Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nara

Hitoshi Nara 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: 8103699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a contents reproduction apparatus which includes a file identifier generation unit that generates file identifiers that uniquely determine a plurality of contents files respectively which are hierarchically stored in an external storage device, an identification information generation unit that generates identification information to identify the respective contents files based on part of additional data related to the contents files and the file identifiers, a list forming unit that forms a list by re-arraying the identification information with the part of additional data set as the re-array condition, and a reproduction unit that reads out and reproduces the contents files which are identified by the file identifiers of the respective identification information from the external storage device in accordance with the order of the identification information in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nara, Takashi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20080168084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a contents reproduction apparatus which includes a file identifier generation unit that generates file identifiers that uniquely determine a plurality of contents files respectively which are hierarchically stored in an external storage device, an identification information generation unit that generates identification information to identify the respective contents files based on part of additional data related to the contents files and the file identifiers, a list forming unit that forms a list by re-arraying the identification information with the part of additional data set as the re-array condition, and a reproduction unit that reads out and reproduces the contents files which are identified by the file identifiers of the respective identification information from the external storage device in accordance with the order of the identification information in the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NARA, Takashi TAMURA
  • Patent number: 7001559
    Abstract: A method of highly efficiently producing pneumatic tires, wherein both bead portions (B) of a green tire (G) are supported by a pair of holders (24, 50) and opposite axial ends of a bladder (25) are tightly attached to the holders (24, 50), respectively. The holders (24, 50) are joined to each other and a fluid is supplied into the bladder (25), to preliminarily inflate the bladder (25) within the green tire (G). The green tire (G) is transferred into a vulcanizer, together with the holders (24, 50) and the preliminarily inflated bladder (25). A heat medium is supplied into the bladder (25), to vulcanize the green tire (G) and form a vulcanized tire (K). The preliminary inflation of the bladder (25) at a location outside of the vulcanizer eliminates or shortens the waiting time within the vulcanizer, thereby improving the overall work efficiency and productivity at a tire factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Oobayashi, Haruo Toyoda, Hitoshi Nara
  • Publication number: 20020079041
    Abstract: A method of highly efficiently producing pneumatic tires, wherein both bead portions (B) of a green tire (G) are supported by a pair of holders (24, 50) and opposite axial ends of a bladder (25) are tightly attached to the holders (24, 50), respectively. The holders (24, 50) are joined to each other and a fluid is supplied into the bladder (25), to preliminarily inflate the bladder (25) within the green tire (G). The green tire (G) is transferred into a vulcanizer, together with the holders (24, 50) and the preliminarily inflated bladder (25). A heat medium is supplied into the bladder (25), to vulcanize the green tire (G) and form a vulcanized tire (K). The preliminary inflation of the bladder (25) at a location outside of the vulcanizer eliminates or shortens the waiting time within the vulcanizer, thereby improving the overall work efficiency and productivity at a tire factory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Oobayashi, Haruo Toyoda, Hitoshi Nara
  • Publication number: 20020021806
    Abstract: A content reproduction apparatus uses a storage device to store a large amount of content data in encrypted fashion as well as a corresponding encryption key. When a medium is inserted and is capable of proving that a copyright fee is paid for given content data, the storage device may store this content data in unreproducible fashion. In this case, the encryption key stored in the storage device is used to decrypt the content data. When payment of the copyright fee is not proved, the content data is assumed to be unreproducible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nara, Takehiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6066283
    Abstract: A tire curing apparatus comprises a lower mold, an upper mold, a sector mold comprised of plural arc-shaped segments, and a taper ring, and further provided with a single link, a rising means for giving a rising force to the arc-shaped segment, and a stopper for stopping the rocking of the single link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nara, Noboru Iwata
  • Patent number: 5161067
    Abstract: An optical pickup device with an objective lens movable in two directions comprises a supporting member having a plate-shaped supporting portion mounted with a bobbin to which an objective lens is attached. The bobbin is mounted so that it can be freely moved in a first direction parallel to the optical axis of the objective lens and/or in a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective lens, and an electromagnetic driving device drives the bobbin in the first and second directions. The supporting member is unitarily formed with four arms supporting the bobbin at one end and a coupling portion for connecting the four arms at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takamichi Tomiyama, Hitoshi Nara, Osamu Adachi