Patents by Inventor Hirotoshi Uehara

Hirotoshi Uehara 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: 7512962
    Abstract: A multichannel display data generating apparatus for generating data for displaying AV data on a multiscreen has a plurality of screens for displaying AV data of a plurality of channels, said apparatus comprising: input means for inputting AV data of a plurality of channels being transferred using a transport packet of a transport stream; a smaller number of PCR extracting means for extracting in a time-sharing mode the PCR of a plurality of channels displayed on said plurality of screens than the number of said plurality of screens; the same number of PLL means for establishing PLL synchronization by using said extracted PCR as the number of said plurality of screens; the same number of STC (system time clock) counter means for counting the times of the channels displayed on said plurality of screens by using the oscillation frequency of said PLL means as the number of said plurality of screens; AV decoding means for AV-decoding the AV data of the channels displayed on said multiscreen in AV synchronizati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Gotoh, Yoshiki Kuno, Hiroyuki Iitsuka, Masazumi Yamada, Ryogo Yanagisawa, Hirotoshi Uehara, Toshiaki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7236531
    Abstract: A multichannel display data generating apparatus displays AV data on a plurality of screens. A channel displayed on one of the screens is displayed without a program clock reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Gotoh, Yoshiki Kuno, Hiroyuki Iltsuka, Masazumi Yamada, Ryogo Yanagisawa, Hirotoshi Uehara, Toshiaki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20050259952
    Abstract: A multichannel display data generating apparatus for generating data for displaying AV data on a multiscreen has a plurality of screens for displaying AV data of a plurality of channels, said apparatus comprising: input means for inputting AV data of a plurality of channels being transferred using a transport packet of a transport stream; a smaller number of PCR extracting means for extracting in a time-sharing mode the PCR of a plurality of channels displayed on said plurality of screens than the number of said plurality of screens; the same number of PLL means for establishing PLL synchronization by using said extracted PCR as the number of said plurality of screens; the same number of STC (system time clock) counter means for counting the times of the channels displayed on said plurality of screens by using the oscillation frequency of said PLL means as the number of said plurality of screens; AV decoding means for AV-decoding the AV data of the channels displayed on said multiscreen in AV synchronization
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Shoichi Gotoh, Yoshiki Kuno, Hiroyuki Iitsuka, Masazumi Yamada, Ryogo Yanagisawa, Hirotoshi Uehara, Toshiaki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6611269
    Abstract: A video display unit according to the present invention is provided with a multipurpose arithmetic unit for generating display data by carrying out at least one operation within one period of the pixel clock and an instruction sequencer for describing as instructions the display data and the operational contents to be inputted to this, and by implementing the described instructions while synchronizing to the display clock, picture up/down scaling processes as well as a blending process with the OSD are realized. Thereby, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated circuit for each of required specifications such as in a conventional unit, and by rewriting instructions within the instruction sequencer, it is possible to cope with a plurality of display specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Uehara, Naoki Kurita, Shoichi Goto
  • Patent number: 6288750
    Abstract: In an effective display area, an additional information recognizing part 203 recognizes a standard of a broadcast wave, refers to a ROM 212 and selects a target value, and provides an internal clock of a video data reading part 205 and an internal clock of an OSD data reading part 206 with the target value. At a retrace interval, on the other hand, the additional information recognizing part 203 notifies an additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 of the standard of the broadcast wave. The additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 selects from a ROM 211 a target value for reading the additional information applicable to the notified standard, and outputs the target value to an additional information reading parts 207. When the standard of the broadcast wave is changed, target values corresponding to the changes are responsively selected from the ROM 212 and the ROM 211.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikihiko Yamada, Hirotoshi Uehara
  • Patent number: 6067383
    Abstract: A coding method comprises a hierarchical coding step of performing hierarchical coding for data to be coded to generate first and second code sequences, each comprising a plurality of code layers; a storage control step of storing the first and second code sequences in a storage region of a code storage means having successive addresses, respectively from opposed ends of the storage region, according to priority given to the code layers; and a priority judge step of storing a code layer in either of the first and second code sequences, which code layer has the highest priority at present, prior to the other code sequence, when an overlap occurs in the storage control step. Therefore, the code layers are stored in the storage element having limited capacity with high efficiency, whereby the utilization efficiency of the storage capacity is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuhei Taniguchi, Norio Aoki, Hirotoshi Uehara, Shouichi Gotoh
  • Patent number: 5822493
    Abstract: A real-time image recording/reproducing apparatus which receives an image signal and compresses the image signal so as to produce compressed data which the apparatus stores. The apparatus judges whether or not sufficient empty space for storing the compressed data exists. The apparatus stores the compressed data if sufficient empty space exists, or allocates required empty space by releasing oldest data among the stored compressed data if sufficient empty space does not exist. The apparatus receives a replay instruction and expands the compressed data in response to the replay instruction so as to produce image data, and outputs the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Uehara, Takanari Kadowaki, Shuuhei Taniguchi, Norio Aoki
  • Patent number: 5663772
    Abstract: According to a method and a system of the present invention, a gray-level data is generated from a binary image while reducing the vertical brightness transition, and a display with a reduced flicker is enabled in an interlaced scanning system. A filtering operation is conducted with respect to each of the pixels in a dot matrix by using the data of each pixel and the dot matrix data of the pixel adjacent to the pixel in a vertical direction, thereby generating a gray-level data and writing the data into a frame memory. A display with a reduced flicker may be conducted by transforming the gray-level data into a predetermined set of colors consisting of a foreground color, a background color, and an intermediate color thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Uehara, Shoichi Gotoh, Norio Aoki
  • Patent number: 5113512
    Abstract: A system for managing a storage medium such as a write-once type optical disk in which addresses of logical blocks are assigned in accordance with the kinds of information to be recorded, and the number of physical sectors necessary for recording or reproduction on the basis of the logical block addresses. The number of physical sectors to be used can be reduced, improving the efficiency of the storage medium. Two or more kinds of information can be mixedly recorded in one physical block. The OS can manage the physical blocks as logical blocks in which the two or more kinds of information are separately recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Miki, Masayuki Kozuka, Hirotoshi Uehara
  • Patent number: RE38954
    Abstract: In an effective display area, an additional information recognizing part 203 recognizes a standard of a broadcast wave, refers to a ROM 212 and selects a target value, and provides an internal clock of a video data reading part 205 and an internal clock of an OSD data reading part 206 with the target value. At a retrace interval, on the other hand, the additional information recognizing part 203 notifies an additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 of the standard of the broadcast wave. The additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 selects from a ROM 211 a target value for reading the additional information applicable to the notified standard, and outputs the target value to an additional information reading parts 207. When the standard of the broadcast wave is changed, target values corresponding to the changes are responsively selected from the ROM 212 and the ROM 211.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikihiko Yamada, Hirotoshi Uehara
  • Patent number: RE40606
    Abstract: In an effective display area, an additional information recognizing part 203 recognizes a standard of a broadcast wave, refers to a ROM 212 and selects a target value, and provides an internal clock of a video data reading part 205 and an internal clock of an OSD data reading part 206 with the target value. At a retrace internal, on the other hand, the additional information recognizing part 203 notifies an additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 of the standard of the broadcast wave. The additional information synthetic position deciding part 210 selects from a ROM 211 a target value for reading the additional information applicable to the notified standard, and outputs the target value to an additional information reading parts 207. When the standard of the broadcast wave is changed, target values corresponding to the changes are responsively selected from the ROM 212 and the ROM 211.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mikihiko Yamada, Hirotoshi Uehara