Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tokuno

Masahiro Tokuno 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: 20230232197
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor which executes an OS; a speaker which outputs a sound; a short-distance wireless communication unit which outputs first information indicating that a specific signal is received by short-distance wireless communication; an EC which outputs first sound data to output a sound in response to acquiring the first information output from the short-distance wireless communication unit; and an audio processing device which exclusively switches between the sound based on the first sound data output from the EC and a sound based on second sound data output from the processor by processing based on the OS in order to output either one of the sounds from the speaker. When acquiring the first information output from the short-distance wireless communication unit, the EC causes the audio processing device to output the sound based on the first sound data from the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Katayama, Qian Wang, Hidehisa Mori, Masahiro Tokuno
  • Patent number: 10845851
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base, an object detecting section, and a chassis that houses the base and the object detecting section. The object detecting section includes a substrate and a detecting element that is provided on a first principal surface of the substrate and is configured to detect a wave coming from an object and output a detection signal. The object detecting section is mounted on the base with the first principal surface facing the base. The base has a long passage hole that allows the wave to pass therethrough toward the detecting element. A longer direction of the passage hole is along a first direction that is a substantially horizontal direction when the chassis adopts a reference posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosugi, Takehito Yamauchi, Masahiro Tokuno, Takuo Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20200272208
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base, an object detecting section, and a chassis that houses the base and the object detecting section. The object detecting section includes a substrate and a detecting element that is provided on a first principal surface of the substrate and is configured to detect a wave coming from an object and output a detection signal. The object detecting section is mounted on the base with the first principal surface facing the base. The base has a long passage hole that allows the wave to pass therethrough toward the detecting element. A longer direction of the passage hole is along a first direction that is a substantially horizontal direction when the chassis adopts a reference posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosugi, Takehito Yamauchi, Masahiro Tokuno, Takuo Yamagishi