Patents by Inventor Ayato Nakagawa

Ayato Nakagawa 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: 7224889
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7190881
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20060257032
    Abstract: Data mapped on a spherical surface is encoded with a format enabling partial resolution and partial distribution. When data mapped on a spherical surface such as an entire circumference image is subjected to the spherical surface wavelet conversion, scaling coefficients and values of wavelet functions are arrayed for each level in the output data. The spatial scalability such as partial distribution or partial resolution can be realized by rearranging the coefficient ck(j) in the scaling function ?k(j) and the value dk,m(j) of the wavelet function ?k(j) according to positional relations on the spherical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventor: Ayato Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20050158023
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20050158022
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6868228
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6469718
    Abstract: A recording medium retaining data for menu control, a menu control method and an apparatus are provided for creating a menu highly expressive and attractive to the viewer. When operation of a menu button is determined on a menu created with a moving picture with sound, the menu button turns into action highlighting and the color of the button changes into a highlight color. In order to emphasize action highlighting of the menu button, a specific short moving picture with a sound is automatically replayed. After the replay of the moving picture, the display jumps to a chapter of a title selected with the menu button and a replay is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Setogawa, Ayato Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Oda
  • Patent number: 6424793
    Abstract: A data recording medium and a data replay apparatus are provided for allowing an automatic return to a menu at the completion point of a replay of one content and allowing an arbitrary jump to the next or previous content during a replay of one content. An entire disk of DVD for a musical product such as karaoke is made up of a single program chain (PGC) and tunes are divided into cells. An instruction to jump to a tune selection menu is written in a cell command (cell CMD) of each cell. On completion of a normal replay of a tune, the cell command is executed and the operation jumps to the tune selection menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Setogawa, Ayato Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Oda
  • Publication number: 20010028784
    Abstract: In an editing apparatus, the work efficiency can be improved comparing to a conventional apparatus. Storage means (14) having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; and control means (16) for controlling the recording areas of the storage means, in which the different recording area is respectively assigned to each of a plurality of encoding means (11 to 13) as a recording area in which the encoded data is stored, the recording area in which the encoded data has been stored is assigned to the multiplexing unit (15), and the recording area which is different from that of the encoded data is assigned as the recording area in which the multiplexed data is stored are provided, so that the storage means can be commonly used both in the encoding means and the multiplexing means. Thereby, the data transfer between encoding means and the multiplexing means does not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takasu, Tsuyoshi Oda, Masao Sasaki, Toshiaki Setogawa, Kentaro Tanaka, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6246402
    Abstract: A reproduction control data generating apparatus for generating reproduction control data containing control commands indicating a method of reproduction of audio and/or video data and menu screen data indicating a menu screen used for designation of a control command at the time of reproduction of the audio and/or video data, comprising an input operation screen displaying means for displaying an input operation screen used for the input operation of a control command and the menu screen data, a control command generating means for generating a control command in accordance with an operation with respect to the displayed input operation screen, a menu screen data generating means for generating menu screen data in accordance with an operation with respect to the displayed input operation screen, and a reproduction control data generating means for generating reproduction control data based on the generated control command and the menu screen data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Setogawa, Masao Sasaki, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6246401
    Abstract: A reproduction control data generating apparatus for generating reproduction control data containing control commands indicating a method of reproduction of audio and/or video data and menu screen data indicating a menu screen used for designation of a control command at the time of reproduction of the audio and/or video data, comprising an input operation screen displaying means for displaying an input operation screen used for the input operation of a control command and the menu screen data, a control command generating means for generating a control command in accordance with an operation with respect to the displayed input operation screen, a menu screen data generating means for generating menu screen data in accordance with an operation with respect to the displayed input operation screen, and a reproduction control data generating means for generating reproduction control data based on the generated control command and the menu screen data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Setogawa, Masao Sasaki, Ayato Nakagawa
  • Patent number: RE39745
    Abstract: A recording medium retaining data for menu control, a menu control method and an apparatus are provided for creating a menu highly expressive and attractive to the viewer. When operation of a menu button is determined on a menu created with a moving picture with sound, the menu button turns into action highlighting and the color of the button changes into a highlight color. In order to emphasize action highlighting of the menu button, a specific short moving picture with a sound is automatically replayed. After the replay of the moving picture, the display jumps to a chapter of a title selected with the menu button and a replay is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Setogawa, Ayato Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Oda