Patents by Inventor Takashi Minemura
Takashi Minemura 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).
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Patent number: 10341726Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Visual Solutions CorporationInventors: Takashi Minemura, Nobuaki Suzuki, Takashi Doi, Hideki Miyasato
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Patent number: 10244201Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a decoder, a transmitter and an operation processor. The decoder decodes a control stream in encoded content data including an AV stream and the control stream for controlling the AV stream. The transmitter transmits the AV stream and the control stream to an external apparatus, wherein first time information is added to the AV stream and second time information is added the control stream. The operation processor executes, in response to a user operation in the external apparatus, a process corresponding to the operation by using the decoded control stream while video is being displayed on a screen of the external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Takashi Minemura
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Patent number: 10171865Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a memory, a wireless transmitter, and one or more hardware processors. The wireless transmitter transmits content data to an external electronic device, the content data being encoded and including first data to display video and second data to display an object capable of being operated by a user. The one or more hardware processors are coupled to the memory, decode the second data, and execute, in accordance with a user operation on the object, processing corresponding to the user operation by using the decoded second data if the video and the object are displayed on a screen of the external electronic device by using the content data.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Takashi Minemura
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Publication number: 20180285998Abstract: An environmental activity supporting system includes a point giving controller, a point processor, and a notification unit. The point giving controller determines whether a predetermined environmental activity satisfying a condition registered in advance is performed based on determination target information used for determining whether or not the predetermined environmental activity is performed and gives points used for employing new performance of a public benefit environmental activity to a user relating to the determination target information when the predetermined environmental activity is determined to be performed. The point processor assigns points of the user to the public benefit environmental activity desired by the user when a request indicating use of the points is made from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Shuichi YAMAGUCHI, Mizuki YAMAKAWA, Shinya OHMUKAI, Mayuko YOSHIDA, Takashi MINEMURA, Kouji TAMADA
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Patent number: 9736513Abstract: According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, operation module, image generator, and transmission controller. The operation module receives user operation. The image generator generates a first display image displayed on a display screen of a target device. The transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device in a certain copyright protection system. Further, the transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring no copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and an image corresponding to the user operation and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takashi Minemura, Daisuke Sano
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Publication number: 20160249102Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Takashi Minemura, Nobuaki Suzuki, Takashi Doi, Hideki Miyasato
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Patent number: 9357192Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services CorporationInventors: Takashi Minemura, Nobuaki Suzuki, Takashi Doi, Hideki Miyasato
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Publication number: 20160150177Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a memory, a wireless transmitter, and one or more hardware processors. The wireless transmitter transmits content data to an external electronic device, the content data being encoded and including first data to display video and second data to display an object capable of being operated by a user. The one or more hardware processors are coupled to the memory, decode the second data, and execute, in accordance with a user operation on the object, processing corresponding to the user operation by using the decoded second data if the video and the object are displayed on a screen of the external electronic device by using the content data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Takashi MINEMURA
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Patent number: 9178259Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coupler for wireless transfer includes a coupling element including a first open end and a second open end. The coupler further includes a feeding element electrically connecting a feed point and an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end. The coupler further includes a short circuiting element electrically connecting the intermediate portion and a ground plane. An electrical distance from the feed point to each of the first open end and the second open end is ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency used for the wireless transfer.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroshi Shimasaki, Takashi Minemura
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Patent number: 9078021Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a converter and an output module. The first input module receives a first packet group of first content applied to a first copyright protection method. The second input module receives a second packet group of second content applied to a second copyright protection method. The converter re-packetizes the first content packetized into the first packet group and the second content packetized into the second packet group, into a third packet group for outputting to a transmission path by applying a third copyright protection method. The output module outputs the third packet group of the first content and the second content.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Inventors: Takashi Minemura, Noriyuki Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150145732Abstract: In a display apparatus according to one embodiment, a substantially oblong display panel has a flat placement area adjacent to one corner on a back surface, and a frame retaining the display panel is composed of four metal bezel members attached to four sides, and two nonconductive bezel members attached to two sides in order to extend two metal bezel members and constituting a substantially L-shape. A triangular area is defined by the two nonconductive bezel members. A pair of antennas is provided in the flat placement area so as to be substantially symmetrical with respect to a bisector bisecting a corner. An antenna module provided on the placement area drives the antennas in order to constitute a group of antennas communicating at a same time in a same system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Takashi Minemura, Takayuki Saito
