Patents by Inventor Harutoshi Miyamoto
Harutoshi Miyamoto 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).
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Patent number: 8935242Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Patent number: 8886685Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 8738615Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20120323917Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 8280920Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Publication number: 20110218998Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7991803Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Publication number: 20110173163Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100114846Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100114986Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7711240Abstract: A reproducing apparatus enabling reproduction of a moving image file using index information larger than a memory size without re-reading the index information into the memory. The apparatus includes a table size obtaining unit (S40) obtaining, from a recording medium, size information of a table which holds index information for the moving image file, a memory storing index information, a memory size obtaining unit (S42) obtaining size information of the memory, and a calculating unit (S41) calculating the thinning-out ratio of the index information so that the size of the table becomes equal to or smaller than the size of the memory. The apparatus also includes a thinning-out unit (S44) thinning out the index information based on the thinning-out ratio, and a writing unit (S45) writing the thinned-out index information into the memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Harutoshi Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20100085655Abstract: It has been difficult to replay data in a manner which better suits a user's intention. A recording/replaying system comprises a recording medium 15 on which a plurality of data pieces are recorded, write file managing means 11 which records on the recording medium 15 one or multiple lists which are for selecting predetermined data pieces from among the plurality of recorded data pieces and specifying thus selected predetermined data pieces, file recording means 14, control means 21 which replays the predetermined data pieces specified by the lists based on thus recorded one or multiple lists, the file replaying means 23, and the data file outputting means 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Chiyoko MATSUMI, Nobuyasu TAKEGUCHI, Harutoshi MIYAMOTO, Yoshifumi YANAGAWA, Tetsuya ITANI, Jiro YAMADA, Yasuyuki TORII
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Patent number: 7680814Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7668842Abstract: Enabling efficient navigation of a playlist of media files stored on a computer-readable medium. Aspects of the invention define a playlist structure to have one or more playlist units. Each playlist unit identifies one or more media files in the playlist and includes metadata for the media files. A consumer electronic device retrieves the playlist units and displays the metadata contained therein to a user to enable navigation of the playlist. Aspects of the invention reduce the memory requirements of the consumer electronic devices and reduce the quantity of disk seek operations needed for playlist navigation.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Brian James Walker, Ian Cameron Mercer, Hiroshi Kase, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Tomotaka Yagi, Yasuyuki Torii, Nobuyasu Takeguchi
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Patent number: 7647297Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Patent number: 7590659Abstract: Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii
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Publication number: 20080193103Abstract: A reproducing apparatus is provided for enabling reproduction of a moving image file using index information of larger size than a memory size without re-reading the index information into the memory. The reproducing apparatus includes: a table size obtaining unit (S40) which obtains, from a recording medium, size information of a table which holds index information for the moving image file; a memory for storing index information; a memory size obtaining unit (S42) which obtains size information of the memory; a calculating unit (S41) which calculates the thinning-out ratio of the index information so that the size of the table becomes equal to or smaller than the size of the memory; a thinning-out unit (S44) which thins out the index information based on the thinning-out ratio; and a writing unit (S45) which writes the thinned-out index information into the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2005Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventor: Harutoshi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 7366733Abstract: There has been a problem that play list reproduction cannot be performed at a data processing level of a CD player and so on which cannot interpret a play list file in an HTML format. A recording and reproducing system has a CD-RW medium 15 of holding a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data, a file recording means 14 of recording in a play list file 17 held on the CD-RW medium 15 a play list describing reproduction order of reproducing predetermined data stored by all or a part of a plurality of data files respectively by using a unique contents ID given to each data file, and a file reproducing means 23 of reproducing the predetermined data stored by all or a part of the plurality of data files respectively based on the recorded play list.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Microsoft CorporationInventors: Chiyoko Matsumi, Keisuke Matsuo, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii, Toshihiko Mizukami, Kevin Leigh La Chapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer
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Publication number: 20060265403Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Mercer, Kevin LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7136874Abstract: Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii