Patents by Inventor Akira Oba

Akira Oba 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).

  • Editing apparatus and editing method
    Patent number: 6407972
    Abstract: The present invention is an editing apparatus and an editing method for allowing the user to designate a desired portion of a particular program recorded as a highly efficient encoded digital signal on a record medium, reproducing the portion designated by the user, changing normalization information contained in the reproduced digital signal, performing a sound field process for the digital signal, and recoding the resultant signal to the record medium, wherein the record position of the program is edited corresponding to the designated portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Koyata, Junichi Aramaki, Ryohei Yasuda, Akira Oba