Patents by Inventor Yoshio Sasaki

Yoshio Sasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20090213962
    Abstract: A digital radio receiver for receiving information on a piece of music that is identification information for specifying content of digital acoustic information, the identification information being broadcast together with the digital acoustic information is provided. The digital radio receiver includes an internal memory configured to store the information on the piece of music; an operation unit configured to set a timing at which the information on the piece of music is stored in the internal memory; a display unit configured to display the information on the piece of music; and a controller configured to perform a process for storing the information on the piece of music in the internal memory in response to the operation of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshio Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20090213963
    Abstract: A digital radio receiver for receiving information on a piece of music that is identification information for specifying content of digital acoustic information, the identification information being broadcast together with the digital acoustic information, is provided. The digital radio receiver includes an internal memory configured to store the information on the piece of music; an operation unit configured to set a timing at which a flag is attached to the information on the piece of music recorded in the internal memory; and a controller configured to perform a process for storing the information on the piece of music in the internal memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Yoshio SASAKI
  • Patent number: 7564759
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording pulse generating apparatus capable of forming a recording pit having a proper shape even at the time of ultra-high-speed recording of, for example, 8×recording or higher. A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 4T changes from a first amplitude to a second amplitude, and generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 5T or longer changes from a third amplitude to a fourth amplitude and further changes to a fifth amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Shirota, Kunihiko Horikawa, Hiroyuki Uchino, Yoshio Sasaki, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090161505
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (1) is provided with: a first judging device (191) for judging whether or not a tracking error signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; a detecting device (192) for detecting, as a detection angle, a rotation angle of an information recording medium (100) when it is judged that the tracking error signal is greater than or equal to the first threshold value; and a second judging device (193) for judging whether or not the judgment that the tracking error signal is greater than or equal to the first threshold value is performed at the same detection angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Kenichi Oono, Yoshio Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7548503
    Abstract: In a DVD-R on which information is to be recorded by an information recording apparatus, prior to the recording of the information therein, there are recorded in advance at least identification information for identifying the information recording apparatus for recording the information onto the DVD-R, and recording parameter information containing optimization information for optimizing a recording state in the record processing executed by the information recording apparatus specified by the identification information. Furthermore, the information recording apparatus reads the recording parameter information at the execution of record processing to use it for the record processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Satoshi Uchiumi, Hirohisa Tsudome, Kunio Matsumoto, Eiji Muramatsu, Shoji Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7532557
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording pulse generating apparatus capable of forming a recording pit having a proper shape even at the time of ultra-high-speed recording of, for example, 8× recording or higher. A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 4T changes from a first amplitude to a second amplitude, and generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 5T or longer changes from a third amplitude to a fourth amplitude and further changes to a fifth amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Shirota, Kunihiko Horikawa, Hiroyuki Uchino, Yoshio Sasaki, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20090097367
    Abstract: An optical axis shift correcting device is provided in an optical information device including irradiation means (11) for applying a laser, an optical system (12, etc.) for guiding a laser applied to an optical disc (2) having a recording track, and a light reception element (17) for receiving the light from the optical disc generated by the guided laser via the optical system. The optical axis shift correcting device includes jitter acquisition means (191) for acquiring a jitter amount of a signal obtained according to the received light, optical axis modification means (201, etc.) for modifying the direction of the optical axis with respect to the light reception element, and control means (100, etc.) for controlling the optical axis modification means so as to reduce the shift when the acquired jitter amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Kenichi Oono, Yasushi Oshima
  • Publication number: 20090022027
    Abstract: In the information recording apparatus, by driving the light source by the pulse signal corresponding to the recording signal, the laser pulse corresponding to the recording signal is irradiated onto the recording medium. The recording signal has the mark period to form the recording mark, and the space period in which the recording mark is not formed. In the mark period, the output level of the laser pulse changes between the normal level and the writing level, thereby, the recording mark is formed on the recording medium. On the one hand, over a predetermined period in the space period, the output level of the laser pulse is changed to the low level lower than the normal level. Thereby, the heat accumulation onto the recording medium, due to the transient response of the laser pulse in the mark period, is reduced, and in the mark period after that, the correct recording mark can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Masakazu Furukawa, Hisao Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchino
