Patents by Inventor SEISHIRO OTOGE

SEISHIRO OTOGE 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).

  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11289081
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, when a door switch detects opening of a door of the refrigerator, a voice recognition control unit determines whether voice data acquired by a voice acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined voice recognition start condition. In a case where the voice recognition start condition is satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit to perform voice recognition. However, in a case where the voice recognition start condition is not satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit not to perform voice recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Asada, Seishiro Otoge, Kinya Yamade
  • PRODUCT TRAY, REFRIGERATOR, AND PRODUCT TRAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200342513
    Abstract: A product tray includes: a product holder configured to hold a product; a product sensor configured to detect product information indicating a state of the product held in the product holder; and a communications unit configured to transmit the product information, based on opening and closing of a door of a storage container housing the product tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI HISAHARA, KINYA YAMADE, SEISHIRO OTOGE, MIWA KAMII
  • REFRIGERATOR
    Publication number: 20200152192
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, when a door switch detects opening of a door of the refrigerator, a voice recognition control unit determines whether voice data acquired by a voice acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined voice recognition start condition. In a case where the voice recognition start condition is satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit to perform voice recognition. However, in a case where the voice recognition start condition is not satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit not to perform voice recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: TAKASHI ASADA, SEISHIRO OTOGE, KINYA YAMADE