Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Mochizuki

Toshiyuki Mochizuki 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).

  • Electronic device, method for controlling the same, information processing apparatus, and computer program
    Patent number: 7627696
    Abstract: An electronic device can operate as an external device of an information processing apparatus. The electronic device includes a connecting unit for connecting to the information processing apparatus, a command processor for processing a command sent from the information processing apparatus through the connecting unit, a rechargeable battery, a charging controller for controlling a charging operation of the rechargeable battery, and an operating mode managing unit which, when the connecting unit is connected to an interface having a power-supply function, selects one of a normal operating mode in which the electronic device operates as the external device of the information processing apparatus, and a charging mode in which the electronic device stops operating as the external device of the information processing apparatus and charges the rechargeable battery. The command processor processes the command in accordance with the selected operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinari Suematsu, Masashi Sugasawa, Toshiyuki Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Hidenaga
  • Electronic device, method for controlling the same, information processing apparatus, and computer program
    Publication number: 20050267999
    Abstract: An electronic device can operate as an external device of an information processing apparatus. The electronic device includes a connecting unit for connecting to the information processing apparatus, a command processor for processing a command sent from the information processing apparatus through the connecting unit, a rechargeable battery, a charging controller for controlling a charging operation of the rechargeable battery, and an operating mode managing unit which, when the connecting unit is connected to an interface having a power-supply function, selects one of a normal operating mode in which the electronic device operates as the external device of the information processing apparatus, and a charging mode in which the electronic device stops operating as the external device of the information processing apparatus and charges the rechargeable battery. The command processor processes the command in accordance with the selected operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinari Suematsu, Masashi Sugasawa, Toshiyuki Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Hidenaga
  • Automatic preparation apparatus
    Patent number: 5305650
    Abstract: An automatic preparation apparatus comprising turntable means for mounting thereon a plurality of containers including sample containers, rack means, provided at a stationary position separate from the turntable means, for mounting thereon a plurality of sample containers, robot means for transferring the sample containers between the turntable means and the rack means, and control means for performing desired treatments on the liquid in the sample containers on the turntable means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Koike, Toshiyuki Mochizuki, Keiko Gondo