Patents by Inventor Shoichi Yokobori

Shoichi Yokobori 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).

  • Image display apparatus, communications control method of the same, and communications control system
    Patent number: 8615073
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a communication module, an acquisition module, an identification module, and a determination module. The communications module receives and transmits call information with communications equipment connected to the communications module through a network, the call information indicating information to communicate with the communications equipment. The acquisition module acquires environmental information representing an external environment of the image display apparatus. The identification module identifies personal information indicating a person existing in the environment or age information indicating an age of a person existing in the environment from the environmental information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryohei Furumachi, Shoichi Yokobori
  • Image Display Apparatus, Communications Control Method of the Same, and Communications Control System
    Publication number: 20120162347
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a communication module, an acquisition module, an identification module, and a determination module. The communications module receives and transmits call information with communications equipment connected to the communications module through a network, the call information indicating information to communicate with the communications equipment. The acquisition module acquires environmental information representing an external environment of the image display apparatus. The identification module identifies personal information indicating a person existing in the environment or age information indicating an age of a person existing in the environment from the environmental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Ryohei Furumachi, Shoichi Yokobori
  • Method of Controlling Remote Controller, Remote Controller, and Display System
    Publication number: 20120162068
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of controlling a remote controller that comprises a first key configured to move a focus displayed on a display screen, a second key configured to move a pointer displayed on the display screen, and a third key configured to instruct determination operation at a focus position or selection operation at a pointer position. The method includes receiving operation on the remote controller, and switching operations to be instructed by the third key according to the last operation received at the receiving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Shoichi Yokobori, Hirokazu Nagata, Tomotaka Ida