Patents by Inventor Kenichi Fukunaka

Kenichi Fukunaka 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: 11294621
    Abstract: A control method outputs audio indicating content of an operation of a transmission device connected to a reception device. The control method includes accepting the operation of the transmission device, generating operation data indicating the content of the operation by the transmission device, transmitting the operation data from the transmission device to the reception device, generating audio data indicating the content of the operation based on the operation data by the reception device, and outputting the audio indicated by the audio data by the reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kawakita, Takuya Suzuki, Kenichi Fukunaka, Yosuke Sonoda, Shigeru Toji, Masahiko Arashi
  • Publication number: 20180285067
    Abstract: A control method outputs audio indicating content of an operation of a transmission device connected to a reception device. The control method includes accepting the operation of the transmission device, generating operation data indicating the content of the operation by the transmission device, transmitting the operation data from the transmission device to the reception device, generating audio data indicating the content of the operation based on the operation data by the reception device, and outputting the audio indicated by the audio data by the reception device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mitsuru KAWAKITA, Takuya SUZUKI, Kenichi FUKUNAKA, Yosuke SONODA, Shigeru TOJI, Masahiko ARASHI
  • Publication number: 20180174406
    Abstract: A control device includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component transmits and receives control signal to and from an external device. The controller determines whether or not to output audio signal corresponding to control information included in the control signal based on attribute information included in the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko ARASHI, Yosuke SONODA, Kenichi FUKUNAKA, Shigeru TOJI, Mitsuru KAWAKITA, Takuya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9668013
    Abstract: A display device includes a display portion, an input portion that receives an instruction to select a program in a program list such that the display portion displays the program with a distinguishable expression, and a controller that links a first program having a program duration shorter than a predetermined threshold with at least one second program arranged relative to the first program along a time axis of the program list as a linked program, and that controls the display portion to display the linked program with the distinguishable expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaka
  • Publication number: 20150237392
    Abstract: A display device includes a display portion, an input portion that receives an instruction to select a program in a program list such that the display portion displays the program with a distinguishable expression, and a controller that links a first program having a program duration shorter than a predetermined threshold with at least one second program arranged relative to the first program along a time axis of the program list as a linked program, and that controls the display portion to display the linked program with the distinguishable expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Kenichi FUKUNAKA
  • Patent number: 8913193
    Abstract: The present invention is an electronic device having a function of switching a language to be displayed on a screen, and is provided with an input unit through which a command for language switching can be inputted, and a switching processing unit which, on the basis of the command from the input unit, performs processing of switching between a first state in which the language to be displayed on the screen is displayed while being switched to a different language in a predetermined order, and a second state in which a specified language is displayed without switching the language to be displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaka
  • Publication number: 20140226066
    Abstract: The present invention is an electronic device having a function of switching a language to be displayed on a screen, and is provided with an input unit through which a command for language switching can be inputted, and a switching processing unit which, on the basis of the command from the input unit, performs processing of switching between a first state in which the language to be displayed on the screen is displayed while being switched to a different language in a predetermined order, and a second state in which a specified language is displayed without switching the language to be displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Fukunaka