Patents by Inventor Tomoo Yasukawa

Tomoo Yasukawa 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).

  • Digital broadcast receiving device, digital broadcast receiving method, and program therefor
    Patent number: 7606527
    Abstract: Provided is a digital broadcast receiving device (20) which can display a high resolution image longer without burdening users with a cumbersome operation. The digital broadcast receiving device (20) of the present invention switches, based on vehicle information, between switching thresholds by which switching is made between plural digital broadcast decoders outputting different digital broadcast images from one another in accordance with a reception state of digital broadcast waves. The plural digital broadcast decoders include, for example, a stationary reception decoder (200), which outputs a digital broadcast image for stationary receivers, and a mobile reception decoder (201), which outputs a digital broadcast image for mobile receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Tomobe, Takaharu Ishida, Yoshihito Sato, Hideki Inoue, Tomoo Yasukawa
  • Digital broadcast receiving device, digital broadcast receiving method, and program therefor
    Publication number: 20070049191
    Abstract: Provided is a digital broadcast receiving device (20) which can display a high resolution image longer without burdening users with a cumbersome operation. The digital broadcast receiving device (20) of the present invention switches, based on vehicle information, between switching thresholds by which switching is made between plural digital broadcast decoders outputting different digital broadcast images from one another in accordance with a reception state of digital broadcast waves. The plural digital broadcast decoders include, for example, a stationary reception decoder (200), which outputs a digital broadcast image for stationary receivers, and a mobile reception decoder (201), which outputs a digital broadcast image for mobile receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Osamu Tomobe, Takaharu Ishida, Yoshihito Sato, Hideki Inoue, Tomoo Yasukawa