Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Miyagawa

Tatsuo Miyagawa 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: 11941800
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus analyzes an image of a subject's eye formed by arranging a plurality of A-scan images acquired by performing OCT scan on inside the subject's eye with measurement light deflected around a scan center position. The ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes a correcting unit, a region specifying unit, and a direction specifying unit. The correcting unit is configured to transform a pixel position in the image into a transformation position along a traveling direction of the measurement light passing through the scan center position. The region specifying unit is configured to specify a predetermined layer region by analyzing the image in which the pixel position has been transformed by the correcting unit. The direction specifying unit is configured to specify a normal direction of the layer region specified by the region specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hirose, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Suguru Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 10755672
    Abstract: A playback device is configured to be connected to a display device. The playback device includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with the display device. The controller acquires setting information indicating a current setting of a brightness range in the display device from the display device via the communication component. While a specific brightness range has not been set in the display device, the controller transmits information related to a setting change to the specific brightness range via the communication component to the display device based on correspondence information indicating a correspondence relationship between the display device and the brightness range that is settable in the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujita, Mitsuru Kawakita, Takuya Suzuki, Shigeru Toji, Makoto Imagawa, Sho Magara, Tatsuo Miyagawa, Yosuke Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20190244584
    Abstract: A playback device is configured to be connected to a display device. The playback device includes a communication component and a controller. The communication component communicates with the display device. The controller acquires setting information indicating a current setting of a brightness range in the display device from the display device via the communication component. While a specific brightness range has not been set in the display device, the controller transmits information related to a setting change to the specific brightness range via the communication component to the display device based on correspondence information indicating a correspondence relationship between the display device and the brightness range that is settable in the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshikazu FUJITA, Mitsuru KAWAKITA, Takuya SUZUKI, Shigeru TOJI, Makoto IMAGAWA, Sho MAGARA, Tatsuo MIYAGAWA, Yosuke SONODA
  • Patent number: 8698962
    Abstract: A content processing device includes an input section, a memory section, a selection section and an output section. The input section is configured to receive content having a video signal and a plurality of audio signals with different audio types. The memory section is configured to store selection information indicative of a predetermined audio type, and order information indicative of a preset order of a plurality of audio types. The selection section is configured to select one of the audio signals based on the selection information and the order information. The output section is configured to output the video signal and the one of the audio signals that was selected by the selection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Miyagawa, Seiji Miyabe, Hirokazu Suzu
  • Patent number: 8154665
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver in which a digital broadcasting and an analog broadcasting can be received includes a judgment unit for judging that the analog broadcasting is terminated when a preset condition is met and a deletion unit for carrying out a deletion process for deleting a predetermined function for the analog broadcasting when the analog broadcasting is judged as being terminated by the judgment unit, and the deletion unit executes an analog channel deletion process to delete a channel data of the analog broadcasting in a channel map and an analog display control process function deletion process to delete a display control process function for showing an indication to select the predetermined function for the analog broadcasting in a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7945933
    Abstract: A television receiver is connected to a multi-directional antenna, and stores, in a memory, a receiving direction table containing: channel numbers; best receiving directions of the multi-directional antenna for receiving the respective channels; and register channel information indicating whether the channels are registered as selectable or non-selectable. The receiving direction table is used for selecting each channel. Based on the operation of a user interface by a user (S42), the register channel information of the receiving direction table can be changed (S44, S45), so that the user can optionally set selectable channels. Thus, the user can preliminarily delete channels in bad receiving conditions from candidates of selectable channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7873975
    Abstract: A television receiver is connected to a multi-directional antenna, and stores, in a memory, a receiving direction table containing: channel numbers; best receiving directions of the multi-directional antenna for receiving the respective channels; and register channel information indicating whether the channels are registered as selectable or non-selectable. The receiving direction table is used for selecting each channel. Based on the operation of a user interface by a user (S42), the register channel information of the receiving direction table can be changed (S44, S46), so that the user can optionally set selectable channels. Best receiving directions of channels registered in the receiving direction table as non-selectable are deleted from the receiving direction table (S45), so that the amount of information stored in the memory can be reduced, thereby saving capacity of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7844990
    Abstract: An information including all program names from a recording start time to a recording end time of a broadcast signal, the recording start time and the recording end time is extracted from an electronic program guide information in a broadcast signal, based on a recording information associated with the broadcast signal recorded in a recording section. An OSD image generating section generates an image of the information for all the programs extracted and outputs the image to a monitor unit 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20100201873
    Abstract: A content processing device includes an input section, a memory section, a selection section and an output section. The input section is configured to receive content having a video signal and a plurality of audio signals with different audio types. The memory section is configured to store selection information indicative of a predetermined audio type, and order information indicative of a preset order of a plurality of audio types. The selection section is configured to select one of the audio signals based on the selection information and the order information. The output section is configured to output the video signal and the one of the audio signals that was selected by the selection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo MIYAGAWA, Seiji MIYABE, Hirokazu SUZU
  • Patent number: 7690016
    Abstract: A television receiver is connected to a multi-directional antenna having multiple receiving directions for receiving a television signal by making one receiving direction active, and comprises a clock, a tuner, a memory for storing a receiving direction table having content containing channel numbers and a best receiving direction, and a microprocessor for controlling the receiver. Based on the time measured by the clock, the microprocessor renews the content of the table at a preset time, and outputs, to the antenna, a control signal to command a receiving direction for receiving one channel based on the renewed content of the table. The receiver can properly adapt to the variations in time of the receiving conditions of terrestrial broadcasts based on the renewed content of the table, and can automatically renew the content of the table in a time zone when a user does not view a television program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7624420
