Patents by Inventor Kazuki Kuwahara

Kazuki Kuwahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20170088774
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a ceramic composite material for light conversion which exhibit s excellent heat resistance, durability, and the like as a light converting member of an optical device such as a white light emitting diode, easily controls the ratio of light from a light source and fluorescence, can reduce color unevenness and variance of emitted light, and has high internal quantum efficiency and fluorescence intensity, a method for producing the same, and a light emitting device which includes the same and has high light conversion efficiency. Provided is a ceramic composite material for light conversion including: a fluorescence phase; and a light transmitting phase, the fluorescence phase being a phase containing Ln3Al5O12:Ce (Ln is at least one element selected from Y, Lu, and Tb, and Ce is an activation element), and the light transmitting phase being a phase containing LaAl11O18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiyohei Asai, Masataka Yamanaga, Kazuki Kuwahara, Yuki Nagao, Koji Shibata, Takafumi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20160127677
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a terminal, a display and a controller. The terminal is capable of charging a battery included in a connected device independently from reception of data stored in the connected device. The display is configured to display video and a setting screen for inputting an input of an instruction regarding whether the connected device connected to the terminal should be operated by a) a first operation mode or b) a second operation mode. The controller is configured to control the display to a) preclude display, during charging the connected device, an output in which video of content stored in the connected device is reproduced in response to the first operation mode being selected on the setting screen, and b) display the output in which the video is reproduced in response to the second operation mode being selected on the setting screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuki Kuwahara, Fumihiko Murakami, Hajime Suda, Masami Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150334333
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device including a display configured to display video, a reception module configured to receive a video signal from a connected device, and a controller configured to perform a display process of displaying input video corresponding to the video signal received by the reception module in the video being displayed by the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuki Kuwahara, Fumihiko Murakami, Hajime Suda, Masami Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150160800
    Abstract: According to a method of adjusting a display of a display apparatus, a first menu including a first group of an adjustment item and value is superimposed on an image displayed on a display module. A menu file made in markup language to indicate a second menu is transmitted to an external apparatus in response to a transfer request given from outside, the second menu including at least the first group of the adjustment item and value. A response file is output from the external apparatus based on transmission of the menu file, which includes the display adjustment item and value set in the second menu, and displaying of the image is adjusted in accordance with the set display adjustment item and value in the response file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuki Kuwahara, Masami Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150024732
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device including a display configured to display video, a speech reproduction module configured to reproduce speech, a reception module configured to receive a notification of an incoming call to a connected call-capable device, and a controller configured to cause the display to display receipt of the incoming call when the reception module receives the notification of the incoming call to the call-capable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Joji Yamashita, Yu Onodera, Fumihiko Murakami, Norikatsu Chiba, Kazuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20140379941
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a receiving device configured to receive a stream transmitted from a transmitting device connected by an MHL cable in compliance with an MHL standard, including, two or more HDMI terminals, to which the MHL cable is connected, two or more MHL processors, each configured to process signals of the stream input to the HDMI terminals in compliance with an MHL standard, and a switch configured to switch connection between the terminals and one of the MHL processors based on whether the MHL cable is connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime SUDA, Kazuki KUWAHARA, Masami TANAKA, Hideki MIYASATO
  • Patent number: 8867899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a setting module, a detector, and a playback controller. The setting module is configured to set first limitation information configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a first age. The detector is configured to detect second limitation information from a content including a plurality of programs, the second limitation information being configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a second age set with respect to a first program included in the plurality of programs. The playback controller is configured to control playback of the content based on the first and second control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20140115393
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a test module, a specification module, and a display. The test module is configured to test setting states of items necessary for Internet connection. The specification module is configured to specify a cause of being unable to establish connection to the Internet based on an item regarding which it has been determined by the test module that setting is not correctly carried out. The display is configured to display the cause specified by the specification module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuki Kuwahara, Masami Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130083010
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes: an imaging module configured to image a field including a front of a display, the display configured to display a three-dimensional image; a detection module configured to detect a face from an image imaged by the imaging module; and a controller configured to exclude a face detected by the detection module from a target for forming a visual field being a field where the three-dimensional image is recognizable as a three-dimensional body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kazuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20130050816
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes: an imaging module configure to image a field including a front of a display; a face detection module configure to detect a face of a user from an image imaged by the imaging module; and a controller configured to , when the face of the user is undetectable by the face detection module, notify that the face is undetectable, and control the display to display a first image indicating a field where the three-dimensional image is recognizable as a three-dimensional body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kazuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20120278765
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes: a screen display module displaying a screen on which a category element group and a function element group are displayed in a hierarchy and that allows selection of a element in response to an operation, wherein the category element group corresponds to an upper level of the hierarchy and is formed by arranging elements representing respective categories of various functions, and the function element group corresponds to a lower level of the hierarchy and formed by arranging elements representing respective functions in the category; and a storage storing number information pieces each of which is related to the number of operations of the element, wherein the screen display module is configured to display the screen on which the elements in at least one of the upper and lower levels are arranged according to the number information pieces of the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: KAZUKI KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20120093484
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a setting module, a detector, and a playback controller. The setting module is configured to set first limitation information configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a first age. The detector is configured to detect second limitation information from a content including a plurality of programs, the second limitation information being configured to limit viewing of a person having an age lower than a second age set with respect to a first program included in the plurality of programs. The playback controller is configured to control playback of the content based on the first and second control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kazuki KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20090172734
    Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a storage module storing a table correspondingly showing a program identifier identifying a broadcast program, and a broadcast start time of the program; a detecting module detecting whether the broadcast start time is brought forward or not based on program guide information acquired from a broadcast signal and the program identifier; a video-recording module starting a video-recording of the program at the broadcast start time which is brought forward when the bringing-forward is detected; and a reproduction module reproducing the video-recorded program at the broadcast start time before it is brought forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kazuki Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20090172766
    Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a display module displaying a volume setting menu correspondingly showing volume during reproduction and set volume; an input module inputting the set volume based on the displayed volume setting menu; a generation module generating a table correspondingly showing a broadcast channel, the inputted set volume, and a reproduction start time; and a reproduction module reproducing a broadcast based on the generated table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kazuki Kuwahara