Patents by Inventor Naoki Shindou

Naoki Shindou 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).

  • Audio mixing/reproducing device
    Patent number: 8416962
    Abstract: An audio mixing/reproducing device includes an audio decoder (11) configured to decode an encoded audio input signal, an audio mixer (13) configured to mix an audio signal output from the audio decoder (11) with a non-encoded external audio input signal, and an audio encoder (12) configured to encode an audio signal output from the audio mixer (13) to generate an encoded audio output signal, and in addition, a switch (14) configured to generate a switch signal for controlling operations of each of the audio decoder (11) and the audio encoder (12) in response to a switch activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kojima, Ichiro Kawashima, Naoki Shindou, Yoshiaki Sawada, Kosuke Nishio
  • AUDIO MIXING/REPRODUCING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100254548
    Abstract: An audio mixing/reproducing device includes an audio decoder (11) configured to decode an encoded audio input signal, an audio mixer (13) configured to mix an audio signal output from the audio decoder (11) with a non-encoded external audio input signal, and an audio encoder (12) configured to encode an audio signal output from the audio mixer (13) to generate an encoded audio output signal, and in addition, a switch (14) configured to generate a switch signal for controlling operations of each of the audio decoder (11) and the audio encoder (12) in response to a switch activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Kojima, Ichiro Kawashima, Naoki Shindou, Yoshiaki Sawada, Kosuke Nishio
  • Apparatus for cleaning conveyor chuck
    Patent number: 5379784
    Abstract: The chuck for conveying semiconductor wafers has a pair of swing arms. Each arm has lower horizontal rods provided with a plurality of grooves for holding wafers and with vertical rods sandwiching the horizontal rods between them. A chuck cleaning apparatus has a cleaning chamber in a casing. A partition plate extends along the center of the cleaning chamber to divide it into first and second compartments. The top of the cleaning chamber is closed by a shielding plate, which has a pair of openings through which the arms come into and out of the cleaning chamber. A washing liquid pipe is incorporated with the partition plate in a horizontal direction. A pair of drying gas pipes extend horizontally in each of the first and second compartments and they are positioned a little higher than the liquid pipe, sandwiching each arm between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
    Inventors: Mituo Nishi, Naoki Shindou, Kazuya Yamaguchi