Patents by Inventor Nicholas Kawamoto

Nicholas Kawamoto 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).

  • Satellite microphone assembly
    Patent number: 10243529
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a satellite microphone assembly for use in teleconferencing or other audio based communications comprises a base housing a microphone and volume control electronics. The base is enclosed by a cylinder, rotatable about the base and having a top surface configured to be an actuatable button to toggle a mute/unmute status of the microphone. The cylinder has a sidewall configured to be engaged by a user such that the user can rotate the cylinder. An optical sensor is supported by the base, and is configured to detect a rotation of the cylinder and to output information about a direction and a degree of rotation of the cylinder to the volume control electronics, causing a rotation of the cylinder to affect the volume level of a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Snyder, Matthew Cho, Nicholas Kawamoto
  • SATELLITE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170353168
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a satellite microphone assembly for use in teleconferencing or other audio based communications comprises a base housing a microphone and volume control electronics. The base is enclosed by a cylinder, rotatable about the base and having a top surface configured to be an actuatable button to toggle a mute/unmute status of the microphone. The cylinder has a sidewall configured to be engaged by a user such that the user can rotate the cylinder. An optical sensor is supported by the base, and is configured to detect a rotation of the cylinder and to output information about a direction and a degree of rotation of the cylinder to the volume control electronics, causing a rotation of the cylinder to affect the volume level of a speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ian M. Snyder, Matthew Cho, Nicholas Kawamoto
  • SATELLITE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170317655
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a satellite microphone assembly for use in teleconferencing or other audio based communications comprises a base housing a microphone and volume control electronics. The base is enclosed by a cylinder, rotatable about the base and having a top surface configured to be an actuatable button to toggle a mute/unmute status of the microphone. The cylinder has a sidewall configured to be engaged by a user such that the user can rotate the cylinder. An optical sensor is supported by the base, and is configured to detect a rotation of the cylinder and to output information about a direction and a degree of rotation of the cylinder to the volume control electronics, causing a rotation of the cylinder to affect the volume level of a speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ian M. Snyder, Matthew Cho, Nicholas Kawamoto
  • Satellite microphone assembly
    Patent number: 9793869
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a satellite microphone assembly for use in teleconferencing or other audio based communications comprises a base housing a microphone and volume control electronics. The base is enclosed by a cylinder, rotatable about the base and having a top surface configured to be an actuatable button to toggle a mute/unmute status of the microphone. The cylinder has a sidewall configured to be engaged by a user such that the user can rotate the cylinder. An optical sensor is supported by the base, and is configured to detect a rotation of the cylinder and to output information about a direction and a degree of rotation of the cylinder to the volume control electronics, causing a rotation of the cylinder to affect the volume level of a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ian M. Snyder, Matthew Cho, Nicholas Kawamoto
  • Camera housing with mount
    Patent number: D824985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Morgan Teachworth, Nicholas Kawamoto, Jennifer Ouk, Raj Misra
  • Camera housing with mount
    Patent number: D841716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Morgan Teachworth, Nicholas Kawamoto, Jennifer Ouk, Raj Misra