Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Nagano

Yoshikazu Nagano 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: 20080046927
    Abstract: Receivable channels in a program guide G used for selecting a program are arranged using the longitudinal axis of the program guide G itself as a time base and using the horizontal axis as a channel axis. A channel being currently viewed is disposed at the left end. From the right side of the channel, the other channels are arranged in decreasing order of the viewing frequency from left to right, and programs of the other channels are disposed along the time base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Yoshikawa, Harutoshi Kazamatsuri, Hideyuki Uchiyama, Hiroshi Kida, Yoshikazu Nagano
  • Publication number: 20060282584
    Abstract: An image processor has an image decoder for decoding compressed image data. The image processor also has a central processing unit for controlling the operation of the image processor, including the image decoder, in accordance with a control program. The central processing unit performs, immediately after power ON, the startup operation to cause the image decoder to decode compressed control data (i.e., compressed control program) and acquire the control program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Shunji Ikegami, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Kazuya Abe, Yoshikazu Nagano