Patents by Inventor Mitsuaki Moritani
Mitsuaki Moritani 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).
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Patent number: 8310593Abstract: According to one embodiment, the apparatus has a first block configured to be connected to a receiving block for a television signal and a second block independent from the first block, configured to be connected to a network. A bypass route is configured to lead a bypass stream including an image signal from the first block to the second block. A processor is configured to generate a return stream by inserting the image signal from the network into the image signal on the bypass stream, at the second block. A return pass is configured to return the return stream to the first block. And a converter is configured to convert the image signal included in the return stream into a signal for output and display, at the first block.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hisashi Mogi, Mitsuaki Moritani
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Patent number: 8145038Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information transmitting apparatus includes a receiver, a management module, a transmitter, and an update module. The receiver is configured to receive a first content item in which a first viewable time is set. The management module is configured to manage the first content item and a remaining viewable time. The transmitter is configured to transmit a second content item and information of second viewable time to a device to which a duplicate is to be made, the second content item being a duplicate of the first content item and the information of the second viewable time defining a period of time during which the second content item can be viewed in the device. The update module is configured to update the remaining viewable time managed by the management module to a period of time obtained by subtracting the second viewable time.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Mitsuaki Moritani, Kunio Honsawa, Atsushi Nakajima
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Publication number: 20120050615Abstract: According to one embodiment, the apparatus has a first block configured to be connected to a receiving block for a television signal and a second block independent from the first block, configured to be connected to a network. A bypass route is configured to lead a bypass stream including an image signal from the first block to the second block. A processor is configured to generate a return stream by inserting the image signal from the network into the image signal on the bypass stream, at the second block. A return pass is configured to return the return stream to the first block. And a converter is configured to convert the image signal included in the return stream into a signal for output and display, at the first block.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hisashi MOGI, Mitsuaki MORITANI
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Publication number: 20110123176Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information transmitting apparatus includes a receiver, a management module, a transmitter, and an update module. The receiver is configured to receive a first content item in which a first viewable time is set. The management module is configured to manage the first content item and a remaining viewable time. The transmitter is configured to transmit a second content item and information of second viewable time to a device to which a duplicate is to be made, the second content item being a duplicate of the first content item and the information of the second viewable time defining a period of time during which the second content item can be viewed in the device. The update module is configured to update the remaining viewable time managed by the management module to a period of time obtained by subtracting the second viewable time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshinobu Fujiwara, Mitsuaki Moritani, Kunio Honsawa, Atsushi Nakajima
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Patent number: 7831644Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication device, an information acquisition module, a file management information generation module, and an access control module. The information acquisition module acquires, by wireless communication with an external device, metadata corresponding to content data which the external device can provide. The file management information generation module generates, based on the acquired metadata, file management information based on which a host apparatus recognizes the content data as a file stored in a storage medium in the electronic apparatus. The access control module is configured to, upon receiving a read request for a file corresponding to the content data, which is transmitted from the host apparatus, execute external device access processing of acquiring the content data from the external device using the wireless communication device, and output the acquired content data to the host apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsuaki Moritani, Yasuhiro Morioka, Hiroki Iwahara, Naomiki Kobayashi, Hirokazu Nagashima
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Patent number: 7825772Abstract: According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing having a first surface, an antenna provided in the housing, and a close proximity wireless transfer device provided in the housing and configured to execute, via the first surface, close proximity wireless transfer with an external device which is present within a predetermined wireless communication-capable distance from the antenna. The antenna is provided on an inner side in the first surface, with a space greater than the wireless communication-capable distance being provided from an outer peripheral edge of the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Mitsuaki Moritani
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Patent number: 7761614Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is detachably connected to a host apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a file management information generation module. The file management information generation module generates file management information based on which a host apparatus recognizes each of content data items as a file stored in a storage medium, the file management information being indicative of a plurality of starting storage locations on the storage medium corresponding to starting data blocks of the content data items, and a plurality of shared storage locations on the storage medium, which are shared by the content data items and correspond to second and following data blocks of each of the content data items.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hirokazu Nagashima, Mitsuaki Moritani, Yasuhiro Morioka, Hiroki Iwahara, Naomiki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100019884Abstract: According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing having a first surface, an antenna provided in the housing, and a close proximity wireless transfer device provided in the housing and configured to execute, via the first surface, close proximity wireless transfer with an external device which is present within a predetermined wireless communication-capable distance from the antenna. The antenna is provided on an inner side in the first surface, with a space greater than the wireless communication-capable distance being provided from an outer peripheral edge of the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Mitsuaki MORITANI
