Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Itou

Tomokazu Itou 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: 20100301039
    Abstract: A cooking device includes a heating chamber, a heating pan, a high-frequency wave supply unit which generates microwaves, an antenna which radiates the microwaves generated by the high-frequency wave supply unit, an operation unit which receives information on heating treatment of an object to be heated, and a control unit which controls the heating treatment of the object to be heated on the basis of the information on the heating treatment obtained from the operation unit. The control unit controls the orientation of the portion of the antenna which has high radiation directivity on the basis of the information, which is received from the operation unit, on the heating treatment of a first object to be heated placed on a placing table used also as a bottom surface of the heating chamber and a second object to be heated placed on the heating pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satomi Uchiyama, Tomokazu Itou
  • Publication number: 20090184110
    Abstract: To provide a heating apparatus which is good in the matching property when incorporated into a cabinet etc. without degrading the usability of a heating apparatus itself. The heating apparatus is configured by a lid 4 which opens and closes a heating chamber 3, a control portion 5 which controls a heating unit and an operation portion 6 which controls the driving of the heating unit. The operation portion 6 is configured by being provided with electrostatic switches at the inner side of a semi-transparent member and is also configured in a manner that the operation portion is illuminated and placed in a state of accepting a switch operation when the semi-transparent member is touched. The operation portion normally cannot be seen from the outside and so the apparatus is good in the matching property with furniture etc. when incorporated into a cabinet etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Semori, Masato Youta, Tomokazu Itou