Patents by Inventor Tatsuya NAKAHORI

Tatsuya NAKAHORI 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).

  • Remote control and communication method for remote control
    Patent number: 9489833
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a controllable device, including: an infrared transmitter that transmits information via infrared light; a wireless transceiver that transmits information by wireless communication via radio waves; a receiver that receives, from a user, control information to be transmitted to the controllable device; a wireless communication determination unit configured to determine whether wireless communication between the wireless transceiver and the controllable device is possible; and a control unit configured to select, based on a result of the determination by the wireless communication determination unit, one of the infrared transmitter and the wireless transceiver for transmission of the control information to the controllable device, and cause the selected one of the infrared transmitter and the wireless transceiver to transmit the control information to the controllable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tanaka, Ayumu Kikuchi, Tatsuya Nakahori
  • REMOTE CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150199899
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a controllable device, including: an infrared transmitter that transmits information via infrared light; a wireless transceiver that transmits information by wireless communication via radio waves; a receiver that receives, from a user, control information to be transmitted to the controllable device; a wireless communication determination unit configured to determine whether wireless communication between the wireless transceiver and the controllable device is possible; and a control unit configured to select, based on a result of the determination by the wireless communication determination unit, one of the infrared transmitter and the wireless transceiver for transmission of the control information to the controllable device, and cause the selected one of the infrared transmitter and the wireless transceiver to transmit the control information to the controllable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro TANAKA, Ayumu KIKUCHI, Tatsuya NAKAHORI