Patents Assigned to Denon, Ltd.
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Patent number: 7072882Abstract: A data reproduction apparatus which reproduces data based on script data, in which a script execution location specifying section modifies the execution location held in a table when output data from an output section that outputs an input code, time code or clock data coincides with an input code, time code or clock data held in a table; and a script analysis and execution section executes processing that corresponds to the commands of the script data, and, it further controls reproduction of data according to reproduction instructions specified at the execution location that is modified by the script execution location specifying section when the output data coincides with the input code, time code or clock data held in the table.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Keishi Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20060062542Abstract: A recorder player has a first encoder for encoding broadcast video signals at a first image quality, a second encoder for encoding the same video signals as those encoded by the first encoder at a second image quality, which is lower than the first image quality, and a recording and reproducing unit for recording and reproducing data which is encoded by the first encoder and backup data which is encoded by the second encoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: DENON, LTDInventor: Hiroto Sakuma
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Patent number: 6985418Abstract: The present invention provides an optical disk reproducing apparatus capable of providing special reproducing (replay) mode using a jog dial in a manner similar to the special reproduction using an analog record player such as scratching etc. When the operation disk is rotating at a same predetermined speed as the rotation speed of the disk, the normal reproducing (replay) is performed. The special reproducing (replay) such as scratching is performed when the operation disk is turned, and the turning speed and direction of the operation disk are detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Masayuki Hori
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Patent number: 6973019Abstract: In a recording medium reproducing apparatus that can reproduce a recording medium such as a CD-R or CD-RW recording therein compressed audio data, a track number of three or more digits can be indicated using an existing display portion that is designed to indicate a track number in two digits. For this, the apparatus determines whether digital audio data to be reproduced is compressed audio data, and when it is determined to be the compressed audio data, the apparatus indicates a track number of the reproducing compressed audio data in a track number display area and a minute display area, a value of minute of a reproduction time of the compressed audio data in a second display area, and a value of second of the reproduction time of the compressed audio data in a frame display area.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Jyoji Watanabe
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Patent number: 6967527Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pulse width modulation amplifier which is capable of suppressing an output distortion due to a power voltage regulation, without deteriorating efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Mitsugi Fukushima
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Patent number: 6951024Abstract: An optical disk reproducing apparatus of a front loading type including an optical disk insertion assembly, which has a disk insertion port into which optical disks such as CDs and DVDs are inserted, and a disk transfer assembly which transfers the optical disks to the reproduction mechanism where the disks are reproduced. The optical disk insertion assembly and the disk transfer assembly are caused to slide forward so as to project out from the front surface of the reproducing apparatus and then caused to pivot to a position where the disk insertion port is outside the front surface of the reproducing apparatus so as to be directly observed when optical disks are inserted and removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Kobiyama
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Patent number: 6919771Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a digital amplifier which is capable of preventing a reproduction of an analogue audio signal from a loud speaker, when an output sound volume from the loud speaker is set to zero and when inputting of a digital audio signal or an input signal is stopped. In order to achieve the object, in the digital amplifier of the present invention, a silent PWM signal output section 7 outputs a PWM signal having a duty ratio of 50%, instead of a PWM signal generated by the PWM signal generating section 6, in the following cases: the factor detecting section 3 detects that the digital audio signal is multiplied by the factor “0” in the gain regulation section 2, the silent signal determining section 4 determines that the signal input from the reproducing unit 13 is stopped, and the silent signal determining section 4 determines that the digital audio signal is a signal at a silent level.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Kouji Nakajima
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Patent number: 6842417Abstract: Tracks are automatically selected from plural tracks recorded on a CD and are recorded on a MD so that a total reproducing time of the tracks thus selected is within a recordable time of the MD. Upon receiving a notification of the recordable time of the MD 29, a system controller 14 of a CD player 10 selects and reproduces tracks recorded on the CD 19 in accordance with a predetermined priority order so that the total reproducing time of the tracks thus selected does not exceed the recordable time, and has an MD recorder 20 record these tracks.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2000Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Toshiyuki Kajigano
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Patent number: 6816453Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal generator comprises a data sequence conversion means, a power changing means, an inverse discrete Fourier transform part, and an orthogonal modulation means, and modulates a first data and a second data using modulation systems independent of each other, into an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal. The data sequence conversion means arranges the first data to be transmitted, in a predetermined order correspondingly to two or more sub-carriers orthogonal to each other on a frequency axis. The power changing means changes powers of the sub-carriers in accordance with the second data to be transmitted which is independent of the first data. The inverse discrete Fourier transform means generates a time-base waveform by synthesizing the individual sub-carriers. The orthogonal modulation means performs orthogonal modulation on a real axis signal and an imaginary axis signal which are orthogonal to each other to synthesize them.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1999Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Tadahiko Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6791909Abstract: When an instruction to enter information unqualified for programmed reproduction is accepted, an optical disc reproducing apparatus according to the present invention gives a notification indicating that that information cannot be entered in a program. The disc detection unit 204 detects and decides a type of each optical disc, whether or not the disc can be entered in the program, and also detects the largest track number, the system controller 501 directs the disc information memory unit 502 to store the types of optical discs, information about possibility of entry in the program, and the largest track number associated with disc accommodation locations.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuma Takenaka