    Abstract: A digital television broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna carries out in advance automatic scanning for each channel to determine and store the strength of a signal received in each of multiple receiving directions of the antenna, a best receiving direction, and a maximum value of the received signal strengths, normalize the received signal strengths measured in the respective directions with respect to the maximum received signal strength, and produce and store an antenna direction level pattern including a bar graph that shows the received signal strengths in the respective directions with the normalized values used as the amplitude. In response to a command from a user, the receiver superimposes the level pattern on a video image being received for display on a display screen, so that a user can select a receiving direction on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7559075
    Abstract: In multi-directional antennas connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, when a receiving channel is selected, if an antenna is set to the same direction as a previously stored direction, and signals cannot be received, the previously stored direction data is deleted, and if the best receiving direction is searched by the auto-scan, and a receivable direction does not match the previously stored receiving direction, the stored direction information is all deleted, the entire area scan is performed over all directions for all channels, and a new receiving direction for each channel is determined by the obtained best receiving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7502074
    Abstract: A television signal receiver comprises a tuner, a decoder, a first storage medium that stores a frame of video signals extracted by the decoder as a captured image, a second storage medium that stores sound data representing a variety of shutter sounds to be generated for informing a user that a captured image has been stored in the first storage medium, and a sound generating circuit that, when a captured image is stored in the first storage medium, selects a shutter sound among the variety of shutter sounds represented by the sound data stored in the second storage medium and generates the selected shutter sound. Since the television signal receiver is configured to generate a shutter sound when a captured image is stored in the first storage medium, it can inform a user about storage of a captured image in the first storage medium without causing video images of a television program to be partly hidden from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shusuke Narita, Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa, Yasuhiro Inui, Takahiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 7420627
    Abstract: In a multi-directional antenna that is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, an RF amplifier in which its transmission gains are controlled is installed on the front of a tuner, a BER (BIT ERROR RATE) threshold is set as a reception determination standard to assess received images, and while auto-scanning, the amplification transmission gain level of the RF amplifier is controlled while changing in a phased manner to measure the BER value, and upon obtaining a BER value that is lower than the BER threshold, remaining scan and controlling transmission gains are stopped, and the receiving direction is determined. Thereby, by deleting scans in all directions in the adjustment of receiving directions for all channels, improving the reception sensitivity in a weak electric field, and determining the receiving direction by measuring and assessing the BER value, meaningless time for the direction adjustment can be saved, and the best reception condition can always be obtained quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20070242166
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver in which a digital broadcasting and an analog broadcasting can be received includes a judgment unit for judging that the analog broadcasting is terminated when a preset condition is met and a deletion unit for carrying out a deletion process for deleting a predetermined function for the analog broadcasting when the analog broadcasting is judged as being terminated by the judgment unit, and the deletion unit executes an analog channel deletion process to delete a channel data of the analog broadcasting in a channel map and an analog display control process function deletion process to delete a display control process function for showing an indication to select the predetermined function for the analog broadcasting in a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7209180
    Abstract: A video output device adds a blank on both left and right sides or both upper and lower sides of an input video to produce a video having the same aspect ratio as that of the display screen of the display device, when an aspect ratio of the input video and an aspect ratio of a display device for displaying the video are different. At this time, the brightness of the blank to be added to the input video is adjusted in accordance with the brightness near the boundary between the input video and the blank to suppress a difference in brightness near the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa, Yasuhiro Inui
  • Publication number: 20060020996
    Abstract: In a multi-directional antenna that is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, an RF amplifier in which its transmission gains are controlled is installed on the front of a tuner, a BER (BIT ERROR RATE) threshold is set as a reception determination standard to assess received images, and while auto-scanning, the amplification transmission gain level of the RF amplifier is controlled while changing in a phased manner to measure the BER value, and upon obtaining a BER value that is lower than the BER threshold, remaining scan and controlling transmission gains are stopped, and the receiving direction is determined. Thereby, by deleting scans in all directions in the adjustment of receiving directions for all channels, improving the reception sensitivity in a weak electric field, and determining the receiving direction by measuring and assessing the BER value, meaningless time for the direction adjustment can be saved, and the best reception condition can always be obtained quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20060020988
    Abstract: In multi-directional antennas connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, when a receiving channel is selected, if an antenna is set to the same direction as a previously stored direction, and signals cannot be received, the previously stored direction data is deleted, and if the best receiving direction is searched by the auto-scan, and a receivable direction does not match the previously stored receiving direction, the stored direction information is all deleted, the entire area scan is performed over all directions for all channels, and a new receiving direction for each channel is determined by the obtained best receiving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20060020978
    Abstract: A digital television broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna carries out in advance automatic scanning for each channel to determine and store the strength of a signal received in each of multiple receiving directions of the antenna, a best receiving direction, and a maximum value of the received signal strengths, normalize the received signal strengths measured in the respective directions with respect to the maximum received signal strength, and produce and store an antenna direction level pattern including a bar graph that shows the received signal strengths in the respective directions with the normalized values used as the amplitude. In response to a command from a user, the receiver superimposes the level pattern on a video image being received for display on a display screen, so that a user can select a receiving direction on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20060009258
    Abstract: A television signal receiver comprises a tuner, a decoder, a first storage medium that stores a frame of video signals extracted by the decoder as a captured image, a second storage medium that stores sound data representing a variety of shutter sounds to be generated for informing a user that a captured image has been stored in the first storage medium, and a sound generating circuit that, when a captured image is stored in the first storage medium, selects a shutter sound among the variety of shutter sounds represented by the sound data stored in the second storage medium and generates the selected shutter sound. Since the television signal receiver is configured to generate a shutter sound when a captured image is stored in the first storage medium, it can inform a user about storage of a captured image in the first storage medium without causing video images of a television program to be partly hidden from view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shusuke Narita, Toshihiro Takagi, Tatsuo Miyagawa, Yasuhiro Inui, Takahiro Katayama