Patents by Inventor Takuo Otsuki

Takuo Otsuki 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).

  • Video display apparatus and reproduction apparatus
    Patent number: 7810129
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to operate a reproduction apparatus (an apparatus from which video is inputted) using only a remote control of a video display apparatus. A video display apparatus which displays video includes: a first display unit which displays a menu screen of the video display apparatus; a switching unit which switches a current input to an input from an input source device from which video is inputted when the input source device is indicated in the menu screen displayed by the first display unit; and a second display unit which displays a menu screen of the input source device when the switching unit switches the current input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masazumi Yamada, Yukio Matsuura, Takuo Otsuki, Takahiro Nagai
  • Video Display Apparatus and Reproduction Apparatus
    Publication number: 20080168504
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to operate a reproduction apparatus (an apparatus from which video is inputted) using only a remote control of a video display apparatus. A video display apparatus which displays video includes: a first display unit which displays a menu screen of the video display apparatus; a switching unit which switches a current input to an input from an input source device from which video is inputted when the input source device is indicated in the menu screen displayed by the first display unit; and a second display unit which displays a menu screen of the input source device when the switching unit switches the current input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Masazumi Yamada, Yukio Matsuura, Takuo Otsuki, Takahiro Nagai