  • Publication number: 20080298185
    Abstract: Accurate calibration of recording power is performed without exceeding a rated output value of a laser diode even if recording speed is increased and high recording power is required. An information recording apparatus records information on an information recording medium such as a DVD-R/RW or a DVD+R/RW by applying a laser light onto the information recording medium. A pickup has a laser light source. A light receiving unit for detecting the amount of light by receiving the laser light emitted from the laser light source is provided, and the power of the laser light is controlled based on the power of the detected laser light. Before the actual information recording, a test emission is performed during calibration to determine an adequate recording power, and the emission duty of the laser light is controlled within the range not exceeding the rated output value of the laser light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Hidenori Nakagawa, Yoshio Sasaki, Toshifumi Harada
  • Publication number: 20080293898
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: Component [A]: a prepolymer obtained by olefin prepolymerization on solid titanium catalyst component having an average particle size of 25 to 70 ?m produced by contacting of a solid component (i) having an average particle size of 26 to 75 ?m, containing magnesium, titanium, halogen, and an electron donor (c3), and being free from detachment of titanium by washing with hexane at 25° C., a polar compound (ii) having a dipole moment of 0.50 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Higuchi, Shuji Matsumura, Yoshio Sasaki, Kiyomi Morita, Satoshi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20080279058
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain preferable recording characteristic and reproduction characteristic by considering irregularities of unique characteristics of an LD or the like mounted on an information recording and reproduction apparatus as well as characteristics of an optical disc used. In the information recording and reproduction apparatus, a light source such as a laser diode is driven by a laser drive signal so that a laser beam for recording or reproduction is emitted from the light source. Moreover, the laser drive signal is superimposed by a high-frequency signal of a predetermined frequency so as to eliminate effect of the return light from the optical disc. The information recording and reproduction apparatus superimposes the high-frequency signal by using a high-frequency signal level during recording which is different from a high-frequency signal level during reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Yasuhiko Tominaga, Yoshiharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7402638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propylene random copolymer which satisfies the following requirements [1] to [4], and to various useful molded products obtained by molding the propylene random copolymer: [1] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a), and the concentration (Px, % by mole) of a skeletal constituent derived from at least one olefin selected from ethylene (b) and ?-olefins having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (c), each of which is contained in the propylene random copolymer, satisfy the following relational expressions (Eq-1) to (Eq-3): 85?Pa<100??(Eq-1) 0<Px?15??(Eq-2) Pa+Px=100;??(Eq-3) [2] the concentration (Pa, % by mole) of the skeletal constituent derived from propylene (a) contained in the propylene random copolymer, and the melting point (Tm) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter satisfy the following relational expression (Eq-4): 135?4×(100?Pa)<Tm<165?4×(100?Pa);??(Eq-4) [3] the total amount of 2,1-bonded and 1,3-bon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Matsumura, Keita Itakura, Satoshi Hashizume, Akihiro Inukai, Kouichirou Yamamoto, Ayako Kadosaka, Yoshio Sasaki, Masashi Higuchi, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7385892
    Abstract: In a DVD-R on which information is to be recorded by an information recording apparatus, prior to the recording of the information therein, there are recorded in advance at least identification information for identifying the information recording apparatus for recording the information onto the DVD-R, and recording parameter information containing optimization information for optimizing a recording state in the record processing executed by the information recording apparatus specified by the identification information. Furthermore, the information recording apparatus reads the recording parameter information at the execution of record processing to use it for the record processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Satoshi Uchiumi, Hirohisa Tsudome, Kunio Matsumoto, Eiji Muramatsu, Shoji Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080037392
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus irradiates a laser light onto an information recording medium such as an optical disc to record data. While recording, the information recording apparatus temporarily stops recording when a predetermined amount of data is recorded, and confirms recording quality. Namely, the apparatus reproduces the recorded data and determines the recording quality based on the reproduced data. If the recording quality is within an appropriate range, recording of the actual data is continued at the recording power. If the recording quality is out of the appropriate range, the recording power is corrected so that the recording quality becomes within the appropriate range, and the actual data is recorded. Thereby, even when the optimum recording power is changed after recording start of the actual data, the recording power can be correspondently corrected, and accurate information recording with the appropriate recording power can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uchino, Yoshio Sasaki, Kunihiko Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20080038498
