Patents by Inventor Futoshi MURONAGA

Futoshi MURONAGA 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).

  • Audio system, audio apparatus, and control method for audio apparatus
    Patent number: 10390138
    Abstract: An audio system includes a first audio apparatus that receives a first audio signal with a first number of channels and a second audio apparatus connected to the first audio apparatus via a network. The first audio apparatus includes a signal processing unit configured to generate, on the basis of the first audio signal received from the outside of the first audio apparatus, a second audio signal with a second number of channels larger than the first number of channels, and a communication unit configured to transmit a third audio signal corresponding to a part of the channels in the second audio signal generated by the signal processing unit to the second audio apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Shirai, Yuki Suemitsu, Osamu Kohara, Futoshi Muronaga, Kazuhiro Iwashita
  • Audio System, Audio Apparatus, and Control Method for Audio Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190075398
    Abstract: An audio system includes a first audio apparatus that receives a first audio signal with a first number of channels and a second audio apparatus connected to the first audio apparatus via a network. The first audio apparatus includes a signal processing unit configured to generate, on the basis of the first audio signal received from the outside of the first audio apparatus, a second audio signal with a second number of channels larger than the first number of channels, and a communication unit configured to transmit a third audio signal corresponding to a part of the channels in the second audio signal generated by the signal processing unit to the second audio apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Masakazu SHIRAI, Yuki SUEMITSU, Osamu KOHARA, Futoshi MURONAGA, Kazuhiro IWASHITA
  • Audio device, control terminal, method for audio device, and method for control terminal
    Patent number: 10149057
    Abstract: An audio device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the audio device to: transmit a first device name relating a group to which the audio device belongs to in a case where the audio device is set as a master device, wherein the master device serves as a content supply source for another device that belongs to the group, and transmit a second device name relating to the audio device in a case where the audio device is not set as the master device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Suyama, Kazuya Mushikabe, Futoshi Muronaga, Tomoyoshi Akutagawa, Keisuke Tsukada
  • AUDIO DEVICE, CONTROL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR AUDIO DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROL TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20180109876
    Abstract: An audio device includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the audio device to: transmit a first device name relating a group to which the audio device belongs to in a case where the audio device is set as a master device, wherein the master device serves as a content supply source for another device that belongs to the group, and transmit a second device name relating to the audio device in a case where the audio device is not set as the master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko SUYAMA, Kazuya MUSHIKABE, Futoshi MURONAGA, Tomoyoshi AKUTAGAWA, Keisuke TSUKADA