Patents by Inventor Saburo Oniki

Saburo Oniki 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).

  • Video signal recording and reproducing system with automatic channel and time selection
    Patent number: 4626909
    Abstract: A video recorder for automatically recording information being broadcast on at least one predetermined channel at a predetermined time comprises a tuner which tunes to any one of a plurality of channels received thereby and includes a channel selector actuable for selecting the predetermined channel, a recorder operable to record information broadcast on the channel to which the tuner is tuned, a timer actuable to cause operation of the recorder at the predetermined time, and a single, manually operable actuating member which simultaneously actuates the channel selector and the timer so that the recorder records the information broadcast on the predetermined channel at the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Saburo Oniki, Takashi Okada, Takao Mogi