Patents by Inventor Shoji Shirakawa

Shoji Shirakawa 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).

  • Reproducing device and reproducing method
    Patent number: 8064747
    Abstract: The present invention allows a reproducing device that can be used in various device environmental conditions to execute adequate output operation according to a device environmental condition. When reproducing a content signal of audio and video, a reproducing device determines a device environmental condition as the coupling state of the reproducing device and surroundings of the reproducing device. Subsequently, the reproducing device implements control according to output part information and control information that are set with being associated with the device environmental condition. Based on the output part information, either or both of a main-body output unit and an external output unit are controlled as a part for outputting audio or video. In addition, control corresponding to the registered control information is executed inside the device, or details of the control are indicated to a coupled external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Masahiro Nobori, Shoji Shirakawa
  • Reproducing device and reproducing method
    Publication number: 20060245734
    Abstract: The present invention allows a reproducing device that can be used in various device environmental conditions to execute adequate output operation according to a device environmental condition. When reproducing a content signal of audio and video, a reproducing device determines a device environmental condition as the coupling state of the reproducing device and surroundings of the reproducing device. Subsequently, the reproducing device implements control according to output part information and control information that are set with being associated with the device environmental condition. Based on the output part information, either or both of a main-body output unit and an external output unit are controlled as a part for outputting audio or video. In addition, control corresponding to the registered control information is executed inside the device, or details of the control are indicated to a coupled external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Amano, Masahiro Nobori, Shoji Shirakawa