Patents by Inventor Masayasu Watanabe

Masayasu Watanabe 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: 11963313
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having a simple structure suitable for an increase in screen size and a decrease in thickness. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11938965
    Abstract: Vehicle allocation system includes an information provision apparatus, a first apparatus: control apparatus, and a user's second apparatus: user terminal apparatus. Processor of the information provision apparatus calculates a first driving plan for a vehicle in response to request information. When a second driving plan different from the first driving plan is calculated based on detection information acquired from the vehicle, the processor determines the cause of a change in the driving plan on the basis of the detection information. The processor transmits cause information including the cause to the user terminal apparatus. The user terminal apparatus presents the cause information on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Suzuki, Masahide Nakamura, Masaki Watanabe, Daisuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20240015426
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an actuator that comes into contact with a back surface of the display panel, and a woofer configured to generate a sound wave from behind the display panel toward the back surface of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ikuma, Masayasu Watanabe, Toshihiko Masuda, Shigenori Sunaoshi, Ryosuke Seki, Tsutomu Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20230418096
    Abstract: A supporting body is provided that is able to select a form of support to a display unit in accordance with a user's purpose or preference, an installation environment, or the like. The supporting body supports a display unit including a display section, a first mounting section, and a second mounting section to cause the display unit to stand on a placement surface in a first direction. The display section has a display surface that spreads in each of the first direction and a second direction, and the first mounting section and the second mounting section are disposed side by side in the first direction. The supporting body includes a first supporting unit that is formed detachably on the first mounting section, and a second supporting unit that is formed detachably on the second mounting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kawaguchi, Atsushi Tokumi, Masayasu Watanabe, Toshiaki Takahashi, Hiroaki Yokota, Takahiro Naito
  • Publication number: 20230389194
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having a simple structure suitable for an increase in screen size and a decrease in thickness. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Masayasu WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11683893
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction. The frame structure holds the display panel and the substrate, and has a cyclic frame part surrounding the substrate and the display panel, a first rib erected on a first part of the frame part, and a second rib erected on a second part of the frame part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220078927
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction. The frame structure holds the display panel and the substrate, and has a cyclic frame part surrounding the substrate and the display panel, a first rib erected on a first part of the frame part, and a second rib erected on a second part of the frame part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180283626
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided that has a light-emitting performance of higher grade, while achieving thickness reduction and an increased light-emitting area. The light-emitting device includes a base on which one or more light sources are provided, the base including a front surface and a rear surface; an optical sheet including an inner surface that faces the front surface of the base and an outer surface on side opposite to the base; one or more columnar members that stand on the base toward the optical sheet, the columnar members each including a top part that abuts on the inner surface of the optical sheet or is provided abuttable on the inner surface of the optical sheet; and one or more anchoring members that each couple the base and the optical sheet, the anchoring members each exhibiting elasticity in at least a portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayasu Watanabe, Hiroki Asakawa, Kenji Kobayashi, Kenichi Nakaki, Nobuki Oshima
  • Patent number: 7796772
    Abstract: A stand on which a flat panel display main body is placed has low-pitched sound speakers built therein and a speaker of the flat panel display main body and the low-pitched sound speakers of the stand are combined together to construct a powerful sound system with large sound volume. The low-pitched sound speakers are located at the back side of the flat panel display main body when the flat panel display main body is placed on the stand. In a flat panel display apparatus composed of the flat panel display main body having the speaker built therein and the stand supporting this flat panel display main body thereon, it is possible to easily realize a powerful sound system using the low-pitched sound speakers (woofers) without requiring any extra space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Hitoshi Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Maeda, Eiji Amaya, Masayasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7167358
