Patents by Inventor Toru Nishinotsuji

Toru Nishinotsuji 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).

  • Wearable electronic device
    Patent number: 7745717
    Abstract: In a wearable electronic device attachable to an arm, a display screen is disposed on a top face of a main body which is attached to the arm. First and second controls are arranged adjacent to opposite sides of the display screen, respectively, and project obliquely from the top face of the main body. The first control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. The second control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. An operation of one of the first and second controls or both of the first and second controls enables setting of the device using the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiko Sasaki, Toru Nishinotsuji
  • WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080223198
    Abstract: In a wearable electronic device attachable to an arm, a display screen is disposed on a top face of a main body which is attached to the arm. First and second controls are arranged adjacent to opposite sides of the display screen, respectively, and project obliquely from the top face of the main body. The first control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. The second control is configured to move toward a near side of the display screen by an operation of the user and to return spontaneously to a rest position away from the near side. An operation of one of the first and second controls or both of the first and second controls enables setting of the device using the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihiko SASAKI, Toru NISHINOTSUJI
  • Combined music player and pulse meter
    Patent number: D578545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sakai, Toru Nishinotsuji, Michihiko Sasaki