Patents by Inventor Takashige Wakamatsu

Takashige Wakamatsu 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).

  • Internet information displaying apparatus and internet information displaying method
    Patent number: 7302473
    Abstract: An Internet information displaying apparatus comprising character signal generating means for generating a character signal and displaying it on the screen of the displaying means, and character signal generation controlling means for detecting the state of transmission and reception of digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, and controlling the character signal generating means so as to generate a character signal to indicate the transmission or reception state. The state of transmission or reception of the digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, in other words, the state of connection to the provider is displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Enomoto, Nobuo Kuchiki, Yuji Hase, Yoshinori Hama, Takashige Wakamatsu, Masashi Yagi
  • Television receiver
    Patent number: 6662366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver capable of receiving at least digital satellite broadcasting such as CS broadcasting. The television receiver according to the present invention comprises first means for displaying a plurality of program guides in a matrix shape on a display device utilizing one of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis as a channel number axis and utilizing the other axis as a time axis, and second means for displaying air times for the program guides displayed on the display device in the shape of a bar graph that is long along the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Eletric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hama, Takashige Wakamatsu, Takaya Nonomura, Masako Wakisaka, Tadashi Shiono, Kiyoshi Awano
  • Television receiver
    Patent number: 6230323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver capable of receiving at least digital satellite broadcasting such as CS broadcasting. The television receiver according to the present invention comprises first means for displaying a plurality of program guides in a matrix shape on a display device utilizing one of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis as a channel number axis and utilizing the other axis as a time axis, and second means for displaying air times for the program guides displayed on the display device in the shape of a bar graph that is long along the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hama, Takashige Wakamatsu, Takaya Nonomura, Masako Wakisaka, Tadashi Shiono, Kiyoshi Awano
  • Internet information displaying apparatus and internet information displaying method
    Patent number: 6026435
    Abstract: An Internet information displaying apparatus comprising character signal generating means for generating a character signal and displaying it on the screen of the displaying means, and character signal generation controlling means for detecting the state of transmission and reception of digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, and controlling the character signal generating means so as to generate a character signal to indicate the transmission or reception state. The state of transmission or reception of the digital data of the digital data transmitting and receiving means, in other words, the state of connection to the provider is displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Enomoto, Nobuo Kuchiki, Yuji Hase, Yoshinori Hama, Takashige Wakamatsu, Masashi Yagi