Patents by Inventor Sachiko Kodama

Sachiko Kodama 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).

  • Ball and entertainment system
    Patent number: 8864609
    Abstract: Implementation including an outputter following a control to output a signal, a microphone for acquisition of sound from inside a ball, a determiner working in accordance with a level of sound acquired through the microphone to determine a state of the ball, and a control processor working in accordance with a result of determination at the determiner to generate a signal to output through the outputter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: University of Electro-Communications
    Inventors: Sachiko Kodama, Osamu Izuta, Hideki Koike
  • BALL AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110237367
    Abstract: Implementation including an outputter (11) following a control to output a signal, a microphone (10) for acquisition of sound from inside a ball (1a), a determiner (121) working in accordance with a level of sound acquired through the microphone (10) to determine a state of the ball (1a), and a control processor (122) working in accordance with a result of determination at the determiner (121) to generate a signal to output through the outputter (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Sachiko Kodama, Osamu Izuta, Hideki Koike