Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Otani

Kazuhiro Otani 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: 8413190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver having a display to indicate a banner thereon, and a controller to adjust a position of the banner on the display. Further, the controller is capable of adjusting the position of the banner on the display according to television program information received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20110292090
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight portion that shines light onto the display panel from a rear surface of the display panel; a backlight control portion that controls the backlight portion. The backlight portion is an LED backlight unit that includes a plurality of LEDs that are divided into a plurality of fixed groups. The backlight control portion is capable of performing at least either of: first control which turns off the LEDs that belong to one group and turns on the LEDs that belong to a group other than the one group and second control which turns on the LEDs that belong to the one group at a brightness lower than a brightness for turning on the LEDs that belong to the group other than the one group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20100275232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver having a display to indicate a banner thereon, and a controller to adjust a position of the banner on the display. Further, the controller is capable of adjusting the position of the banner on the display according to television program information received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20100092527
    Abstract: The glass flakes of the present invention each include a glass flake substrate and a coating layer coating the surface of the glass flake substrate. The glass flake substrates have an average thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, and an average particle size of 1 to 100 ?m. The coating layers are formed of methyl hydrogen silicone and the content percentage of the coating layers is 0.05 to 2.50 mass % as determined by ignition loss at 625±20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi Maeda, Tomohiro Yagyu, Kazuhiro Otani
  • Patent number: 6247511
    Abstract: A rotatable roll is provided under a planing cylinder rotating at a fixed position. A front feed unit and a rear feed unit having an upper and a lower roll for gripping the plate are provided upstream and downstream of the planing cylinder with respect to the feed direction of the plate. A front movable body and a rear movable body having an upper and a lower roll for gripping the plate member are provided between the planing cylinder and the front feed unit and between the planing cylinder and the rear feed unit. The upper and lower rolls of the front and rear movable bodies are forcibly moved up and down. The plate member is supported at three points and deflected downward to prevent floating of the plate during cutting and to prevent the formation of depressions in the plate near its front and rear ends during cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignees: Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd., Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Maeda, Kazuhiro Otani, Tomio Izumi, Junji Tsuji, Katsuji Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Kenichi Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 5293798
    Abstract: A sawing machine having a spindle and circular saws thereon adapted to rotate with and axially slidably mounted on the spindle. A movable joint member or a one-way clutch is provided between the spindle and the saws. While the spindle is rotating at a low speed or is at a stop, the joint member or the clutch is in its inoperative position, keeping the saws disengaged from the spindle so that the distances between the adjacent saws can be adjusted freely. When the spindle begins to rotate at a high speed, the joint member is moved outwardly or the clutch is engaged by centrifugal force, thus locking the circular saws to the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Taihei Machinery Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Otani, Osamu Iguchi, Junji Tsuji, Tetsuo Hiraga, Tadao Tanisaka, Tetsuji Bai
  • Patent number: 5286537
    Abstract: A double glazing glass which comprises two transparent sheets superposed one on top of the other through the medium of spacers disposed along the edge parts thereof, a primary sealant joining the spacers to the transparent sheets, and a secondary sealant filling the gaps formed on the outer sides of the spacers between the opposed transparent sheets, wherein at least one polycarbonate sheet in the two transparent sheets and an alcohol type silicone adhesive agent as the secondary sealant are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., Tsutsunaka Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Oita, Kazuhiro Otani, Hiroaki Arai