Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Inoo

Nobuyuki Inoo 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: 8421930
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver 1 capable of receiving a program broadcast by a plurality of services from among broadcast electric waves to which a single physical channel is assigned and provided with at least an I/O device (a display 18) is provided. The digital broadcast receiver includes a control unit (15) for determining whether or not there are identical services in services which the digital broadcast receiver has received in each of a plurality of regions, and for, when determining that there are identical services in the services, generating a service list for each of the regions (countries) or for each of the services (broadcast stations) while merging the physical channels, and then displaying the service list generated thereby on the I/O device to urge a viewer to perform a selection input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Inoo, Tatsuhiko Ushiama