Patents by Inventor Yasushi Kumakura

Yasushi Kumakura 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: 20240116429
    Abstract: To improve pedestrian visibility. Provided is a headlight controller connectable to a first headlight and a second headlight spaced apart in a vehicle width direction at the front of the vehicle, the headlight controller including: a rainfall amount detection means installed in the vehicle; and a controller installed in the vehicle, where the controller is connected to the rainfall amount detection means, and the controller carries out control such that when rainfall amount detected by the rainfall amount detection means is equal to or more than a predetermined value, irradiation light from the first headlight becomes relatively darker than irradiation light from the second headlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru NAKASHIMA, Yasushi KITA, Takako KIMURA, Shuto OYAMA, Kouki KUDO, Akihisa KUMAKURA
  • Patent number: 6631111
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus with a teletext recording capability comprises an FM tuner (11) for receiving teletext with text information multiplexed with an FM signal; a text information decoder (21) for extracting the text information from the output of the FM tuner (11); a RAM (3) for temporarily storing the text information from the text information decoder (21); an audio circuit (41) for performing an audio signal processing based on the output of the FM tuner (11); and a recording/reproducing means (5) for recording an audio signal from the audio circuit (41) in a mini disc (6) with recording and reproducing capabilities and reproducing the audio signal from the disc; whereby, after recording the audio signal in the mini disc (6), a content of the text information preselected as additional information to the audio signal is read out from the RAM (3) and automatically recorded in a predetermined area of the mini disc (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Aiwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Kumakura