Patents by Inventor Hidetake Watanabe

Hidetake Watanabe 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: 6285357
    Abstract: A remote control unit according to the present invention includes a display unit for displaying a function item select picture where devices to be remotely controlled which are a plurality of function items such as “lighting”, “air conditioning”, “TV” and so on are arranged, a function item select switch for selecting any one of the devices to be remotely controlled, for example, “air conditioning” in said function item select picture, an affirmation button for deciding said selected device to be remotely controlled, for example, “air conditioning”, a denial button for canceling said selected function item, a control unit for allowing another function item select picture where a plurality of set functions which are a plurality of other function items such as “on/off”, “temp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kushiro, Noriyuki Komiya, Masanori Nakata, Hidetake Watanabe, Nobuo Hata, Sayuri Fukano