Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kawamukai

Hitoshi Kawamukai 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: 7200814
    Abstract: There is provided a reproduction apparatus for reproducing stream data recorded on a recording medium, the stream data containing menu item coordinate information representing a display location of a menu item and image information representing an image. The reproduction apparatus includes: a reading section for reading the stream data from the recording medium; an extraction section for extracting the menu item coordinate information contained in the stream data; a reproduction section for reproducing the image information contained in the stream data; a determination section for determining whether or not the menu item has been selected by comparing the extracted menu item coordinate information against a user input in the form of coordinate information; and an execution section for executing a process corresponding to the menu item if the menu item is determined to have been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kawamukai, Yoshiho Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20030126087
    Abstract: As shown in FIG. 1, in an information supply system according to the present invention, a user available area in a built-in recording medium (20) of a recording/reproduction device (10) is used as a contents storage area, so that contents (23a) which can be used by a user are previously recorded in the built-in recording medium (20) when the recording/reproduction device (10) is shipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Tomio Kakiuchi, Masayuki Takahashi, Hitoshi Kawamukai, Takami Uemura, Kohei Kubo, Toshinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20010013876
    Abstract: There is provided a reproduction apparatus for reproducing stream data recorded on a recording medium, the stream data containing menu item coordinate information representing a display location of a menu item and image information representing an image. The reproduction apparatus includes: a reading section for reading the stream data from the recording medium; an extraction section for extracting the menu item coordinate information contained in the stream data; a reproduction section for reproducing the image information contained in the stream data; a determination section for determining whether or not the menu item has been selected by comparing the extracted menu item coordinate information against a user input in the form of coordinate information; and an execution section for executing a process corresponding to the menu item if the menu item is determined to have been selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kawamukai, Yoshiho Gotoh
  • Patent number: 6243086
    Abstract: There is provided a reproduction apparatus for reproducing stream date recorded on a recording medium, the stream data containing menu item coordinate information representing a display location of a menu item and image information representing an image. The reproduction apparatus includes: a reading section for reading the stream data from the recording medium; an extraction section for extracting the menu item coordinate information contained in the stream data; a reproduction section for reproducing the image information contained in the stream data; a determination section for determining whether or not the menu item has been selected by comparing the extracted menu item coordinate information against a user input in the form of coordinate information; and an execution section for executing a process corresponding to the menu item if the menu item is determined to have been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kawamukai, Yoshiho Gotoh