: A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventor: Kiminobu ICHIMURA
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Patent number: 9628896Abstract: A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20160156213Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including: a heating section; a heat storage section; a detection section configured to detect a heat storage amount of the heat storage section; and a control section configured to control operation of the heating section, based on the heat storage amount detected by the detection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Yuichi Ishida, Yutaka Sugiyama, Yoshio Muraoka
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Publication number: 20150001967Abstract: A power feeding unit includes: an electrode array including a plurality of power feeding electrodes arranged side by side; a power feeding section configured to supply power to a power receiving unit via the electrode array; and a setting section configured to set a power feeding condition for each of the power feeding electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Hirabayashi, Masakazu Yajima, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Patent number: 8340319Abstract: A playback device includes: a playback portion that plays back content and outputs at least an audio signal; an acquisition portion that acquires an external audio signal; a generating portion that, based on noise collected by a sound collecting device, generates a noise cancellation signal to reduce the noise; a switching portion that, if the acquisition portion has acquired the external audio signal when the playback portion is playing back content, switches an output signal from the audio signal to the external audio signal; and a synthesizing portion that synthesizes the output signal from the switching portion with the noise cancellation signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Kinouchi, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Patent number: 8208676Abstract: There is provided an earpiece comprising: a main unit having a cylindrical shape having made therein a through hole that can allow sound to be transmitted therethrough; a cap portion that has a film-like shape which is formed to extend from all around a front-end surface, in a direction of making the through hole, of the main unit toward a rear-end surface side, and which covers at least a portion of the main unit on the front-end surface side, and in which space between the main unit and the cap portion expands as it goes toward the rear-end surface side; and at least one cutting portion formed in the cap portion so that the cap portion can deform in a direction of the main unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsunori Murozaki, Koji Nageno, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20110096939Abstract: A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Kiminobu ICHIMURA
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Publication number: 20100135517Abstract: There is provided an earpiece comprising: a main unit having a cylindrical shape having made therein a through hole that can allow sound to be transmitted therethrough; a cap portion that has a film-like shape which is formed to extend from all around a front-end surface, in a direction of making the through hole, of the main unit toward a rear-end surface side, and which covers at least a portion of the main unit on the front-end surface side, and in which space between the main unit and the cap portion expands as it goes toward the rear-end surface side; and at least one cutting portion formed in the cap portion so that the cap portion can deform in a direction of the main unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsunori Murozaki, Koji Nageno, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Publication number: 20090147969Abstract: A playback device includes: a playback portion that plays back content and outputs at least an audio signal; an acquisition portion that acquires an external audio signal; a generating portion that, based on noise collected by a sound collecting device, generates a noise cancellation signal to reduce the noise; a switching portion that, if the acquisition portion has acquired the external audio signal when the playback portion is playing back content, switches an output signal from the audio signal to the external audio signal; and a synthesizing portion that synthesizes the output signal from the switching portion with the noise cancellation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi KINOUCHI, Kiminobu Ichimura
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Patent number: 5706353Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, such as a tape recorder, includes a recording and/or reproducing unit housed within a main body portion, an electro-acoustic transducing section, an actuating input unit, first and second connection cord assemblies and first and second cord take-up units. The recording and/or reproducing unit records and/or reproduces the information on or from a recording medium, such as a magnetic tape. An electro-magnetic transducer is fed with information signals reproduced by the recording and/or reproducing unit. An actuating input unit, removably mounted on the main body portion, sets or switches the recording or reproducing state of the recording and/or reproducing unit. The first connection cord assembly interconnects the actuating input unit and the recording and/or reproducing unit for exchanging information signals, and the second connection cord assembly interconnects the electro-acoustic transducing unit and the actuating input unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshio Arai, Takashi Kubo, Kazutaka Nakashima, Kiminobu Ichimura, Mitsuru Ida