Patents by Inventor Tomotada Ishii

Tomotada Ishii 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: 7799978
    Abstract: A tuner mounting mounts a tuner to a musical instrument to indicate a tuning state of the musical instrument. The tuner mounting device has a hook-and-loop fastener that connects to a main body of the tuner and is configured to wrap directly around at least a part of the instrument so that end portions of the hook-and-loop fastener are removably connected to one another to directly mount the tuner main body to the part of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Nagakura, Hirokazu Serita, Akiko Asahata, Tomotada Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090235807
    Abstract: Provide a tuner mounting device which does not scratch an instrument and which provides a satisfactory sensitivity to a vibration generated from the instrument. A mounting base portion for fixing a tuner main body to a part of the instrument is fixed to the instrument on a constant basis by a hook-and-loop fastener, with a structure to be fitted into the mounting base portion being provided on a lower surface of a tuner main body containing a vibration sensor for detecting vibration generated through operation of the instrument. The mounting base portion has a power source portion and a power supply contact, with the structure having an electrical contact corresponding to the power supply contact provided on the mounting base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Nagakura, Hirokazu Serita, Akiko Asahata, Tomotada Ishii
  • Publication number: 20040113771
    Abstract: A living body information detecting terminal (2) is controlled from the side of a living body information monitoring device (3) connected to the living body information detecting terminal (2). In particular, a first living body information detecting sensor that is driven at all times or a second living body information detecting sensor that is in a power-save state or performs measurement in an intermittent manner during normal conditions, is selected, determined, and controlled from among living body information detecting sensors (5) provided to the living body information detecting terminal (2) depending on its wearer, and the second living body information detecting sensor is operated with transmission of an abnormality signal from the first living body information detecting sensor as a trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Toru Ozaki, Tomotada Ishii, Ryuji Iijima, Koichi Moriya