Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Shimada

Hiromichi Shimada 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).

  • Patent number: 8688587
    Abstract: Disclosed is a content recording apparatus having recording devices A and B and first and second encrypting units that are provided for the respective recording devices. When receiving stream data representing content from an input unit, a rate changing unit operates so as to input streams of data in parallel to the respective encrypting units. The first encrypting unit encrypts the stream data with an encryption key generated from the IDs of the recording device A and of a recording medium a. The second encrypting unit encrypts the stream data with an encryption key generated from the IDs of the recording device B and of a recording medium b. Each of the recording devices A and B records the content encrypted by a corresponding one of the first and second encrypting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Miki Shimizu, Hiromichi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20110182156
    Abstract: Optical disc recording processing of recording data to be recorded on an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers at a recording velocity depending on the radial position includes use pattern selection processing of selecting a use pattern in which given recordable regions included in a data zone of the optical disc are used for recording of the data to be recorded in given use order, among a plurality of use patterns different in the number of recording layers used, so that the total recording time is shortened, based on given conditions including at least the capacity of the data to be recorded, the recording velocities of use regions in the use pattern, and the number of interlayer shifts in the use pattern. The data to be recorded is recorded according to the use pattern selected in the use pattern selection processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: KEISUKE SASAKI, HIROMICHI SHIMADA, HIROYUKI YABUNO
  • Publication number: 20060089916
    Abstract: Disclosed is a content recording apparatus having recording devices A and B and first and second encrypting units that are provided for the respective recording devices. When receiving stream data representing content from an input unit, a rate changing unit operates so as to input streams of data in parallel to the respective encrypting units. The first encrypting unit encrypts the stream data with an encryption key generated from the IDs of the recording device A and of a recording medium a. The second encrypting unit encrypts the stream data with an encryption key generated from the IDs of the recording device B and of a recording medium b. Each of the recording devices A and B records the content encrypted by a corresponding one of the first and second encrypting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Miki Shimizu, Hiromichi Shimada
  • Patent number: 6992959
    Abstract: In a DVD player, when data information in a DVD disk is played back, it is judged whether the data information is protected by a copyright or not on the basis of disk control information. Further, it is judged whether the DVD disk is writable or not, based on whether the DVD disk is provided with a wobble or not. Thus, if the data information is protected by the copyright and the DVD disk is writable, a playback of the DVD disk is prevented so that an illegal use of the DVD disk, which infringes the copyright, is effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Tsutomu Kai, Shinji Inoue, Hiromichi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20040237115
    Abstract: A remote control unit can operate a server capable of transmitting contents data, and accept a recording medium. The remote control unit includes a controller for generating a control signal to control the server and the remote control unit, an operation section for switching an operating mode of the remote control unit, a transmitter/receiver operable to transmit the control signal generated by the controller to the server, and to receive the contents data from the server, and a recorder/reproducer. The recorder/reproducer is operable to accept the recording medium, record the contents data received by the transmitter/receiver into the recording medium, reproduce data from the recording medium, and output the data to the transmitter/receiver. According to the control signal generated by the controller based on the operating mode, the recorder/reproducer is operable to switch a function of the remote control unit between a drive belonging to the server and a drive independent from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Koichi Horiuchi, Hiromichi Shimada, Toyohiko Matsuda, Kuninaga Azuma
  • Patent number: 6791937
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6682650
    Abstract: A catalyst support including a zeolite having an Al/Si atomic ratio of 0.01-0.1 and mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of 5-30 nm, and ultrafine particles composited to inside walls of the mesopores. The superfine particles are those of an oxide of a metal selected from Ti, Zr and Hf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kosaku Honna, Yasuhiro Araki, Yasuo Miki, Hiromichi Shimada
  • Patent number: 6614749
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6606290
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6603732
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6603731
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format Information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6597654
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3, 15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6597649
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6590846
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20030075479
    Abstract: A catalyst support including a zeolite having an Al/Si atomic ratio of 0.01-0.1 and mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of 5-30 nm, and ultrafine particles composited to inside walls of the mesopores. The superfine particles are those of an oxide of a metal selected from Ti, Zr and Hf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: JAPAN COOPERATION CENTER, PETROLEUM
    Inventors: Kosaku Honna, Yasuhiro Araki, Yasuo Miki, Hiromichi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20020159360
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020159359
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3, 15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020159358
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020159357
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020159361
    Abstract: A DVD-R 1 has a main information area 2 where data information is recorded in a track having a wobble, and first and second control data areas 3,15 each of which is disposed in an inner space closer to the disk center than the main information area 2. The information structure and physical structure of the first control area 3 are different from those of the second control area 15. In the second control area 15, predetermined physical format information and disk production information, for example, the last address of when data is written in the DVD-R 1, the maximum transfer rate or the like, are recorded. Thus, when the DVD-R 1 is reproduced by a DVD player etc., the physical format information and disk production information etc. recorded in the second control data area 15 are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tosaki, Masaru Odagiri, Hiromichi Shimada, Shinichi Tanaka