Patents by Inventor Toshiki Murakami

Toshiki Murakami 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: 11932758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyarylate resin composition sufficiently excellent in heat resistance, transparency, heat discoloration resistance and moist heat resistance, and a molded article made of the same. The present invention relates to a polyarylate resin composition containing 0.005˜5 parts by mass of a silane compound (C) with a boiling point of 200° C. or more, based on 100 parts by mass of the total of a polyarylate resin (A) and a polycarbonate resin (B), a content ratio of the polyarylate resin (A) and the polycarbonate resin (B) being 5/95 to 95/5 (mass ratio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Nagahata, Takatoshi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8391502
    Abstract: In an audiovisual system in which a source device and a television are connected via an AV amplifier, even when the AV amplifier is placed in a “Power Supply Standby State”, video/audio signals outputted from the source device can be viewed/listened to on the television without changing the wiring connections between the devices. An AV amplifier (100) is provided with a data storing means (106) used for indicating a signal reproduction ability to a source device (200). During a “Power Supply Standby State” of the AV amplifier (100), the content of data that is saved in the data storing means (106) and indicates an audio signal reproduction ability is rewritten into data that indicates not the reproduction ability of the AV amplifier (100), but the signal reproduction ability of a television (300), thereby producing a state that is equivalent to a state in which the source device (200) and the television (300) are directly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizoguchi, Toshiki Murakami, Akifumi Sakamoto, Akihiro Mitani, Yoshifumi Inoue, Koichi Otsuka
  • Patent number: 8233634
    Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masazumi Yamada
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8131128
    Abstract: In an audiovisual system in which a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player and the like are combined, another device constituting the system is automatically set to an optimal operation state according to the content recorded on an optical disc. A reproduction content judging unit 406 of a DVD player 400 judges the type (a video signal and an audio signal) and the format of signals included in content that has been read from the optical disc 401. According to the results of judging by the reproduction content judging unit 406, a control unit 403 of the DVD player 400 sends an instruction signal related to the power supply state and an instruction signal related to output of at least one of video and audio to a control unit 105 of a TV 100 and a control unit 203 of an AV amplifier 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Otsuka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Akifumi Sakamoto, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Akihiro Fujita, Norimichi Kubo
  • Patent number: 8094830
    Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masazumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110285921
    Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Sako ASAYAMA, Hiroshi KASE, Mitsuteru KATAOKA, Akihiro MITANI, Toshiki MURAKAMI, Masahiko MIZOGUCHI, Masazumi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20090284665
    Abstract: In an audiovisual system in which a source device and a television are connected via an AV amplifier, even when the AV amplifier is placed in a “Power Supply Standby State”, video/audio signals outputted from the source device can be viewed/listened to on the television without changing the wiring connections between the devices. An AV amplifier (100) is provided with a data storing means (106) used for indicating a signal reproduction ability to a source device (200). During a “Power Supply Standby State” of the AV amplifier (100), the content of data that is saved in the data storing means (106) and indicates an audio signal reproduction ability is rewritten into data that indicates not the reproduction ability of the AV amplifier (100), but the signal reproduction ability of a television (300), thereby producing a state that is equivalent to a state in which the source device (200) and the television (300) are directly connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizoguchi, Toshiki Murakami, Akifumi Sakamoto, Akihiro Mitani, Yoshifumi Inoue, Koichi Otsuka
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090262256
    Abstract: A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sako Asayama, Hiroshi Kase, Mitsuteru Kataoka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Masazumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20090232477
    Abstract: In an audiovisual system in which a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player and the like are combined, another device constituting the system is automatically set to an optimal operation state according to the content recorded on an optical disc. A reproduction content judging unit 406 of a DVD player 400 judges the type (a video signal and an audio signal) and the format of signals included in content that has been read from the optical disc 401. According to the results of judging by the reproduction content judging unit 406, a control unit 403 of the DVD player 400 sends an instruction signal related to the power supply state and an instruction signal related to output of at least one of video and audio to a control unit 105 of a TV 100 and a control unit 203 of an AV amplifier 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Otsuka, Akihiro Mitani, Toshiki Murakami, Akifumi Sakamoto, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Akihiro Fujita, Norimichi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20090046210
    Abstract: An audiovisual system is provided in which the operability of selection by a user between internal speakers of a TV and external speakers connected to an audio amplifier has been improved, thus reducing the burdensomeness of operation. When an audio amplifier (100A) is powered on, a control part (106A) of the audio amplifier (100A) judges that use of external speakers (105) connected to the audio amplifier (100A) has been selected, and transmits a control signal for putting internal speakers (205) of a TV (200A) in a muted state to a control part (206A) of the TV (200A) via a communication means (300). Conversely, when the audio amplifier (100A) is powered off, the control part (106A) judges that use of the internal speakers (205) of the TV (200A) has been selected, and transmits a control signal for canceling the muted state of the internal speakers (205) to the control part (206A) of the TV (200A) via the communication means (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Sakamoto, Masahiko Mizoguchi, Toshiki Murakami, Akihiro Mitani, Koichi Otsuka, Mutsumi Itoga