Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Riko

Yasuhiro Riko 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: 6731766
    Abstract: A condenser microphone has a conductive diaphragm 3 having an earth electrode layer 31 formed of a conductive light metal; a conductor fixed electrode 5 arranged opposite to the conductive diaphragm 3 through an air layer; an organic dielectric layer 32 formed of the organic compound provided on the boundary surface 32C side between the air layer and the conductive diaphragm 3; and a permanent electric charge layer 32A composed of ions or electrons formed in the inner portion side receding from the air layer 8 side, from a middle position in the thickness direction of the organic dielectric layer 32 in the inside of the organic dielectric layer 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yasuno, Yasuhiro Riko
  • Publication number: 20030026443
    Abstract: A condenser microphone has a conductive diaphragm 3 having an earth electrode layer 31 formed of a conductive light metal; a conductor fixed electrode 5 arranged opposite to the conductive diaphragm 3 through an air layer; an organic dielectric layer 32 formed of the organic compound provided on the boundary surface 32C side between the air layer and the conductive diaphragm 3; and a permanent electric charge layer 32A composed of ions or electrons formed in the inner portion side receding from the air layer 8side, from a middle position in the thickness direction of the organic dielectric layer 32 in the inside of the organic dielectric layer 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yasuno, Yasuhiro Riko
  • Patent number: 6449370
    Abstract: A digital electro-acoustic transducer for improving the speech quality of sound under noisy circumstances is disclosed. A plurality of sound generating units A constituted by electrostatic electro-acoustic transducers (condenser earphones) and a sound receiving unit B constituted by an electrostatic acousto-electric transducer (condenser microphone) are disposed in a cavity of a soundproof housing. The units A are provided in a feedback loop and an output level of the unit B is adjusted by an preamplifier. An output of the preamplifier is sampled by a sample-and-hold circuit and an output thereof is delta-modulated by a delta modulation circuit. The number of pulses produced by the circuit is subjected to arithmetic operation in an arithmetic circuit to produce a drive signal for the units A. Vibration of a vibration film of the unit B is detected and arithmetical control is made to be always maintained to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yasuno, Yasuhiro Riko
  • Patent number: 6442194
    Abstract: An acoustic pulse in size corresponding to the digit position of a digital signal pulse is generated by means of condenser speakers 261, 262, . . . 26n, that are grouped electro acoustic transducer elements corresponding to each bit that forms a digital signal employed in a communication channel. Then, an electro acoustic D/A converter for synthesizing the pulse in a cavity 24 is composed. Further, this electro acoustic D/A converter is to be as a component, and an electro acoustic A/D converter is composed by additionally providing electric accessories as in the A/D converter comprising a general electric circuit. In this manner, a transmitter/receiver having a function for converting between an acoustic analog signal and a digital electric signal is composed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yasuno, Yasuhiro Riko
  • Patent number: 6125189
    Abstract: A digital type electroacoustic transducer converts between a digital electric signal and an analog acoustic signal and includes units A (sounding bodies) arranged on the same plane as that of units B (sound receiving sensors), with the number of group units being decided at a ratio corresponding to a digit position of each bit of the digital signal. When the bit exists, a power source for electrode driving and the group unit are connected, and both of an electric/acoustic conversion and a digital/analog conversion are simultaneously executed through the unit A. The units B provide an addition value of all outputs of the units A. After a level of the detection acoustic signal is adjusted by a preamplifier, the signal is delta modulated and supplied to an arithmetic operating circuit. When a digital electric signal which is input does not exist, only the acoustic signal which arrives at the diaphragm surface of the unit B is input to the arithmetic operating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Yasuno, Yasuhiro Riko
  • Patent number: 4015227
    Abstract: An electromagnetic transducer in which a D.C. magnetic flux generating section including a permanent magnet and a signal flux generating section including a coil are arranged in spaced relation on opposite sides of a diaphragm to form a balanced type transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Riko, Kenzo Miura