Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Morozumi

Kunihiko Morozumi 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: 8869213
    Abstract: A reception device includes a first input terminal receiving a first television broadcast signal of a first frequency band or a mixed wave of the first television broadcast signal and a second television broadcast signal of a second frequency band; a second input terminal receiving the second television broadcast signal; first and second tuner; a matching unit extracting a second broadcast signal from a broadcast signal received from a first circuit terminal and outputting the extracted second broadcast signal from a second circuit terminal; a first connection portion selectively performing a connection between the first input terminal and the first circuit terminal of the matching unit; and a second connection portion setting an input path of the second television broadcast signal to the second tuner to a path from the second input terminal or a path from the second circuit terminal of the matching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takayuki Kaida, Kunihiko Morozumi, Katsuki Hirabayashi, Hitoshi Masumura
  • Publication number: 20110247041
    Abstract: A reception device includes a first input terminal receiving a first television broadcast signal of a first frequency band or a mixed wave of the first television broadcast signal and a second television broadcast signal of a second frequency band; a second input terminal receiving the second television broadcast signal; first and second tuner; a matching unit extracting a second broadcast signal from a broadcast signal received from a first circuit terminal and outputting the extracted second broadcast signal from a second circuit terminal; a first connection portion selectively performing a connection between the first input terminal and the first circuit terminal of the matching unit; and a second connection portion setting an input path of the second television broadcast signal to the second tuner to a path from the second input terminal or a path from the second circuit terminal of the matching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Imai, Takayuki Kaida, Kunihiko Morozumi, Katsuki Hirabayashi, Hitoshi Masumura