Patents by Inventor Tomohide Minamiguchi

Tomohide Minamiguchi 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: 8126500
    Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus usable for voice communication exchanging a received sound and a spoken sound is provided. The mobile communication apparatus includes a first section, a second section movably connected to the first section in an ordinary mechanical mode or an extra mechanical mode, a detector configured to detect the mechanical mode, a speaker included in the first section and configured to produce the received sound, and a microphone included in the second section and configured to pick up the spoken sound. The mobile communication apparatus includes an echo canceller configured to cancel an echo caused by leakage of the received sound, an AGC circuit configured to produce a gain-controlled signal, and a controller configured to provide the AGC circuit with a first input/output characteristic and a second input/output characteristic in the ordinary mechanical mode and in the extra mechanical mode, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited
    Inventors: Tomohide Minamiguchi, Kenji Satake
  • Publication number: 20070211652
    Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus usable for voice communication exchanging a received sound and a spoken sound is provided. The mobile communication apparatus includes a first section, a second section movably connected to the first section in an ordinary mechanical mode or an extra mechanical mode, a detector configured to detect the mechanical mode, a speaker included in the first section and configured to produce the received sound, and a microphone included in the second section and configured to pick up the spoken sound. The mobile communication apparatus includes an echo canceller configured to cancel an echo caused by leakage of the received sound, an AGC circuit configured to produce a gain-controlled signal, and a controller configured to provide the AGC circuit with a first input/output characteristic and a second input/output characteristic in the ordinary mechanical mode and in the extra mechanical mode, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohide Minamiguchi, Kenji Satake