Patents by Inventor Yoichi Yamaki

Yoichi Yamaki 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: 6654002
    Abstract: A plurality of items and a cursor capable of clearly pointing out an item selected from these items are displayed on a display screen. These plural items are employed so as to select a function and to input a character. On a telephone directory registering screen used to enter a character, when a user depresses a determination switch under such a condition that a cursor 25 is located at a position of a direction indication 26 indicative of a switching position of a cursor mode, the cursor mode is switched. Thus, in response to an operation input of a cursor switch, such a condition that the cursor can be moved along the right/left direction is changed into another condition that the display item can be scrolled along the upper/lower direction. At this time, the direction indication 26 is switched in correspondence with the change in the cursor modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 6414588
    Abstract: A selective caller receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective caller receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data is provided and turning ON of a control switch causes the data to be read out from the memory. When a test mode is judged to be present on the basis of the read-out data, a battery saving operation is released and the receiving unit is continuously operated to set the receiving unit in the test mode. When a test mode is judged not to be present, the receiving unit is operated in its battery saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 6163273
    Abstract: A selective call receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective call receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data is provided and turning ON of a control switch causes the data to be read out from the memory. When a test mode is judged to be present on the basis of the read-out data, a battery saving operation is released and receiving unit is continuously operated to set the receiving unit in the test mode. When a test mode is judged not to be present, the receiving unit is operated in its battery saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 5987075
    Abstract: An FSK signal receiver includes an amplifier which amplifies a first FSK signal at an adjustable gain. A frequency converter converts an output signal from the amplifier into a second FSK signal having a frequency lower than a frequency of the first FSK signal. A demodulator demodulates the second FSK signal into a baseband signal. A bit-state detector detects a bit state from the baseband signal in response to a threshold. A calculator calculates a number of times of occurrence of a fact that the baseband signal moves across the threshold during a given time. The gain of the amplifier is adjusted in response to the number of times which is calculated by the calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Abe, Takaaki Kishigami, Masahiro Mimura, Makoto Hasegawa, Katsushi Yokozaki, Yoichi Yamaki, Toshiyuki Tsumura, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 5917871
    Abstract: A bit synchronization circuit receives polarity-judged output signal and a level-judged output signal that are produced through demodulation of a 2-value FSK or 4-value FSK transmission signal. Flip-flop circuits and an exclusive-OR circuit generate a second sampling output by sampling and delaying the polarity-judged output signal. Flip-flop circuits and an exclusive-NOR circuit generate a third sampling signal having a given temporal relationship with the second sampling output by sampling and delaying the level-judged output signal. AND circuits supply a correction signal to a counter circuit when levels of the second and third sampling outputs and a phase signal indicating a correction period of the counter circuit satisfy a given relationship. In response to the correction signal, the counter circuit corrects its count so as to produce a clock signal having a rate that is equal to a transmission rate of the transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 5781588
    Abstract: An FSK signal receiver includes an amplifier which amplifies a first FSK signal at an adjustable gain. A frequency converter converts an output signal from the amplifier into a second FSK signal having a frequency lower than a frequency of the first FSK signal. A demodulator demodulates the second FSK signal into a baseband signal. A bit-state detector detects a bit state from the baseband signal in response to a threshold. A calculator calculates a number of times of occurrence of a fact that the baseband signal moves across the threshold during a given time. The gain of the amplifier is adjusted in response to the number of times which is calculated by the calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Abe, Takaaki Kishigami, Masahiro Mimura, Makoto Hasegawa, Katsushi Yokozaki, Yoichi Yamaki, Toshiyuki Tsumura, Hiroshi Katayama