Patents by Inventor TAKAHIRO HAYASAKA

TAKAHIRO HAYASAKA 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: 11950049
    Abstract: An acoustic reflector includes a reflection portion on which an elliptical reflection surface is formed, in which sound output from a speaker device that has an output position of the sound at or near one focal point on the elliptical reflection surface is reflected by the elliptical reflection surface, and the reflection portion has a size that reflects sound in a range of equal to or less than a nominal directional angle of the speaker device. As a result, because an outer shape of the reflection portion is formed to have a size in the range corresponding to the nominal directional angle of the speaker device, it is possible to reduce the size of the acoustic reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Hayasaka, Daisaku Matsufuji, Tsutomu Toyoguchi
  • Publication number: 20230209261
    Abstract: A speaker apparatus includes a pair of left and right speaker blocks that respectively have acoustic output sections and that are arranged inside a backrest. The pair of speaker blocks are arranged horizontally side by side relative to a headrest located on a front surface side of the backrest, and at least part of the headrest is located within a range of a nominal directivity angle of acoustics output from the acoustic output sections. This ensures that, of the acoustics output from the acoustic output section of the speaker block on the left side, at least some acoustics that head for the right ear are blocked by the headrest and that, of the acoustics output from the acoustic output section of the speaker block on the right side, at least some acoustics that head for the left ear are blocked by the headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: ATSUSHI HOMMA, TAKAHIRO HAYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220225018
    Abstract: An acoustic reflector includes a reflection portion on which an elliptical reflection surface is formed, in which sound output from a speaker device that has an output position of the sound at or near one focal point on the elliptical reflection surface is reflected by the elliptical reflection surface, and the reflection portion has a size that reflects sound in a range of equal to or less than a nominal directional angle of the speaker device. As a result, because an outer shape of the reflection portion is formed to have a size in the range corresponding to the nominal directional angle of the speaker device, it is possible to reduce the size of the acoustic reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO HAYASAKA, DAISAKU MATSUFUJI, TSUTOMU TOYOGUCHI