Patents by Inventor Hiromi Nishiura
Hiromi Nishiura 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: 9530446Abstract: An information recording apparatus for an optical information disk includes a recording position determining unit that determines a recording position on the optical information disk; and a recording and reproducing unit that performs recording and reproduction on the optical information disk. The recording position determining unit determines recording positions for all or some areas of the optical information disk, and the recording and reproducing unit records data at the recording positions on the optical information disk determined by the recording position determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.Inventors: Hiromi Nishiura, Tatsuya Ishitobi
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Patent number: 9277189Abstract: A function of being controlled by a second monitor camera controller is added to a first monitor camera controller which controls a plurality of monitor cameras. The second monitor camera controller is caused to recognize the first monitor camera controller as a monitor camera. The first monitor camera controller synthesizes videos from the monitor cameras as one video, and transmits the synthetic video to the second monitor camera controller. Control of the monitor cameras or acquisition of videos is conducted by controlling the first monitor camera controller recognized as a monitor camera by use of a control function of a part or all of pan, tilt and zoom.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Nishiura, Toshihiro Kato
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Publication number: 20150206551Abstract: An information recording apparatus for an optical information disk includes a recording position determining unit that determines a recording position on the optical information disk; and a recording and reproducing unit that performs recording and reproduction on the optical information disk. The recording position determining unit determines recording positions for all or some areas of the optical information disk, and the recording and reproducing unit records data at the recording positions on the optical information disk determined by the recording position determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Hiromi NISHIURA, Tatsuya ISHITOBI
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Patent number: 9079874Abstract: Provision of a stable ?-lipoic acid. A method for producing ?-lipoic acid nanoparticles, the method comprising the steps of: preparing an aqueous dispersion liquid containing ?-lipoic acid and a nonionic surfactant; adding a divalent metal salt into the aqueous dispersion liquid, wherein the divalent metal salt is a divalent metal halide, a divalent metal acetate or a divalent metal gluconate; and adding an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal phosphate into the aqueous dispersion liquid which has been added with the divalent metal salt, thereby forming ?-lipoic acid nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Nanoegg Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kazuhisa Sugimoto, Hiromi Nishiura, Yoko Yamaguchi, Keiichi Hirata, Yoshiki Kubota
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Patent number: 8989555Abstract: When video data is reproduced by a recording/reproduction unit, an output unit outputs occurrence information on an object, which is not included in the video data being output by the output unit but is included the video data recorded on a recording medium, to a display unit. While the video data is being reproduced from the recording medium by the recording/reproduction unit, an instruction specifying a predetermined object condition including a non-reproduction object is input based on the occurrence information and the reproduction operation is performed by extracting video data satisfying the object condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Haruhiko Higuchi, Hiromi Nishiura, Tsutomu Usui
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Publication number: 20140036089Abstract: A function of being controlled by a second monitor camera controller is added to a first monitor camera controller which controls a plurality of monitor cameras. The second monitor camera controller is caused to recognize the first monitor camera controller as a monitor camera. The first monitor camera controller synthesizes videos from the monitor cameras as one video, and transmits the synthetic video to the second monitor camera controller. Control of the monitor cameras or acquisition of videos is conducted by controlling the first monitor camera controller recognized as a monitor camera by use of a control function of a part or all of pan, tilt and zoom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Hiromi NISHIURA, Toshihiro KATO
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Patent number: 8594492Abstract: When scenes of a story are divided and dubbed to a plurality of recording media, the recording media are added with information about a total number of recording media used and sequential numbers of the recording media.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Nishiura, Akinobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 8401361Abstract: A signal processing portion successively accepts frames of images from video information recorded on a recording medium acting as a dubbing source. The medium is one of a hard disc drive and a disc medium. Then, the processing portion recognizes face images from the frames of image, displays the recognized face images on the screen of an LCD, registers face images selected from the displayed face images in response to a manipulation of control buttons, creates thumbnail images from images which are included in the registered face images and which have appeared at ratios in excess of 70%, extracts images including the thumbnail images from the recording medium acting as the dubbing source, and dubs the extracted images onto the recording medium acting as a dubbing destination.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Hiromi Nishiura
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Patent number: 8275242Abstract: If a program is reproduced on a thumbnail image screen in thumbnail image display, it is effective for judging whether the program is a desired program. A program desired by a user is viewed at a timing not intended by the user because important scenes are viewed beforehand on the thumbnail image display screen in some cases. The recording/reproducing apparatus is structured in such a manner that a thumbnail image display method can be automatically changed for each program in accordance with whether it is highly recognized that the program is viewed by a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Hiromi Nishiura
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Patent number: 7995903Abstract: A recording and reproducing module records a signal (broadcast program) based on a first compression method to a recording medium, and during a period of time during which recording is not performed, reproduces the signal based on the first compression method, which has been recorded to the recording medium. Then, a transcoding module transcodes the signal based on the first compression method to a signal based on a second compression method. The signal based on the second compression method, whose transcoding has been completed, is recorded to the recording medium; and the signal based on the first compression method is erased from the recording medium. The controller refers to recording history information and sets a schedule including a target broadcast program to be transcoded and a time zone in which the target broadcast program is transcoded.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Hiroyasu Otsubo, Hiromi Nishiura
