Patents by Inventor Katsuyasu FURUKAWA

Katsuyasu FURUKAWA 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: 10901532
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, a touch detecting unit detecting a touch operation by a touch pen, a control unit executing a process allocated to the detected touch operation, and a communication unit receiving an ID transmitted from a touch pen when the touch pen is detected to be held by a user. In response to the communication unit receiving the ID, the display unit displays a partial image indicating a state of settings related to the process allocated to the touch operation by the touch pen, and in response to a touch to the partial image, the display unit displays a menu allowing a change of settings. Thus, the user can easily confirm the state of settings related to the touch operation, and can easily change the settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Akitomo, Noriyuki Koyama, Katsuyasu Furukawa, Kenji Kondoh, Takaaki Ishida
  • Patent number: 10714057
    Abstract: A display system displays, on each of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side, among image data of a plurality of pages, each of image data of the number of display devices, and reflects input information, which indicates information input by a user, on image data displayed on a master display device among the plurality of display devices. Moreover, the display system displays, on each of the plurality of display devices, among the image data of the plurality of pages, each of image data which is obtained by shifting the image data of the number of display devices in accordance with an operation on a page operation unit. Thereby, a viewer is able to view image data of several pages at once, and it is possible to reflect information input by a user even when image data of a target page is shifted backward or forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Furukawa, Akinori Ohnishi, Noriyoshi Kanki
  • Publication number: 20190164523
    Abstract: A display system displays, on each of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side, among image data of a plurality of pages, each of image data of the number of display devices, and reflects input information, which indicates information input by a user, on image data displayed on a master display device among the plurality of display devices. Moreover, the display system displays, on each of the plurality of display devices, among the image data of the plurality of pages, each of image data which is obtained by shifting the image data of the number of display devices in accordance with an operation on a page operation unit. Thereby, a viewer is able to view image data of several pages at once, and it is possible to reflect information input by a user even when image data of a target page is shifted backward or forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuyasu FURUKAWA, Akinori OHNISHI, Noriyoshi KANKI
  • Patent number: 10235974
    Abstract: A display system displays, on each of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side, among image data of a plurality of pages, each of image data of the number of display devices, and reflects input information, which indicates information input by a user, on image data displayed on a master display device among the plurality of display devices. Moreover, the display system displays, on each of the plurality of display devices, among the image data of the plurality of pages, each of image data which is obtained by shifting the image data of the number of display devices in accordance with an operation on a page operation unit. Thereby, a viewer is able to view image data of several pages at once, and it is possible to reflect information input by a user even when image data of a target page is shifted backward or forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyasu Furukawa, Akinori Ohnishi, Noriyoshi Kanki
  • Publication number: 20190069014
    Abstract: A content distribution device connectable to a display device that displays a content includes a management unit that manages, as a content folder, a content to be distributed to the display device, a directory assignment unit that assigns a directory in which the content is stored to the content folder, and a content distribution unit that distributes, to the display device, the content stored in the directory assigned to the content folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: KATSUYASU FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170316761
    Abstract: A display system displays, on each of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side, among image data of a plurality of pages, each of image data of the number of display devices, and reflects input information, which indicates information input by a user, on image data displayed on a master display device among the plurality of display devices. Moreover, the display system displays, on each of the plurality of display devices, among the image data of the plurality of pages, each of image data which is obtained by shifting the image data of the number of display devices in accordance with an operation on a page operation unit. Thereby, a viewer is able to view image data of several pages at once, and it is possible to reflect information input by a user even when image data of a target page is shifted backward or forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuyasu FURUKAWA, Akinori OHNISHI, Noriyoshi KANKI
  • Publication number: 20150199036
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, a touch detecting unit detecting a touch operation by a touch pen, a control unit executing a process allocated to the detected touch operation, and a communication unit receiving an ID transmitted from a touch pen when the touch pen is detected to be held by a user. In response to the communication unit receiving the ID, the display unit displays a partial image indicating a state of settings related to the process allocated to the touch operation by the touch pen, and in response to a touch to the partial image, the display unit displays a menu allowing a change of settings. Thus, the user can easily confirm the state of settings related to the touch operation, and can easily change the settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji AKITOMO, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Katsuyasu FURUKAWA, Kenji KONDOH, Takaaki ISHIDA