Patents by Inventor Takahira Takenaka

Takahira Takenaka 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: 8078766
    Abstract: An apparatus of displaying an image connects an external device by using universal serial bus (USB) connection. The apparatus contains a display unit and a control unit that reads device information out of the connected external device and performs display control on the display unit based on the read device information. Under control of the control unit, the display unit displays a message that is used for changing a class of the external device to a class previously specified in the apparatus of displaying the image when the class of the external device is changeable and it is determined based on the device information that the set class of the external device is different from the class previously specified in the apparatus of displaying the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahira Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20080282002
    Abstract: An apparatus of displaying an image connects an external devise by using universal serial bus (USB) connection. The apparatus contains a display unit and a control unit that reads device information out of the connected external device and performs display control on the display unit based on the read device information. Under control of the control unit, the display unit displays a message that is used for changing a class of the external device to a class previously specified in the apparatus of displaying the image when the class of the external device is changeable and it is determined based on the device information that the set class of the external device is different from the class previously specified in the apparatus of displaying the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Takahira TAKENAKA