Patents by Inventor Masashi Torimoto

Masashi Torimoto 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: 10738947
    Abstract: A bulb-type light source apparatus includes a light source and a light guide member. The light source is provided annularly. The light guide member includes an outer surface, a light-incident end surface opposing the light source, and an optical pattern portion configured to emit, from the outer surface, light that enters from the light-incident end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Yotsumoto, Masashi Torimoto, Masaki Ohno, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20170211750
    Abstract: A bulb-type light source apparatus includes a light source and a light guide member. The light source is provided annularly. The light guide member includes an outer surface, a light-incident end surface opposing the light source, and an optical pattern portion configured to emit, from the outer surface, light that enters from the light-incident end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki YOTSUMOTO, Masashi TORIMOTO, Masaki OHNO, Takashi SATO
  • Patent number: 8204476
    Abstract: A portable telephone and electronic device are provided. The portable telephone includes a casing having a first surface: a finger guide section that is provided in the first surface and guides a finger of a user to allow the finger to be placed so that a side portion of the finger faces the first surface; an illuminating section provided in the first surface so as to be adjacent to the finger guide section, the illuminating section being capable of radiating light of a predetermined wavelength that transmits through the placed finger; an imaging section provided in the casing so as to be spaced at a predetermined distance from the first surface with respect to a perpendicular direction, the imaging section being capable of imaging the light that has transmitted through the finger; and a control section that performs authentication of the user on the basis of an image obtained by the imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Morimoto, Kenji Shintani, Katsunori Ishii, Masashi Torimoto, Tsutomu Nagumo, Takashi Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8031462
    Abstract: A molded component includes: a primary molded layer including a boxlike base portion that has a width direction in a first direction, a length direction in a second direction, and a height direction in a third direction and includes a first surface protruding in the third direction and a second surface that forms a spatial portion on the other side of the first surface, and a pedestal portion protruding outwardly in parallel to the first direction and the second direction from a circumferential edge of the base portion; a secondary molded layer formed of an optically-transparent resin material, that is laminated on the primary molded layer and has the same width and length as the primary molded layer; and an in-mold layer formed between the primary molded layer and the secondary molded layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Kobayashi, Masashi Torimoto, Shizuo Arai, Katsuharu Kajikawa
  • Publication number: 20110003108
    Abstract: A multicolor molding method including: sandwiching, between a first cavity member having a through hole and a second cavity member, a substrate film on which an in-mold layer is formed so that the in-mold layer is positioned between the through hole and the second cavity member, the second cavity member closing one of openings of the through hole; disposing a core in a primary cavity formed of at least the through hole and injecting a first molding material into the primary cavity, to mold a primary molding layer on a surface of which the in-mold layer is transferred; and disposing the core in a secondary cavity and injecting a second molding material into the secondary cavity, to mold a secondary molding layer that covers the in-mold layer, the core being provided with the primary molding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Torimoto, Fujio Kobayashi, Masato Tawara
  • Publication number: 20100124002
    Abstract: A molded component includes: a primary molded layer including a boxlike base portion that has a width direction in a first direction, a length direction in a second direction, and a height direction in a third direction and includes a first surface protruding in the third direction and a second surface that forms a spatial portion on the other side of the first surface, and a pedestal portion protruding outwardly in parallel to the first direction and the second direction from a circumferential edge of the base portion; a secondary molded layer formed of an optically-transparent resin material, that is laminated on the primary molded layer and has the same width and length as the primary molded layer; and an in-mold layer formed between the primary molded layer and the secondary molded layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Kobayashi, Masashi Torimoto, Shizuo Arai, Katsuharu Kajikawa
  • Publication number: 20070223792
    Abstract: A portable telephone and electronic device are provided. The portable telephone includes a casing having a first surface: a finger guide section that is provided in the first surface and guides a finger of a user to allow the finger to be placed so that a side portion of the finger faces the first surface; an illuminating section provided in the first surface so as to be adjacent to the finger guide section, the illuminating section being capable of radiating light of a predetermined wavelength that transmits through the placed finger; an imaging section provided in the casing so as to be spaced at a predetermined distance from the first surface with respect to a perpendicular direction, the imaging section being capable of imaging the light that has transmitted through the finger; and a control section that performs authentication of the user on the basis of an image obtained by the imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: C/O SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Morimoto, Kenji Shintani, Katsunori Ishii, Masashi Torimoto, Tsutomu Nagumo, Takashi Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Takahashi