Patents by Inventor Masahito Yamaoka

Masahito Yamaoka 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: 7600242
    Abstract: A program detail information display apparatus comprises a display unit, a storage unit for storing program data including program detail information, a program detail information extracting unit for extracting at least program detail information from the program data stored in the storage unit, and a program detail information sequential display control unit for issuing the program detail information extracted by the program detail information extracting means sequentially to the display unit. The program detail information display apparatus can enhance the efficiency of selection of programs by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masahito Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20050066360
    Abstract: A program detail information display apparatus comprises a display unit, a storage unit for storing program data including program detail information, a program detail information extracting unit for extracting at least program detail information from the program data stored in the storage unit, and a program detail information sequential display control unit for issuing the program detail information extracted by the program detail information extracting means sequentially to the display unit. The program detail information display apparatus can enhance the efficiency of selection of programs by the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Masahito Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 5828358
    Abstract: A waveform display signal generating apparatus is provided in which a result of calculation processing of digital data in a CPU is visualized and is converted into a television video signal for display on a screen of a television receiver under production. The apparatus verifies digital data processing on a screen of a television receiver under production and provides a simplified verification system. A signal digitized at an A/D converter is digitally signal processed at a data processing circuit. The data under digital signal processing is supplied to a CPU through a CPU interface circuit, is calculated for converting into a graph and then the converted data is stored in a RAM in a form of a bit map data. The bit map data is converted into an analog signal at a D/A converter, is further converted into a television video signal at a television encoder and then is supplied from a video signal output terminal to a video circuit of a television receiver under production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Monta, Masahito Yamaoka