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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Publication number: 20160100262Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20160088409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20160066851Abstract: There has been no sufficient study to address an issue caused in the use of an open-air type audio device. Therefore, provided is an audio device with an actually useful organism sensor. In particular, the audio device includes an audio unit 10 to externally abut on the ear without being inserted thereinto, and an organism sensor unit 70 to be inserted into the ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro INAGAKI, Asao HIRANO
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Patent number: 9231445Abstract: A rotor (10) for a rotary electric machine has a plurality of magnetic poles (24) provided at intervals, in a circumferential direction, at the outer periphery of a rotor core (12). Each of the magnetic poles (24) has a first permanent magnet (26) buried in the center of the magnetic pole, and a pair of second permanent magnets (28) that are buried on both sides of the first permanent magnet (26) in the circumferential direction, and that are disposed such that a mutual spacing between the pair of the second permanent magnets (28) becomes narrower inward in the radial direction. A narrowest spacing between the pair of second permanent magnets (28) is set to be wider than a longitudinal-direction width of the first permanent magnet (26) in a magnetic path region (30) that is defined by the first permanent magnet (26) and the pair of second permanent magnets (28).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Sano, Ken Takeda, Tomohiro Inagaki, Shinichi Otake, Tsuyoshi Miyaji, Yuta Watanabe, Ryosuke Utaka
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Publication number: 20150334491Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji HORII, Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20150289053Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9143606Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a communication unit, a microphone that receives sound, a receiver that outputs sound, and a correcting unit that corrects quality of sound, and while a telephone call is being made by the communication unit, the receiver outputs sound input from the microphone and corrected by the correcting unit, and sound received by the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA COPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20150256944Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20150256943Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro INAGAKI
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Patent number: 9131300Abstract: 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: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Seiji Horii, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 9055193Abstract: A system may include a first communication device, and a recording server. The first communication device may set layout information indicative of a layout of media data. The first communication device may transmit, to the recording server, first media data to be transmitted to the second communication device, the layout information, and first identification information identifying the first communication device. The recording server may store the first media data, the layout information, and the first identification information transmitted from the first communication device. The recording server may receive a request for conference proceedings data from a particular device. The recording server may determine particular layout information for the particular device. The recording server may generate conference proceedings data based on the determined layout information and media data requested by the particular device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Miyazawa, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20150156454Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20150131816Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Publication number: 20150117678Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Miyano, Tomohiro Inagaki, Shun Kazama, Akio Kihara
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Publication number: 20150110318Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Miyano, Tomohiro Inagaki, Kenichi Ozasa, Satoshi Mizuta, Kiyokazu Sato
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Publication number: 20150036864Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: 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: 20150023531Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Seiji Horii, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 8892173Abstract: According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a sound production unit for producing a sound based on a sound signal; an input unit for receiving input; a processing unit configured to cause the sound production unit to produce a sound, and set, when a response to the produced sound is received by the input unit, a compensation parameter for adjusting sound volume for each audio frequency based on the response; and a compensation unit configured to compensate a sound signal based on the compensation parameter, and supply the compensated sound signal to the sound production unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 8892312Abstract: A side collision determination apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first acceleration sensor and a second acceleration sensor mounted on each side surface of the vehicle; and a determination unit configured to perform determination whether a level of collision, which has occurred at apart of the side surface, is equal to or higher than a prescribed level. The determination unit performs the determination based on the acceleration detected by a non-collision side one of the first and second acceleration sensors when the part of the side surface at which the collision has been occurred is adjacent to the sensor-mounted position. The determination unit performs the determination based on the acceleration detected by a collision side one of the first and second acceleration sensors when the part of the side surface at which the collision has been occurred is apart from the sensor-mounted position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 8862189Abstract: A mobile telephone device includes: a communication unit that communicates with external devices; a microphone that collects sound; a receiver that outputs sound; and a correcting unit that corrects quality of sound; in which the receiver outputs the sound collected by the microphone and corrected by the correcting unit. The mobile telephone device includes: a connector to which an earpiece can be connected; and a control unit that outputs the sound corrected by the correcting unit from the earpiece, when the earpiece is connected to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Inagaki