Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kimura

Hitoshi Kimura 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: 7797716
    Abstract: A recording apparatus is disclosed which includes first through n-th recording means for recording input broadcast contents to a recording medium. When a user designates a reservation of a broadcast content recording, the apparatus automatically selects one of the recording means so as to make the recording reservation to the selected recording means. If any such recording means cannot be selected automatically, i.e., if recording reservations have already been made to all recording means for a time slot corresponding to the reservation desired to be made anew, then the user is asked to select particular recording means for the reservation. A recording reservation made to one recording means may be switched automatically to another recording means as needed. That is, any recording reservation after being made may be switched from one recording means to another before actual execution of the recording, in order to reflect the status of other recording reservations that have been made since.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Ishida, Hitoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 7784078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program, adapted to exchange picture-recording schedule information between the terminals. A user apparatus 3-2 registers generated picture-recording schedule information to a server 2-1 through a network 1, together with the information representative of a providing destination. The server 2-1, when registering the picture-recording schedule information, makes a notification to a user apparatus 3-1 as a providing destination thereof. The video recording/reproducing apparatus 11 of the user apparatus 3-1 accesses the server 2-1 through the network 1, and designates a picture-recording schedule program desired for scheduling of picture-recording of among the programs registered in the picture-recording schedule information. The server 2-1 sends the schedule information on a designated program to the video recording/reproducing apparatus 11 through the network 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Ohnuma, Hitoshi Kimura, Ayako Nakayama, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Shinichi Wakai
  • Publication number: 20100155102
    Abstract: A radiation resistant composition includes 100 parts by weight of a polymer, 5 to 80 parts by weight of an aromatic series process oil that a polycyclic aromatic (PCA) extract by an IP 346 method (DMSO extraction) is not more than 3% and an aromatic compound content is not less than 20% by a Kurtz analysis, and a radiation resistance imparting agent. The polymer is cross-linked or vulcanized. A wire or a cable includes an insulation and/or a sheath material including the radiation resistant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiaki NAKAMURA, Masami Sorimachi, Hitoshi Kimura, Shigeki Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20100101827
    Abstract: There are provided a polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition containing polybutylene naphthalate resin, a polyester block copolymer, and magnesium hydroxide; and an electric wire using a polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition, with an insulated coating layer formed on a conductor, by using a polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition containing polybutylene naphthalate resin, a polyester block copolymer, and magnesium hydroxide as an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUJIMOTO, Tomiya ABE, Hitoshi KIMURA, Katsuhisa SHISHIDO, Akira SUZUKI, Takuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20100084181
    Abstract: A radiation-proof sheath material includes a polymer material containing molecular chains of ethylene units as a main component in which side chain groups are randomly distributed and cross-linked, an antioxidant, a processing aid, and a flame retardant. The polymer material includes chlorinated polyethylene containing chloro groups in the side chain groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Masami SORIMACHI, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Hitoshi Kimura, Shigeki Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 7678996
    Abstract: A high heat-resistance resin composition, the high heat-resistance resin composition being thermally treated at 150° C. for 100 hours, wherein a heat absorption amount of the high heat-resistance resin composition which is measured at a melting point thereof by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is equal to or less than 45 J/g before thermal treatment, an increasing rate of the heat absorption amount of the high heat-resistance resin composition which is measured at a melting point thereof after the thermal treatment by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is equal to or less than 20% as compared to that before the thermal treatment, and a degree of extensibility thereof is equal to or more than 200% after the thermal treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kenichiro Fujimoto, Kentaro Segawa, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomiya Abe
  • Publication number: 20100051316
    Abstract: A radiation-proof resin composition includes a polymer containing chlorine, a radiation resistance providing agent for providing the polymer with a radiation resistance, an amorphous inorganic material for capturing an ionic component generated in the polymer by radiation application, and a reinforcing material for reinforcing a mechanical strength of the polymer. An amount of the reinforcing material is not more than that of the amorphous inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Masami SORIMACHI, Yoshiaki NAKAMURA, Hitoshi KIMURA, Shigeki MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20090328107
    Abstract: An apparatus automatically recommends content. A preference operation history managing unit generates history information of an operation relating to a preference for a content according to a plurality of operations relating to a preference for the content and explanation information relating to the content and using preference value parameters for each kind of these operations. A preference information managing unit generates and renews preference information including preference values in which a given preference value is based on a combination of a given keyword and a preference value for that keyword. A content recommending unit calculates a preference degree for the content according to the preference information and the explanation information with respect to the content and recommends at least a portion of the content according to the preference degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi KIMURA, Kensuke OHNUMA, Hidetoshi ICHIOKA
  • Patent number: 7610601
