Patents by Inventor Katsumi Kitagaki

Katsumi Kitagaki 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).

  • House code assigning device for assigning house code to electronic equipment
    Publication number: 20040066272
    Abstract: A house code assigning device includes a communication unit for sending a command for requesting transmission of a house code to electronic equipment included in a system and for receiving a house code from the electronic equipment, a verification unit for verifying whether or not a house code received by the communication unit is correct and for outputting a verification result showing whether or not the house code received by the communication unit is correct, and a display control unit for controlling a light emitting unit according to the verification result from the verification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicants: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, RENESAS LSI DESIGN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Kitagaki, Takashi Hirosawa, Harufusa Kondoh, Kiyoshi Nakakimura
  • Home network system
    Publication number: 20030043028
    Abstract: A receptacle 1 is provided with insertion detecting means 14 for detecting the connection of a device 2, a memory 12 for storing therein a house code, and a power line superposition communication means 11 for superposing the house code on a power line 4. The house code is automatically set in the device 2 when the device 2 is connected to the receptacle 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Yuji Torikai, Ikuko Sasaki, Katsumi Kitagaki