Patents by Inventor Arthur Ozaki

Arthur Ozaki 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: 20060033846
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a tuner module configured to demodulate a first television signal and a second television signal that corresponds to the first television signal; and a controller electronically coupled to the tuner module, the controller configured to compare a value of a first variable to a threshold level, the value of the first variable related to a quality of the first television signal; wherein the controller switches from outputting for display the first television signal to outputting for display the second television signal that corresponds to the first television signal in response to comparing the value of the first variable to the threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Ozaki, Michael McDermott, Peter Shintani
  • Publication number: 20060033819
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatic orientation correction of images stored within a digital camera. The digital camera described herein comprises an orientation selector that allows the user to select among various image orientations, such as a landscape style orientation and a portrait style orientation. In one embodiment, software resident on the digital camera responds to actuation of the orientation selector by automatically rotating the image upright and storing the rotated image in the digital camera. In another embodiment, recordable image space of the digital camera is adjusted such that the recordable image space has dimensions equal to the dimensions of the image orientation selected. In a still further embodiment, software resident on the digital camera crops the image such that the image has dimensions equal to the dimensions of the image orientation selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Ozaki, Peter Shintani
  • Publication number: 20050120383
    Abstract: A system for saving settings of an audiovisual system includes a first audiovisual device with a setting and a second audiovisual device communicatively coupled to the first audiovisual device, wherein the second audiovisual device is configured to save the setting of the first audiovisual device upon a save event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Arthur Ozaki, Peter Shintani