Patents by Inventor Koji Isono

Koji Isono 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).

  • Program recording scheduling apparatus using an optical reader
    Patent number: 4841132
    Abstract: The desired program information are read by an optical bar code reading section from a program medium containing program information for automatic broadcast program recording, such as, channels, dates, start times and end times in bar code form. After the program information thus read have been temporarily stored in a program memory section, a transfer switch is operated so that the program information stored in the program memory section are converted to infrared remote control signals and are then transmitted in a wireless manner to an electronic equipment (e.g., a video tape recorder) to be controlled, thereby recording the program for the recording of the desired broadcast program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kajitani, Kiyoshi Takeda, Koji Isono, Masumi Hirose, Kouji Matsubara, Etsuji Shuda