Patents Assigned to Pioneer Electronic Corporation
  • Patent number: 7346270
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus has a read device, is capable of reproducing sub picture information and is also capable of performing a highlight display of the sub picture information. In an information record medium to be reproduced by this reproducing apparatus, at least the sub picture information and reproduction control information to control a reproduction of the sub picture information are recorded on the record track such that the sub picture information and the reproduction control information are divided into a plurality of groups. Each of the groups is a predetermined unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, and has a sub picture pack in which the sub picture information is contained and a control pack in which the reproduction control information is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki
  • Patent number: 7340156
    Abstract: An information storage medium includes: a plurality of unit audio information to be reproduced independently of each other; aggregate audio information each including one or more of the unit audio information; unit attribute information indicating attributes of the unit audio information included in the aggregate audio information; and aggregate attribute information including the unit attribute information corresponding to the aggregate audio information recorded on the storage medium. By referring to the aggregate attribute information, the attributes of all the unit audio information may be readily and quickly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Takao Sawabe, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Tokihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7330643
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track (1a) to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80) and reproduces audio information by a predetermined audio frame unit while relatively moving the read device along the record track recorded with at least the audio information by the audio frame unit. A plurality of audio packets (43, 202) are arranged along the record track, in each of which audio information pieces (207) constructing the audio information sampled by a predetermined sampling frequency and audio control information (203) for controlling a reproduction of the audio information pieces by the information reproducing apparatus are respectively recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Tokihiro Takahashi, Junichi Yoshio, Hidehiro Ishii, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki
  • Patent number: 7260314
    Abstract: An information recording medium on which are recorded substantial data and reproduce control information for reproducing the substantial data, wherein the reproduce control information includes first reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in all available reproduce patterns, and second reproduce control information required for reproducing the substantial data in a portion of the available reproduce patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7242848
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (SS1) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for dividing record information (R) to be recorded into a plurality of partial record informations including at least video information, for applying a predetermined signal process to each of the partial record informations to thereby output processed partial record information (Sr, 42, 43, 44), and for generating and outputting, on the basis of control information (Si) which is inputted from the external to control a reproduction of the record information, additional information (Sac, 64: PGCI) including still time information (66E) indicative of a time for performing a still picture reproduction of a final picture of each of the partial record informations which is a picture included in each of the partial record informations at a final portion thereof after reproducing each of the partial record informations, at a time of reproducing the record information, the still time information being set for each of the partial re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Junichi Yoshio, Akihiro Tozaki, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Hisayuki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7227963
    Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus comprises a signal processing section for processing audio signals fed from outside equipments, an operating section for producing commands in order for said signal processing section to process the audio signals, a storing memory for storing past operation data containing past operation information of the operating section, a controller for setting parameters in order for said signal processing section to process the audio signals in accordance with said past operation data stored in said storing memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Yamada, Takeaki Funada, Hiroyuki Isobe, Keitaro Kaburagi, Naomi Amemiya, Gen Inoshita, Ko Atsumi
  • Patent number: 7219135
    Abstract: A medium is set in a computer, and identification information of the set medium is read out. Related information about the medium is obtained in accordance with the identification information read from the medium. The obtained related information is displayed on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Murakoshi, Hiroaki Shibuki, Hidemi Usuba, Shinsuke Nishimura, Keiichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7136347
    Abstract: By the control information recording method, control information to control at least one of recording and reproducing operations of record information on an information record medium is recorded onto a guide track of the information record medium. The control information recording method is provided with the steps of: generating a control information timing signal one after another at an interval corresponding to a length of a control information unit equal to an N (N: predetermined integer not less than 2) multiple of a length of a record information unit of the record information; and recording the control information onto the guide track of the information record medium, on the basis of a timing corresponding to the control information timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignees: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Pioneer Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Inoue, Kazuo Kuroda, Toshio Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ohira
  • Patent number: 7130433
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing noise component contained in an input signal has: a detecting device for detecting a level of the noise component; an adjusting device for adjusting a level of the input signal so as to make the level of the noise component equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold level; a reducing device for reducing a signal component of the adjusted input signal whose level is equal to and lower than the predetermined threshold level; and a restoring device for restoring a level of the adjusted input signal to the level of the input signal that has not been adjusted by the adjusting device yet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventor: Shirou Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7126898
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes: a unit for applying a predetermined processing to record information divided into error correction units and generating processed record information including a plurality of record units; and a unit for recording, the processed record information on an information record medium; a unit for recording, after the recording of the processed record information, predetermined dummy information of an information amount corresponding for the plurality of record units, on the information record medium, subsequent to the processed record information recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Toshio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7123576
