Patents by Inventor Ichiro Higuchi

Ichiro Higuchi 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).

  • Information recording apparatus
    Patent number: 6680890
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording record information onto a record medium, on which (i) a plurality of information groups each comprising one series of the record information and (ii) management information including positional information indicating a recorded area of each of the information groups are recordable, is provided with: a detecting device for detecting the management information, which is recorded in advance on the record medium, from the record medium; a recording device for newly recording the record information onto the record medium; an outputting device for outputting an identification information to identify the information groups, which are recorded in advance on the record medium, on the basis of the detected management information while the recording device is newly recording the record information; a specifying device for specifying an erasable information from among the information groups which are identified by the outputted identification information while the recordin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Suzuki, Masayoshi Yoshida, Ichiro Higuchi, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Information recording and reproducing system
    Patent number: 6553177
    Abstract: A desired catch-up time at which reproduction started after a start of recording of input information catches up the recording is set. Recording start time, present time and recording end time are detected. A rate of the reproduction necessary to catch up the recording at the set catch-up time is determined recording start time, present time, and recording end time. The recorded information is reproduced at a determined rate until the set catch-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Takayoshi Noguchi, Takashi Irisawa, Hidehiro Ishii, Eiji Muramatsu, Ichiro Higuchi
  • Information recording apparatus
    Patent number: 6507541
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording record information onto a record medium, on which (i) a plurality of information groups each comprising one series of the record information and (ii) management information including positional information indicating a recorded area of each of the information groups are recordable, is provided with: a detecting device for detecting the management information, which is recorded in advance on the record medium, from the record medium; a recording device for newly recording the record information onto the record medium; an outputting device for outputting an identification information to identify the information groups, which are recorded in advance on the record medium, on the basis of the detected management information while the recording device is newly recording the record information; a specifying device for specifying an erasable information from among the information groups which are identified by the outputted identification information while the recordin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Suzuki, Masayoshi Yoshida, Ichiro Higuchi, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Information recording apparatus
    Publication number: 20020181372
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus for recording record information onto a record medium, on which (i) a plurality of information groups each comprising one series of the record information and (ii) management information including positional information indicating a recorded area of each of the information groups are recordable, is provided with: a detecting device for detecting the management information, which is recorded in advance on the record medium, from the record medium; a recording device for newly recording the record information onto the record medium; an outputting device for outputting an identification information to identify the information groups, which are recorded in advance on the record medium, on the basis of the detected management information while the recording device is newly recording the record information; a specifying device for specifying an erasable information from among the information groups which are identified by the outputted identification information while the recordin
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Suzuki, Masayoshi Yoshida, Ichiro Higuchi, Hiroshi Suzuki