Patents by Inventor Dai Makabe

Dai Makabe 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: 4995026
    Abstract: An optical disc suitable for a so-called KARAOKE equipment by which a singer sings into a microphone in accordance with a music signal recorded in a compact disc or laser disc. According to one embodiment of the present invention, in an optical disc in which a synchronizing signal, digital audio data and a sub-code signal are recorded in one frame, respective codes corresponding to a hue parameter, an intensity parameter and a fade-in or fade-out parameter are recorded in predetermined bits (user's bits) of the above-mentioned sub-code signal. Thus, it is possible to provide an optical disc which can automatically control the lighting equipment without hands by means of the reproduced output from the optical disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Dai Makabe, Yuji Kumai