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes: a unit for applying a predetermined processing to record information divided into error correction units and generating processed record information including a plurality of record units; and a unit for recording the processed record information on an information record medium; a unit for recording, after the recording of the processed record information, predetermined dummy information of an information amount corresponding for the plurality of record units, on the information record medium, subsequent to the processed record information recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Toshio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7035529
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) having a record track (1a) recorded with at least video information is to be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus (S2), which has a read device (80) and reproduces at least video information while relatively moving the read device along the record track. In the information record medium, at least video information and control information (41: NAVI-PACK, 50: PCI, 51: DSI) comprising access information to access the video information are recorded on the record track such that the video and control informations are divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the reproducing apparatus and each of which comprises the video and control informations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7028080
    Abstract: A medium is set in a computer, and identification information of the set medium is read out. Related information about the medium is obtained in accordance with the identification information read from the medium. The obtained related information is displayed on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Murakoshi, Hiroaki Shibuki, Hidemi Usuba, Shinsuke Nishimura, Keiichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7013013
    Abstract: There is provided a surround device which processes stereo signals decoded by a decoder of a multi-channel surround method comprises boost means which boosts middle and low frequency components of a center channel signal in the stereo signals. There is also provided a surround device which processes stereo signals decoded by a decoder of a Dolby Pro Logic method comprises boost means which boosts high frequency components of a surround channel signal in the stereo signals. The boost means is composed of a level detector for detecting an output level of the channel signal, an operation portion for calculating and determining an amount of boost based on a result of the level detector, and a signal boost portion for boosting the channel signal based on a result of the operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Takei
  • Patent number: 7010130
    Abstract: A noise level of an input signal is detected, and a detected noise level is held in a noise level holding section. The held noise level is updated when a subsequent noise level largely changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 6968121
    Abstract: Image information is reproduced in respectively correspondence to monitors of different aspect ratios as in the NTSC system or HDTV system adaptive type. The image information recorded on a video disc is reproduced. An ID signal held in the video disc is detected. The aspect ratio of the image information to be generated is designated. Only when the aspect ratio indicated by the detected ID signal differs from the designated aspect ratio, the reproduced image information is converted into the image information of the designated aspect ratio. A standardized image signal is produced on the basis of the converted image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventor: Fumihiko Yokogawa
  • Patent number: 6965727
    Abstract: An information record medium (1) is provided with: an audio information recording area on which a plurality of audio information (210) which are different in recording method are recorded; and a control information recording area on which control information (211) required to reproduce the plurality of audio information recorded on the audio information recording area is recorded. The control information recorded on the control information recording area includes a plurality of first division information for identifying first division units (260) respectively so as to divide each of the plurality of audio information recorded on the audio information recording area by the first division units respectively. The first division information, which indicates that the audio information divided by the first division units belongs to a same first division unit, is provided for each of the plurality of audio information same in content and different in recording method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Kaoru Yamamoto, Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Tokihiro Takahashi, Yoshinori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6948994
    Abstract: A light emission display panel has a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate, a light emission layer on the first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. Each of the second electrodes has a form of a strip film in which partially overlapped portions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignees: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Miyaguchi, Isamu Ohshita
  • Patent number: RE38849
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (SSI) is provided with: a signal process device (72) for applying a predetermined signal process to a plurality of partial record information blocks constructing whole record information (R) to thereby generate processed partial record information blocks (Sr) each composed of a plurality of predetermined information units (IU), and for generating and outputting recording position information (Sac), which is to be recorded by each of predetermined reproduction units (VOBU) composing the information units, for respective one of the reproduction units. The recording position information indicates recording positions of the reproduction units corresponding to reproduction times of the partial record information blocks within a predetermined range before and after the respective one of the reproduction units on an axis of reproduction time of each of the partial record information blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Takao Sawabe, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Junichi Yoshio
  • Patent number: RE39110
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes: record information pieces logically independent of each other and constituting a hierarchical structure of hierarchical layers; layer information pieces for specifying one of the hierarchical layer; kind information pieces for indicating kinds of information relating to the record information pieces; a text group including layer related texts and record information related texts successively arranged in a mixed manner; text arrangement information pieces corresponding to the text group and arranged in pair with one of the layer information piece and the kind information piece corresponding to the text, the text arrangement information piece indicating a position of the text within the text group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Moriyama, Takao Sawabe, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki, Junichi Yoshio, Hirohide Kobori, Takeshi Iwase, Hiroki Yamanashi, Hisayuki Nakayama