Patents by Inventor Isao Kawashima

Isao Kawashima 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: 6944297
    Abstract: A data reproducing apparatus and method is provided for reproducing data that was ciphered during recording in one or more of sector forming, header appending, error correction coding, modulation, and synchronization appending operations used for processing input data to form a recording signal. Thus, deciphering requires knowledge of both the ciphering key and the aspect(s) of the recording operation in which the ciphering took place. The deciphering may also include a descrambling operation in which an initial value and/or a generating polynomial is varied in accordance with ciphering key information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Isao Kawashima, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050192903
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Patent number: 6930987
    Abstract: A radio communication CPU controls each section of a radio communication device included in a short distance radio communication network by using network setting information in a network setting storage section. A connection relation with a communication network (for example, the Internet) is set and transmission/reception of data to/from equipment included in the communication network via the short distance radio communication network is controlled. Thus, the network setting or the like for connecting to the Internet or the like is simplified for each portable equipment existing in the short distance radio communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Fukuda, Isao Kawashima, Yoshitaka Ukita
  • Publication number: 20050177259
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050177258
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced; the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050165702
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050165701
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced; the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050127728
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and a system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of a person sitting on the vehicle seat for many hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Isao Kawashima, Yasuchika Takei
  • Patent number: 6882987
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the data recording apparatus is input, a recording unit for recording at least the encoder ID on an optical disk, and an encoding circuit for, in accordance with the encoder ID, encoding data supplied through a terminal and required to be recorded so that encoded data is, together with the encoder ID, recorded on the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20050017390
    Abstract: A seat pad 1 for vehicle in which an urethane raw material for forming an under-buttocks section 2 and an urethane raw material for forming an under-thighs section 3 are prepared from polyol-containing liquid of the same composition and the hardness of the under-thighs section 3 is set to be lower than the hardness of the under-buttocks section 2 by setting the isocyanate indexes of the urethane raw materials different from each other. A polyurethane foam seat pad for vehicle of which the under-buttocks section has enough high hardness providing excellent seating stability and the under-thighs section has low hardness providing soft touch can be provided even when the polyol-containing liquid of the same composition is used for the both sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Naoto Sugiyama, Kazushige Ebe, Isao Kawashima
  • Patent number: 6755476
    Abstract: The invention provides a tension structure for constructing a seat back of a seat for an automotive vehicle. Coil springs 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b are provided as tension members which are bridged between respective side portions 11, 12 of a seat back frame 1 and respective vertical bars 20, 21 of a tension assembly 2 in an upper portion and a middle portion. On the contrary, linear wires 5a, 5b in which one wire end is entwined and fastened to axes of the vertical bars 20, 21 and another wire end is inserted and fastened to stop rings 14, 15 of the side frame portions 11, 12 are provided in a lower portion. Accordingly, a sitting attitude is intended to be stabilized by increasing a supporting pressure of a lumbar part applied by the tension assembly 2 by means of the linear wires 5a, 5b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Kawashima, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040084945
    Abstract: A reclining seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back pivotally mounted to the seat cushion, first and second locking mechanisms arranged at both sides of the seat for securing the seat back relative to the seat cushion, and a supporting shaft interconnecting the first and second locking mechanisms, the supporting shaft having first and second end portions, the first locking mechanism including a first actuating shaft for facilitating selective securing of the seat back relative to the seat cushion, the second locking mechanism including a second actuating shaft for facilitating selective securing of the seat back relative to the seat cushion, the first actuating shaft being rigidly or fixedly connected to the first end portion of the supporting shaft, and the second actuating shaft being connected to the second end portion of the supporting shaft so that the second actuating shaft and the supporting shaft are rotatable by a predetermined angle relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Eiji Toba, Isao Kawashima
  • Patent number: 6687828
    Abstract: A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal 15P is data-converted for ciphering by a playback mode information appendage circuit 14 in a header appendage circuit 13 responsive to the key information from a terminal 15K and the resulting information comprised of the data and the playback mode information is outputted. The reproducing side effects data conversion on the ciphered playback mode information for deciphering, by a playback mode information detection circuit 26 in a header separation circuit 25, using the key information from a terminal 27K, for taking out the original playback mode information at a terminal 27P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yoshitomo Osawa, Akira Kurihara, Isao Kawashima, Shigeyuki Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20030172285
