Patents by Inventor Junji Mitani

Junji Mitani 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: 8189780
    Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver comprises: a signal input unit for receiving a received broadcast wave; a demodulation unit for demodulating the broadcast wave; an external module; an external module I/F (Interface) for connecting the receiver to the external module; a decoding unit for extracting necessary information containing a target content from the received signal; an output unit for outputting actual video/audio; a control unit for controlling the entire receiver; and a user I/F for transmitting and receiving information to/from a user. Further, there are provided: a packet processing unit that is located between the demodulation unit and the external module I/F, that monitors all the packets contained in a TS, and that performs a predetermined processing on packets matched with a predetermined condition; and a TS selector that is located between the external module I/F and a bus line and that selects and outputs one designated TS of the two TSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Junji Mitani
  • Publication number: 20080168488
    Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver 1 comprises: a signal input unit 10 for receiving a received broadcast wave; a demodulation unit 11 for demodulating the broadcast wave; an external module 12; an external module I/F (Interface) 13 for connecting the receiver 1 to the external module 12; a decoding unit 14 for extracting necessary information containing a target content from the received signal; an output unit 15 for outputting actual video/audio; a control unit 16 for controlling the entire receiver 1; and a user I/F 17 for transmitting and receiving information to/from a user. Further, there are provided: a packet processing unit 101 that is located between the demodulation unit 11 and the external module I/F 13, that monitors all the packets contained in a TS, and that performs a predetermined processing on packets matched with a predetermined condition; and a TS selector 102 that is located between the external module I/F 13 and a bus line BL and that selects and outputs one designated TS of the two TSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Junji Mitani