Patents by Inventor Hiromu Kitaura

Hiromu Kitaura 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: 7948469
    Abstract: An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller controls a spatial light modulator in accordance with an image signal to display the image, and also modulates an intensity of a visible light output from a backlight with a frequency higher than the frame rate of the image signal to have the visible light output from the backlight carry additional information. A light receiver receives the visible light and demodulates to extract the additional information. An additional information generator outputs the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Kitaoka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Hiromu Kitaura, Ken ichi Kasazumi
  • Publication number: 20110018911
    Abstract: An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller 12 controls a spatial light modulator in accordance with an image signal to display the image, and also modulates an intensity of a visible light output from a backlight 13 with a frequency higher than the frame rate of the image signal to have the visible light output from the backlight 13 carry additional information. A light receiver 15 receives the visible light and demodulates to extract the additional information. An additional information generator 16 outputs the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuo KITAOKA, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Hiromu Kitaura, Ken ichi Kasazumi
  • Patent number: 7830357
    Abstract: An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller 12 controls a spatial light modulator in accordance with an image signal to display the image, and also modulates an intensity of a visible light output from a backlight 13 with a frequency higher than the frame rate of the image signal to have the visible light output from the backlight 13 carry additional information. A light receiver 15 receives the visible light and demodulates to extract the additional information. An additional information generator 16 outputs the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Kitaoka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Hiromu Kitaura, Ken ichi Kasazumi
  • Publication number: 20100119213
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Publication number: 20100111503
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Publication number: 20090252483
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GOP or more of frames. First interleave blocks 54 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks 55 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk 1. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hidesi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20090220215
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GOP or more of frames. First interleave blocks 54 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks 55 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk 1. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20090002265
    Abstract: An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller 12 controls a spatial light modulator in accordance with an image signal to display the image, and also modulates an intensity of a visible light output from a backlight 13 with a frequency higher than the frame rate of the image signal to have the visible light output from the backlight 13 carry additional information. A light receiver 15 receives the visible light and demodulates to extract the additional information. An additional information generator 16 outputs the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Kitaoka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Hiromu Kitaura, Ken ichi Kasazumi
  • Publication number: 20080063386
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Publication number: 20080063385
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsuaki OSHIMA, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Patent number: 7317868
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Publication number: 20050180735
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GOP or more of frames. First interleave blocks 54 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks 55 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk 1. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6925250
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of realizing compatibility of an optical disk having a high resolution video signal recorded thereon and a system for reproducing the optical disk, with a conventional system for producing a standard resolution video signal. A high resolution-video signal is divided by video division means into a main signal and a sub signal, and the main signal and the sub signal are MPEG-encoded. The stream of the main signal and the stream of the sub signal are divided into 1 GOP or more of frames. First interleave blocks 54 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the main signal and second interleave blocks 55 each including 1 GOP or more of the stream of the sub signal are recorded on an optical disk 1. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces both the first and second interleave blocks to obtain a high resolution video output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6618396
    Abstract: A data transmitting device connected to a prescribed network includes a coding device for receiving plural kinds of coded data, and coupling these coded data in first data units to generate a first coded stream. A divider divides the first coded stream into second data units of a prescribed data size to generate divided pack data corresponding to divided packs as the second units. A packet generating device adds header information to respective divided pack data to generate packet data corresponding to packets as data transmission units; and a transmitter outputs the respective packet data toward the network as a second coded stream which has a data structure different from that of the first coded stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Akiyoshi Maeda, Hiroyuki Uenaka, Hiromu Kitaura, Hidetoshi Takeda, Yoshitaka Mitui
  • Publication number: 20030108341
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Patent number: 6573819
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima, Hiromu Kitaura, Hideki Fukuda, Hideshi Ishihara, Toshiyuki Kawara
  • Patent number: 6556546
    Abstract: In transmission and reception of signals in which audio data and management information used in playback are mingled, such as the data recorded in DVD or other recording media, this is to present means for separating the information into video and audio data and management information used in playback, so that the reception side can make use of various playback functions, such as a playback of original picture and sound information, a change of playback procedure, and a selection of playback information. At the transmission side, the data packet transforming means generates a first packet stream from transmission data. Consequently, the transmission packet generating means inserts packets generated from the playback management information by playback management information packet transforming means into the first packet stream at a specified rate, and generates a second packet stream. This is transmitted by using communication media as designated in IEEE1394 or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Maeda, Hiroyuki Uenaka, Hidetoshi Takeda, Satoshi Kondo, Hiromu Kitaura, Yoshitaka Mitsui
  • Patent number: 5303061
    Abstract: A time base correcting apparatus for reducing hindrance to a carrier chrominance signal due to clock jitter, when a sampling clock is generated by a digital circuit. In the time base correcting apparatus, a video signal is sampled with a clock synchronized with the video signal to be written to an FIFO memory. The video signal is then read out therefrom with a fixed clock to remove time base changes of the video signal. The fixed read clock is generated by multiplying two different frequency signals together, where one of the signals has a lower frequency approximately equal to (n+1/4) f (where n is an arbitrary integer, and f is a horizontal sync frequency) and using one of the resultant sidebands obtained through use of a bandpass filter. The read clock frequency is separated by 1/2 f from the other sideband frequency to reduce hindrance between the signals, and in turn to reduce viewable hindrances during the display of the video signal read out from the FIFO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokikazu Matsumoto, Fumiaki Koga, Hiromu Kitaura, Takashi Inoue, Nobuyuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5283660
    Abstract: A video signal having a residual error superposed in the horizontal synchronizing signal period is received from a time axis error correcting circuit for suppressing the time axis error of video signal, and the residual error superposed portion is replaced with a specific data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Hiromu Kitaura, Nobuyuki Ogawa, Tokikazu Matsumoto, Fumiaki Koga
  • Patent number: 5251014
    Abstract: In a phase error detector for detecting a phase error .theta. of an input color burst signal from a phase of a reference signal from sin .theta. component and cos .theta. component, if either one of the sin .theta. component and cos .theta. component requires M bits for its expression, the both values are divided by a same value to shift in bits to be expressed in N bits (N<M), thereby preventing the subsequent circuit from increasing in scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Nobuyuki Ogawa, Hiromu Kitaura, Tokikazu Matsumoto, Fumiaki Koga