Patents by Inventor Masao Araya

Masao Araya 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: 9348373
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8751706
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20140118922
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru KUROSU, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8352650
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080080132
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kurosu, Katsunori Kitaru, Takayuki Momose, Akira Inoue, Sumio Otsuka, Masazumi Kaino, Masao Araya, Norio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5917510
    Abstract: A method for controlling gradation in an ink jet printer is provided which includes the steps of (a) reading input picture data in first memory means (b) determining the position of a pixel under consideration from the input picture data read out from the first memory means and for calculating an error .di-elect cons.=X-X', where X is input picture data of the pixel under consideration and X' is a level of plural stages to be actually printed, (c) distributing the error .di-elect cons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Koichiro Kakinuma, Masao Araya, Shinichiro Mikami
  • Patent number: 5868505
    Abstract: A printer apparatus in which a multi-nozzle print head can be produced at low cost and which can deal with changes caused with lapse of time. With the printer apparatus, effective resolution can be improved and a more accurate gradation level in picture printing can be achieved for assuring uniform printing quality. The printer apparatus has a shading correction unit 14 for correcting the picture printing data signal for printing using shading correction data previously found and stored in the EE-PROM 10 and shading correction data entered from a man/machine interfacing unit 2 and for generating a head impression signal for driving a print head 16 based on the corrected picture printing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Koichiro Kakinuma, Masao Araya, Shinichiro Mikami, Junko Ikegami
  • Patent number: 5823690
    Abstract: A printer apparatus in which a multi-nozzle print head can be produced at low cost and which can deal with changes caused with lapse of time. With the printer apparatus, effective resolution can be improved and a more accurate gradation level in picture printing can be achieved for assuring uniform printing quality. The printer apparatus has a shading correction unit 14 for correcting the picture printing data signal for printing using shading correction data previously found and stored in the EE-PROM 10 and shading correction data entered from a man/machine interfacing unit 2 and for generating a head impression signal for driving a print head 16 based on the corrected picture printing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Koichiro Kakinuma, Masao Araya, Shinichiro Mikami, Junko Ikegami
  • Patent number: 5371529
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an on-demand type ink-jet printer which is free from the risk such that the nozzle is stopped and which is also free from the maintenance. An ink-jet print head comprises a liquid chamber (2) into which a carrier liquid (7) is filled, ink-jet driving means (3), (4) disposed within the liquid chamber (2), a nozzle (14) communicated with the liquid chamber (2) and a mixing unit (14a) disposed in the vicinity of the nozzle (14) for mixing an ink (9) into the carrier liquid (7). The ink (9) is mixed into the carrier liquid (7) in the liquid chamber (2) by the mixing unit (14a), pressed by the ink-jet driving means (3), (4) and then ink-jetted from the nozzle (14). Since the carrier liquid (7) is constantly filled into the nozzle (14), the nozzle (14) can be prevented from being choked up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhito Eguchi, Makoto Ando, Toshio Narushima, Kaoru Tomono, Masayuki Sato, Masao Araya