Patents by Inventor Naohisa Mori

Naohisa Mori 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: 7561301
    Abstract: A printing system is designed to reduce the overall time and the cost required for printing patterns on objects such as musical instruments and prevents printed patterns from being partially extended or distorted. Image data representing prescribed patterns are processed in response to object form data representing the form of an object, wherein upon receipt of a user's print instruction, an RGB color inkjet printer ejects ink onto a prescribed surface of the object on the basis of the processed image data. Image data can be produced by picking up an image of another surface of the object, which is transferred onto the prescribed surface of the object, thus establishing a sense of unity in visual sensation therebetween. Alternatively, image data can be processed in correspondence with the selected surface of the object, so that the prescribed image is printed on the selected surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Osumi, Takashi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Yamamura, Satoshi Mine, Kaoru Nakajima, Naohisa Mori
  • Patent number: 7348477
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20060027070
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Patent number: 6995308
    Abstract: There is provided an electric keyboard assembly having a construction which is capable of reducing a height of a keyboard and at the same time facilitating key scaling to key-touch response while maintaining the degree of freedom in designing the keyboard. A key is pivotally moved by a key depressing operation. A seesaw-type mass member having a front extension and a rear extension each extending from a pivot-receiving portion thereof, and a tone-generating position adjustment screw fitted in the front extension is pivotally moved about the pivot-receiving portion by a driving force generated by depression of the key and received via the tone-generating position adjustment screw. The front extension of the mass member pops up to a level higher than the key when the key is depressed. A front weight and a back weight are arranged separately in the front extension and in the rear extension, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishida, Naohisa Mori, Hideki Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6972358
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20050168502
    Abstract: A printing system is designed to reduce the overall time and the cost required for printing patterns on objects such as musical instruments and prevents printed patterns from being partially extended or distorted. Image data representing prescribed patterns are processed in response to object form data representing the form of an object, wherein upon receipt of a user's print instruction, an RGB color inkjet printer ejects ink onto a prescribed surface of the object on the basis of the processed image data. Image data can be produced by picking up an image of another surface of the object, which is transferred onto the prescribed surface of the object, thus establishing a sense of unity in visual sensation therebetween. Alternatively, image data can be processed in correspondence with the selected surface of the object, so that the prescribed image is printed on the selected surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Osumi, Takashi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Yamamura, Satoshi Mine, Kaoru Nakajima, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20050103181
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Patent number: 6888053
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20040112199
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20030051594
    Abstract: Casing of an electronic keyboard musical instrument includes two discrete parts: a main casing section; and a rear casing section. The main casing section includes a bottom plate having a keyboard section placed thereon, a keyslip portion extending upward from the bottom plate in front of the keyboard section, and left and right side plates extending upward from the bottom plate at left and right sides of the keyboard section. The rear casing section includes a roof plate forming a rear upper surface of the casing, and a back plate extending downward from a rear edge of the roof plate. The rear casing section is detachably attached to the main casing section by means of a slidingly-attaching structure for slidingly attaching the rear casing section to the left and right side plates of the main casing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishihara, Naohisa Mori
  • Publication number: 20010037723
    Abstract: There is provided an electric keyboard assembly having a construction which is capable of reducing a height of a keyboard and at the same time facilitating key scaling to key-touch response while maintaining the degree of freedom in designing the keyboard. A key is pivotally moved by a key depressing operation. A seesaw-type mass member having a front extension and a rear extension each extending from a pivot-receiving portion thereof, and a tone-generating position adjustment screw fitted in the front extension is pivotally moved about the pivot-receiving portion by a driving force generated by depression of the key and received via the tone-generating position adjustment screw. The front extension of the mass member pops up to a level higher than the key when the key is depressed. A front weight and a back weight are arranged separately in the front extension and in the rear extension, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Kenichi Nishida, Naohisa Mori, Hideki Ishihara