Patents by Inventor Masaharu Yoneda
Masaharu Yoneda 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: 11658388Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a storage chassis, an electronic component, an antenna circuit, and a proximity sensor circuit. A pair of main faces facing each other in the thickness direction and end faces of the storage chassis define a storage space. The electronic component is disposed in the storage space. The antenna circuit is disposed in the storage space so that at least a part of the antenna circuit overlaps the electronic component when viewed in the thickness direction. The proximity sensor circuit is connected to the antenna circuit, and detects proximity of an object based on a physical quantity that changes according to proximity of the object. The antenna circuit includes a substrate, an antenna element, and an antenna ground. The proximity sensor circuit is located in an end space defined between the electronic component and the end face.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Kenji Watamura, Yuichi Onda, Masaharu Yoneda
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Publication number: 20220294097Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a storage chassis, an electronic component, an antenna circuit, and a proximity sensor circuit. A pair of main faces facing each other in the thickness direction and end faces of the storage chassis define a storage space. The electronic component is disposed in the storage space. The antenna circuit is disposed in the storage space so that at least a part of the antenna circuit overlaps the electronic component when viewed in the thickness direction. The proximity sensor circuit is connected to the antenna circuit, and detects proximity of an object based on a physical quantity that changes according to proximity of the object. The antenna circuit includes a substrate, an antenna element, and an antenna ground. The proximity sensor circuit is located in an end space defined between the electronic component and the end face.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Kenji Watamura, Yuichi Onda, Masaharu Yoneda
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Patent number: 11055053Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for displaying captured screenshots are disclosed herein. One method includes capturing, by an information handling device, a set of screenshots of a main display screen of a computing device and displaying the captured set of screenshots on a sub-display screen of the computing device. Apparatus, systems, and computer program products that include and/or perform the methods are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Mori, Yuichi Shigematsu, Masaharu Yoneda
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Patent number: 10939200Abstract: An apparatus is provided to improve audio processing. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process based on an operating system (OS), and an audio signal processing part to support inputs of a first audio signal which is associated with the OS and a second audio signal which is inputted via a second input unit that is different from the first input unit. The audio signal processing part has a first processing mode and a second processing mode in which the audio signal processing part outputs an audio signal based only on the second audio signal. The apparatus also includes a setting part configured to set the audio signal processing part to the first processing mode when the process based on the OS is executed by the processor and to the second processing mode when the process based on the OS is at least partially limited.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Limin Xiao
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Patent number: 10867596Abstract: A voice assistant system includes a server apparatus performing voice assistant and a plurality of devices, in which the server apparatus and the devices are communicatively connected to each other. The plurality of devices each records the same user's speech through a microphone, and then transmits recorded data of the same user's speech to the server apparatus. The server apparatus receives the recorded data transmitted from each of the plurality of devices, and then voice-recognizes two or more of the received recorded data in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret the contents of the user's speech to perform the voice assistant.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Koji Kawakita
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Patent number: 10805700Abstract: An electronic apparatus appropriately outputs low-frequency sound to high-frequency sound to enable acoustic reproduction with high sound quality is disclosed. A portable information apparatus includes a first speaker; and an expansion device includes a second speaker. The portable information apparatus includes a mode switching unit for selecting a single mode or a combined mode; and an acoustic adjustment unit for adjusting acoustic data output to the first speaker and/or the second speaker. During the single mode, the acoustic adjustment unit outputs the acoustic data to the first speaker. During the combined mode, the acoustic adjustment unit extracts high-frequency sound from the acoustic data and outputs the high-frequency sound to the first speaker, and extracts low-frequency sound from the acoustic data and outputs the low-frequency sound to the second speaker.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Kazuo Fujii, Masayuki Amano
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Publication number: 20200319840Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for displaying captured screenshots are disclosed herein. One method includes capturing, by an information handling device, a set of screenshots of a main display screen of a computing device and displaying the captured set of screenshots on a sub-display screen of the computing device. Apparatus, systems, and computer program products that include and/or perform the methods are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Hidetoshi Mori, Yuichi Shigematsu, Masaharu Yoneda
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Patent number: 10748536Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processing circuit configured to detect voice from ambient sounds in first processing, and when detecting voice after a state of detecting no voice continues for a first period of time or longer, shift procedure to second processing; a second processing circuit configured to determine whether the voice detected from the ambient sound includes a specific word or not in the second processing, while being configured, when the specific word appears within a second period of time after the shifting to the second processing, to shift the procedure to third processing, and, when the specific word does not appear within the second period of time, not to shift the procedure to the third processing; and a third processing circuit configured to activate the specific function in the third processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Masaharu Yoneda, Koji Kawakita, Toshikazu Horino
