Patents by Inventor Katsuo Takada

Katsuo Takada 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: 4445150
    Abstract: A method of recording and reproducing audio signals and corresponding visual signals in parallel tracks extending in the longitudinal direction on a magnetic tape, includes the steps of recording the audio signals in first and second primary tracks on opposite sides of the tape in the widthwise direction thereof; and alternately recording a first visual information signal corresponding to the audio signal in the first primary tracks and a second visual information signal corresponding to the audio signal in the second primary tracks in a single secondary track positioned in the center of the tape in the widthwise direction thereof, the first visual information signal being recorded in first information blocks in the secondary track and the second visual information signal being recorded in second information blocks in the secondary track in an alternating relation with the first information blocks such that only the first visual information signal is reproduced when reproducing the audio signal from the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Heitaro Nakajima, Kenkichi Umeda, Youichi Kodera, Noriaki Naito, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Isao Matsumoto, Shouichi Nakamura, Katsuo Takada, Ken Shiga, Yoshihito Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4041401
    Abstract: A channel selecting and indicating apparatus for a television receiver includes a plurality of channel selecting variable resistors and a cover for the channel selecting variable resistors and having a plurality of channel indicating windows. In the channel selecting and indicating apparatus, channel indicating tabs each indicating the number representing a selected channel are mounted onto the channel indicating windows from behind the cover after the channel selecting variable resistors are preset to desired channels respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kitamura, Katsuo Takada, Hiroshi Fukagawa
  • Patent number: D306834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuo Takada, Hisanori Narita
  • Patent number: D310081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takefumi Daido, Katsuo Takada