Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Inako

Kazuyoshi Inako 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: 8891683
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver suitable for receiving broadcast signals transferred by use of signal format of IBOC system. The broadcast receiver comprises a receiving means that holds information related to channels that can be acquired by a digital signal decoding process. If information related to a channel is to be used and is held by the information holding means, then it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Inako, Masanori Ishida, Kazuo Koyama
  • Patent number: 8265585
    Abstract: An broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, includes: a narrowband filtering means suitable for processing an analog broadcasting signal included in the broadcasting signal; a wideband filtering means suitable for processing a digital broadcasting signal included in the broadcasting signal; a demodulating means for demodulating the broadcasting signal; a signal level detecting means for detecting a level of the broadcasting signal; a digital determining means for determining whether the broadcasting signal includes digital broadcasting signal or not; and a filter switching means for switching filtering means for use in processing the broadcasting signal to be input to the demodulating means between the narrowband filtering means and the wideband filtering means, according to the level of the detected broadcasting signal, when the digital determining means determines that the broadcasting signal does not include the digital broadcasting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inako, Kazuo Koyama, Masanori Ishida, Naoki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8121566
    Abstract: A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving broadcasting signal transmitted with signal format is provided in which carrier wave is allocated in a frequency channel with certain frequency offset and signal intensity, which comprises: an information acquiring means for acquiring information related to the frequency channel in seek; and a station existence determining means for determining whether the frequency channel is station-existent or not based on information acquired by the information acquiring means; and wherein, the information acquiring means acquires information for receiving intensity of carrier wave and information for frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masanori Ishida, Kazuo Koyama, Kazuyoshi Inako, Naoki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8086198
    Abstract: A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, comprises: a channel seek directing means for directing to start a channel seeking operation that selects selectable channel in an order of frequency; a channel seek controlling means for starting and controlling the channel seeking operation in accordance with the direction of the channel seek directing means; and a multichannel determining means for determining whether a selected frequency channel is providing multichannel digital broadcasting or not; and wherein the channel seek controlling means selects a next subchannel in an order of identification code before searching for the next frequency channel, if it is determined by the multichannel determining means that the selected frequency channel is providing the multichannel digital broadcasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Masanori Ishida, Kazuyoshi Inako, Naoki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110128996
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver suitable for receiving broadcast signals transferred by use of signal format of IBOC system. The broadcast receiver comprises a receiving means that holds information related to channels that can be acquired by a digital signal decoding process. If information related to a channel is to be used and is held by the information holding means, then it is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Inako, Masanori Ishida, Kazuo Koyama
  • Publication number: 20100227579
    Abstract: A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, comprises: a channel seek directing means for directing to start a channel seeking operation that selects selectable channel in an order of frequency; a channel seek controlling means for starting and controlling the channel seeking operation in accordance with the direction of the channel seek directing means; and a multichannel determining means for determining whether a selected frequency channel is providing multichannel digital broadcasting or not; and wherein the channel seek controlling means selects a next subchannel in an order of identification code before searching for the next frequency channel, if it is determined by the multichannel determining means that the selected frequency channel is providing the multichannel digital broadcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Masanori Ishida, Kazuyoshi Inako, Naoki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100210229
    Abstract: An broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, includes: a narrowband filtering means suitable for processing an analog broadcasting signal included in the broadcasting signal; a wideband filtering means suitable for processing a digital broadcasting signal included in the broadcasting signal; a demodulating means for demodulating the broadcasting signal; a signal level detecting means for detecting a level of the broadcasting signal; a digital determining means for determining whether the broadcasting signal includes digital broadcasting signal or not; and a filter switching means for switching filtering means for use in processing the broadcasting signal to be input to the demodulating means between the narrowband filtering means and the wideband filtering means, according to the level of the detected broadcasting signal, when the digital determining means determines that the broadcasting signal does not include the digital broadcasting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Inako, Kazuo Koyama, Masanori Ishida, Naoki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100210228
    Abstract: A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving broadcasting signal transmitted with signal format is provided in which carrier wave is allocated in a frequency channel with certain frequency offset and signal intensity, which comprises: an information acquiring means for acquiring information related to the frequency channel in seek; and a station existence determining means for determining whether the frequency channel is station-existent or not based on information acquired by the information acquiring means; and wherein, the information acquiring means acquires information for receiving intensity of carrier wave and information for frequency offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Masanori Ishida, Kazuo Koyama, Kazuyoshi Inako, Naoki Nakajima