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Publication number: 20200169806Abstract: An apparatus is provided to improve audio processing. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process based on an operating system (OS), and an audio signal processing part to support inputs of a first audio signal which is associated with the OS and a second audio signal which is inputted via a second input unit that is different from the first input unit. The audio signal processing part has a first processing mode and a second processing mode in which the audio signal processing part outputs an audio signal based only on the second audio signal. The apparatus also includes a setting part configured to set the audio signal processing part to the first processing mode when the process based on the OS is executed by the processor and to the second processing mode when the process based on the OS is at least partially limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Limin Xiao
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Publication number: 20200029141Abstract: An electronic apparatus appropriately outputs low-frequency sound to high-frequency sound to enable acoustic reproduction with high sound quality is disclosed. A portable information apparatus includes a first speaker; and an expansion device includes a second speaker. The portable information apparatus includes a mode switching unit for selecting a single mode or a combined mode; and an acoustic adjustment unit for adjusting acoustic data output to the first speaker and/or the second speaker. During the single mode, the acoustic adjustment unit outputs the acoustic data to the first speaker. During the combined mode, the acoustic adjustment unit extracts high-frequency sound from the acoustic data and outputs the high-frequency sound to the first speaker, and extracts low-frequency sound from the acoustic data and outputs the low-frequency sound to the second speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: MASAHARU YONEDA, KAZUO FUJII, MASAYUKI AMANO
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Publication number: 20190362714Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processing circuit configured to detect voice from ambient sounds in first processing, and when detecting voice after a state of detecting no voice continues for a first period of time or longer, shift procedure to second processing; a second processing circuit configured to determine whether the voice detected from the ambient sound includes a specific word or not in the second processing, while being configured, when the specific word appears within a second period of time after the shifting to the second processing, to shift the procedure to third processing, and, when the specific word does not appear within the second period of time, not to shift the procedure to the third processing; and a third processing circuit configured to activate the specific function in the third processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Masaharu Yoneda, Koji Kawakita, Toshikazu Horino
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Publication number: 20190051289Abstract: A voice assistant system includes a server apparatus performing voice assistant and a plurality of devices, in which the server apparatus and the devices are communicatively connected to each other. The plurality of devices each records the same user's speech through a microphone, and then transmits recorded data of the same user's speech to the server apparatus. The server apparatus receives the recorded data transmitted from each of the plurality of devices, and then voice-recognizes two or more of the received recorded data in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret the contents of the user's speech to perform the voice assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Koji Kawakita
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Patent number: 9886073Abstract: A control method and an electronic device include a first subsystem, a second subsystem, and shared devices used by the first subsystem and the second subsystem. The electronic device has a first state in which both the first subsystem and the second subsystem are in a working state, and a second state in which the first subsystem is in a non-working state and the second subsystem is in the working state. The method includes acquiring a first instruction generated by the first subsystem and transmitted to the shared devices during a switching process between the first state and the second state. The method includes acquiring a second instruction generated when the electronic device switches between the first state and the second state. The state of the shared devices is controlled based on the first instruction and the second instruction.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Masaharu Yoneda, Kenji Oka, Qiya Ye
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Patent number: 8174547Abstract: A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Hironari Nishino, Hidetoshi Mori
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Publication number: 20100066665Abstract: A tablet PC capable of providing continuous utilization of a sound signal collected from a microphone without requiring any user intervention when a use mode thereof has been changed from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode is disclosed. The tablet PC includes a set of microphones to form a microphone array. The tablet PC is able to operate in a sound emphasis mode wherein sound signals collected from the microphones are processed while forming an emphasis space, and to operate in a non-processing mode wherein the sound signals are processed without forming the emphasis space. When a user manipulates a chassis orientation of the tablet PC from a PC use mode to a tablet use mode, the tablet PC operates to process the emphasis space so that the sound signals collected by the microphones can be utilized in the tablet use mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Hironari Nishino, Hidetoshi Mori
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Patent number: 4746839Abstract: A side-coupled standing-wave linear accelerator for accelerating a particle beam, includes a cascade of accelerating resonant cavities linearly located along the axis of the particle beam and coupled in series through drift tubes allowing passage of the particle beam. Each pair of adjacent accelerating resonant cavities is electromagnetically coupled by a side-coupling cavity. At least one side-coupling cavity is a non-resonant type switchable between a first position of electromagnetically coupling a given pair of adjacent accelerating cavities and a second position of electromagnetically decoupling the same given pair of accelerating cavities.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1986Date of Patent: May 24, 1988Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Chudo Kazusa, Masaharu Yoneda