Patents by Inventor Katsuya Saitou

Katsuya Saitou 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).

  • Video playback apparatus and display control method
    Patent number: 7536086
    Abstract: In a video playback apparatus, it is determined whether or not a current screen is a menu screen on the basis of signals recorded on a recording medium while the display of a display unit is turned off by a display-off setting made by a user. When the current screen is determined to be the menu screen, the display is turned on so that the menu screen appears. Then, when the current screen is no longer the menu screen, the display is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Katsuya Saitou
  • Video playback apparatus and display control method
    Publication number: 20040190879
    Abstract: In a video playback apparatus, it is determined whether or not a current screen is a menu screen on the basis of signals recorded on a recording medium while the display of a display unit is turned off by a display-off setting made by a user. When the current screen is determined to be the menu screen, the display is turned on so that the menu screen appears. Then, when the current screen is no longer the menu screen, the display is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Katsuya Saitou
  • Rotation angle detector for detecting a rotational position of a steering wheel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6380536
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a rotation angle detector capable of detecting and storing information for a direction and an angle of rotation of steering wheel while maintaining a condition of reduced power consumption from a battery, when an engine is not running. In achieving the object, the invention discloses a structure, wherein the detector keeps a control means (8) including a memory unit (11) in a memory back-up mode when an ignition switch (7a), i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Inoue, Susumu Nishimoto, Norimitsu Kurihara, Masahide Ohnishi, Katsuya Saitou
  • Multifunctional switching apparatus and a vehicle operating system using the same
    Patent number: 5949149
    Abstract: A multifunctional switching apparatus, preferably used as a steering switch, comprises a first switching section selecting a specific combination from a plurality of combinations resulting from any possible combination between operating functions of a second switching section and operating functions of a third switching section. The second and third switching sections are operable independent of each other in the specific combination selected by the first switching section. One operating key is provided to control a plurality of switching sections. A display of the operation key is provided to make the judgement of operational function of each switch section easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitokazu Shitanaka, Ryoichi Taniuchi, Katsuya Saitou