Patents by Inventor Toru Kadono

Toru Kadono 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 apparatus and reproducing method
    Patent number: 6564004
    Abstract: The invention provides a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, in which moving picture data read out from a recording medium is once stored in a buffer memory, when the stored data is less than a predetermined amount, by reducing an operating speed of an image compression decoder, a transfer rate to read out the data from the buffer memory is reduced, thereby enabling a moving picture to be reproduced slowly and preventing an interruption of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Kadono
  • Vacuum carburizing method
    Patent number: 6187111
    Abstract: An improved vacuum carburizing method is provided which is easy to handle or to maintenance and low equipment costs without using hydrogen gas or acetylenic gas. The improved vacuum carburizing method comprises a carburizing treatment of workpieces made from steel material heated to about 900-1100° C. performed by introducing an ethylenee gas as a carburizing gas at a vacuum of 1-10 kPa in a carburizing furnace chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.
    Inventors: Masaomi Waka, Toru Kadono, Satoshi Harai, Tetsuya Okada, Naoaki Imai