Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Hamada
Tomohiro Hamada 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).
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Publication number: 20110157792Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a main body; a second connector; and a second engage portion. The main body includes a component container housing a component. The second connector is provided to the main body so as to face the component container, and is configured to be attached to a first connector provided at one end of the component. The second engage portion is provided to the main body, and is configured to be engaged with a first engage portion provided at other end of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kyohei MATSUMOTO, Toshio KONNO, Tomohiro HAMADA
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Publication number: 20110156563Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Toshikazu Shiroishi, Tomoko Kitamura, Toshio Konno, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20110149534Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing including a cover, an input portion provided on the cover and configured to receive an external input, a circuit board contained in the casing and including a switch configured to be operated by the input portion, a support member configured to permit the circuit board to be supported by the cover, and an engagement portion integral with the support member and configured to hold the circuit board in cooperation with the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro HAMADA, Toshikazu SHIROISHI, Tomoko KITAMURA, Toshio KONNO, Kohei WADA, Ryosuke SAITO
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Publication number: 20110149545Abstract: According to one embodiment, a USB port for connecting a note PC to an external device includes a rib structure that faces an opening formed in a side wall of the housing of the note PC and receives a gasket. The rib structure includes a frame member surrounding the gasket, and a plurality of ribs. The frame member has a cutout formed in a portion thereof remote from the side wall. When the gasket is pressed and elastically deformed by the receptacle of a connector, the deformed portion of the gasket escapes through the cutout.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshikazu SHIROISHI, Tomohiro HAMADA, Tomoko KITAMURA, Toshio KONNO, Kohei WADA, Ryosuke SAITO
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Publication number: 20110141732Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting unit incorporated in the housing of a note PC includes a lens unit provided with a plurality of light guiding lenses formed of a transparent resin, and a plurality of couplers coupling the light guiding lenses. A plurality of light shielding plates project from the inner surface of the housing between the light guiding lenses. Each light shielding plate has an upper edge at a level higher than the light input surfaces of the light guiding lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshikazu Shiroishi, Tomohiro Hamada, Tomoko Kitamura, Toshio Konno, Kohei Wada, Ryosuke Saito
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Publication number: 20110141703Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a device housing, a circuit board, a module, and a projection. The electronic device includes a base in which a containing portion is provided. The circuit board is housed in the device housing. The module is housed in the containing portion of the device housing and electrically connected to the circuit board. The projection is provided with a supporting part and an opening portion. The supporting part projects from the module and is supported by the base. The opening is positioned between the supporting part and the module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko KITAMURA, Tomohiro HAMADA, Hideo SHIRASAKA
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Publication number: 20110122595Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing which has a shielding layer on its inner surface and is provided with an opening, a housed component which is contained inside the housing, and a module which is provided at the exterior of the housing, and has a first conducting section that is electrically connected to the housed component and a second conducting section that is different from the first conducting section. The electronic device includes a connection portion, and the connection portion has a contact portion and an elastic support portion which is extended to a part near the opening and supports the contact portion. The contact portion equalizes the potential of the shielding layer with the potential of the second conducting section by electrically connecting to the shielding layer by the opening, and contacting the second conducting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshikazu SHIROISHI, Tomohiro HAMADA, Toshio KONNO, Kohei WADA, Ryosuke SAITO
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Patent number: 7684177Abstract: A portable computer as an example of an electronic apparatus has a main unit, and a cover member placed on the upper surface of the main unit. The main unit has a housing. A component mounting part is formed on the upper surface of the housing. The component mounting part is covered with the cover member. The cover member has a sliding-type first cover, and a fitting-type second cover. The first cover is placed on a first area of the component mounting part. The first cover has a lock portion, which is slid in the width direction of the housing, and engages with the housing. The second cover is placed on a second area of the component mounting part not covered with the first cover. The second cover is fit to the housing from the upper side of the component mounting part.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura
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Patent number: 7669761Abstract: Conventionally, to acquire specific information of a customer, acquisition of the information is only possible by using information such as a bank account number owned by the customer, and further it is not possible to present information beneficial to the customer unless information owned by the customer is acquired from the customer. More specifically, there is a problem in that much time is necessary for a customer or a system operator to input such information. To solve the above-stated problem, the present invention outputs information associated with a customer by using biometric information including a face image. More specifically, biometric information is acquired from a user of a first terminal unit included in a plurality of terminal units, and information associated with an operation made by the user is identified. Then, when the user is going to use a second terminal unit (or when the second terminal unit executes processing of information on the user based on inputs by a third party, etc.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Masataka Itakura, Tomohiro Hamada, Akihito Itou, Kazuma Kurata
