Patents by Inventor Sachiko Koyama

Sachiko Koyama 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: 20100149734
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus including: a main body stand unit; a display panel in a planar shape arranged with a display screen; at least one hinge plate connected to a back surface of the display panel; a shaft arranged to extend along a lower end portion of the display panel, wherein the hinge plate is pivotably attached to a central axis of the shaft; a support unit, wherein an upper end of the support unit is connected to the shaft, and a lower end of the support unit is connected to the main body stand unit, so that the support unit supports the display panel in a cantilever manner; and pivotable range limiting units arranged at each of both end portions of the shaft for limiting a pivotable range of the hinge plate evenly at the both end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATON
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Patent number: 7612991
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a body unit; a display unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body unit, for supporting the display unit; wherein the arm unit has a hollow structure formed with a pass-through opening and includes a first arm unit and a second arm unit arranged facing each other by way of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Patent number: 7609507
    Abstract: A display device includes a body unit; a display panel of flat plate shape arranged with a display screen; at least one hinge plate connected to a rear surface of the display panel; shafts arranged extending along a lower end of the display panel, and turnably attached with the hinge plate with respect to a center axis; and a supporting unit, connected to the shaft at an upper end and connected to the body unit at a lower end, for supporting a display unit in a cantilever state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Patent number: 7599174
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a substrate arranged at a lower part of a rear surface of the display panel, and mounted with an electronic component for functioning the display panel; hinge plates, arranged at a rear surface of the substrate so as to cover at least one part of the substrate or the electronic component, for holding the display panel and diffusing heat of the substrate or the electronic component; and a supporting shaft arranged extending at a lower part of the display panel and turnably coupled with the hinge plates with respect to a center axis. A display device capable of efficiently releasing heat of the substrate mounted with electronic components can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080315048
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a body stand unit; a display displaying unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body stand unit, for supporting the display displaying unit; where the arm unit is arranged on either left or right end side from a center in a horizontal direction of the display displaying unit, and supports the display displaying unit in a cantilever state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAKATA, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080291614
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention is a display device including a body unit; a display unit; and a supporting unit, arranged upright from the body unit, for supporting the display unit; the display device including a circuit substrate arranged inside the body unit and mounted with an electronic component; a radiator plate arranged facing the circuit substrate and directly or indirectly contacting a plurality of electronic components; a heat pipe arranged on the radiator plate; and a cooling fan attached to the radiator plate and connected with a terminating end of the heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080291615
    Abstract: A display device includes a body unit; a display panel of flat plate shape arranged with a display screen; at least one hinge plate connected to a rear surface of the display panel; shafts arranged extending along a lower end of the display panel, and turnably attached with the hinge plate with respect to a center axis; and a supporting unit, connected to the shaft at an upper end and connected to the body unit at a lower end, for supporting a display unit in a cantilever state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAKATA, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080291613
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a substrate arranged at a lower part of a rear surface of the display panel, and mounted with an electronic component for functioning the display panel; hinge plates, arranged at a rear surface of the substrate so as to cover at least one part of the substrate or the electronic component, for holding the display panel and diffusing heat of the substrate or the electronic component; and a supporting shaft arranged extending at a lower part of the display panel and turnably coupled with the hinge plates with respect to a center axis. A display device capable of efficiently releasing heat of the substrate mounted with electronic components can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080290239
    Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a body unit; a display unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body unit, for supporting the display unit; wherein the arm unit has a hollow structure formed with a pass-through opening and includes a first arm unit and a second arm unit arranged facing each other by way of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
  • Patent number: 5557789
    Abstract: A text retrieval method and a text retrieval apparatus for retrieving texts based on a handwritten keyword inputted from an optical character reader are provided. Respective characters of a keyword string are recognized by character recognizing device, and recognized characters of respective characters are stored in a recognized character table. At least one recognized character is extracted as proposed recognized characters of respective characters from recognized characters stored in the recognized character table, and a plurality of character strings are generated by combining one proposed character among proposed recognized characters of respective characters with one another and stored in a keyword string table. A retrieval command string for retrieving texts including at least one character string among generated character strings out of a text database is generated, and the text database is retrieved by the retrieval command, thus obtaining a retrieved result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Mase, Yasuharu Namba, Sachiko Koyama, Tadahiro Kiyama, Hiroshi Tsuji