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Publication number: 20110065781Abstract: Provision of a stable ?-lipoic acid. A method for producing ?-lipoic acid nanoparticles, the method comprising the steps of: preparing an aqueous dispersion liquid containing ?-lipoic acid and a nonionic surfactant; adding a divalent metal salt into the aqueous dispersion liquid, wherein the divalent metal salt is a divalent metal halide, a divalent metal acetate or a divalent metal gluconate; and adding an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal phosphate into the aqueous dispersion liquid which has been added with the divalent metal salt, thereby forming ?-lipoic acid nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicants: EZAKI GLICO CO., LTD., NANOEGG RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Kazuhisa Sugimoto, Hiromi Nishiura, Yoko Yamaguchi, Keiichi Hirata, Yoshiki Kubota
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Publication number: 20100329635Abstract: A video reproducing apparatus for reproducing video data, comprises: a group classify unit for classifying the video data into groups upon a degree of similarity of video characteristic; an importance degree determine unit for determining on whether a video belonging to the group is the video or not, being high in a degree of importance, among those within the group, which are classified by the group classifying unit; a reproduction time setup unit for setting up reproduction time of video for each video, depending on the degree of importance, which is determined by the importance degree determine unit; a unit for holding the degree of importance and the reproduction time that are set up; and a video output unit for outputting the video to a video display unit so that it is displayed in accordance with the reproduction time that is set up, or in the above, further comprises: a reproduction order setup unit, which is configured to set up reproduction order of video for each video, by means of the importance deType: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Hiromi Nishiura
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Publication number: 20100054704Abstract: When video data is reproduced by a recording/reproduction unit, an output unit outputs occurrence information on an object, which is not included in the video data being output by the output unit but is included the video data recorded on a recording medium, to a display unit. While the video data is being reproduced from the recording medium by the recording/reproduction unit, an instruction specifying a predetermined object condition including a non-reproduction object is input based on the occurrence information and the reproduction operation is performed by extracting video data satisfying the object condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Haruhiko HIGUCHI, Hiromi Nishiura, Tsutomu Usui
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Publication number: 20090310931Abstract: A signal processing portion successively accepts frames of images from video information recorded on a recording medium acting as a dubbing source. The medium is one of a hard disc drive and a disc medium. Then, the processing portion recognizes face images from the frames of image, displays the recognized face images on the screen of an LCD, registers face images selected from the displayed face images in response to a manipulation of control buttons, creates thumbnail images from images which are included in the registered face images and which have appeared at ratios in excess of 70%, extracts images including the thumbnail images from the recording medium acting as the dubbing source, and dubs the extracted images onto the recording medium acting as a dubbing destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventor: Hiromi NISHIURA
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Publication number: 20090148137Abstract: When scenes of a story are divided and dubbed to a plurality of recording media, the recording media are added with information about a total number of recording media used and sequential numbers of the recording media.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Hiromi NISHIURA, Akinobu Watanabe
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Publication number: 20080138035Abstract: If a program is reproduced on a thumbnail image screen in thumbnail image display, it is effective for judging whether the program is a desired program. A program desired by a user is viewed at a timing not intended by the user because important scenes are viewed beforehand on the thumbnail image display screen in some cases. The recording/reproducing apparatus is structured in such a manner that a thumbnail image display method can be automatically changed for each program in accordance with whether it is highly recognized that the program is viewed by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventor: HIROMI NISHIURA
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Publication number: 20080019666Abstract: A recording and reproducing module records a signal (broadcast program) based on a first compression method to a recording medium, and during a period of time during which recording is not performed, reproduces the signal based on the first compression method, which has been recorded to the recording medium. Then, a transcoding module transcodes the signal based on the first compression method to a signal based on a second compression method. The signal based on the second compression method, whose transcoding has been completed, is recorded to the recording medium; and the signal based on the first compression method is erased from the recording medium. The controller refers to recording history information and sets a schedule including a target broadcast program to be transcoded and a time zone in which the target broadcast program is transcoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Toshihiro Kato, Akinobu Watanabe, Hiroyasu Otsubo, Hiromi Nishiura
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Publication number: 20070248228Abstract: Simultaneous recording of a digital content, which does not specify Copy Free, on recording medium of the same type is not authorized. Therefore, when a content that has been recorded by a recording/reproducing apparatus is being reproduced by the recording/reproducing apparatus, the content cannot be reproduced from the recording medium by any other reproducing apparatus. Moreover, when any other reproducing apparatus is used for reproduction, the content has to be moved from the recording/reproducing apparatus to the recording medium. This is inconvenient. In the recording/reproducing apparatus, data is recorded on one dismountable recording medium after it is encrypted using a local encryption key so that the data can be accessed by the recording/reproducing apparatus which has recorded the data. On the other recording medium, the data is recorded after it is encrypted without employment of the local encryption key so that the data can be accessed by any other reproducing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Hiromi Nishiura, Junji Shiokawa