Patents by Inventor Ryouichi Watanabe

Ryouichi Watanabe 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: 6297746
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for centrally controlling a plurality of electrical apparatuses in which radio communication is performed between a host unit and terminal units registered in the host unit and each terminal unit is disposed for each of the plurality of electrical apparatuses. The terminal unit controls the corresponding electrical apparatus based on a control signal from the host unit by the radio communication, and detects the state of the electrical apparatus to report it to the host unit. The radio communication is not directly performed between each electrical apparatus and the host unit, and the terminal unit is interposed therebetween, so that the radio communication is performed between a centralized control device and a terminal device. Therefore, electrical apparatus do not require a radio transmitter/receiver mechanism, and is only provided with a function by which data can be exchanged the terminal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nakazawa, Osamu Ishikawa, Kouichi Hamakawa, Ryouichi Watanabe, Takao Suzuki