Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Tanigawa
Hidekazu Tanigawa 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).
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Publication number: 20100304696Abstract: A transmission and reception system includes a transmission apparatus and reception apparatuses. The transmission apparatus transmits a storage identifier for identifying a storage medium and data. The reception apparatuses each include a receiving section for receiving the storage identifier for identifying the storage medium and the data, and a storage control section for storing the data received by the receiving section on the storage medium identified by the storage identifier received by the receiving section. Hence, automatic storage of data conforming to personal taste and simultaneous automatic storage of data for plural persons are realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi IKEDA, Yasunori KAWAKAMI, Tsutomu MIKAMI, Hidekazu TANIGAWA
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Patent number: 7756512Abstract: A transmission and reception system includes a transmission apparatus and reception apparatuses. The transmission apparatus transmits a storage identifier for identifying a storage medium and data. The reception apparatuses each include a receiving section for receiving the storage identifier for identifying the storage medium and the data, and a storage control section for storing the data received by the receiving section on the storage medium identified by the storage identifier received by the receiving section. Hence, automatic storage of data conforming to personal taste and simultaneous automatic storage of data for plural persons are realized.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takumi Ikeda, Yasunori Kawakami, Tsutomu Mikami, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Patent number: 7430545Abstract: In order to effectively supply and demand electric power between an electric power supplier and a node or a group of nodes individually having an electric power generator, the present invention provides an electric power supply and demand management system capable of obtaining the difference between the total of electric power supplied from the electric power supplier to the node or group and the total of electric power consumed by the electric power loads of the node or group and capable of transmitting information for increasing/decreasing the amount of electric power supply so that the difference becomes smaller to the electric power supplier.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruhisa Kanbara, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Patent number: 7305698Abstract: A transmitting apparatus for an interactive communication system using a broadcast wave, which includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a transmitting unit. The first storage unit stores a plurality of frames of image data. The second storage unit stores control information which shows links between said plurality of frames of image data stored in the first storage unit, and which indicates a combining of a supplementary design with the image data. These supplementary designs are stored by a receiving apparatus and are combined with the image represented by the image data. The transmitting unit repeatedly transmits a predetermined number of frames of image data together with corresponding control information.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Tanigawa, Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Yoshiyuki Miyabe
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Publication number: 20070244845Abstract: A transmission and reception system includes a transmission apparatus 1 and reception apparatuses 21 and 22. The transmission apparatus 1 transmits a storage identifier for identifying a storage medium and data. The reception apparatuses 21 and 22 each include a receiving section for receiving the storage identifier for identifying the storage medium and the data, and a storage control section for storing the data received by the receiving section on the storage medium identified by the storage identifier received by the receiving section. Hence, automatic storage of data conforming to personal taste and simultaneous automatic storage of data for plural persons are realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi IKEDA, Yasunori KAWAKAMI, Tsutomu MIKAMI, Hidekazu TANIGAWA
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Patent number: 7248832Abstract: A transmission and reception system includes a transmission apparatus 1 and reception apparatuses 21 and 22. The transmission apparatus 1 transmits a storage identifier for identifying a storage medium and data. The reception apparatuses 21 and 22 each include a receiving section for receiving the storage identifier for identifying the storage medium and the data, and a storage control section for storing the data received by the receiving section on the storage medium identified by the storage identifier received by the receiving section. Hence, automatic storage of data conforming to personal taste and simultaneous automatic storage of data for plural persons are realized.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2001Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Ikeda, Yasunori Kawakami, Tsutomu Mikami, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Publication number: 20050234685Abstract: The invention provides a program that enables a computer to execute a specification analysis step of reading-in a specification and analyzing it, a patent value calculation step of quantitatively calculating a patent value based on analysis results obtained in the analysis step, and a patent value output step of outputting that patent value. Thereby, a patent value and a specification quality can be assessed using quantitative expressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2003Publication date: October 20, 2005Applicant: IRD CORPInventor: Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Publication number: 20040098342Abstract: Electronic device products and the like are components, which constitute finished or planned and developed products in the future. Therefore, in addition to obtaining information for each component, to retrieve information from finished products is desirable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: Toshiaki Onishi, Akira Ichikawa, Akira Ichikawa, Ikuo Amino, Masahiko Isshiki, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Patent number: 6701524Abstract: A transmitting apparatus for an interactive communication system using a broadcast wave is provided. The transmitting apparatus comprises a first storing unit for storing a plurality of frames of image data, a second storing unit for storing control information, for each frame of image data, showing a link to another frame of image data stored in the first storing unit, and a transmitting unit for repeatedly transmitting a predetermined number of frames of image data together with corresponding control information.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Sukeichi Miki, Takashi Sakao
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Patent number: 6557016Abstract: A data processing apparatus which displays a set of document data on a display unit together with an operation menu which has operation items related to the set of document data. In the apparatus, the document data storage unit stores a plurality of sets of document data of different contents which are indicated by sets of content information. The operation menu information storage unit stores a plurality of sets of operation menu information which each contain operation items that correspond to a content of document data. The first indication operation unit indicates a display of a set of document data. The second indication operation unit indicates an addition of a display of an operation menu to a display of document data.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Tanigawa, Kazuo Okamura, Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Junichi Hirai
