Patents by Inventor Fumitaka Kawate

Fumitaka Kawate 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).

  • Patent number: 10469795
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20170251165
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro lshizaka
  • Patent number: 9697868
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 8417687
    Abstract: Update processing and the like of an index file relating to change of a hierarchical structure is performed. The index file is recorded in a recording medium with content files. The index file is generated based on attribute information of content files and folders including the content files. Content files and folders form a hierarchical structure in which the folders are in an upper hierarchy. In the index file, a prescribed number of entries (management information areas) corresponding to content files and folders, respectively, are provided. Second index information indicating second entries corresponding to folders or content files positioned in a lower hierarchy of folders in the upper hierarchy is provided at first entries corresponding to folders in the upper hierarchy in a list format. First index information indicating the first entries is provided at the second entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Jinno, Masayoshi Ohno, Hideo Obata, Shigeru Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20120195576
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, and a file management method are disclosed wherein the operability in management of a large number of files recorded on a recording medium using an index file can be improved significantly further than ever. An index file is formed from a series of entries of extract information from a large number of files. Information indicative of a relationship between the files is set to the index file. The index file is used to manage a large number of files and so forth recorded on a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Fumitaka Kawate, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 8224156
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20120170910
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 8161021
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, and a file management method are disclosed wherein the operability in management of a large number of files recorded on a recording medium using an index file can be improved significantly further than ever. An index file is formed from a series of entries of extract information from a large number of files. Information indicative of a relationship between the files is set to the index file. The index file is used to manage a large number of files and so forth recorded on a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Fumitaka Kawate, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 8059161
    Abstract: To search image information regarding image data, recorded on a storage medium, based on a desired search condition and to perform efficient display. An attribute-information obtaining section 221 obtains attributes. For respective chapters, the attributes are held by an attribute file 500. A condition searching section 223 searches the attributes for the respective chapters in accordance with a condition input from a condition inputting section 222. A thumbnail obtaining section 224 obtains thumbnails that match the search condition. An index displaying section 226 displays the obtained thumbnails. When a thumbnail is selected via an image selecting section 227, an image reproducing section 228 reproduces image data in accordance with link information extracted by a link-information extracting section 225.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Fumitaka Kawate, Osamu Date, Hiroshi Jinno
  • Patent number: 7890553
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus recording contents on a recording medium and managing the contents by using a content management file includes a control unit that checks a recording state of the recording medium loaded in the information recording apparatus to determine how to set up the content management file to be recorded on the recording medium and recording means for recording the content management file on the recording medium. The control unit determines the file setup of the content management file on the basis of the recording capacity of an area where the contents can be recorded on the recording medium. The recording means records the content management file in accordance with the file setup on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Shigeru Kashiwagi, Masayoshi Ohno, Hideo Obata
  • Patent number: 7792411
    Abstract: The present invention is applied to an imaging device for recording, for example, a result of imaging on an optical disc by a QuickTime file format and forms an real data block by allocating management information for managing a specific region recorded by interleave processing, and the specific region is managed by the management information and a management information block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Makoto Yamada, Fumitaka Kawate
  • Patent number: 7702220
    Abstract: A file recording apparatus receives input from a user in order to edit video data and to record a file based on a result of the edit. The file includes a block including management information, having at least a video track based on management information about the video data and an effect track based on management information about effects to be set for the video data in a hierarchical structure of management information for managing real data. The file also includes a block including real data, having at least real data associated with the effect track. The recording apparatus makes the effect track by setting a null effect having no advantage of the effect and an active effect having an advantage of the effect with regard to the video track, and makes the file by setting a source track as a target for the effect track to the video track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsujii, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 7657154
    Abstract: The present invention provides an editing apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, and a recording medium for reproducing special effects by full use of the capabilities of the reproducing apparatus. The editing apparatus having original video data and edited data that are a collection of editing codes for performing an editing operation with a desired editing type on a desired portion in the original video data to generate edited video data includes a primary conversion table attaching means for attaching, to the editing video data, a primary conversion table for correlating at least the desired editing type with a standard editing type specified as standard in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 7624136
    Abstract: The present invention is applied to a videodisc device for example, sets information necessary for reproducing a multiplexed stream, and information necessary for reproducing streams making up this multiplexed stream to one of blocks serving as management information, and assigns this multiplexed stream to the track corresponding to the block serving as this management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 7477830
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20080310822
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 7447421
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus reproduces view data including several tracks within a range of reproduction processing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Makoto Yamada, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Toshihiro Ishizaka
  • Publication number: 20080222222
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus recording contents on a recording medium and managing the contents by using a content management file includes a control unit that checks a recording state of the recording medium loaded in the information recording apparatus to determine how to set up the content management file to be recorded on the recording medium and recording means for recording the content management file on the recording medium. The control unit determines the file setup of the content management file on the basis of the recording capacity of an area where the contents can be recorded on the recording medium. The recording means records the content management file in accordance with the file setup on the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka KAWATE, Shigeru Kashiwagi, Masayoshi Ohno, Hideo Obata
  • Publication number: 20080177775
    Abstract: To perform update processing and the like of an index file relating to change of a hierarchical structure easily and rapidly. The index file is recorded in a recording medium 2 with content files. The index file is generated based on attribute information of content files and folders including the content files. Content files and folders form a hierarchical structure in which the folders are in an upper hierarchy. In the index file, a prescribed number of entries (management information areas) corresponding to content files and folders respectively are provided. Second index information indicating second entries corresponding to folders or content files positioned in a lower hierarchy of folders in the upper hierarchy is provided at first entries corresponding to folders in the upper hierarchy in a list format. First index information indicating the first entries is provided at the second entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Jinno, Masayoshi Ohno, Hideo Obata, Shigeru Kashiwagi
  • Publication number: 20080138044
    Abstract: An optical disk stores a content file and an index file for managing the content file. A property file FP in the index file includes a file entry corresponding to the content file and a decode-information storage area (system information entry) in which decode information of the content file (AV profile entry) is stored. The file entry has pointer information (profile entry index) indicative of decode information of a corresponding content file stored in the decode-information storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Kawate, Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi