Patents by Inventor Kaname Inomata

Kaname Inomata 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: 5821914
    Abstract: A display apparatus enables analog clock display with, for example, twelve numbers 1 to 12 and a pair of long and short hands. In the display apparatus, a control circuit produces instruction data for controlling an on-screen display circuit which generates color signals for displaying an analog clock image. The instruction data causes the on-screen display circuit to change the colors of the two numbers to which the long and short hands point in the analog clock image so that these two numbers are displayed in a different color from those of other ten numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Kaname Inomata, Yutaka Chiaki
  • Patent number: 5473317
    Abstract: An audio-visual system including a plurality of audio-visual components, and a control panel or remote control unit for applying an operating signal to each of the components. Each component performs a specified operation corresponding to the operating signal. A status detector for detecting operation status of each of the plurality of audio-visual components. A switch for switching the audio-visual components to the status required to perform the specified operations, and remote control code transmitter generates a signal to allow operation of each of the audio-visual components by converting the operating signal into a remote control code signal and transmits the remote control code signal to the audio-visual component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kaname Inomata, Yutaka Noguchi