Yudai Kato

Title: Yudai Kato: Patented Innovations in Audio Processing and Motor Design.

Introduction

Yudai Kato is an inventor associated with Chiba, Japan, whose patent work spans audio-related information processing and spindle motor construction. His listed portfolio includes 2 patents, and his professional affiliations include Sony Corporation and Sony Group Corporation.

Latest Patents

Kato’s listed patents address technologies for recognizing tap operations and improving the construction of a spindle motor.

The patent titled “Information Processing System, Information Processing Apparatus and Method, Storage Case and Information Processing Method, and Program” describes a system designed to recognize a tap operation accurately and quickly. It uses vibration measurements from information-processing devices worn on both ears. The devices exchange vibration intensity values, which a control unit uses to detect a tap. The technology can be applied to headphones.

The patent titled “Player and Spindle Motor with Skirt Section Having Resin Lead-In Features” describes a spindle motor with a metal rotor and a synthetic-resin disk table. Resin lead-in holes in the rotor’s tubular skirt connect portions of the disk table on the rotor’s outer and inner surfaces, supporting the outsert-molded construction.

Career Highlights

Kato’s listed work connects consumer audio applications with mechanical design. His audio-processing patent focuses on detecting user input through coordinated vibration measurements, while his spindle-motor patent concerns the structure and manufacture of a rotor and disk table.

Collaborations

Kato’s listed company affiliations include Sony Corporation and Sony Group Corporation. His named coworkers include Kazuhito Kurita and Masaki Shinotsuka.

Conclusion

Yudai Kato’s patent portfolio reflects contributions to both headphone interaction technology and spindle motor design, combining signal-based operation detection with practical mechanical construction.