    Abstract: An automatic recording apparatus for content includes a preference operation history managing unit operable to generate history information of an operation relating to a preference for a content according to a plurality of operations relating to a preference for the content and explanation information relating to the content and by using a preference value parameter for each kind of these operations; a preference information managing unit operable to generate and renew preference information including a preference value with respect to a plurality of elements relating to a preference for the content according to the history information; and a content recommending unit operable to calculate a preference degree for the content according to the preference information and the explanation information with respect to the content and to make a content record reservation according to the preference degree; wherein the content is recorded according to the content record reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kimura, Kensuke Ohnuma, Hidetoshi Ichioka
  • Patent number: 7577972
    Abstract: An automatic keyword extraction apparatus includes a first extraction unit operable to extract a first keyword from title character string information of contents using a first keyword dictionary in which a character string designating a sub-genre is registered; and a second extraction unit operable to extract a second keyword from detailed character string information of the contents using a second keyword dictionary in which names of persons are registered, the extraction of the second keyword being performed utilizing a character type separation method. In this manner, it is possible for a user to extract a keyword for searching contents automatically, efficiently and accurately from the title character string information and detailed character string information of the contents such as EPG information even in home electric appliances in which the throughput capacity or the memory capacity of the CPU is not so large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kimura, Kensuke Ohnuma, Hidetoshi Ichioka
  • Publication number: 20090197083
    Abstract: A heat-resistant resin composition comprised of a mixture prepared by kneading a polybutylene terephthalate resin together with a component different from said polybutylene terephthalate resin, wherein a ? relaxation peak of said heat-resistant resin composition on the tan ? curve determined by the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement defined in Japanese Industrial Standard K 7244-4 appears at a temperature lower than a temperature at which a ? relaxation peak of a composition composed singly of a polybutylene terephthalate appears; and said another component is dispersed in said polybutylene terephthalate resin phase in a form of particles having sizes of 1 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi INOUE, Kenichiro Fujimoto, Kentaro Segawa, Tomiya Abe, Hitoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: 7541544
    Abstract: A polyester resin composition according to the present invention includes: a PBT resin; a styrene system elastomer; and a compound having a glycidyl group or a polyolefin composition in an amount of 50-80 wt %, 10-30 wt % and 10-30 wt %, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kenichiro Fujimoto, Kentaro Segawa, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomiya Abe
  • Publication number: 20090136752
    Abstract: An insulated wire uses a resin composition. The insulated wire includes a conductor; and an insulating material provided on the conductor, the insulating material includes a polyester resin in 100 parts by weight, a non-bromine flame retardant agent in 1-30 parts by weight, a polyorganosiloxane core-graft copolymer in 1-50 parts by weight, an inorganic porous filler in 0.1-50 parts by weight; and a hydrolysis resistance modifier in 0.05-10 parts by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro FUJIMOTO, Tomiya ABE, Kentaro SEGAWA, Hitoshi KIMURA, Katsuhisa SHISHIDO, Akira SUZUKI, Takuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20080311328
    Abstract: An insulator 2 cladding the conductor 1 and/or a cable sheath 4 cladding the insulated electric wire 11 are formed by using a resin composition formed by mixing 100 to 250 parts by weight of silanized magnesium hydroxide together with 100 parts by weight of polymer composed of 50 to 80 parts by weight of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, 10 to 30 parts by weight of polypropylene, and 10 to 20 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide denatured with maleic acid obtained by denaturing copolymerized polymer with maleic anhydride, the copolymerized polymer being formed by copolymerizing ethylene and the co-monomer of alpha-olefin of carbon numbers 3 to 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Hitoshi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20080302555
    Abstract: A high heat-resistance resin composition, the high heat-resistance resin composition being thermally treated at 150° C. for 100 hours, wherein a heat absorption amount of the high heat-resistance resin composition which is measured at a melting point thereof by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is equal to or less than 45 J/g before thermal treatment, an increasing rate of the heat absorption amount of the high heat-resistance resin composition which is measured at a melting point thereof after the thermal treatment by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is equal to or less than 20% as compared to that before the thermal treatment, and a degree of extensibility thereof is equal to or more than 200% after the thermal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kenichiro Fujimoto, Kentaro Segawa, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomiya Abe
  • Publication number: 20080193756
    Abstract: A polyester resin composition according to the present invention includes: a PBT resin; a styrene system elastomer; and a compound having a glycidyl group or a polyolefin composition in an amount of 50-80 wt %, 10-30 wt % and 10-30 wt %, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kenichiro Fujimoto, Kentaro Segawa, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomiya Abe
  • Publication number: 20080023680
    Abstract: Non-halogen flame-resistant thermoplastic elastomer composition, manufacturing method, and an electric wire or cable in which non-halogen flame-resistant thermoplastic elastomer composition is used for an insulator or a sheath are provided. Non-halogen flame-resistant thermoplastic elastomer composition includes (A) 40 to 80 parts by weight of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, in which the content of vinyl acetate is 30 wt % or more; (B) 60 to 20 parts by weight of crystalline polyolefin resin; and (C) 40 to 250 parts by weight of metalhydroxide for 100 parts by weight in total of (A) and (B). Further, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is cross-linked with silane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Keisuke Sugita, Daisuke Abe, Hitoshi Kimura, Kiyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: D586849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Nozawa, Hitoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: D591792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Nozawa, Hitoshi Kimura
  • Patent number: D592241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Nozawa, Hitoshi Kimura