Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Murai

Nobuaki Murai 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: 7593516
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a memory for storing voice data of an operation explanation related to a function of the electronic apparatus; a speaker for outputting operation explanatory voice based upon the voice data stored in the memory; a push-button for instructing an execution of the function with respect to the electronic apparatus; and a control unit for turning ON, or flickering the push-button when the operation explanatory voice is being outputted from the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Murai, Takaharu Nakatsuka, Kouki Hamada, Saori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20060082835
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a memory for storing voice data of an operation explanation related to a function of the electronic apparatus; a speaker for outputting operation explanatory voice based upon the voice data stored in the memory, a push-button for instructing an execution of the function with respect to the electronic apparatus; and a control unit for turning ON, or flickering the push-button when the operation explanatory voice is being outputted from the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Murai, Takaharu Nakatsuka, Kouki Hamada, Saori Masuda
  • Patent number: 4910789
    Abstract: A constant speed driving apparatus comprises a starting means for starting a control unit, the first pulse-generating means for generating the first pulse signal with a predetermined frequency, a driving mechanism for driving a load, the second pulse-generating means for generating the second pulse signal corresponding to driving speed of the driving mechanism, and the control unit for controlling the driving mechanism on the basis of the first and second pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Akiyama, Hirotaka Shiroshita, Toshikatsu Atsuta, Nobuaki Murai, Takayoshi Morooka
  • Patent number: 4853731
    Abstract: An autofocus camera has a photographing lens, a shutter normally urged in a shutter opening direction and arranged to be opened and closed after it has once been closed prior to a photographing operation, a mirror movable between a view position which allows light passing through the lens and the shutter to be transmitted to a viewfinder optical system and an exposure position which allows light passing through the photographing lens and the shutter to be transmitted to the surface of a film, and an automatic focus adjustment apparatus for automatically adjusting the position of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Tsujimura, Masamichi Hirooka, Kazuo Ishikawa, Takayoshi Morooka, Masaki Noda, Mamoru Akiyama, Nobuaki Murai, Seiji Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 4418562
    Abstract: A control device for a small press is provided with means preventing overloading of the drive motor, a timer for detecting when an operational cycle of the press has exceeded a normal value, and a position detector which notes the position of a cam of the press. The power switch of the drive motor is tripped to suspend the flow of current to the motor upon an indication of the foregoing, e.g., a detected over-current, an excessive cycle time, or an operation end position of the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Japan Storage Battery Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Sakai, Nobuaki Murai, Kiyotaka Nakano