    Abstract: In an information terminal apparatus 1 having a thin housing structure including at least a display (not shown), the information terminal apparatus being driven by batteries 102, a battery pack 10 to accommodate therein the batteries 102 includes a rotary support mechanism for rotating the battery pack 10 about the intermediate portion of the rear wall side 1d of this display so that the battery pack becomes freely openable and closable from the lower portion of the rear wall side 1d of this display, wherein the rotated battery pack 10 is used as a stand to enable this display to rise to the erect position and the battery pack 10 is directly exposed to the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Iwasaki, Akira Sato, Masayasu Watanabe, Keisuke Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20060008103
    Abstract: A stand on which a flat panel display main body is placed has low-pitched sound speakers built therein and a speaker of the flat panel display main body and the low-pitched sound speakers of the stand are combined together to construct a powerful sound system with large sound volume. The low-pitched sound speakers are located at the back side of the flat panel display main body when the flat panel display main body is placed on the stand. In a flat panel display apparatus composed of the flat panel display main body having the speaker built therein and the stand supporting this flat panel display main body thereon, it is possible to easily realize a powerful sound system using the low-pitched sound speakers (woofers) without requiring any extra space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Hitoshi Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Maeda, Eiji Amaya, Masayasu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040191614
    Abstract: In an information terminal apparatus 1 having a thin housing structure including at least a display (not shown), the information terminal apparatus being driven by batteries 102, a battery pack 10 to accommodate therein the batteries 102 includes a rotary support mechanism for rotating the battery pack 10 about the intermediate portion of the rear wall side id of this display so that the battery pack becomes freely openable and closable from the lower portion of the rear wall side 1d of this display, wherein the rotated battery pack 10 is used as a stand to enable this display to rise to the erect position and the battery pack 10 is directly exposed to the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Iwasaki, Akira Sato, Masayasu Watanabe, Keisuke Kawamura
  • Patent number: 4260356
    Abstract: A plastic resin cutting apparatus for cutting a plastic extruded from an extrusion opening provided in a flat surface of an extrusion block. The apparatus comprises a rotating shaft disposed substantially perpendicular to the surface of the extrusion block with its front end positioned opposite to said surface; a drive mechanism for rotating the rotating shaft; and a cutting tool interposed between the surface of the extrusion block and the front end of the rotating shaft and having formed at its front surface facing the surface of the extrusion block at least one cutting blade having a flat cutting edge. At least the front end portion of the rotating shaft is urged resiliently toward the surface of said extrusion block by the action of an elastic member such as a spring. The connection of the cutting tool to the shaft is a universal connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Fujiwara, Masayasu Watanabe, Mikio Yabumoyo, Takaaki Kanemori, Hiroshi Seo
  • Patent number: 4019385
    Abstract: A noise-compensating circuit for an electromagnetic flowmeter in which the fluid to be metered is conducted through a flow tube having a pair of diametrically-opposed electrodes mounted thereon, the fluid intercepting an electro-magnetic field whereby a voltage is induced in the fluid which is transferred to the electrodes to produce a flow signal that is a function of flow rate. Noise resulting from asymmetry in the magnetic field as well as noise arising from the signal leads is eliminated by means including a loop coil symmetrically disposed with respect to the transverse axis passing through the electrodes, the loop coil being so connected that the error current induced therein acts to cancel out the noise components in the flow signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Hokushin Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 3977246
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter in which the fluid to be metered is conducted through a flow tube in which it intercepts a magnetic field, the voltage induced in the fluid being transferred to electrodes disposed at diametrically opposed points on the tube. In phase noise arising from asymmetry in the main magnetic fluxes as well as noise resulting from leakage magnetic fluxes are both compensated for by a unitary compensation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Hokushin Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 3965738
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter wherein liquid to be metered is conducted through a flow tube to intersect a transverse magnetic field produced by an electromagnet, the voltage induced in the fluid being transferred to a pair of electrodes mounted at diametrically opposed positions on the tube. The electromagnet is excited by DC power which is applied thereto periodically, this being effected by means of a switch interposed between the electromagnet and the DC power source. When DC excitation is cut off by the switch, the output voltage of the flowmeter is fed to a first hold circuit, whereas during the excitation period, both the flow signal and zero voltage are fed to a second hold circuit. The outputs from both hold circuits are fed to an amplifier whereby the held zero signal is subtracted from the total voltage of flow signal and zero voltage in order to eliminate zero error due to polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Hokushin Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayasu Watanabe