Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Nagai
Hiromasa Nagai 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: 8049094Abstract: The present invention relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program capable of automatically reproducing music, which has been reproduced at the time of pickup of an image, along with reproduction of the image. A reproduction device 11 includes a data storage unit 22 that stores data items of pieces of music, data items of images to which time instants at which the images are produced are appended, and a history table having pieces of music, which have been reproduced in the past, and time instants, at which the pieces of music have been reproduced, associated with each other. A time instant at which an image is produced is acquired from the data of the image, which has reproduction thereof instructed by a user, out of the data items of the images stored in the data storage unit 22. The history table stored in the data storage unit 22 is referenced.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiromasa Nagai
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Publication number: 20100023143Abstract: The present invention relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a program capable of automatically reproducing music, which has been reproduced at the time of pickup of an image, along with reproduction of the image. A reproduction device 11 includes a data storage unit 22 that stores data items of pieces of music, data items of images to which time instants at which the images are produced are appended, and a history table having pieces of music, which have been reproduced in the past, and time instants, at which the pieces of music have been reproduced, associated with each other. A time instant at which an image is produced is acquired from the data of the image, which has reproduction thereof instructed by a user, out of the data items of the images stored in the data storage unit 22. The history table stored in the data storage unit 22 is referenced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventor: Hiromasa Nagai
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Patent number: 7212360Abstract: Provided is information processing equipment capable of efficiently performing data transfer restarted after it is suspended because a possibility of being affected by an impact derived from dropping or the like is predicted or detected. During transfer of data from an HDD, an amount-of-transferred data meter counts in real time the number of sectors from which data has been transferred. An acceleration sensor detects acceleration applied to the equipment. A sector that may be affected by an impact derived from dropping or the like is identified based on the number of sectors indicated with a result of the measurement obtained when the detected acceleration value exceeds a threshold. Information on the sector is written in a register. When the data transfer is restarted, it is restarted with data stored in the sector that is recorded in the register.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiromasa Nagai, Masahiro Fushida
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Publication number: 20050154936Abstract: Provided is information processing equipment capable of efficiently performing data transfer restarted after it is suspended because a possibility of being affected by an impact derived from dropping or the like is predicted or detected. During transfer of data from an HDD, an amount-of-transferred data meter counts in real time the number of sectors from which data has been transferred. An acceleration sensor detects acceleration applied to the equipment. A sector that may be affected by an impact derived from dropping or the like is identified based on the number of sectors indicated with a result of the measurement obtained when the detected acceleration value exceeds a threshold. Information on the sector is written in a register. When the data transfer is restarted, it is restarted with data stored in the sector that is recorded in the register.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromasa Nagai, Masahiro Fushida
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Patent number: 6301938Abstract: An automatic fabric-density adjusting device is provided and includes a detecting device for detecting the rotary movement of a knitting machine, a driving mechanism for driving a yarn positive feeding device in response to the signal detected by said detecting device, a controller for controlling the driving mechanism to cause said yarn feeding device to feed a requisite yarn volume for the desired fabric, a fabric tension sensor for detecting variations in the tension of the knit fabric and signaling the controller to vary the take-up of the fabric accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Precision Fukuhara works, Ltd.Inventors: Shunji Takeuchi, Kyoya Kitagawa, Kozo Taniguchi, Yasuo Nakamura, Yoji Kawase, Hiromasa Nagai
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Patent number: 5754908Abstract: A sheet film pack has a pack housing for receiving a plurality of sheet film units in a stack, and a lid for closing an opening of the pack housing, through which a topmost sheet film unit of the stack is placed in an exposure position. The exposure position is defined by an exposure frame of a pack holder which holds the sheet film pack and is attached to a camera. A film recovery mouth for recovering exposed sheet films one after another is formed in a trailing end of the pack housing, and a cap for closing the film recovery mouth and holding the lid in the closed position is removably attached to the pack housing. The lid is guided along guide rails which are formed on lateral sides of the pack housing to slidably hold lateral edges of the lid. The guide rails extend beyond the film recovery mouth such that the trailing ends of the guide rails are placed inside the cap when the cap is attached to the pack housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1997Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Okutsu, Yasuhiko Kitamura, Hitoshi Komiyama, Katsumasa Okada, Hiromasa Nagai, Yoshio Hara
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Patent number: 5710952Abstract: A sheet film pack has a pack housing for receiving a plurality of sheet film units in a stack, and a lid for closing an opening of the pack housing, through which a topmost sheet film unit of the stack is placed in an exposure position. The exposure position is defined by an exposure frame of a pack holder which holds the sheet film pack and is attached to a camera. A film recovery mouth for recovering exposed sheet films one after another is formed in a trailing end of the pack housing, and a cap for closing the film recovery mouth and holding the lid in the closed position is removably attached to the pack housing. The lid is guided along guide rails which are formed on lateral sides of the pack housing to slidably hold lateral edges of the lid. The guide rails extend beyond the film recovery mouth such that the trailing ends of the guide rails are placed inside the cap when the cap is attached to the pack housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Okutsu, Yasuhiko Kitamura, Hitoshi Komiyama, Katsumasa Okada, Hiromasa Nagai, Yoshio Hara
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Patent number: 5212967Abstract: An automatic stitch adjusting mechanism for use in a multiple knitting station circular knitting machine having a plurality of knitting needles supported in a rotating needle cylinder for vertical movement parallel to the axis of rotation of the needle cylinder is disclosed. A plurality of raising cams engage the needles for raising the needles. A plurality of stitch cams engage the needles for lowering the needles. The stitch cams are vertically movable for adjusting the size of the formed stitch. The automatic stitch adjusting mechanism includes a plurality of vertically movable stitch cam control members operatively connected to respective stitch cams. A drive motor connected by a belt and clutch mechanism to the stitch cam control members adjusts the vertical position of the control members and clutch mechanisms retain the control members in their adjusted positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1992Date of Patent: May 25, 1993Assignee: Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd.Inventors: Takao Shibata, Hiromasa Nagai