Patents by Inventor Hiroki Shiina

Hiroki Shiina 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).

  • Publication number: 20230126404
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode catalyst which has excellent catalytic activity, and which can contribute to reducing the cost of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). According to the present invention, an electrode catalyst includes a hollow carrier including nanopores having a pore size of 1 to 20 nm, and a plurality of catalyst particles. The catalyst particles are supported both inside and outside the nanopores of the carrier, and comprise (zero-valent) Pt, and when a particle size distribution analysis of the catalyst particles is carried out using a three-dimensional reconstructed image obtained by electron beam tomography measurement employing STEM, the conditions of formula (S1): 100×(N10/N20)?8.0 are satisfied (in the formula, N10 is the number of noble metal particles not in contact with a pore having a pore size of 1 nm or more, and N20 is the number of catalyst particles supported inside the nanopores of the carrier).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Wada, Tomoteru Mizusaki, Kiyotaka Nagamori, Satoshi Aoki, Hiroki Shiina, Yasuhiro Seki
  • Publication number: 20230104640
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a file processing device, a file processing method, and a program that enable efficient reproduction of a HEIF file. A high efficiency image file format (HEIF) file in which a related image associated with an image in the HEIF file is arranged in a top part of an mdat box is generated. Additionally, a top part of such a HEIF file is read. The present technology can be applied to generation and reproduction of a HEIF file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroki Shiina
  • Publication number: 20230079500
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode catalyst production system and production method omitting transferring an electrode catalyst precursor, and shortening a drying time thereof. The system has an electrode catalyst precursor production device, a washing device and a drying device. The drying device includes executors for executing: an introduction step for introducing an electrode catalyst precursor into a container main body; a drying processing step for drying the precursor by heating and depressurizing the container main body, and stirring and mixing the precursor with a stirring blade; a cooling step for cooling the precursor by cooling and depressurizing the container main body, and stirring and mixing the precursor with the stirring blade; a slow oxidation step for performing a slow oxidation treatment on the precursor by supplying air to the container main body; and a retrieving step for retrieving the precursor inside the container main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto NISHIBETTOU, Yasuhiro SEKI, Akinobu TAKENOYA, Kiyotaka NAGAMORI, Hiroshi IGARASHI, Hiroki SHIINA, Mie TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230039708
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a file processing device, a file processing method, and a program capable of reducing the number of images that the user loses. Restoration data for restoring a high efficiency image file format (HEIF) file storing a still image is written into the HEIF file. The HEIF file is restored using the restoration data. The present technology can be applied to processing of a HEIF file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroki Shiina
  • Publication number: 20220269716
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a file processing device, a file processing method, and a program that achieve quick index display. A file control unit generates a proxy file storing a related image related to an image in a high efficiency image file format (HEIF) file, the proxy file being another HEIF file. Furthermore, the file control unit detects an image corresponding to a selected related image selected from related images stored in the proxy file. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a case where index display of thumbnail images is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Funamoto, Ryogo Ito, Yukio Isobe, Toshihiro Ishizaka, Hiroki Shiina, Seigo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9734406
    Abstract: An information processing device, which includes: a data holding section which holds first time-series data of an operation parameter which varies through a predetermined capturing operation; a data comparing section which compares second time-series data of the operation parameter with the first time-series data, the second time-series data being correlated with a moving image recorded through an actual capturing operation and varying through the actual capturing operation; and a data area specifying section which specifies, among the second time-series data, a data area corresponding to the first time-series data on the basis of the comparison of the first and second time-series data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichi Mizukami, Toshihiro Ishizaka, Hiroshi Jinno
  • Publication number: 20160162737
    Abstract: An information processing device, which includes: a data holding section which holds first time-series data of an operation parameter which varies through a predetermined capturing operation; a data comparing section which compares second time-series data of the operation parameter with the first time-series data, the second time-series data being correlated with a moving image recorded through an actual capturing operation and varying through the actual capturing operation; and a data area specifying section which specifies, among the second time-series data, a data area corresponding to the first time-series data on the basis of the comparison of the first and second time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichi Mizukami, Toshihiro Ishizaka, Hiroshi Jinno
  • Patent number: 8433183
    Abstract: A recording apparatus and a recording method that can record both moving picture data and still picture data in a form reproducible by various reproducing apparatus. The moving picture data is compressed by an MPEG system by an MPEG encoder, formed into data for recording corresponding to a predetermined recording format by a format forming unit, and then recorded on a DVD. The still picture data is compressed by a JPEG system by a JPEG encoder, and recorded on the DVD separately from the moving picture data. In predetermined timing, the still picture data compressed by the JPEG system and recorded on the DVD is read, the still picture data is converted into I-pictures of the MPEG system by a format converting unit, and then the I-pictures of the MPEG system are recorded onto the DVD in the predetermined format via the format forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hidaka, Masaaki Kojima, Shingo Yoshioka, Hidehiko Okumura, Kaname Ogawa, Hiroki Shiina
  • Patent number: 8160430
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a screen information generation unit and a recording control unit. When again generating screen information of a recording medium recorded with plural image data, the screen information on which a screen for selecting the plural image data is based, and a recording state of the image data when the screen information was generated, the screen information generation unit selects a range of the screen information necessary to be rewritten in accordance with a recording state of image data in the recording medium when previous screen information was generated and a recording state of image data in the recording medium at a present time, and updates only the selected range of the screen information. The recording control unit records screen information generated by the screen information generation unit in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nagao, Hiroki Shiina, Tetsuhiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110170841
    Abstract: An information processing device, which includes: a data holding section which holds first time-series data of an operation parameter which varies through a predetermined capturing operation; a data comparing section which compares second time-series data of the operation parameter with the first time-series data, the second time-series data being correlated with a moving image recorded through an actual capturing operation and varying through the actual capturing operation; and a data area specifying section which specifies, among the second time-series data, a data area corresponding to the first time-series data on the basis of the comparison of the first and second time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichi Mizukami, Toshihiro Ishizaka, Hiroshi Jinno
  • Patent number: 7839749
    Abstract: The present invention relates a recording apparatus and a recording method, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, and a program that make it possible to easily judge whether data was recorded in a recording medium by an apparatus of own model. An own model/another model information generating unit 41 generates, for each arbitrary recording unit, own model/another model information that is information indicating that the recording unit was recorded by an apparatus of own model. A discrimination code calculating unit 42 sets VMGI and an effective management table TV as a continuous data sequence and sets a result of calculating a hash value of the data sequence as a discrimination code. A recording and reproducing apparatus 1 records the discrimination code and the own model/another model information in a management table TV area of an optical disk 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichiro Nagano, Tetsuhiro Maeda, Atsushi Mae, Yukio Isobe
  • Patent number: 7787747
    Abstract: A playback apparatus for playing back a moving image at a speed higher than a normal speed of the moving image on the basis of moving image data for displaying the moving image, the moving image data being coded by setting a predetermined number of images as a unit, is provided. The playback apparatus includes a storage section temporarily storing the obtained moving image data; a decoding section decoding the moving image data read from the storage section; a detection section detecting transfer rates; a storage control section controlling the storage of a number of the units; a selection section selecting one of the combinations from among the combinations indicated by the stored combination information in a predetermined procedure; an obtainment control section controlling the obtainment of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Maeda, Kenichiro Nagao, Atsushi Mae, Hiroki Shiina
  • Patent number: 7619953
    Abstract: A recording and playback apparatus for recording data on a recording medium that allows additional writing includes a recording device configured to record first data on the recording medium; a random-number generator configured to generate a random number; and a calculator configured to calculate a first identification code indicating that the first data has been recorded on the recording medium by the recording and playback apparatus, by applying a predetermined function to data included in the first data recorded on the recording medium by the recording device, the data including second data that changes on each recording on the recording medium by the recording device and including the random value generated by the random-value generator. The recording device further records the random value generated by the random-number generator and the first identification code calculated by the calculator so that the random value and the first identification code are included in the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Shiina
  • Patent number: 7609896
    Abstract: A recorder operable to compress and code first image data of a moving image, and record the compressed and coded first image data on a data recording medium, including: an extracting mechanism operable to extract second image data to display a still image from the first image data of the moving image to be recorded on the data recording medium; a creating mechanism operable to create thumbnail image data to display a thumbnail image as an image smaller than the still image from the extracted second image data; and a storage-controlling mechanism operable to control a temporary storage of the created thumbnail image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Shiina
  • Publication number: 20080316881
    Abstract: The present invention relates a recording apparatus and a recording method, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, and a program that make it possible to easily judge whether data was recorded in a recording medium by an apparatus of own model. An own model/another model information generating unit 41 generates, for each arbitrary recording unit, own model/another model information that is information indicating that the recording unit was recorded by an apparatus of own model. A discrimination code calculating unit 42 sets VMGI and an effective management table TV as a continuous data sequence and sets a result of calculating a hash value of the data sequence as a discrimination code. A recording and reproducing apparatus 1 records the discrimination code and the own model/another model information in a management table TV area of an optical disk 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichiro Nagano, Tetsuhiro Maeda, Atsushi Mae, Yukio Isobe
  • Publication number: 20080069541
    Abstract: A data recording apparatus may include a recording section for recording a plurality of record data onto a recording medium; a section for generating first playback existence/non-existence information of the record data, respectively, recorded on the recording medium; a section for generating first reference order information of the first playback existence/non-existence information; a section for generating second playback existence/non-existence information of the record data, respectively; a section for generating second reference order information of the second playback existence/non-existence information; and from the time that the record data has been recorded onto the recording medium to the time that common data management information among apparatuses is finally recorded onto the recording medium, a control section for controlling the recording section so as to record the first playback existence/non-existence information and the first reference-order definition information, and then to record the se
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nagao, Hiroki Shiina, Atsushi Mae, Tetsuhiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080034180
    Abstract: A storage medium processing apparatus may include a recognizing unit which sequentially executes logical-format-specific recognizing operations included in a storage-medium recognizing process for recognizing a storage medium loaded in a loading mechanism of the apparatus so that the medium is operable in a software layer, the storage medium having a predetermined physical format that supports two or more logical formats, the logical-format-specific recognizing operations being related to the logical formats, respectively. A generating unit may generate logical-format historical information synchronously with the execution of a predetermined process, the information containing a history of logical formats specified by the predetermined processes performed on storage media loaded in the loading mechanism in the past. A storing unit may store the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Shiina, Kenichiro Aridome
  • Patent number: 7289802
    Abstract: An acquisition section acquires trace information including a plurality of log information having information on contents and types of log information based on message information of test signals transmitted to a communication terminal and a series of reply signals from the communication terminals, and provides clock time information at which the respective message information have been acquired. The trace information including the plurality of log information, is displayed in predetermined formats. An indication bar display section displays an indication bar on which the plurality of log information are arranged in a time series based on the clock time at which the respective message information have been acquired. A log sequence display section displays a predetermined number of log information as log sequences having time stamps based on the clock time information at which the respective log information have been acquired, so as to be associated with the indication bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Anritsu Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Tsutomu Tokuke, Hiroki Shiina, Takashi Sakamoto, Yoichi Katsuki
  • Publication number: 20060270398
    Abstract: A trace information acquisition section acquires trace information including a plurality of log information which have information on contents and types of log information based on predetermined message information of each of a series of test signals transmitted to a communication terminal for being evaluated by a communication terminal test measuring instrument and a series of reply signals from the communication terminal for being evaluated received by the communication terminal test measuring instrument, and provides clock time information at which the respective message information have been acquired. A trace information display processing control section displays the trace information including the plurality of log information in predetermined formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Anritsu Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Sato, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Tsutomu Tokuke, Hiroki Shiina, Takashi Sakamoto, Yoichi Katsuki
  • Publication number: 20060263047
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a screen information generation unit and a recording control unit. When again generating screen information of a recording medium recorded with plural image data, the screen information on which a screen for selecting the plural image data is based, and a recording state of the image data when the screen information was generated, the screen information generation unit selects a range of the screen information necessary to be rewritten in accordance with a recording state of image data in the recording medium when previous screen information was generated and a recording state of image data in the recording medium at a present time, and updates only the selected range of the screen information. The recording control unit records screen information generated by the screen information generation unit in the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nagao, Hiroki Shiina, Tetsuhiro Maeda