Patents by Inventor Takushi Yoshimaru

Takushi Yoshimaru 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).

  • Television telephone
    Patent number: 5966164
    Abstract: A television telephone including a movable head section, a support section and a bottom section. The movable head section includes an imaging device for inputting images and a display for displaying images. The bottom section includes a communication controller for transmission and reception of encoded information of at least one of audio and visual signals to and from a communication network, and a telephone controller for controlling transmission and reception functions and including a key console unit. The support section serves for connecting the bottom section and the movable head section and for supporting the movable head section and includes an image encoder/decoder for encoding image input signals and for decoding received image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotoh, Kiyoshi Ishida, Yoji Shibata, Masahiro Takahashi, Masaaki Takizawa, Kenji Yokoi, Katsumi Mikamo, Yoshinobu Matsubayashi, Iwao Ishinabe, Toshiaki Watanuki, Jun Furuya, Takushi Yoshimaru
  • Television telephone
    Patent number: 5677727
    Abstract: A television telephone including a movable head section, a support section and a bottom section. The movable head section includes an imaging device for inputting images and a display for displaying images. The bottom section includes a communication controller for transmission and reception of encoded information of at least one of audio and visual signals to and from a communication network, and a telephone controller for controlling transmission and reception functions and including a key console unit. The support section serves for connecting the bottom section and the movable head section and for supporting the movable head section and includes an image encoder/decoder for encoding image input signals and for decoding received image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotoh, Kiyoshi Ishida, Yoji Shibata, Masahiro Takahashi, Masaaki Takizawa, Kenji Yokoi, Katsumi Mikamo, Yoshinobu Matsubayashi, Iwao Ishinabe, Toshiaki Watanuki, Jun Furuya, Takushi Yoshimaru
  • Television telephone
    Patent number: 5396269
    Abstract: A television telephone including a movable head section, a support section and a bottom section. The movable head section includes an imaging device for inputting images and a display for displaying images. The bottom section includes a communication controller for transmission and reception of encoded information of at least one of audio and visual signals to and from a communication network, and a telephone controller for controlling transmission and reception functions and including a key console unit. The support section serves for connecting the bottom section and the movable head section and for supporting the movable head section and includes an image encoder/decoder for encoding image input signals and for decoding received image signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotoh, Kiyoshi Ishida, Yoji Shibata, Masahiro Takahashi, Masaaki Takizawa, Kenji Yokoi, Katsumi Mikamo, Yoshinobu Matsubayashi, Iwao Ishinabe, Toshiaki Watanuki, Jun Furuya, Takushi Yoshimaru