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Patent number: 9037629Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first module and a second module. The first module receives a remote command from another electronic apparatus and transmits a response to the remote command to the other electronic apparatus. The remote command includes command type information indicating a type of the local command. The second module issues one or more local commands including the local command to the storage device and transmits a first response from the storage device to the other electronic apparatus by storing the first response into a second response to the remote command, in accordance with a process specified by the command type information in the remote command.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Jun Sato, Keiko Watanabe, Junichi Iwasaki, Takashi Minemura
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Publication number: 20150124168Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Takashi MINEMURA, Nobuaki SUZUKI, Takashi DOI, Hideki MIYASATO
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Publication number: 20150104144Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a decoder, a transmitter and an operation processor. The decoder decodes a control stream in encoded content data including an AV stream and the control stream for controlling the AV stream. The transmitter transmits the AV stream and the control stream to an external apparatus, wherein first time information is added to the AV stream and second time information is added the control stream. The operation processor executes, in response to a user operation in the external apparatus, a process corresponding to the operation by using the decoded control stream while video is being displayed on a screen of the external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Takashi Minemura
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Patent number: 8984181Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takashi Minemura, Nobuaki Suzuki, Takashi Doi, Hideki Miyasato
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Patent number: 8909828Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device including, a display, an audio output module, a transmission module, a first detection module, a second detection module, a third detection module, and a controller configured to control at least one of the timing of the transmission of the audio signal by the transmission module and the timing of the output of the first reproduction output by the audio output module in accordance with the time difference detected by the third detection module, and to switch whether or not to control the timing in accordance with the positional relationship between the electronic device and the partner device.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Takashi Minemura
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Publication number: 20140351844Abstract: According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, operation module, image generator, and transmission controller. The operation module receives user operation. The image generator generates a first display image displayed on a display screen of a target device. The transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device in a certain copyright protection system. Further, the transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring no copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and an image corresponding to the user operation and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Takashi Minemura, Daisuke Sano
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Publication number: 20140312995Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coupler for wireless transfer includes a coupling element including a first open end and a second open end. The coupler further includes a feeding element electrically connecting a feed point and an intermediate portion of the coupling element between the first open end and the second open end. The coupler further includes a short circuiting element electrically connecting the intermediate portion and a ground plane. An electrical distance from the feed point to each of the first open end and the second open end is ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency used for the wireless transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Hiroshi Shimasaki, Takashi Minemura
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Patent number: 8867200Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a first display and a transparent first panel. The first display in the first housing includes a first display portion. The first panel covers the first display portion and includes a first flat surface portion and a first curved surface portion along an outer edge of the first flat surface portion. The first display portion displays images in a location corresponding to the first flat surface portion and a location corresponding to the first curved surface portion respectively at different aspect ratios from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiromichi Suzuki, Takashi Minemura, Yuji Nakajima
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Publication number: 20140289787Abstract: According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, mode setting module, receiver, transmission setting module, and reporting module. The mode setting module sets operation mode relating to reproduction of the content. The transmission setting module sets, based on capability of the communication and corresponding devices and within range capable of transmitting the content at transmission rate based on communication state of wireless transmission, at least one of scaling adjustment and frame rate adjustment to be performed by one of the communication and corresponding devices with superior capability. The scaling adjustment and the frame rate adjustment are performed on the content upon transmission of the content when the content is reproduced in the operation mode. The reporting module reports, when the at least one of the scaling adjustment and the frame rate adjustment is set to be performed by the corresponding device, the setting to the corresponding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takashi Minemura, Tomohiro Kanda