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Patent number: 7652729Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a cover, a rib, an elastic member, and a mask. A non-display surface of a display device is covered with the cover. The cover has a bottom wall and an side wall. The rib is disposed between a side portion of the display device and the side wall of the cover so as to be located in a position separate from the side wall. The rib rise out of the bottom wall of the cover. The elastic members is attached to at least one of an inner surface of the bottom wall and an inner surface of the rib facing the side portion of the display device. The elastic members retain the display device. The mask is fixed to the cover while exposing a display surface of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura, Noriyasu Kawamura, Toshio Ooe, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 7535699Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the cable is coupled through the opening, a sheet which is arranged between the wall and the keyboard, and which covers the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Hidemi Itakura, Fuminori Yamazaki, Satoshi Yokote
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Publication number: 20080192426Abstract: A portable computer as an example of an electronic apparatus has a main unit, and a cover member placed on the upper surface of the main unit. The main unit has a housing. A component mounting part is formed on the upper surface of the housing. The component mounting part is covered with the cover member. The cover member has a sliding-type first cover, and a fitting-type second cover. The first cover is placed on a first area of the component mounting part. The first cover has a lock portion, which is slid in the width direction of the housing, and engages with the housing. The second cover is placed on a second area of the component mounting part not covered with the first cover. The second cover is fit to the housing from the upper side of the component mounting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura
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Publication number: 20080165477Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the cable is coupled through the opening, a sheet which is arranged between the wall and the keyboard, and which covers the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Hidemi Itakura, Fuminori Yamazaki, Satoshi Yokote
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Patent number: 7385808Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the cable is coupled through the opening, a sheet which is arranged between the wall and the keyboard, and which covers the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Hidemi Itakura, Fuminori Yamazaki, Satoshi Yokote
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Patent number: 7382604Abstract: A portable computer as an example of an electronic apparatus has a main unit, and a cover member placed on the upper surface of the main unit. The main unit has a housing. A component mounting part is formed on the upper surface of the housing. The component mounting part is covered with the cover member. The cover member has a sliding-type first cover, and a fitting-type second cover. The first cover is placed on a first area of the component mounting part. The first cover has a lock portion, which is slid in the width direction of the housing, and engages with the housing. The second cover is placed on a second area of the component mounting part not covered with the first cover. The second cover is fit to the housing from the upper side of the component mounting part.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura
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Patent number: 7318161Abstract: An encrypted file is constituted by an assemblage of records having a plurality of items, and at least key items among the plurality of items that are keys in a retrieval are encrypted. The expansion means of a retrieval device decrypts at least key items of each record of the encrypted file, attaches identifiers that indicate which records the key items belong to, and expands the decrypted key items and identifiers in a work area of a main memory. A retrieval means retrieves from the work area key items that satisfy retrieval conditions that are applied by the user, reads the appropriate original records from the encrypted file if retrieval succeeds, decrypts the records, and presents them to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Aoki, Tomohiro Hamada
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Patent number: 7061751Abstract: A first case has a wall. The wall of the first case has a plurality of holes. A second case is coupled to the first case for forming a housing. The second case has a wall. The wall of the second case has a plurality of holes. A speaker is provided in the housing. The speaker is facing to the holes of the first and second case.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Atsushi Tatemichi
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Publication number: 20060097045Abstract: Conventionally, to acquire specific information of a customer, acquisition of the information is only possible by using information such as a bank account number owned by the customer, and further it is not possible to present information beneficial to the customer unless information owned by the customer is acquired from the customer. More specifically, there is a problem in that much time is necessary for a customer or a system operator to input such information. To solve the above-stated problem, the present invention outputs information associated with a customer by using biometric information including a face image. More specifically, biometric information is acquired from a user of a first terminal unit included in a plurality of terminal units, and information associated with an operation made by the user is identified. Then, when the user is going to use a second terminal unit (or when the second terminal unit executes processing of information on the user based on inputs by a third party, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Masataka Itakura, Tomohiro Hamada, Akihito Itou, Kazuma Kurata
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Publication number: 20060077630Abstract: A portable computer as an example of an electronic apparatus has a main unit, and a cover member placed on the upper surface of the main unit. The main unit has a housing. A component mounting part is formed on the upper surface of the housing. The component mounting part is covered with the cover member. The cover member has a sliding-type first cover, and a fitting-type second cover. The first cover is placed on a first area of the component mounting part. The first cover has a lock portion, which is slid in the width direction of the housing, and engages with the housing. The second cover is placed on a second area of the component mounting part not covered with the first cover. The second cover is fit to the housing from the upper side of the component mounting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Tomohiro Hamada, Hidemi Itakura
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Publication number: 20060067035Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus with a keyboard coupled to a cable, comprises a housing including a wall on which the keyboard is mounted, the wall including an opening, a circuit board which is accommodated inside the housing, and to which the cable is coupled through the opening, a sheet which is arranged between the wall and the keyboard, and which covers the opening, the sheet including a cable insertion portion through which the cable is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Tomohiro Hamada, Yasuyuki Horii, Masanori Sato, Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Hidemi Itakura, Fuminori Yamazaki, Satoshi Yokote