Patents by Inventor Kenichi Konuma

Kenichi Konuma 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: 6747567
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus wherein a remote control signal received via a filter is decoded and, upon deciding that the control signal is a power cutoff instruction, a controlling microcomputer outputs a filter control signal for actuating the filter to place the apparatus in a reception standby mode while the microcomputer itself is also set in its low power state, hence preventing a malfunction that some noise derived from external light of a fluorescent lamp or the like is recognized erroneously as a remote control signal and that the apparatus is shifted in error from the low power state to its wake-up mode. Consequently, the power consumption can be reduced in the standby mode. The remote control signal consists of a fixed-width pulse and a succeeding control code, and upon detection of the fixed-width pulse, the controlling microcomputer is released from the low power state to wake up and then halts the operation of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Amano, Kenichi Konuma, Toshihisa Ueki
  • Publication number: 20020030603
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus wherein a remote control signal received via a filter is decoded and, upon decision that the control signal is a power cutoff instruction, a controlling microcomputer outputs a filter control signal for actuating the filter to place the apparatus in a reception standby mode while the microcomputer itself is also set in its low power state, hence preventing a malfunction that some noise derived from external light of a fluorescent lamp or the like is recognized erroneously as a remote control signal and that the apparatus is shifted in error from the low power state to its wake-up mode. Consequently, the power consumption can be reduced in the standby mode. The remote control signal is composed of a fixed-width pulse and a succeeding control code, and upon detection of the fixed-width pulse, the controlling microcomputer is released from the low power state to wake up and then halts the operation of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Toshio Amano, Kenichi Konuma, Toshihisa Ueki
  • Patent number: 6121959
    Abstract: A monitor device capable of setting and adjusting various function items with an operation system having fewer number of keys and fitting an operation sense of a user. The movement of the cursor, and the change of the sound volume display and all kinds of adjustment values in a submenu can be performed with a tablet key which can be pressed and slide-operated with the result that almost all of the setting and adjustment on all kinds of functions of the monitor device can be performed with fewer required than keys of the conventional operation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Segawa, Takayuki Shiomi, Osamu Oda, Kenichi Konuma, Etsuko Morota, Miwako Yoritate, Tsuyoshi Hirano, Kayo Kono