Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Aikawa

Toshiharu Aikawa 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: 20230385016
    Abstract: A wireless microphone system includes: an input device; and a receiver including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the receive to perform operations. The operations include: wirelessly communicating with at least one of wireless microphones capable of collecting voices of respective speaking persons and wirelessly transmitting voice signals of the respective voices; receiving a voice signal of a speaking person transmitted from a corresponding one of the wireless microphones; holding voice channel management data generated based on input from the input device and defining a use relationship between voice channels and the wireless microphones, respectively; and audibly outputting the voice signal of the speaking person sent from the corresponding one of the wireless microphones by using, based on the voice channel management data, any one of the voice channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke KITAGO, Takaharu NINAGAWA, Toshiharu AIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20120194984
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to, while miniaturizing a coupling portion for coupling first and second cases constituting a portable terminal, prevent a cable that is passed through the coupling portion, from being raised, and fix the cable to the coupling portion with adjusting an extra length of the cable. The portable terminal of the invention includes: a first case; a second case; a coupling portion which swingably couples the first case and the second case to each other, and which includes a bearing portion that rotatably holds a shaft portion having a hollow portion; and a cable which is passed through the shaft portion. The coupling portion includes a fixing portion which clamps the cable that is passed through the hollow portion of the shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiharu Aikawa
  • Patent number: 7619211
    Abstract: LED elements (5) which are light emitting elements are mounted on a substrate (7). LED light guide plates (9, 9) which are light-emitting-element light guide components are arranged at positions corresponding to the LED elements (5) of the substrate (7). Each LED light guide plate (9) has a substrate-side protrusion (27) which is a portion to-be-held. The substrate-side protrusion (27) has a sectional shape which becomes smaller toward the substrate (7). The substrate-side protrusions (27) are fitted into the holding holes (37, 39) of a keeper plate (11) which is a holding member. The shapes of the holding holes (37, 39) are different in accordance with the arrangements of the LED light guide plates (9) in a light guide direction. Thus, in spite of the same shape of the LED light guide plates (9), the mounting heights thereof can be made different depending upon places. It is accordingly possible to provide a light emitting apparatus which can decrease the sorts of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Aikawa, Kazuko Matsuoka, Toshihiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070147078
    Abstract: [Means for Resolution] LED elements (5) which are light emitting elements are mounted on a substrate (7). LED light guide plates (9, 9) which are light-emitting-element light guide components are arranged at positions corresponding to the LED elements (5) of the substrate (7). Each LED light guide plate (9) has a substrate-side protrusion (27) which is a portion to-be-held. The substrate-side protrusion (27) has a sectional shape which becomes smaller toward the substrate (7). The substrate-side protrusions (27) are fitted into the holding holes (37, 39) of a keeper plate (11) which is a holding member. The shapes of the holding holes (37, 39) are different in accordance with the arrangements of the LED light guide plates (9) in a light guide direction. Thus, in spite of the same shape of the LED light guide plates (9), the mounting heights thereof can be made different depending upon places. It is accordingly possible to provide a light emitting apparatus which can decrease the sorts of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Aikawa, Kazuko Matsuoka, Toshihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6867812
    Abstract: A rail groove is provided on an outer peripheral portion of a focus adjusting ring. A lens seat, supporting an image pickup lens, is attached to an escutcheon forming a main body. A plurality of engaging protrusions, provided on a front surface of the escutcheon around the lens seat, engage with the rail groove. Cam surfaces, formed on the focus adjusting ring, are brought into contact with protrusions of a bracket which mounts an imaging element. The rotational motion of the focus adjusting ring is converted into a linear or progressive motion of a bracket by the cam surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaomi Iiizumi, Toshiharu Aikawa
  • Patent number: 6832044
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iris imaging apparatus is configured of a platform; a wide angle camera for imaging an image of a person to be authenticated; wide angle camera lighting devices controlled to emit light when the wide angle camera shoots; a telephoto camera for imaging the enlarged image of the eye of the person to be authenticated; iris lighting devices controlled to emit light when the telephoto camera shoots; first motors for rotating the iris lighting devices and directing the luminous light in the direction of the person to be authenticated; a turning stage mounted with the wide angle camera, the wide angle camera lighting devices, the telephoto camera, the iris lighting devices and the first motors, the turning stage rotatablly mounted on the platform; and a second motor for turning the turning stage. All the components required for the turning operation are mounted on the turning stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Doi, Jouji Wada, Ken Ikoma, Tomoyoshi Nakaigawa, Toshiharu Aikawa, Kouji Ooi
  • Publication number: 20030219247
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iris imaging apparatus is configured of a platform; a wide angle camera for imaging an image of a person to be authenticated; wide angle camera lighting devices controlled to emit light when the wide angle camera shoots; a telephoto camera for imaging the enlarged image of the eye of the person to be authenticated; iris lighting devices controlled to emit light when the telephoto camera shoots; first motors for rotating the iris lighting devices and directing the luminous light in the direction of the person to be authenticated; a turning stage mounted with the wide angle camera, the wide angle camera lighting devices, the telephoto camera, the iris lighting devices and the first motors, the turning stage rotatablly mounted on the platform; and a second motor for turning the turning stage. All the components required for the turning operation are mounted on the turning stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Doi, Jouji Wada, Ken Ikoma, Tomoyoshi Nakaigawa, Toshiharu Aikawa, Kouji Ooi
  • Patent number: D848972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Aikawa