    Abstract: A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal 15P is data-converted for ciphering by a playback mode information appendage circuit 14 in a header appendage circuit 13 responsive to the key information from a terminal 15K and the resulting information comprised of the data and the playback mode information is outputted. The reproducing side effects data conversion on the ciphered playback mode information for deciphering, by a playback mode information detection circuit 26 in a header separation circuit 25, using the key information from a terminal 27K, for taking out the original playback mode information at a terminal 27P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yoshitomo Osawa, Akira Kurihara, Isao Kawashima, Shigeyuki Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 6597766
    Abstract: At the time of call arrival, when the user of a telephone terminal depresses a response key or performs some other tentative responding manipulation instead of lifting up a handset, the telephone terminal transmits a self-introduction request message to the caller. A self-introduction voice transmitted from the caller in response is emitted from a speaker. Listening to the self-introduction voice, the user identifies the caller. If the user wants to talk to the caller, he depresses a communication key or lifts up the handset as a true responding manipulation and then starts a communication with the caller. On the other hand, if the user does not want to talk to the caller, he depresses an automatic answering mode setting key or a disconnection key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporatioin
    Inventor: Isao Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20030098602
    Abstract: The invention provides a tension structure for constructing a seat back of a seat for an automotive vehicle. Coil springs 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b are provided as tension members which are bridged between respective side portions 11, 12 of a seat back frame 1 and respective vertical bars 20, 21 of a tension assembly 2 in an upper portion and a middle portion. On the contrary, linear wires 5a, 5b in which one wire end is entwined and fastened to axes of the vertical bars 20, 21 and another wire end is inserted and fastened to stop rings 14, 15 of the side frame portions 11, 12 are provided in a lower portion. Accordingly, a sitting attitude is intended to be stabilized by increasing a supporting pressure of a lumbar part applied by the tension assembly 2 by means of the linear wires 5a, 5b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Isao Kawashima, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6546490
    Abstract: A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal 15P is data-converted for ciphering by a playback mode information appendage circuit 14 in a header appendage circuit 13 responsive to the key information from a terminal 15K and the resulting information comprised of the data and the playback mode information is outputted. The reproducing side effects data conversion on the ciphered playback mode information for deciphering, by a playback mode information detection circuit 26 in a header separation circuit 25, using the key information from a terminal 27K, for taking out the original playback mode information at a terminal 27P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yoshitomo Osawa, Akira Kurihara, Isao Kawashima, Shigeyuki Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 6516064
    Abstract: A signal reproducing apparatus in which unauthorized decoding or copying is rendered difficult. The apparatus is configured for reproducing ciphered data from a disc-shaped record medium 101 on which there are recorded data ciphered by at least one encryption operation and the key storage site information specifying the arraying site for at least one key information item used for deciphering the ciphered data. The apparatus includes a reproducing head device 12 for reading out the ciphered data and the key storage site information from the record medium 101, a TOC decoder 219, a CPU 224 and a digital signal processing circuit 220 for decoding the ciphered data using the key information stored on the site designated based on the key storage site information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Osawa, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Kurihara, Isao Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20030023861
    Abstract: A data transmitting method, a data recording apparatus, a data record medium and a data reproducing apparatus are provided to disallow the encryption to be easily decoded and keep the secrecy of key information higher. The data transmitting apparatus includes an error correction coding process block. In the block, an input converting circuit operates to perform a logic operation with respect to the information data from an interface circuit 12 according to the key data. The converted information data is sent to an encoder 15 for generating parity data. This parity data is mixed with information data before conversion in a mixing circuit. The error correction coding block operates to send the resulting data to a modulating circuit 17 for modulating the data. The modulated data is recorded on a disk record medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yoshitomo Osawa, Akira Kurihara, Isao Kawashima, Hideo Owa
  • Publication number: 20020196938
    Abstract: An input is ciphered in at least one of a sector forming circuit 13, a scrambling circuit 14, a header appendage circuit 15, an error correction encoding circuit 16, a modulation circuit 18 and a synchronization appendage circuit 18, used for processing input data for forming a recording signal. Not only the key for ciphering itself in the circuits but also the information as to which of the circuits has been used for ciphering becomes the key for ciphering. This realizes ciphering difficult to decode by a simplified structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Isao Kawashima, Akira Kurihara, Yoshitomo Osawa, Hideo Owa