Patents by Inventor Munekazu Nakagawa

Munekazu Nakagawa 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: 5870682
    Abstract: Digital data extracted from an FM multiplex broadcasting wave is decoded by an FM multiplex decoder. The decoder FM multiplex data is applied to a CPU. According to a logic of a switch, the CPU selects display of one page or a plurality of pages to read out predetermined data from memory according to the selected result. Display data is produced on the basis of the decoded FM multiplex data and each readout data. The produced display data is provided to a display unit. The display unit selectively displays data of one page or data of a plurality of pages simultaneously on one screen according to the input display data. The data of each page is identified and displayed corresponding to each data using an identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Miwa, Kazuhiro Kishimoto, Kazunori Iwaki, Yasumasa Matsumoto, Munekazu Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5740135
    Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus which allows an uncomplicated and precise operating control reducing number of parts used and without increasing the size of structure of the apparatus is disclosed. In this disc reproducing apparatus, a first portion, to be detected, forms a disc number detecting mark. The first portion has a width smaller than a width of a second portion, to be detected, which a stop position detecting mark. At the same time, the disc number detecting mark and the stop position detecting mark are provided on a straight line. Thus, the disc number detecting mark and the stop position detecting mark can be detected by one mark sensor with both marks reliably distinguished from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Munekazu Nakagawa, Kazunori Iwaki, Norihiro Kurokawa