    Abstract: A propylene polymer which is constituted of 10 to 40 wt % room-temperature n-decane soluble part (Dsol) and 60 to 90 wt % room-temperature n-decane insoluble part (Dinsol), comprises skeletons derived from propylene (MP) and at least one kind of olefin (MX) selected from ethylene and C4 or more ?-olefins, and satisfies all of the following requirements [1] to [5]. The polymer is characterized by having a high melting point and a high molecular weight and is suitable for use in producing various moldings therefrom. [1] the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of both Dsol and Dinsol as determined by GPC is 4.0 or less; [2] the melting point (Tm) of Dinsol is 156° C. or more; [3] the sum of the 2,1-bond content and the 1,3-bond content in Dinsol is 0.05 mol % or less; [4] the intrinsic viscosity [?] (dl/g) of Dsol satisfies the relationship 2.2<[?]?6.0; and [5] the concentration of skeletons derived from the olefin (MX) in Dinsol is 3.0 wt % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Keita Itakura, Munehito Funaya, Ayako Kadosaka, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Yuichi Yamamura, Shuji Matsumura, Satoshi Hashizume, Yoshio Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7301869
    Abstract: In a spherical aberration correcting apparatus, a test recording unit is configured to perform a test recording on an optical disk. A characteristic obtaining unit is configured to obtain a characteristic corresponding to a parameter by the test recording. The parameter is correlated with a spherical aberration. A correction amount deciding unit is configured to decide an optimum correction amount of the spherical aberration so as to minimize the spherical aberration according to the characteristic of the parameter. A spherical aberration correcting unit is configured to correct the spherical aberration according to the optimum correction amount of the spherical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Hisao Tanaka, Hidenori Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20070230306
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording information with less waveform deformation with an adequate modulation degree and with a high asymmetry, an information recording method, and an information recording program. An information recording apparatus in which a laser beam is applied to a recording medium and a recording mark corresponding to a recording signal is formed includes a light source for emitting a laser beam and signal generating means for generating a recording pulse signal for driving the light source according to the recording signal. The recording pulse signal includes a mark period during which a recording mark is formed and a space period during which no recording mark is formed. During the mark period corresponding to a long mark, the level of the recording pulse signal corresponds to a recording power with which the reproduction compatibility is ensured and the waveform distortion is at or below a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Hiroyuki Uchino, Kunihiko Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20070230307
    Abstract: An information recording device, an information recording method, and an information recording program capable of recording information with an appropriate modulation degree, a high asymmetry, and small waveform distortion. The information recording device applies a laser beam to a recording medium such as a DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW and forms a recording mark corresponding to a recording signal, thereby recording information. A recording pulse signal for forming the recording mark corresponding to the recording signal has a mark period for forming the recording mark and a space period not forming the recording mark. In test recording performed prior to actual information recording, a long mark recording power is kept constant while a short mark recording power is changed. Preferably, the short mark recording power in the test write is changed so that the asymmetry and/or the beta value is a value within a desired range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshio Sasaki, Hiroyuki Uchino
  • Publication number: 20070217310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording pulse generating apparatus capable of forming a recording pit having a proper shape even at the time of ultra-high-speed recording of, for example, 8×recording or higher. A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 4T changes from a first amplitude to a second amplitude, and generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 5T or longer changes from a third amplitude to a fourth amplitude and further changes to a fifth amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Akira Shirota, Kunihiko Horikawa, Hiroyuki Uchino, Yoshio Sasaki, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20070217311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording pulse generating apparatus capable of forming a recording pit having a proper shape even at the time of ultra-high-speed recording of, for example, 8× recording or higher. A recording controller 10 for generating recording pulse signals having lengths corresponding to ten kinds of lengths of pits formed at the time of recording information has a recording controller 10 for generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 4 T changes from a first amplitude to a second amplitude, and generating the recording pulse signals so that the amplitude of a recording pulse signal corresponding to a pit having a length of 5 T or longer changes from a third amplitude to a fourth amplitude and further changes to a fifth amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Akira Shirota, Kunihiko Horikawa, Hiroyuki Uchino, Yoshio Sasaki, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu