Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kase
Hiroshi Kase 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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Patent number: 8094830Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masazumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20110310308Abstract: An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit or outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker according to the information indicating the audio output mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Sako ASAYAMA, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka
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Patent number: 8072548Abstract: An output control apparatus capable of appropriately switching screens depending on a current situation, and a reproduction apparatus and a television performing the same. The television includes a tuner receiving a television broadcast, a data input I/F receiving video or audio from a DVD recorder, and a command input I/F receiving a command from the DVD recorder. Further, the television includes a user input unit receiving an instruction from a user, a switch selecting the tuner or the data input I/F, an output processing unit controlling an output of video or audio from the switch, and a control unit (i) switching the switch to the tuner when the switch selects the data input I/F when a first command is inputted from the command input I/F and (ii) not switching the switch when the switch does not select the data input I/F.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Junji Yoshida, Masazumi Yamada, Hiroshi Kase
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Publication number: 20110285921Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Sako ASAYAMA, Hiroshi KASE, Mitsuteru KATAOKA, Akihiro MITANI, Toshiki MURAKAMI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Masazumi YAMADA
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Patent number: 8054996Abstract: An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit or outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker according to the information indicating the audio output mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka
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Patent number: 8034820Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful for treatment of depression and the like, and which comprises a compound having an adenosine A2A receptor antagonistic activity such as (E)-8-(3,4-dimethoxystyryl)-1,3-diethyl-7-methyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an antidepressant drug (for example, a tricyclic antidepressant, a tetracyclic antidepressant, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, a selective noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, a serotonin-noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a 5-HT2 antagonist or the like), and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Minoru Kobayashi, Shizuo Shiozaki, Akihisa Mori, Naoki Seno
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Publication number: 20110244829Abstract: A device registration method for a system including a registering apparatus and a first and a second device, includes storing, by the first device, first information which is information about an individual, sending, by the second device, second information to the first device, the second information being information about an individual, determining, by the first device, whether the second information received from the second device matches the first information, when, as a result of the determination, the second information matches the first information, instructing, by the first device, the registering apparatus to register access permission for the second device so that the second device is allowed to access the registering apparatus, and when the registering apparatus receives the instruction, registering, by the registering apparatus, access permission for the second device so that the second device can access the registering apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventor: Hiroshi KASE
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Patent number: 7970155Abstract: An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit or outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker according to the information indicating the audio output mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka
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Publication number: 20100223370Abstract: A network system according to an implementation of the present invention involves: determining whether or not a matching address is found by comparing (i) an apparatus address, of an apparatus connected to an HDMI network, which is obtained via the HDMI network with (ii) an apparatus address, of an apparatus connected to another network, which is obtained via the other network (S44). Here, the matching address represents a match between the apparatuses addresses. When determining that the matching address is found, the implementation of the present invention involves determining that the terminal apparatus having the matching address is connected to a control apparatus via both of the HDMI network and the other network (S46).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Junji Yoshida, Takayuki Fukui
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Patent number: 7763625Abstract: A method for treating migraine comprising administering, as an active ingredient, a xanthine derivative represented by the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Megumi Takeuchi, Makoto Takayama, Shiro Shirakura, Hiroshi Kase
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Patent number: 7759355Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating restless legs syndrome or related disorders, comprising administering an effective amount of at least one adenosine A2A receptor antagonist to a patient in need thereof. More preferably the adenosine A2A receptor antagonist is a xanthine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Naoki Seno, Akihisa Mori, Dayao Zhao
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Patent number: 7727993Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating movement disorders by administering an effective amount of one or more adenosine A2A receptor antagonists to a patient in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods of decreasing the adverse effects of L-DOPA in patients receiving L-DOPA therapy in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The present invention further provides methods and compositions for treating Parkinson's disease patients with sub-clinically effective doses of L-DOPA by combining L-DOPA treatment with an effective amount of one or more adenosine A2A receptor antagonists (i.e., L-DOPA sparing effect). The present invention further provides methods of effective treatment of Parkinson's disease by co-administering at least one adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, L-DOPA and a dopamine agonist and/or a COMT inhibitor and/or a MAO inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Akihisa Mori, Yutaka Waki, Yutaka Ohsawa, Akira Karasawa, Yoshihisa Kuwana
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Patent number: 7727994Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating movement disorders by administering an effective amount of one or more adenosine A2A receptor antagonists to a patient in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods of decreasing the adverse effects of L-DOPA in patients receiving L-DOPA therapy in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The present invention further provides methods and compositions for treating Parkinson's disease patients with sub-clinically effective doses of L-DOPA by combining L-DOPA treatment with an effective amount of one or more adenosine A2A receptor antagonists (i.e., L-DOPA sparing effect). The present invention further provides methods of effective treatment of Parkinson's disease by co-administering at least one adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, L-DOPA and a dopamine agonist and/or a COMT inhibitor and/or a MAO inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Akihisa Mori, Yutaka Waki, Yutaka Ohsawa, Akira Karasawa, Yoshihisa Kuwana
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Patent number: 7707231Abstract: Updating automatically generated playlists in response to media content being edited. Aspects of the invention associate a playlist type or other code with each playlist to define the structure of the playlist. When media content is added to or deleted from a collection of media files, one or more playlist types corresponding to the media content are identified. The playlists with the identified playlist types are updated to reflect the addition or deletion of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Brian James Walker, Ian Cameron Mercer, Hiroshi Kase, Keisuke Matsuo, Sako Asayama
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Patent number: 7668842Abstract: Enabling efficient navigation of a playlist of media files stored on a computer-readable medium. Aspects of the invention define a playlist structure to have one or more playlist units. Each playlist unit identifies one or more media files in the playlist and includes metadata for the media files. A consumer electronic device retrieves the playlist units and displays the metadata contained therein to a user to enable navigation of the playlist. Aspects of the invention reduce the memory requirements of the consumer electronic devices and reduce the quantity of disk seek operations needed for playlist navigation.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Brian James Walker, Ian Cameron Mercer, Hiroshi Kase, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Tomotaka Yagi, Yasuyuki Torii, Nobuyasu Takeguchi
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Patent number: 7617242Abstract: A recording and reproducing system includes a DVD-RAM medium having a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data, file recording means of recording, in a play list file held by the DVD-RAM medium, a play list of describing reproduction order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the data files out of the plurality of data files by using a file name of the data file and a unique directory ID provided to a directory to which the data file belongs, and file reproducing means of reproducing the predetermined data stored by each of all or a part of the data files out of the plurality of data files based on the recorded play list.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keisuke Matsuo, Hiroshi Kase, Kevin Leigh La Chapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Brian James Walker
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Publication number: 20090262256Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2006Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masazumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20090162944Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for ultrafast and precise measurement and analysis of biomolecules using a small sample was established, and moreover, a compact and simple micro fluid device for implementing the method was provided. Using the method and the micro fluid device of the present invention, the ultrafast, instant, and precise analysis of biomolecules is possible, and there is a great deal of potential for application in the research field, manufacturing field or medical field, environmental monitoring and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Fuence Co., LTDInventors: Hiroshi Kase, Hiroyoshi Aoki, Tsutomu Hara, Yasumasa Nakamura, Yamagata Yutaka
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Publication number: 20090141170Abstract: The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2009Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Sako ASAYAMA, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka
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Publication number: 20090051825Abstract: The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka