Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kotani
Hiroki Kotani 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).
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Patent number: 11945962Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that has both good anti-cissing property and good coating film appearance. This is a cationic electrodeposition coating composition containing a silicone compound (A) having an SP value of more than 10.5 and 15.0 or less, and a film forming resin (B), wherein the silicone compound (A) is contained in an amount of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 4.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content of the film forming resin (B). For example, the silicone compound (A) is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a polyether modified silicone compound (A-1), a polyester modified silicone compound (A-2), and a polyacrylic modified silicone compound (A-3).Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kotani, Yuko Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Furuya, Keigo Obata, Keisuke Tsutsui, Hiroki Arai, Hiroyoshi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20240084164Abstract: The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that has both good anti-cissing property and good coating film appearance. This is a cationic electrodeposition coating composition containing a silicone compound (A) having an SP value of more than 10.5 and 15.0 or less, and a film forming resin (B), wherein the silicone compound (A) is contained in an amount of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 4.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content of the film forming resin (B). For example, the silicone compound (A) is at least one species selected from the group consisting of a polyether modified silicone compound (A-1), a polyester modified silicone compound (A-2), and a polyacrylic modified silicone compound (A-3).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki KOTANI, Yuko HASEGAWA, Yasuyuki FURUYA, Keigo OBATA, Keisuke TSUTSUI, Hiroki ARAI, Hiroyoshi YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 7865942Abstract: A communication device including an access authority data managing DB device for managing access authority data with which access authority for at least one of storage area defined logically or physically in a storage device. File data stored in the storage area is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs is set as a unit. A non-open WWW device controls access to the storage device on the basis of the access authority data achieved from the access authority data managing DB device in accordance with an access from a terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko Mimura, Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 7596805Abstract: A communication device including an access authority data managing DB device for managing access authority data with which access authority for at least one of storage area defined logically or physically in a storage device and file data stored in the storage area is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs is set as a unit, and a non-open WWW device for controlling an access to the storage device on the basis of the access authority data achieved from the access authority data managing DB device in accordance with an access from a terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko Mimura, Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 7218843Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20060265600Abstract: A communication device including an access authority data managing DB device for managing access authority data with which access authority for at least one of storage area defined logically or physically in a storage device and file data stored in the storage area is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs is set as a unit, and a non-open WWW device for controlling an access to the storage device on the basis of the access authority data achieved from the access authority data managing DB device in accordance with an access from a terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Inventors: Atsuhiko Mimura, Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 7103673Abstract: An ATM I/F for transmitting data to a data transmission destination via a communication network, a data transmission server, and a data transmission managing device for calculating a network necessary for data transmission on the basis of the data quantity of the data to be transmitted and the transmission completion time indicating the time of completion of data transmission to the data transmission destination are provided. Accounting information is generated on the basis of the calculated network band and transmission time. The data is transmitted to the data transmission destination by using the calculated network band. The data transmission to the data transmission destination is completed by the transmission completion time, and accounting information is generated. Thus, when transmitting data via the communication network, the data transmission completion time is designated in advance for data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 7058288Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 7031599Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 6952804Abstract: A video providing device (30) comprises network I/Fs (37), (38) for transmitting/receiving a video to an external network, a high-quality video server (32) for storing the video as a regular editing video, a high-compressed video streamer (35) for storing the video as a rough editing video, a high-compressed video server (31) for reading out and transmitting the rough editing video on the basis of a video transmission request from a production (51) included in the external network (20), and a high-quality video server (32) for extracting and transmitting a part of the regular editing video to a post production (40) on the basis of the result of editing processing from the production (51). Thus, the video providing device (30) receives, for example, a video prepared by the production (51) and supplies a part of the video to the post production (40).Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20050191038Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20050191037Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20050179692Abstract: A video providing device comprises network I/Fs, for transmitting/receiving a video to an external network, a high-quality video server for storing the video as a regular editing video, a high-compressed video streamer for storing the video as a rough editing video, a high-compressed video server for reading out and transmitting the rough editing video on the basis of a video transmission request from a production included in the external network, and a high-quality video server for extracting and transmitting a part of the regular editing video to a post production on the basis of the result of editing processing from the production. Thus, the video providing device receives, for example, a video prepared by the production and supplies a part of the video to the post production.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20030135761Abstract: A communication device including an access authority data managing DB device for managing access authority data with which access authority for at least one of storage area defined logically or physically in a storage device and file data stored in the storage area is defined while at least one of a user making the access and a group to which the user concerned belongs is set as a unit, and a non-open WWW device for controlling an access to the storage device on the basis of the access authority data achieved from the access authority data managing DB device in accordance with an access from a terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Atsuhiko Mimura, Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20020146240Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoder 3 and a 1:N video-data compression decoder 6 is changed depending upon a picture quality set by a device 5 for setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTR 4 is changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ogawa, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 6347180Abstract: Inputted video signals are highly compressed in a high-compression processing means and the compressed signals are saved in a high-compression system processing means, and the video signals lowly compressed in a low-compression processing means and the compressed signals are saved in a first and a second recording means with separating them according to using frequency. The saved videos in the high-compression system processing means are edited and an executing sequence list showing their executing sequence is formed, and a video signal having a high using frequency is outputted from the first memory means which has a small storage capacity (thus, easily accessible), based on the executing sequence list.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroki Kotani, Keiko Abe
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Publication number: 20010052909Abstract: A video providing device (30) comprises network I/Fs (37), (38) for transmitting/receiving a video to an external network, a high-quality video server (32) for storing the video as a regular editing video, a high-compressed video streamer (35) for storing the video as a rough editing video, a high-compressed video server (31) for reading out and transmitting the rough editing video on the basis of a video transmission request from a production (51) included in the external network (20), and a high-quality video server (32) for extracting and transmitting a part of the regular editing video to a post production (40) on the basis of the result of editing processing from the production (51). Thus, the video providing device (30) receives, for example, a video prepared by the production (51) and supplies a part of the video to the post production (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Publication number: 20010034789Abstract: An ATM I/F for transmitting data to a data transmission destination via a communication network, a data transmission server, and a data transmission managing device for calculating a network necessary for data transmission on the basis of the data quantity of the data to be transmitted and the transmission completion time indicating the time of completion of data transmission to the data transmission destination are provided. Accounting information is generated on the basis of the calculated network band and transmission time. The data is transmitted to the data transmission destination by using the calculated network band. The data transmission to the data transmission destination is completed by the transmission completion time, and accounting information is generated. Thus, when transmitting data via the communication network, the data transmission completion time is designated in advance for data transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Naoko Kumagai, Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 5838925Abstract: In this invention, an approach is employed to transmit as a data train in transmitting every frame picture data compressed by using frame correlation and compressed picture data necessary for decoding the corresponding frame in the data train in each of the respective frames and copying compressed picture data of sum sets of compressed picture data included within the respective frames into the respective frames. Thus, in accordance with this invention, in the case where transmission of compressed picture data is carried out in frame units having undergone switching, there is no possibility that degradation of the picture quality has taken place.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiroki Kotani
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Patent number: 5625739Abstract: There is disclosed an editing machine for performing a nonlinear edit by a fewer number of video tape recorders than heretofore without requiring a dubbing operation. Where the nonlinear edit is an insertion of other signal, the editing machine comprises a first video tape recorder for reproducing a signal from tape, a second video tape recorder, and a switcher. The first video tape recorder has a delay circuit for delaying the reproduced signal to produce an output signal delayed by a first amount and an output signal delayed by a second amount. The switcher selects one of the signals from the first video tape recorder and the reproduced signal from the second video tape recorder. In the output signal from the switcher, the reproduced signal from the second video tape recorder has been inserted in the reproduced signal from the first video tape recorder.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1996Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiroki Kotani