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Publication number: 20030078797Abstract: In order to effectively supply and demand electric power between an electric power supplier and a node or a group of nodes individually having an electric power generator, the present invention provides an electric power supply and demand management system capable of obtaining the difference between the total of electric power supplied from the electric power supplier to the node or group and the total of electric power consumed by the electric power loads of the node or group and capable of transmitting information for increasing/decreasing the amount of electric power supply so that the difference becomes smaller to the electric power supplier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Teruhisa Kanbara, Hisaaki Gyoten, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Patent number: 6529218Abstract: A display controller includes: an output device with a display and an audio output port; external storage; an external input device; and a key input device. On the external storage, menu for map information, positional coordinates of the menu when displayed on the screen, and positional coordinates of the map information when displayed on the screen are stored. The external input device includes a navigation controller and a GPS receiver. When an image scrolling instruction is input through the key input device, the menu moves in the direction in which the display image is moving.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1999Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Ogawa, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Publication number: 20030031459Abstract: A program receiving apparatus comprises a receiving section for receiving programs and program attributes indicating attributes of the programs, a program memory section for holding memory regions corresponding to the program attributes and memorizing the programs in the memory regions, and a storage control section for storing the programs received by the receiving section in the memory regions of the program memory section corresponding to the program attributes received by the receiving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishi, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Ryuhei Akiyama, Hiroki Maeda
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Publication number: 20030022620Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting a broadcast to a receiving device transmits service reception control information, the service reception control information including: service management information including a service content to be provided to a viewer, which is determined based on viewer information including at least personal information regarding attributes of the viewer input by the viewer to the receiving device; and information for specifying the receiving device to receive the service management information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishi, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Ryuhei Akiyama, Hiroki Maeda
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Publication number: 20020180802Abstract: A display controller according to the present invention includes: an output device with a display and an audio output port; external storage; an external input device; and a key input device. On the external storage, menu for map information, positional coordinates of the menu when displayed on the screen, and positional coordinates of the map information when displayed on the screen are stored. The external input device includes a navigation controller and a GPS receiver. When an image scrolling instruction is input through the key input device, the menu moves in the direction in which the display image is moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 1999Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: HIDEAKI OGAWA, HIDEKAZU TANIGAWA
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Publication number: 20020123310Abstract: A transmission and reception system includes a transmission apparatus 1 and reception apparatuses 21 and 22. The transmission apparatus 1 transmits a storage identifier for identifying a storage medium and data. The reception apparatuses 21 and 22 each include a receiving section for receiving the storage identifier for identifying the storage medium and the data, and a storage control section for storing the data received by the receiving section on the storage medium identified by the storage identifier received by the receiving section. Hence, automatic storage of data conforming to personal taste and simultaneous automatic storage of data for plural persons are realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Ikeda, Yasunori Kawakami, Tsutomu Mikami, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Publication number: 20020047945Abstract: A program receiver for displaying a graphical interactive picture by receiving a program transmitted from a program transmitter, the program receiver comprising: a storage unit for storing a plurality of basic picture elements in advance, the plurality of basic picture elements being figures composing the graphical interactive picture manipulated by a user; a signal receipt unit for receiving a signal transmitted from the program transmitter, the signal being a multiplex signal including a program and data specifying a structure of the graphical interactive picture; a signal separation unit for separating the signal received by the signal receipt unit into a program signal and a graphical-interactive-picture-structure specification data signal; a first graphical interactive picture generation unit for generating the graphical interactive picture by combining the basic picture elements stored in the storage unit based on the graphical-interactive-picture-structure specification data signal from the signal sepaType: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Hidekazu Tanigawa, Yoshio Nakano, Seiji Tsuji
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Patent number: 6348956Abstract: A program receiver for displaying a graphical interactive picture by receiving a program transmitted from a program transmitter, the program receiver comprising: a storage unit for storing a plurality of basic picture elements in advance, the plurality of basic picture elements being figures composing the graphical interactive picture manipulated by a user; a signal receipt unit for receiving a signal transmitted from the program transmitter, the signal being a multiplex signal including a program and data specifying a structure of the graphical interactive picture; a signal separation unit for separating the signal received by the signal receipt unit into a program signal and a graphical-interactive-picture-structure specification data signal; a first graphical interactive picture generation unit for generating the graphical interactive picture by combining the basic picture elements stored in the storage unit based on the graphical-interactive-picture-structure specification data signal from the signal sepaType: GrantFiled: February 3, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Tanigawa, Masaki Mukai, Takashi Ohtsu, Yoshio Nakano, Seiji Tsuji
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Publication number: 20010042248Abstract: A receiver comprises a program acceptor for accepting program contents, and a program identifier to identify the program contents; a display unit for displaying the program contents; an input acceptor for accepting an input from a user; a display attribute acquisition unit for obtaining a display attribute by which the program contents are displayed; and a viewing information recorder for recording viewing information including the program identifier and the display attribute, on a removable recording medium, when the input acceptor accepts a predetermined user input. Therefore, the receiver can record the viewing information indicating that the user has viewed a specific program, on the removable recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventors: Keisei Yamamuro, Yuki Kusumi, Tatsuya Shimoji, Yasuyuki Sonoda, Rikiya Masuda, Shigeshi Arai, Hidekazu Tanigawa
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Patent number: RE40361Abstract: A data conversion apparatus is provided as a data transmitting apparatus in a data communication system which achieves pseudo interactive communications by using one-way communications between the data transmitting apparatus and a plurality of data receiving apparatuses. The data conversion apparatus converts documents stored inside into images to be displayed on the screen, such as a TV screen. In doing so, if the document includes character strings or image information as link destination information which specifies another document as a link destination, the data conversion apparatus adds a supplementary design into the image of the link destination information for the viewer to recognize such information.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Kazuo Okamura, Junichi Hirai, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Chihiro Imagawa