Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Nakade

Tomoaki Nakade 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).

  • Publication number: 20130257586
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a communication module, a memory, and a controller. The communication module is configured to transmit a power status request command to one or more connection apparatuses and to receive responses to the command. The memory is configured to store power statuses of the one or more connection apparatuses based on the responses. The controller is configured to select an input of a connection apparatus in a power-on state based on the power statuses in response to a first input switching operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tomoaki NAKADE
  • Patent number: 8542182
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a video display apparatus includes: a sensor that measures an external environment to output the external environment; a storing unit that stores a correction value associated with the measured value; a adjusting unit that changes the correction value based on a given operation by a user; and a processor that adjusts a picture quality of a picture to be displayed on a display based on the measured value and the correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nakade
  • Patent number: 8378791
    Abstract: An image reproduction system includes a TV set, an AV amplifier connected to the TV set, and a plurality of image output devices, such as a DVD player, a set-top box and a game console, connected to the AV amplifier. The ID information of these image output devices is displayed as a list on the screen of the TV set. The user can select any one of the image output devices from the list by using a remote control, for example. The fact of the selection is transmitted to the AV amplifier from the TV set. Upon this, the AV amplifier connects the selected image output device to the TV set, so that the image signals reproduced by the selected device are sent to the TV set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Onkyo Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazunari Ito, Yasuhiro Miyata, Masanori Shigematsu, Hideki Ohkita, Akira Miyazawa, Tomoaki Nakade
  • Publication number: 20120133829
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a generation module and a transmitting module. The generation module is configured to generate, when an operation mode change that changes the time required for video signal processing is requested, a device control signal in which information indicating the time required for video signal processing in the requested operation mode is written. The transmitting module is configured to transmit the device control signal generated by the generation module via a transmission line of the device control signal to cause an audio reproduction apparatus to set a delay amount of audio reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomoaki NAKADE
  • Publication number: 20110181784
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a video display apparatus includes: a sensor that measures an external environment to output the external environment; a storing unit that stores a correction value associated with the measured value; a adjusting unit that changes the correction value based on a given operation by a user; and a processor that adjusts a picture quality of a picture to be displayed on a display based on the measured value and the correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nakade
  • Publication number: 20090219267
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a video display apparatus includes: a sensor that measures an external environment to output the external environment; a storing unit that stores a correction value associated with the measured value; a adjusting unit that changes the correction value based on a given operation by a user; and a processor that adjusts a picture quality of a picture to be displayed on a display based on the measured value and the correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nakade
  • Publication number: 20080244649
    Abstract: An image reproduction system includes a TV set, an AV amplifier connected to the TV set, and a plurality of image output devices, such as a DVD player, a set-top box and a game console, connected to the AV amplifier. The ID information of these image output devices is displayed as a list on the screen of the TV set. The user can select any one of the image output devices from the list by using a remote control, for example. The fact of the selection is transmitted to the AV amplifier from the TV set. Upon this, the AV amplifier connects the selected image output device to the TV set, so that the image signals reproduced by the selected device are sent to the TV set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: ONKYO CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazunari Ito, Yasuhiro Miyata, Masanori Shigematsu, Hideki Ohkita, Akira Miyazawa, Tomoaki Nakade
  • Publication number: 20060227686
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a recording information management method, an erase condition set for each recording mode is managed, recording of predetermined recording target information in a designated predetermined recording mode is controlled, and the predetermined recording target information recorded in the predetermined recording mode is managed based on a predetermined erase condition set for a predetermined recording mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nakade
  • Patent number: 5422682
    Abstract: A channel selecting apparatus includes a broadcast signal selector provided with a plurality of channels corresponding to respective broadcast stations for selecting a channel among the plurality of channels, channel selecting keys for directly selecting one channel among regular channels, a channel increasing key for establishing at least one auxiliary channel other than the regular channels, a channel shift key for selecting one of the regular channels while sequentially shifting a current channel among the regular channels and the auxiliary channels for generating instructions corresponding to respective keys whenever the channel selecting key, the channel increasing key and the channel shift key are operated, a storage device for storing a plurality of regular channel data corresponding to the respective regular channel auxiliary channel data other than the regular channel data, and a controller for defining storage areas and for controlling the channel shift operation by the channel selector while referr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakade, Hitoshi Komatsu