Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Idei

Toshiaki Idei 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: 12108186
    Abstract: The composite display apparatus includes multiple display devices each including a power supply having predetermined supply power and a power supply connection unit that connects the power supplies of the respective display devices to each other in parallel. The composite display apparatus is configured in such a manner that, in a case where at least one display device among the multiple display devices requires electric power exceeding the predetermined supply power of the power supply of the display device, electric power is supplied to the display device from the power supply of the other display device or devices. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a multi-display apparatus and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nonaka, Osamu Kobayashi, Hideki Akiyama, Osamu Kihara, Toshiaki Idei
  • Publication number: 20230156142
    Abstract: The composite display apparatus includes multiple display devices each including a power supply having predetermined supply power and a power supply connection unit that connects the power supplies of the respective display devices to each other in parallel. The composite display apparatus is configured in such a manner that, in a case where at least one display device among the multiple display devices requires electric power exceeding the predetermined supply power of the power supply of the display device, electric power is supplied to the display device from the power supply of the other display device or devices. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a multi-display apparatus and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nonaka, Osamu Kobayashi, Hideki Akiyama, Osamu Kihara, Toshiaki Idei