Patents by Inventor Ai Hattori

Ai Hattori 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 broadcast receiver which selects programs by genre and past viewing habits
    Patent number: 5585865
    Abstract: A television receiver for receiving a television broadcast signal and tuning in a desired channel to receive a television signal on which a broadcast program of a predetermined genre is broadcast, and that performs the steps of entering a first genre code of a desired program, extracting a second genre code included in the television broadcast signal, making a comparison between the first genre code and the second genre code for all receivable channels, and, if a program corresponding to the first genre code is being broadcast in a plurality of channels, tuning in a channel having a past record of highest frequency of reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Amano, Ai Hattori