Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko WASHIO

Nobuhiko WASHIO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240086146
    Abstract: A content playback device includes: a network interface that receives the current perceived temperature information for a person in a specific area from a server via a communication network; a memory that stores the perceived temperature information and date information indicating the current date; and a central processing unit (CPU) that causes the memory to store the perceived temperature information received by the network interface, selects playback content from a plurality of pieces of content, based on the perceived temperature information and the date information, and plays back the playback content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Toya Kitagawa, Nobuhiko WASHIO, Takeshi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20230199390
    Abstract: A loudspeaker device includes: a first loudspeaker that outputs a sound; a second loudspeaker that is adjacent to the first loudspeaker in a predetermined direction and outputs a sound in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first loudspeaker outputs the sound; and a phase switching circuit that switches between a first switching state and a second switching state, the first switching state being a state in which an input sound signal is inputted to both the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker, the second switching state being a state in which the input sound signal is inputted to one of the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker while an inverted sound signal obtained by inverting a phase of the input sound signal is inputted to the other of the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuhiko WASHIO, Akihisa KAWAMURA, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Isao KAKUHARI
  • Publication number: 20230125931
    Abstract: A sound reproduction device includes a cabinet and a loudspeaker disposed inside the cabinet, the cabinet includes a baffle including a plurality of through holes provided in a ringshaped area, and the loudspeaker is disposed in an orientation in which sound is emitted toward the plurality of through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Isao KAKUHARI, Nobuhiko WASHIO, Takeshi SAKAI