Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Inagaki
Tomohiro Inagaki 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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Patent number: 9699569Abstract: A measurement system includes an ear model including an artificial auricle (51) and an artificial external ear canal (53); and an air-conducted sound gauge (200) that measures air-conducted sound in the artificial external ear canal (53), and while an acoustic device (1) that includes a vibrating body and transmits sound to a user by contacting the vibrating body to a human auricle is placed in contact with the ear model (50) of the measurement system, the measurement system executes control for measurement, with the air-conducted sound gauge, of harmonics in an air-conducted component generated by a pure tone emitted by the acoustic device (1) and control to display the result of the measurement on a display.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9686622Abstract: This acoustic reproduction device can suppress a loss in sense of volume and sense of comfort. The acoustic reproduction device causes a user to hear sound and is provided with a vibration unit (10), which includes a piezoelectric element (101) that flexes and a panel (102) that vibrates by being bent directly by the piezoelectric element (101), and with a holder (60), which holds the vibration unit (10) at a position where the vibration unit (10) contacts the user's ear.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9618385Abstract: Provided is a measuring apparatus capable of measuring a vibration amount weighted with characteristics of vibration transmission to a human ear and capable of evaluating correctly an electronic device having a vibrator. A measuring apparatus 10 configured to evaluate an electronic device 100 that transmits vibration sound to a human ear by pressing a vibrator 102 held in a housing 101 thereto, including an ear simulator 50 that mimics a human ear, and a vibration detection unit 55 disposed on a periphery 52 of an artificial ear canal 53 formed in the ear simulator 50.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Inagaki, Yoichi Hirata
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Patent number: 9596535Abstract: A vibration pickup device for measuring an electronic device that transmits sound to a user via vibration transmission by pressing a vibrating body held in a housing against a human ear includes a plate-shaped vibration transmission member and a vibration pickup joined to a portion of the vibration transmission member. The vibration transmission member is mountable on a peripheral portion of an artificial external ear canal, formed in an ear model unit modeled after a human ear, and includes a hole in communication with the artificial external ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9591401Abstract: A vibration pickup device for measuring an electronic device that transmits sound to a user via vibration transmission by pressing a vibrating body held in a housing against a human ear includes a plate-shaped vibration transmission member and a vibration pickup joined to a portion of the vibration transmission member. The vibration transmission member is mountable on a peripheral portion of an artificial external ear canal, formed in an ear model unit modeled after a human ear, and includes a hole in communication with the artificial external ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9591389Abstract: According to the present invention, air conduction sound and human body vibration sound (e.g. bone conduction sound) are transmitted to a user without a need for pressing a vibration body itself to an ear. An electronic device 1 of the present invention includes: a panel 10; a housing 60 configured to support the panel 10; and a piezoelectric element 30 attached to the panel 10. The panel 10 is deformed due to deformation of the piezoelectric element 30, and air conduction sound and human body vibration sound are transmitted to an object that is in contact with the deformed panel 10.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Seiji Horii, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9571932Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including: a housing; a vibration body disposed in the housing; and a microphone disposed in the housing. By vibrating the vibration body, the electronic device transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound that is generated by the vibration. During the generation of the sounds, howling reduction processing is performed, so that usability of the electronic device is improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Miyano, Tomohiro Inagaki, Kenichi Ozasa, Satoshi Mizuta, Kiyokazu Sato
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Publication number: 20160353220Abstract: Provided is a measuring apparatus capable of measuring a vibration amount weighted with characteristics of vibration transmission to a human ear and capable of evaluating correctly an electronic device having a vibrator. A measuring apparatus 10 configured to evaluate an electronic device 100 that transmits vibration sound to a human ear by pressing a vibrator 102 held in a housing 101 thereto, including an ear simulator 50 that mimics a human ear, and a vibration detection unit 55 disposed on a periphery 52 of an artificial ear canal 53 formed in the ear simulator 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro INAGAKI, Yoichi HIRATA
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Publication number: 20160320233Abstract: Provided is a measurement system for evaluating an electronic apparatus that, when a vibrator of the electronic apparatus is pressed against the human ear, delivers a sound generated by vibration of the vibrator. The measurement system includes: an ear-shaped unit composed of an ear model simulating the human ear and an artificial ear canal portion constituting an artificial ear canal extending from the ear model; an artificial mandible portion disposed next to the artificial ear canal portion in the ear-shaped unit in a planar view; and a vibration detection unit that is disposed on a plane of the artificial mandible opposite to the ear model and detects and outputs vibration delivered to the artificial mandible portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Patent number: 9485593Abstract: This acoustic device can suppress a loss in sense of volume and sense of comfort. The acoustic device includes a vibration unit (10) including a piezoelectric element (101) that flexes and a panel (102) that vibrates by being bent directly by the piezoelectric element (101). The panel (102) includes a concavity (104), and the concavity (104) is contacted to a user's ear, causing the user to hear sound.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9467773Abstract: There is provided an electronic device 1 that allows a user to listen to vibration sound that is transmitted when a vibrator 10 held in a housing 60 is pressed against the user's body and a part of the use's body is vibrated. The electronic device 1 has a microphone 7 and vibrates the vibrator 10 based on ambient sound collected by the microphone 7.