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Publication number: 20040151476Abstract: A multichannel audio reproducing apparatus, in which audio signals of a plurality of channels are processed and the thus processed audio signals are supplied to and reproduced on loudspeakers respectively disposed for each one of the channels, including: a loudspeaker drive section that drives each loudspeaker by imparting a delay time to an audio signal on each channel; a test tone generating section that generates a test tone measuring a distance between loudspeakers and supplying the test tone to one of the loudspeakers; a transmission time measuring section that measures a time period between the generation of the test tone by such one of the loudspeakers and the receiving of the test tone by other loudspeakers, thus obtaining a transmission time between loudspeakers; and a loudspeaker position calculating section that calculates a coordinate position of each loudspeaker based upon the test tone transmission time between loudspeakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Shinji Suzuki
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Patent number: 6771582Abstract: An optical disk apparatus comprising a control dial unit having a jog dial and a shuttle dial which is concentrically mounted outside the jog dial is provided to solve the problem that when operating the jog dial, the shuttle dial in proximity of the jog dial is also rotated thereby preventing its optical pickup to access to a precise target position to be reproduced. The control dial of the invention is comprised of an outer control dial and an inner control dial which has a smaller diameter than the outer control dial and is arranged within a circumference of the outer control dial, wherein a peripheral corner of an upper surface of the inner control dial protrudes from an upper surface of the outer control dial, and its distance of protrusion is larger than 2 mm and smaller than 90 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Masayuki Hori
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Patent number: 6754150Abstract: A contents data reproducing apparatus that continuously reproduces pieces of music without producing a soundless state between music pieces is provided. When a pickup 2 finishes reading of reproducing object piece of audio data, a microcomputer 10 stops writing of the audio data into a storage unit 4 and makes the pickup move to a front of the next reproducing object piece of audio data to start reading of the next reproducing piece of audio data. Then, when a result in a level detection unit 7 shows that the level of the next reproducing object piece of audio data is higher than the reference level, then, writing of the next reproducing object piece of audio data, which is read by the pickup 2, into the storage unit 4 is started. An audio data conversion unit 8 reads the audio data stored in the storage unit 4 and reproduces it.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Shunji Usui
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Patent number: 6680931Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it easy to recognize a start point and an end point of each music piece, when a plurality of music pieces are broadcasted. A music piece broadcast end information bit, which is reversed in its logic when a broadcast of a music piece ends, is newly added to information to be multiplexed and transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1999Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Aigasa, Yoshio Oomori
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Publication number: 20030231571Abstract: An optical disk player including: a disk insertion assembly which is positioned on an upper portion of the front face of the player main body and has a disk insertion/ejection opening into which an optical disk is inserted, a disk conveying device which holds the inserted optical disk and is moved in a forward-rearward direction of the player main body so as to convey the optical disk to a disk reproducing device, a moving device which moves the disk conveying device in a vertical direction of the player main body, a disk recognition device that determines whether or not an optical disk is being held in the disk conveying device, and a controller device that controls an operation timing of the disk insertion assembly and the disk conveying device by disk recognition signals supplied from the disk recognition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: Denon, Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kudara, Kiyoshi Kobiyama
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Patent number: 6650600Abstract: A digital audio disc recorder improves the ability to carry out an editing operation easily and efficiently. A group of keys used for recording and reproduction operations, ten keys and a track selecting key group are arranged on the side of a panel face of a remote commander. Further, audio signals recorded in the editing operation are displayed as a plurality of materials, a jog dial for moving forwardly and rearwardly the plural materials of the displayed audio signals in a time axis direction is arranged on the side of a panel face of the remote commander, a group of keys for selecting the materials are arranged on the depth side, and a group of keys for instructing a method of processing the selected materials are arranged on the depth side.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2000Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Machida, Atsushi Ishibashi, Tsugio Endou, Tadahiko Sakamoto, Hideki Ikeda, Atsushi Oonishi
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Patent number: 6600700Abstract: Disclosed is a digital audio disk recorder with improved ease of use, which can easily and efficiently superimpose a take of a short sound during broadcasting. In order to output takes of a plurality of short sounds, buttons “Key Name” corresponding to the takes of the sounds are displayed on a display screen for monitoring a state of broadcasting. By operating any of the buttons during broadcasting of a program for broadcasting displayed as a play list, the take of the short sound assigned to the button can be superimposed on a signal being broadcasted.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Machida, Atsushi Ishibashi, Tsugio Endou, Tadahiko Sakamoto, Hideki Ikeda, Atsushi Oonishi
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Publication number: 20030095490Abstract: An optical disk reproducing apparatus of a front loading type including an optical disk insertion assembly, which has a disk insertion port into which optical disks such as CDs and DVDs are inserted, and a disk transfer assembly which transfers the optical disks to the reproduction mechanism where the disks are reproduced. The optical disk insertion assembly and the disk transfer assembly are caused to slide forward so as to project out from the front surface of the reproducing apparatus and then caused to pivot to a position where the disk insertion port is outside the front surface of the reproducing apparatus so as to be directly observed when optical disks are inserted and removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Applicant: DENON, LTD.Inventor: Kiyoshi Kobiyama
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Publication number: 20030046662Abstract: A data reproduction apparatus which reproduces data based on script data, in which a script execution location specifying section modifies the execution location held in a table when output data from an output section that outputs an input code, time code or clock data coincides with an input code, time code or clock data held in a table; and a script analysis and execution section executes processing that corresponds to the commands of the script data, and, it further controls reproduction of data according to reproduction instructions specified at the execution location that is modified by the script execution location specifying section when the output data coincides with the input code, time code or clock data held in the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: DENON, LTD.Inventor: Keishi Matsunaga
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Patent number: D496922Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Denon, Ltd.Inventor: Akihito Kimura