Patents by Inventor Tadao Kubodera

Tadao Kubodera 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: 4581646
    Abstract: A television receiver is provided with two or more input terminals for receiving respective RF input signals from an antenna and an auxiliary device, such as a personal computer or a video game, and a terminal selector for selecting one of the input terminals. The antenna may receive a plurality of broadcast signals having different frequencies characteristic of respective channels and, for selecting either one of such broadcast signals received at a first input terminal or the auxiliary signal received at a second input terminal and which also has a characteristic frequency, the television receiver has a plurality of manually actuable channel selecting switches and a manually actuable terminal selecting switch mounted on the cabinet of the receiver, and the receiver is tuned for the signal frequency corresponding to the actuated switch. An interlock arrangement insures that only one switch at a time is actuated and enables the operator to select a channel or the auxiliary device in a single actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tadao Kubodera