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CorporatiionInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9462374Abstract: A vibration pickup device for measuring an electronic device that transmits sound to a user via vibration transmission by pressing a vibrating body held in a housing against a human ear includes a plate-shaped vibration transmission member and a vibration pickup joined to a portion of the vibration transmission member. The vibration transmission member is mountable on a peripheral portion of an artificial external ear canal, formed in an ear model unit modeled after a human ear, and includes a hole in communication with the artificial external ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: kYOCERA CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9438990Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that generates, by vibrating a vibration body, vibration sound by the vibration. The electronic device executes a side tone function by using sound collected by a microphone 7 during the vibration of the vibration body. When an open/close detector 100 detects a closed state, the electronic device also stops the side tone, improving usability of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Miyano, Tomohiro Inagaki, Shun Kazama, Akio Kihara
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Patent number: 9420012Abstract: Image data corresponding to an image captured by a communication terminal device is transmitted from a communication unit of the communication terminal device which is connected to a network to a counter party device which is a counter party of the teleconference. An image display setting indicating whether the captured image is displayed in the counter party device is acquired, according to transmission of the image data. When it is determined that the captured image is in a first state, and the image display setting indicating that the captured image is displayed is acquired, notification information is output from a notification unit of the communication terminal device. When it is determined that the captured image is in a second state, and the image display setting indicating that the captured image is not displayed is acquired, notification information is not output from the notification unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20160191577Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by a processor of a first terminal configured to be connectable to a network, causes the first terminal to execute a first reception operation of receiving specific data relating to each of other terminals, a storage operation of storing identification information and position information in association with each other, a display command operation of transmitting, to a second terminal, a command to display document data on a second display of the second terminal, a second reception operation of receiving state information, the state information indicating a display state on the second display, an identification operation of identifying position information associated with identification information of the second terminal, based on the identification information and the position information stored in the storage, and a display operation of displaying a corresponding image in an identified position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20160165359Abstract: A measurement system includes an ear model including an artificial auricle (51) and an artificial external ear canal (53); and an air-conducted sound gauge (200) that measures air-conducted sound in the artificial external ear canal (53), and while an acoustic device (1) that includes a vibrating body and transmits sound to a user by contacting the vibrating body to a human auricle is placed in contact with the ear model (50) of the measurement system, the measurement system executes control for measurement, with the air-conducted sound gauge, of harmonics in an air-conducted component generated by a pure tone emitted by the acoustic device (1) and control to display the result of the measurement on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Patent number: 9363591Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a housing, a piezoelectric element, and a panel, which is attached to the housing and has a contact area contacting a part of human body, configured to vibrate by the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating the part of human body, such that pressure from inside of the housing at the contact area of the panel is smaller than pressure from inside of the housing at different area from the contact area. Thereby the sound pressure property is improved, and thus the electronic device preferably transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ozasa, Hayato Mizuno, Hiroto Yahagi, Keiichi Nagoshi, Tsutomu Zaima, Koutatsu Kanayama, Tomoaki Nakamura, Hideo Tomioka, Takuji Masunaga, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20160143563Abstract: This measurement system quantitatively presents the effect of wearing an acoustic device that transmits sound to a user by contacting a vibrating body to a human auricle. In a measurement system (10) including an ear model (50), which is provided with an artificial auricle (51) and an artificial external ear canal (53), and an air-conducted sound gauge (60) that measures air-conducted sound in the artificial external ear canal, while an acoustic device (1) is contacted to the ear model (50) of the measurement system (10), the acoustic device (1) including a vibrating body (10a) and transmitting sound to a user by contacting the vibrating body (10a) to a human auricle, the measurement system (10) measures, with the air-conducted sound gauge (60), air-conducted sound generated by the acoustic device (1) and presents the result of measurement together with a characteristic corresponding to when the user wears the acoustic device (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20160150328Abstract: A measurement device (10) for evaluating an electronic device (100) that causes sound to be heard via vibration transmission by pressing a vibrating body against a human ear includes an ear model (50) modeled after a human ear and vibration pickups (57a) and (57b) disposed at a periphery of an artificial external ear canal (53) formed in the ear model (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20160134977Abstract: The disclosed acoustic device and method of using the same allow perception of a bright, clear sound. In an acoustic device (1) for transmitting sound to a user through vibration conduction by contacting a vibrating body (10a) to a human auricle, when a measurement system (10), provided with an ear model (50) including an artificial auricle (51) and an artificial external ear canal (53) and with a microphone (62) that measures air-conducted sound in the artificial external ear canal (53), measures the air-conducted sound upon the acoustic device (1) outputting a fundamental frequency at a predetermined frequency in an audible frequency band while placed in contact with the ear model (50), three or more harmonics at or above the sixth harmonic and having a volume exceeding a volume 45 dB below the volume of the fundamental frequency are measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI