Patents by Inventor Kyohichiroh Sawachika

Kyohichiroh Sawachika 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).

  • Output device, source apparatus, television set, system, output method, program, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8711285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a television (1) that outputs a content supplied from a source apparatus, which television includes an address acquiring section (301) that acquires a logical address from the source apparatus, a device type acquiring section (302) that acquires a device type from the source apparatus, and a UI section (305) that identifies which kind of apparatus the source apparatus is, based on a combination of the logical address and the device type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagano, Kenichi Kimura, Tadamichi Atsumi, Taisuke Hara, Shuji Daioku, Kyohichiroh Sawachika, Koji Osaki, Ryutaro Mashiko, Toru Ueda
  • Source device, sink device, system, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8650334
    Abstract: A source device such as a mobile phone terminal can provide more surely a user with a notification of a status of the source device. A mobile phone terminal (2) serving as the source device includes a command processing section (304) which issues a command which (A) has an event ID which designates a status of the source device and (B) causes a TV (1) to display the status of the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagano, Kenichi Kimura, Tadamichi Atsumi, Taisuke Hara, Shuji Daioku, Kyohichiroh Sawachika, Koji Osaki, Ryutaro Mashiko
  • SOURCE DEVICE, SINK DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130057762
    Abstract: A source device such as a mobile phone terminal can provide more surely a user with a notification of a status of the source device. A mobile phone terminal (2) serving as the source device includes a command processing section (304) which issues a command which (A) has an event ID which designates a status of the source device and (B) causes a TV (1) to display the status of the source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagano, Kenichi Kimura, Tadamichi Atsumi, Taisuke Hara, Shuji Daioku, Kyohichiroh Sawachika, Koji Osaki, Ryutaro Mashiko
  • REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, SYSTEM, RECOGNITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130057774
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile telephone terminal for feeding a video image to a sink device, the mobile telephone terminal including an output control section for carrying out control for supplying, to a television through a CEC I/F, a Report Display Source Info command, which is a CEC command unique to the vendor and which inquires whether the television is displaying a video image being fed to the television. The output control section obtains, through the CEC the result of the inquiry in the form of a Report Display Source Info command, which is a CEC command unique to the vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagano, Kenichi Kimura, Tadamichi Atsumi, Taisuke Hara, Shuji Daioku, Kyohichiroh Sawachika, Koji Osaki, Ryutaro Mashiko
  • OUTPUT DEVICE, SOURCE APPARATUS, TELEVISION SET, SYSTEM, OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130038793
    Abstract: Disclosed is a television (1) that outputs a content supplied from a source apparatus, which television includes an address acquiring section (301) that acquires a logical address from the source apparatus, a device type acquiring section (302) that acquires a device type from the source apparatus, and a UI section (305) that identifies which kind of apparatus the source apparatus is, based on a combination of the logical address and the device type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomohiro Nagano, Kenichi Kimura, Tadamichi Atsumi, Taisuke Hara, Shuji Daioku, Kyohichiroh Sawachika, Koji Osaki, Ryutaro Mashiko, Toru Ueda