Patents by Inventor Ikuo Nakarno

Ikuo Nakarno 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).

  • Information recording and reproducing apparatus, program for controlling same, computer-readable storage medium, method for controlling information recording and reproducing apparatus, and information storage medium
    Publication number: 20120002514
    Abstract: An invention disclosed includes a layer number obtaining section (222) for determining which information storage layer (L1) has been accessed and a layer type identifying section (223) for identifying a type of the information storage layer (L1) determined by the layer number obtaining section (222). With the configuration, even in a case where an information recording and reproducing apparatus accesses an information storage layer different from an intended information storage layer by false operation or the like, it is still possible to dissolve mismatching between a recording or reproduction control scheme being set up and a recording or reproduction control scheme suitable for the information storage layer thus accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Etoh, Tetsuya Okumura, Hideharu Tajima, Shigemi Maeda, Yoshihisa Adachi, Tetsuya Hayashi, Yasuhiro Harada, Takashi Arimoto, Ikuo Nakarno, Masaki Yamamoto, Hirohisa Yamada