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Publication number: 20090292707Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication device, an information acquisition module, a file management information generation module, and an access control module. The information acquisition module acquires, by wireless communication with an external device, metadata corresponding to content data which the external device can provide. The file management information generation module generates, based on the acquired metadata, file management information based on which a host apparatus recognizes the content data as a file stored in a storage medium in the electronic apparatus. The access control module is configured to, upon receiving a read request for a file corresponding to the content data, which is transmitted from the host apparatus, execute external device access processing of acquiring the content data from the external device using the wireless communication device, and output the acquired content data to the host apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Mitsuaki Moritani, Yusuhiro Morioka, Hiroki Iwahara, Naomiki Kobayashi, Hirokazu Nagashima
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Publication number: 20090292830Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is detachably connected to a host apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a file management information generation module. The file management information generation module generates file management information based on which a host apparatus recognizes each of content data items as a file stored in a storage medium, the file management information being indicative of a plurality of starting storage locations on the storage medium corresponding to starting data blocks of the content data items, and a plurality of shared storage locations on the storage medium, which are shared by the content data items and correspond to second and following data blocks of each of the content data items.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Hirokazu Nagashima, Mitsuaki Moritani, Yasuhiro Morioka, Hiroki Iwahara, Naomiki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6965829Abstract: This invention provides an on-vehicle electronic apparatus, which has a wireless communication unit which makes a wireless communication via a wireless LAN, means for acquiring position information and velocity information of vehicles before and after the self vehicle using the wireless communication unit, means for calculating the inter-vehicle distances between the self vehicle, and the vehicles before and after the self vehicle with reference to map information on the basis of the acquired position information and velocity information, and means for, when the calculated inter-vehicle distances are equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance and the velocities of the self vehicle and the vehicles before and after the self vehicle are equal to or higher than a predetermined velocity, taking a collision avoidance measure.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinji Yamadaji, Mitsuaki Moritani, Kosei Okamoto, Hideyuki Toma
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Publication number: 20050027740Abstract: A content information management apparatus includes a collection processing unit which collects content information items indicating attributes of contents stored in different specific forms in storage devices connected to networks using different protocols, a conversion processing unit which converts each of the content information items collected by the collection processing unit into content information of a standardized form, and a display which displays the content information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Mitsuaki Moritani, Yasuhiro Morioka, Hiroshi Niina, Kazuaki Iwamura, Ken Kishida
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Publication number: 20050027673Abstract: A digital content management apparatus is capable of collectively displaying a list of content present on a network in an easy-to-use way. A content management server determines whether identical content is present when creating a display list of content managed by plural, different a audio video devices connected to the network. When identical content is present, the server creates a display list such that identical content is displayed according to designated conditions, such as in order of transmission speed of servers, based on a setting file.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Mitsuaki Moritani, Yasuhiro Morioka, Hiroshi Niina, Kazuaki Iwamura, Ken Kishida
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Publication number: 20040049343Abstract: This invention provides an on-vehicle electronic apparatus, which has a wireless communication unit which makes a wireless communication via a wireless LAN, means for acquiring position information and velocity information of vehicles before and after the self vehicle using the wireless communication unit, means for calculating the inter-vehicle distances between the self vehicle, and the vehicles before and after the self vehicle with reference to map information on the basis of the acquired position information and velocity information, and means for, when the calculated inter-vehicle distances are equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance and the velocities of the self vehicle and the vehicles before and after the self vehicle are equal to or higher than a predetermined velocity, taking a collision avoidance measure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinji Yamadaji, Mitsuaki Moritani, Kosei Okamoto, Hideyuki Toma
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Patent number: 6415115Abstract: An image forming method includes the reception step of receiving image information including control information representing one of single-side printing and double-side printing for each page, and the image formation step of determining for each page in accordance with the control information whether the image information requires one of single-side printing and double-side printing, and forming the image information of the page on an image forming medium. Single-side/double-side printing control information at the header enables printing images in single-side and double-side printing modes.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuaki Moritani