Shotaro Nagao

Title: Shotaro Nagao: Inventor of an Adaptive Sound Output Device.

Introduction

Shotaro Nagao is an inventor associated with Yokohama, Japan, and Kyocera Corporation. His patent work addresses how audio devices can respond when an object approaches one of their outputters.

Latest Patents

Nagao is credited with 1 patent: “Sound Output Device with Sound Outputting Based on Object Approach Detection, Method and Program.” The invention describes a device with separate outputters for the user’s ears, a detector that senses an approaching object near one outputter, and a controller that adjusts the audio in response. When an approach is detected, the device can play playback sound or call audio through one outputter while delivering masking sound through the other. The patent presents this approach as a way to improve the functionality and usability of sound output devices.

Career Highlights

Nagao’s listed patent is associated with Kyocera Corporation. It focuses on coordinating audio output with object-approach detection, combining sensing and sound control in a single system.

Collaborations

Toshikazu Kanaoka and Akito Moriwaki are identified as Nagao’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborations.

Conclusion

Shotaro Nagao’s recorded invention explores how object detection can guide audio output, with the aim of making sound devices more responsive and usable.