Patents by Inventor Yasunobu Shimizu

Yasunobu Shimizu 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: 6661753
    Abstract: A recording medium reproducing device is provided which device varies a tempo and a key of music reproduced from audio data recorded on a recording medium. The recording medium reproducing device comprises means for calculating a variable width of the key according to a varied tempo, means for adding the variable width of the key to a variable width of the key according to a varied key so as to have a summed variable width of the key, and means for displaying the summed variable width of the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Inoue, Saiji Tutiya, Yasunobu Shimizu, Kenji Oniki
  • Patent number: 6608803
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording medium reproduction apparatus that can continuously reproduce different tunes from recording media at the same numbers of beat and the same beat timing. The recording medium reproduction apparatus includes: a first recording medium reproduction unit; a second recording medium reproduction unit; and a control unit that compares the number of beats per unit time of a tune reproduced from a first recording medium with the number of beats per unit time of a tune reproduced from a second recording medium, and adjusts the reproduction rate of the second recording medium reproduction unit so that the number of beats per unit time of the second recording medium reproduction unit becomes equal to the number of beats per unit time of the first recording medium reproduction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Inoue, Saiji Tutiya, Yasunobu Shimizu, Kenji Oniki
  • Patent number: 6588893
    Abstract: A pair of glasses is provided with an attachment mechanism including a mount groove formed in an end portion of the glass, a lower portion of the mount groove being defined by a converging wall, a mount element provided at an end of the frame member, a fastening device which fastens the frame member on the glass by way of the mount element, and a retaining projection formed on the frame member near the mount element. The retaining projection has a leading end which comes into contact with the converging wall of the mount groove at least two or more points when the frame member is fastened on the glass by the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shimizu Megane
    Inventor: Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6590840
    Abstract: A recording medium reproduction apparatus is provided, which apparatus includes: a reproduction instruction unit which inputs instructions on a direction and a rate of a scratch reproduction of a recording medium; a data storage unit which stores data read out from the recording medium, the data being separated by a reference position at which the scratch reproduction is started into first and second halves each having a predetermined time length; and a scratch reproduction system which reads and reproduces the data stored in the data storage unit in accordance with the instructions input by the reproduction instruction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Inoue, Saiji Tutiya, Yasunobu Shimizu, Kenji Oniki
  • Publication number: 20020163618
    Abstract: A pair of glasses is provided with an attachment mechanism including a mount groove formed in an end portion of the glass, a lower portion of the mount groove being defined by a converging wall, a mount element provided at an end of the frame member, a fastening device which fastens the frame member on the glass by way of the mount element, and a retaining projection formed on the frame member near the mount element. The retaining projection has a leading end which comes into contact with the converging wall of the mount groove at least two or more points when the frame member is fastened on the glass by the fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Shimizu Megane
    Inventor: Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D518470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D453327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D521499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D466881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D467236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D538777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D468286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D471173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D546814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D475692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D477589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D555169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunobu Shimizu, Satoshi Sukeguchi
  • Patent number: D480399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Teac Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D485252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu
  • Patent number: D489726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Takita, Yasunobu Shimizu