Patents by Inventor Yohei Fukuma

Yohei Fukuma 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: 8125759
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display portion, a main body portion, an articulated coupling mechanism, and an interlock mechanism. The display portion includes a display screen. The main body portion is coupled to the display portion. The articulated coupling mechanism includes, at each of end portions, a plurality of coupling members each having a rotation axis and being rotatably coupled to one another in series about the rotation axis, the plurality of coupling members coupled in series having one end coupled to the main body portion side and the other end coupled to the display portion side. The interlock mechanism interlocks rotations of the plurality of coupling members with one another in the articulated coupling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Rui Morisawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Naofumi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 8111317
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Kenichi Agata, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima, Naohiko Otake, Nozomi Ozaki, Hisaya Miyashita, Daisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: 8080306
    Abstract: There is provided an exterior member including a first layer formed on a surface of a substrate and containing coating inclusions and a second layer stacked on a surface of the first layer and containing a material that can allow light to be transmitted therethrough, the light having a wavelength at which optical characteristics of the coating inclusions can be changed. The first layer has a marking portion which is a portion where the optical characteristics of the coating inclusions have changed by laser-irradiation of the light having the wavelength to at least a part of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Kiyoto Kusama
  • Publication number: 20110241975
    Abstract: There is provided a head mounted display including a glasses-type frame to be worn on a head of an observer; two optical modules including two image creation devices, and two light guides having two light guide plates coupled one-to-one with the two image creation devices and placed closer to a center of a face of the observer than the image creation devices are as a whole, that guide light beams output from the image creation devices and output the light beams toward pupils of the observer; and an optical plate supporting the two light guides, wherein the optical plate is attached to a center part of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukawa, Atsushi Kagawa, Satoshi Nakano, Keita Hibi, Yohei Fukuma, Tomoaki Takuma
  • Publication number: 20110157806
    Abstract: A power switch and connector that are conventionally included in a body are formed in spaces created at the outer ends of the shafts of hinges other than the body and a display, whereby the body is thinned. Electronic device comprises a body, a display, and a hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A power switch is formed at an end of the shaft of the hinge. Furthermore, the electronic device comprises the body, the display, and another hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A port of a connector opens at an end of the shaft of the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo YAMAMOTO, Toru KARASHIMA, Yohei FUKUMA
  • Patent number: 7969497
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Kenichi Agata, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima, Naohiko Otake, Nozomi Ozaki, Hisaya Miyashita, Daisuke Ishii
  • Publication number: 20110109785
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Kenichi Agata, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima, Naohiko Otake, Nozomi Ozaki, Hisaya Miyashita, Daisuke Ishii
  • Publication number: 20110002497
    Abstract: A headphone device is provided which includes a housing including a speaker unit, and a band formed of a series of links and connected to the housings at an end of the band, each link being connected to one another by a joint. The each link includes an angle limiter for limiting a rotation angle between the each link and an adjacent link to the each link, and the band has an elastic force in a direction in which the housing presses an auricle by limiting the rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yohei Fukuma
  • Publication number: 20100239832
    Abstract: There is provided an exterior member including a first layer formed on a surface of a substrate and containing coating inclusions and a second layer stacked on a surface of the first layer and containing a material that can allow light to be transmitted therethrough, the light having a wavelength at which optical characteristics of the coating inclusions can be changed. The first layer has a marking portion which is a portion where the optical characteristics of the coating inclusions have changed by laser-irradiation of the light having the wavelength to at least a part of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei FUKUMA, Kiyoto KUSAMA
  • Publication number: 20100232100
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display portion, a main body portion, an articulated coupling mechanism, and an interlock mechanism. The display portion includes a display screen. The main body portion is coupled to the display portion. The articulated coupling mechanism includes, at each of end portions, a plurality of coupling members each having a rotation axis and being rotatably coupled to one another in series about the rotation axis, the plurality of coupling members coupled in series having one end coupled to the main body portion side and the other end coupled to the display portion side. The interlock mechanism interlocks rotations of the plurality of coupling members with one another in the articulated coupling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yohei FUKUMA, Rui Morisawa, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Naofumi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 7242585
    Abstract: An electronic device is thin and includes heat-generating components that are cooled efficiently. The electronic device includes heat-transmitting sheets 72 and 47 being stuck to inside surfaces of a lower section and an upper section of the electronic device's case and in contact with heat-generating components, which are semiconductor components such as an image processor and a central processor mounted on both sides of a motherboard provided in the case, and elastic sheets, which are laid between the portions, contacting the heat-generating components, of the heat-transmitting sheets and the inside surfaces of the sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima
  • Publication number: 20070115382
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Kenichi Agata, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima, Naohiko Otake, Nozomi Ozaki, Hisaya Miyashita, Daisuke Ishii
  • Publication number: 20050117291
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device which is thin and whose heat-generating components are cooled efficiently. The electronic device of the present invention is characterized by heat-transmitting sheets 72 and 47 being stuck to inside surfaces of a lower section 27 and an upper section 28 of the electronic device's case and being in contact with heat-generating components 58 and 60, which are semiconductor components such as an image processor and a central processor mounted on both sides of a motherboard 30 provided in the case, and elastic sheets 83 and 48, which are laid between the portions, contacting the heat-generating components 58 and 60, of the heat-transmitting sheets 72 and 47 and the inside surfaces of the sections 27 and 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Ryo Yamamoto, Toru Karashima
  • Patent number: D630238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Fukuma, Satoshi Masamitsu