Patents by Inventor Teruyuki Tomonari

Teruyuki Tomonari 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).

  • Audio output system control method and audio output system
    Patent number: 8175298
    Abstract: In an audio output system including a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player, and the like, a simple control program decides an audio output mode setting, i.e., whether to output audio from a built-in speaker of the TV or output audio from an external speaker connected to the AV amplifier by linking operations of the respective devices. A control unit of a DVD player transmits a request signal concerning the audio output mode to a control unit of a TV. According to a request from the DVD player, the control unit of the TV instructs a control unit of an AV amplifier to be set to a mode for outputting audio from an external speaker connected to the AV amplifier or a mode for not outputting audio and sets a built-in speaker of the TV to a state opposite to the state of the external speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Akifumi Sakamoto, Koichi Otsuka, Teruyuki Tomonari, Nobutaka Nakamae, Akihiro Fujita, Norimichi Kubo
  • AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090269036
    Abstract: In an audio output system including a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player, and the like, a simple control program decides an audio output mode setting, i.e., whether to output audio from a built-in speaker of the TV or output audio from an external speaker connected to the AV amplifier by linking operations of the respective devices. A control unit (403) of a DVD player (400) transmits a request signal concerning the audio output mode to a control unit (105) of a TV (100). According to a request from the DVD player (400), the control unit (105) of the TV (100) instructs a control unit (203) of an AV amplifier (200) to be set to a mode for outputting audio from an external speaker (300) connected to the AV amplifier (200) or a mode for not outputting audio and sets a built-in speaker (110) of the TV (100) to a state opposite to the state of the external speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Akifumi Sakamoto, Koichi Otsuka, Teruyuki Tomonari, Nobutaka Nakamae, Akihiro Fujita, Norimichi Kubo
  • Information recording apparatus, information recording method, information playback apparatus, information playback method, and information recording/playback apparatus
    Publication number: 20060126471
    Abstract: A content-list management unit classifies contents according to which optical disks the respective contents were input from, adds content selection information (i.e., information presented to select a content to be played back for playback) on the content to content lists associated with respective categories of the contents, and records the content lists on a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Teruyuki Tomonari, Koichi Otsuka