Patents by Inventor Tohru Kawabata

Tohru Kawabata 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: 20240164012
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a metal wiring on a substrate, including the steps of: forming a first layer containing a first material in at least part on the substrate; forming a crack in the first layer to form the first layer having the crack; and forming a second layer containing a second material in the first layer having the crack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei KOIZUMI, Yoshiaki KITO, Seiji KAWABATA, Tohru KIUCHI
  • Patent number: 7489951
    Abstract: A portable telephone set capable of recognizing a call during music replay is disclosed. This portable telephone set comprises talking means and music replay means, and posts a call when receiving the same during music replay by the music replay means. Thus, the call can be recognized during the music replay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miwa Kanamori, Yuichi Kanai, Seiya Ota, Toshiaki Hioki, Yoshihiro Hori, Megumi Makino, Masaya Okumura, Jiro Yokoyama, Tohru Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20040106432
    Abstract: A portable telephone set capable of recognizing a call during music replay is disclosed. This portable telephone set comprises talking means and music replay means, and posts a call when receiving the same during music replay by the music replay means. Thus, the call can be recognized during the music replay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miwa Kanamori, Yuichi Kanai, Seiya Ota, Toshiaki Hioki, Yoshihiro Hori, Megumi Makino, Masaya Okumura, Jiro Yokoyama, Tohru Kawabata
  • Patent number: 6662022
    Abstract: A portable telephone set capable of recognizing a call during music replay is disclosed. This portable telephone set comprises talking means and music replay means, and posts a call when receiving the same during music replay by the music replay means. Thus, the call can be recognized during the music replay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miwa Kanamori, Yuichi Kanai, Seiya Ota, Toshiaki Hioki, Yoshihiro Hori, Megumi Makino, Masaya Okumura, Jiro Yokoyama, Tohru Kawabata
  • Patent number: 6555985
    Abstract: In a stepping motor control method using an encoder, a timer means is provided, and an excessive advance of a phase during low rotation is restricted to attain a high speed without compromising stability during low rotation by driving the motor in such a manner that a pre-reversal state is recovered a predetermined time after a voltage reversal and a post-reversal state is recovered after one cycle of an angle detecting means. A device is provided which controls a speed by a pulse generator generating pulses at predetermined intervals, which detects a sudden drop in speed from a predetermined time elapsed from the last pulse, and which detects, when a speed is to be recovered, an abnormal drop in motor rotation independent of the motor rotation speed by changing a threshold value of an elapsed time according to an actual speed, a speed command value and an acceleration command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Kawabata, Yoshihiro Mushika, Osamu Kajino
  • Patent number: 5844394
    Abstract: The stepping motor controller of the present invention includes: a stepping motor including a rotor and an excitation coil; a drive section for supplying multiple-stage drive current to the excitation coil in response to an input command value, thereby enabling a micro step drive; a control section for controlling the stepping motor by varying the command value to be provided for the drive section; and a position detection control section for generating a detection signal in accordance with a rotation position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mushika, Tohru Kawabata, Yoshio Umeda
  • Patent number: 5497372
    Abstract: An FM multiplex broadcasting and receiving system has an FM multiplex broadcast apparatus and an FM multiplex receiving apparatus. The FM multiplex broadcast apparatus has a reproducing device for reproducing, from a recording medium, an audio signal and character data associated with the audio signal recorded in the recording medium. The FM multiplex broadcast apparatus also includes a multiplex device and a frequency modulation device. The multiplex device multiplexes the audio signal with additional information such as the character data to generate a multiplex signal. The frequency modulation device frequency modulates a carrier with the multiplex signal to provide an FM multiplex broadcasting signal. The FM multiplexing receiving apparatus has a frequency demodulating device for frequency demodulating the FM multiplex broadcast signal to provide an audio signal and an additional information data signal, a displaying device displaying the additional information data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Nankoh, Akio Inoue, Hitoshi Yokomizo, Yosikazu Tomida, Tohru Kawabata