Patents by Inventor Sigenori Doi

Sigenori Doi 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).

  • Digital broadcast system, receiving apparatus and transmitting apparatus
    Patent number: 7950043
    Abstract: The receiving apparatus of the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives a broadcast; an output unit which outputs a service included in the received broadcast; an execution unit which executes an application program included in the received broadcast; an extraction unit which extracts, from service information included in the received broadcast, a font identifier which is information for identifying font data corresponding to the service; a switch detection unit which detects that a currently outputted service is switched; a connection unit which adopts, as font data to be used by the application program, font data identified by the font identifier corresponding to the currently outputted service that is detected; and a rendering unit which renders the font data to be used by the application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hirosi Aoki, Sigenori Doi
  • DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090138934
    Abstract: The receiving apparatus of the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives a broadcast; an output unit which outputs a service included in the received broadcast; an execution unit which executes an application program included in the received broadcast; an extraction unit which extracts, from service information included in the received broadcast, a font identifier which is information for identifying font data corresponding to the service; a switch detection unit which detects that a currently outputted service is switched; a connection unit which adopts, as font data to be used by the application program, font data identified by the font identifier corresponding to the currently outputted service that is detected; and a rendering unit which renders the font data to be used by the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirosi Aoki, Sigenori Doi