Patents by Inventor Hidenori Nikaido

Hidenori Nikaido 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).

  • Disk player with location marking capability
    Patent number: 6889001
    Abstract: A disk player includes a system controller. The system controller creates marked-playback-start-position specifying data every time a user presses a playback position marking key of an operation unit to mark a playback start position. If the user presses a menu screen display key of the operation unit to instruct the display of a marked-playback-start-position selection-menu screen, the system controller displays an image corresponding to each playback start position on the marked start position menu screen. If title playback is stopped or paused, the system controller creates stop position specifying data for specifying a stop position and stores the data in a RAM. The system controller displays a stop position menu screen including stop-position-related information based on the stop position specifying data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidenori Nikaido, Koji Akita