Patents by Inventor Akio Kitaya

Akio Kitaya 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).

  • Publication number: 20160057436
    Abstract: In a video processing apparatus, even when a resolution of a video signal to be decoded is switched, scaling is performed so as to match with a display size of a display portion for outputting to the display portion and the display portion is caused to display a video matching with the display size. A video processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a decoding portion that decodes a video signal, and a scaling portion that applies scaling processing to a video frame indicated by the video signal decoded by the decoding portion. The decoding portion gives resolution information of the video frame indicated by the decoded video signal to the scaling portion, and the scaling portion applies scaling processing to the video frame based on the resolution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke KOYANO, Akio KITAYA
  • Patent number: 8704894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device provided with a circuit board applicable to various models, wherein the operations of a system microcomputer on the circuit board can be switched without using a physical connector. The display device is provided with: a main board applicable to various models; and a TV microcomputer, which is provided on the main board and stores the set value data of each of the models. The main board is provided with: an external memory I/F which has external memory said external memory storing the model identifying information of the display device stored. The TV microcomputer specifies the set value data of the display device on the basis of the model identifying information of the display device, said model identifying information having been read out from the external memory, and the TV microcomputer switches the operation on the basis of the specified set value data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Kitaya, Tohru Horii
  • Publication number: 20120105650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device provided with a circuit board applicable to various models, wherein the operations of a system microcomputer on the circuit board can be switched without using a physical connector. The display device is provided with: a main board applicable to various models; and a TV microcomputer, which is provided on the main board and stores the set value data of each of the models. The main board is provided with: an external memory I/F which has external memory said external memory storing the model identifying information of the display device stored. The TV microcomputer specifies the set value data of the display device on the basis of the model identifying information of the display device, said model identifying information having been read out from the external memory, and the TV microcomputer switches the operation on the basis of the specified set value data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Akio Kitaya, Tohru Horii