Patents by Inventor Tomofumi Miyamoto

Tomofumi Miyamoto 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: 20090296398
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing including a recess portion and an ornamental lamp unit fit into the recess portion, wherein the ornamental lamp unit further includes a printed wiring board provided at a bottom of the recess portion, a light source mounted on the printed wiring board, and a first panel fixed to the housing such as to partition an outer environment and an inner side of the recess portion from each other and having translucency, and the first panel further includes a first surface set to face the light source and including a plurality of projection portions which diffuse light from the light source, and a second surface provided on an opposite side to the first surface, the second surface provided with a one-way mirror which transmits light from the light source and reflects light from the external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomofumi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20080266784
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is configured to be provided with a communication line socket provided on a backside surface of a casing of the electronic apparatus, metallic terminals provided in the communication line socket, and abutment sections each of which is provided in the vicinity of the communication line socket, and is given a predetermined height from the metallic terminals in an insertion direction of the communication line socket. By virtue of the above configuration, even if it is tried to insert a wrong plug into the communication line socket by mistake, the wrong plug abuts against the abutment sections, and the insertion is stopped on the way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7423866
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a notebook PC includes a display unit, and a PC proper coupled to the display unit by hinges so that the PC can be opened and closed. The display unit includes a display panel, a case covering the back surface of the panel, and a reinforcing plate attached to and covers part of the outer surface of the case. The reinforcing plate enables the case of the display panel to be thinned and to have a sufficient rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomofumi Miyamoto, Kohei Wada
  • Patent number: 7347700
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a casing; a circuit board provided in the casing; a connector mounted to the circuit board and detachably connecting a first module; and a first storing portion positioned between the first module and the circuit board when the first module is connected to the connector, for storing a second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomofumi Miyamoto, Koichiro Takeguchi
  • Publication number: 20060232920
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a notebook PC includes a display unit, and a PC proper coupled to the display unit by hinges so that the PC can be opened and closed. The display unit includes a display panel, a case covering the back surface of the panel, and a reinforcing plate attached to and covers part of the outer surface of the case. The reinforcing plate enables the case of the display panel to be thinned and to have a sufficient rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Tomofumi Miyamoto, Kohei Wada
  • Publication number: 20060205246
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a casing; a circuit board provided in the casing; a connector mounted to the circuit board and detachably connecting a first module; and a first storing portion positioned between the first module and the circuit board when the first module is connected to the connector, for storing a second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Tomofumi Miyamoto, Koichiro Takeguchi
  • Publication number: 20040240689
    Abstract: A speaker unit is arranged in a casing of an electronic apparatus. The speaker unit includes a cabinet, a speaker arranged in the cabinet and exposed to the outside of the cabinet, and a port which is defined in the cabinet to open the outside of the cabinet and through which a sound emitted from the backside of the speaker into the cabinet is radiated outward from the cabinet. The speaker is exposed to the outside of the casing through an opening defined in an outside wall of the casing. The port of the speaker unit opens into the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6438640
    Abstract: When the wakeup signal generation function of a LAN docker is enabled, an ID (Dock_ID) peculiar to the LAN docker is registered in a PC main body. When the PC main body wakes up from the stop or sleep state in response to a wakeup signal Wake_up generated by a LAN controller in the LAN docker, a system BIOS collates the Dock_ID in the PC main body with the Dock_ID of the currently connected LAN docker. Only when a coincidence between the two IDs is detected by this collation process, the PC main body is accessible from a server using the LAN controller, thus allowing remote accesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomofumi Miyamoto, Toru Hanada