Patents by Inventor Muneharu Nakao

Muneharu Nakao 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).

  • Television broadcast receiving apparatus, program information processing method and program information processing program
    Patent number: 7515207
    Abstract: A television broadcast receiving apparatus includes a first receiver operable to receive a first television broadcast; a second receiver operable to receive a second television broadcast; a decoding unit operable to decode video data multiplexed to the first television broadcast and to output the decoded video data as a program video image; and an information processing unit operable to decode, using software, a part of image data included in video data multiplexed to the second television broadcast to produce a program image of the second television broadcast and to output the program image. The program image is added to program information of the second television broadcast and output as composite information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Muneharu Nakao
  • Television broadcast receiving apparatus, program information processing method and program information processing program
    Publication number: 20050273813
    Abstract: A television broadcast receiving apparatus includes a first receiver operable to receive a first television broadcast; a second receiver operable to receive a second television broadcast; a decoding unit operable to decode video data multiplexed to the first television broadcast and to output the decoded video data as a program video image; and an information processing unit operable to decode, using software, a part of image data included in video data multiplexed to the second television broadcast to produce a program image of the second television broadcast and to output the program image. The program image is added to program information of the second television broadcast and output as composite information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Muneharu Nakao