Patents by Inventor Ichirou Kawamura

Ichirou Kawamura 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: 6900816
    Abstract: An image distributing and processing apparatus is provided with a distributor which distributes image data outputted from an input data storing device into a plurality of image processing/storing devices in accordance with parameters to be used for the image processing operation, and a reconfiguration device which reconfigures the processed and stored output image data in a predetermined order, with reference to a distribution table. The reconfiguration device can refer to a reconfiguration table in which a relationship, between addresses of a part of output data areas outputted from the image processing/storing devices in accordance with each parameter and addresses of the output data storing device, is stored in advance, in place of the distribution table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ichirou Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6430147
    Abstract: A disk cartridge of the present invention comprises a case body (101) having a disk-storage portion and an opening/closing cover (201) having a pair of disk holding members (202) that hold a disk (10) in its inplane direction. The accommodated disk (10) is loaded together with the opening/closing cover (201) into an adapter having compatibility with a large disk cartridge. Thus, information can be, for example, reproduced from the disk (10) in a drive unit designed for a large disk cartridge via the adapter. Moreover, a series of operations can be conducted without touching the disk directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Goto, Yukio Nishino, Kuniko Nakata, Shigeto Ueno, Hitoshi Higaki, Ichirou Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6392987
    Abstract: A disk cartridge of the present invention comprises a case body (101) having a disk-storage portion and an opening/closing cover (201) having a pair of disk holding members (202) that hold a disk (10) in its inplane direction. The accommodated disk (10) is loaded together with the opening/closing cover (201) into an adapter having compatibility with a large disk cartridge. Thus, information can be, for example, reproduced from the disk (10) in a drive unit designed for a large disk cartridge via the adapter. Moreover, a series of operations can be conducted without touching the disk directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Goto, Yukio Nishino, Kuniko Nakata, Shigeto Ueno, Hitoshi Higaki, Ichirou Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6288999
    Abstract: A disk cartridge of the present invention comprises a case body (101) having a disk-storage portion and an opening/closing cover (201) having a pair of disk holding members (202) that hold a disk (10) in its inplane direction. The accommodated disk (10) is loaded together with the opening/closing cover (201) into an adapter having compatibility with a large disk cartridge. Thus, information can be, for example, reproduced from the disk (10) in a drive unit designed for a large disk cartridge via the adapter. Moreover, a series of operations can be conducted without touching the disk directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Goto, Yukio Nishino, Kuniko Nakata, Shigeto Ueno, Hitoshi Higaki, Ichirou Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6172962
    Abstract: A disk cartridge of the present invention comprises a case body (101) having a disk-storage portion and an opening/closing cover (201) having a pair of disk holding members (202) that hold a disk (10) in its inplane direction. The accommodated disk (10) is loaded together with the opening/closing cover (201) into an adapter having compatibility with a large disk cartridge. Thus, information can be, for example, reproduced from the disk (10) in a drive unit designed for a large disk cartridge via the adapter. Moreover, a series of operations can be conducted without touching the disk directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Goto, Yukio Nishino, Kuniko Nakata, Shigeto Ueno, Hitoshi Higaki, Ichirou Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5493457
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus includes an optical disk drive including an optical disk and an optical head, a power source for supplying electric power to the optical disk drive an apparatus casing for enclosing at least the optical disk drive and the power source, and a first air feed member having a first air passage. The first air feed member includes a first air inlet for introducing cooling air into the apparatus casing from outside of the apparatus casing so as to cool the optical disk drive, and an air filter disposed upstream of the optical disk drive in the first air passage such that the cooling air flows into the optical disk drive through the air filter. A second air feed member has a second air passage and included a second air inlet for introducing cooling air into the apparatus casing from outside of the apparatus casing so as to cool at least the power source. A partition member is provided for separating the first and second air passages from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichirou Kawamura, Ryoichi Imanaka