Patents by Inventor Rumi Nakano

Rumi Nakano 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: 7738671
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide headphones having no headband in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind the neck, wherein the headphones will not slip off if hung on the shoulders when not being used and are intended to improve fashionableness; in headphones 10 having no headband in which left and right driver units 2L, 2R are connected by a cord 4 passed behind the neck, the middle part of this cord is inserted into a cylindrical belt 11a, and also end members 12, 12 which fix the cord 4 and this cylindrical belt 11a are provided at both ends of this cylindrical belt 11a to form a belt-like strap portion 11; and further this cylindrical belt 11a is provided with a print or decoration which is pliable and flexible when being bent, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ito, Rumi Nakano, Tomomi Hamada
  • Patent number: 7558398
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide headphones having no headband in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind the neck, wherein the headphones will not slip off if hung on the shoulders when not being used and are intended to improve fashionableness; in headphones 10 having no headband in which left and right driver units 2L, 2R are connected by a cord 4 passed behind the neck, the middle part of this cord is inserted into a cylindrical belt 11a, and also end members 12, 12 which fix the cord 4 and this cylindrical belt 11a are provided at both ends of this cylindrical belt 11a to form a belt-like strap portion 11; and further this cylindrical belt 11a is provided with a print or decoration which is pliable and flexible when being bent, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ito, Rumi Nakano, Tomomi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20080159581
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide headphones having no headband in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind the neck, wherein the headphones will not slip off if hung on the shoulders when not being used and are intended to improve fashionableness; in headphones 10 having no headband in which left and right driver units 2L, 2R are connected by a cord 4 passed behind the neck, the middle part of this cord is inserted into a cylindrical belt 11a, and also end members 12, 12 which fix the cord 4 and this cylindrical belt 11a are provided at both ends of this cylindrical belt 11a to form a belt-like strap portion 11; and further this cylindrical belt 11a is provided with a print or decoration which is pliable and flexible when being bent, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ito, Rumi Nakano, Tomomi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20060126881
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide headphones having no headband in which left and right driver units are connected by a cord passed behind the neck, wherein the headphones will not slip off if hung on the shoulders when not being used and are intended to improve fashionableness; in headphones 10 having no headband in which left and right driver units 2L, 2R are connected by a cord 4 passed behind the neck, the middle part of this cord is inserted into a cylindrical belt 11a, and also end members 12, 12 which fix the cord 4 and this cylindrical belt 11a are provided at both ends of this cylindrical belt 11a to form a belt-like strap portion 11; and further this cylindrical belt 11a is provided with a print or decoration which is pliable and flexible when being bent, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ito, Rumi Nakano, Tomomi Hamada
  • Patent number: 6636420
    Abstract: An information processing device comprises a main body, a display part provided so as to be turned with respect to the main body, and a handle that is provided so as to be turned with respect to the main body on the same axis line as the turning shaft of the display part and is composed of vertical parts that are vertical to the turning shaft and a hold part connected to the vertical parts and arranged side by side at a specified distance from the turning shaft. When the main body is placed, the handle is turned to the main body side, so that the hold part is positioned under the bottom surface of the main body to incline the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rumi Nakano, Yukio Isogai, Kaoru Hayashi, Osamu Gomibuchi
  • Patent number: 6473023
    Abstract: An electrical equipment to be acted on can be remote-controlled with enhanced convenience. A remote control device 1 includes a main body unit 2 having an actuating portion 4 for actuating the electrical equipment 10, an infrared light emitting portion 5 for radiating the infrared light for controlling the electrical equipment and a display unit 6 for demonstrating the information at least displaying the operating state of the electrical equipment. The remote control device 1 also includes a loading unit 3 connected to the main body unit 2 and which is adapted for being worn on or detached from the arm or the wrist of a user. A power source for furnishing the electric power to at least the actuating portion 4, light emitting portion 5 and the display unit 6 is provided within the interior of the loading unit 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Takagi, Takayuki Kobayashi, Rumi Nakano, Takeshi Horie
  • Publication number: 20020044410
    Abstract: An information processing device comprises a main body, a display part provided so as to be turned with respect to the main body, and a handle that is provided so as to be turned with respect to the main body on the same axis line as the turning shaft of the display part and is composed of vertical parts that are vertical to the turning shaft and a hold part connected to the vertical parts and arranged side by side at a specified distance from the turning shaft. When the main body is placed, the handle is turned to the main body side, so that the hold part is positioned under the bottom surface of the main body to incline the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Rumi Nakano, Yukio Isogai, Kaoru Hayashi, Osamu Gomibuchi
  • Patent number: 6154538
    Abstract: When the portable telephone apparatus receives a termination call and a call signal (or a ringing signal), the speaker generates a ringing tone. At this point, the user hears the ringing tone and holds the ear piece to his or her ear. At this point, the speaker impedance variation detecting portion detects the variation of the impedance corresponding to the variation of the volume of the space between the speaker and the ear piece. When the impedance variation detecting portion detects the variation of the impedance, it outputs an impedance variation detection signal. When the controlling portion receives the impedance variation detection signal, it performs a response process for the termination call or a hold cancel process for a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D440550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D466499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D559837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: RE40094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D482022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D498739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D413889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D415159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D684153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rumi Nakano
  • Patent number: D696665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rumi Nakano, Yuuki Kubota, Yosuke Shimizu, Naoki Ogishita