Patents by Inventor Toshiyasu Tamura

Toshiyasu Tamura 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: 10220298
    Abstract: Provided are a chopsticks handling game device capable of supporting not only the pinching of objects of various sizes but also a stabbing and cutting operation using the chopstick tips and a gaming method using the same. The chopsticks handling game device of the present invention includes a combination of a pair of chopsticks and a plurality of rings having different outside diameters, wherein the plurality of rings can be concentrically arranged in accordance with the size of the outside diameter. The gaming method of the present invention comprises lifting rings by pinching the outer circumferential sides of concentrically arranged rings with the tips of a pair of chopsticks sequentially from the outermost ring to the innermost ring and concentrically rearranging the rings in an adjacent position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KOMY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sakae Komiyama, Toshiyasu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180117454
    Abstract: Provided are a chopsticks handling game device capable of supporting not only the pinching of objects of various sizes but also a stabbing and cutting operation using the chopstick tips and a gaming method using the same. The chopsticks handling game device of the present invention includes a combination of a pair of chopsticks and a plurality of rings having different outside diameters, wherein the plurality of rings can be concentrically arranged in accordance with the size of the outside diameter. The gaming method of the present invention comprises lifting rings by pinching the outer circumferential sides of concentrically arranged rings with the tips of a pair of chopsticks sequentially from the outermost ring to the innermost ring and concentrically rearranging the rings in an adjacent position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Komy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakae Komiyama, Toshiyasu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20100164988
    Abstract: An image display device is provided with an image input unit configured to receive an image; an image quality setting unit configured to apply a plurality of image quality settings different from one another to the image received by the image input unit for obtaining a plurality of images whose image quality is different; an image composition unit configured to generate a composite image including the plural images whose image quality is different obtained in the image quality setting unit arranged as a plurality of image quality comparison images; and an image display unit configured to display the composite image generated in the image composition unit thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshiyasu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20090244391
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a plurality of ports configured to be inserted a one end of a cable having a first signal line for performing first data communication and a second signal line, respectively, a communication module configured to perform the second data communication via the with an external apparatus having a function to perform the second communication, a communication line configured to connect the second signal line in the cable whose one end inserted into the each port and the communication module with each other in a wired-OR manner, a plurality of switches provided on the communication line, configured to perform switching between on and off of electrical connection between the second signal line in the cable connected to the each port and the communication module independently, and a control module configured to perform switching between on and off of the each switch independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitami, Toshiyasu Tamura
  • Publication number: 20070002178
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when an input video signal is of a form which can be satisfied by performing only a horizontal scaling process, a selector is controlled to directly supply the input video signal to a horizontal scaling process section. When the input video signal is of a form which requires vertical and horizontal scaling processes, the selector is controlled such that a video signal output from a preceding scaling process section is supplied to the horizontal scaling process section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Shoji Uehara, Toshiyasu Tamura, Hiroshi Kitami, Kenichiro Aso