Sony Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Akihiro Ogata

Takashi Yamazaki

Tokio Kanada

Satoshi Nagasawa

Satoshi Kawabe

Hideaki Kushida

Hidekazu Ebihara

Takeshi Niikura

Shinnosuke Oguma

Tomohiro Matsuo

Yasumitsu Wada

Kazuyasu Tsunezumi

Seiichi Makimoto

An earphone includes: a housing; a dynamic driver unit provided in the housing; and a sound conduit having a length of approximately 10 mm or more, the sound conduit being configured to transmit sound output from the dynamic driver unit.

Earphone

There is provided a light-emitting device including a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another device, a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a control unit that performs control by switching between a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with a timing at which a signal is received by the wireless communication unit and a mode in which the light emission of the light-emitting unit is controlled in accordance with an internal timer based on a light emission timing included in a signal received from the other device by the wireless communication unit.

Light-emitting device, method of controlling light-emitting device, and program

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a recording medium which includes a main body on which the recording medium is loaded, a lid rotatably mounted on the main body for opening and closing a loading device of the main body on which the recording medium is loaded, wherein a lock member is movably mounted on one of the main body and the lid and a locked part and a lid lock detection switch are mounted on the other of the main body and the lid, the lock member being engaged with the locked part and actuating the lid lock detection switch when the lid is moved to a locking position in a state of closing the loading device, the lock member when moved to a lock release position being disengaged from the locked part and released from its operation on the lid lock detection switch.

Disc cartridge loading device with lid lock detection switch

A loading device for a recording medium which includes a manually operated ejection member, a lock member inhibiting dismounting of a loaded recording medium, an ejection transmission member mounted for movement between a transmission position to intrude into a movement trajectory of the ejection member and a transmission releasing position to be withdrawn from the movement trajectory, the ejection transmission member being moved by movement of the ejection member for moving the lock member when in the transmission position, a movement mechanism movably attached to the ejection transmission member moves the ejection transmission member between the transmission and transmission release positions, and, biasing means for biasing the ejection transmission member toward the transmission position, wherein, except during recording or reproduction modes, the movement mechanism puts the ejection transmission member at the transmission position if the ejection member is in the lock position when the ejection transmission member is moved, and the movement means abuts the ejection transmission member against the ejection member under the bias of the biasing means if the ejection member is in the eject position when the ejection transmission member is moved, such that if the ejection member is then moved into the lock position, the ejection transmission member is moved by the biasing means into the transmission position, and wherein, during recording or reproduction modes, the movement mechanism puts the ejection transmission member at the transmission release position.

Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording medium

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a recording medium including a head for reproducing the information on or from the recording medium, a movement mechanism for moving the recording medium between a first position enabling recording and/or reproducing of information signals by the head and a second position above the first position for performing an exchange operation, a lock mechanism for locking the movement mechanism at the first position, a controller for moving the head between a position proximate to the recording medium and an upper position spaced apart from the recording medium, and, engagement means moved by the controller and engaged by the lock mechanism, the engagement means engaging with the lock mechanism by the controller and moving between an engagement position engaged with the lock mechanism and disengaged from the lock mechanism by a ejecting operation and a lock release position of being released from the position of being disengaged from the lock mechanism as a result of the ejecting operation, wherein, when the head is at the upper position spaced apart from the recording medium, the engagement means is positioned at the position of being engaged with the lock mechanism and releases the lock of the movement mechanism by the lock mechanism at the first position, and wherein, when the head is proximate to the recording medium, the engagement means is caused to move to the lock release position by the controller.

Mini disc player

A pickup system for an optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a support device for the lens element including pairs of cantilevel-like springs separately disposed in first and second perpendicular directions for flexing in respectively orthogonal directions.

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Saitama, Japan

Akihiro Ogata