Patents by Inventor Katsuaki Yamanoi

Katsuaki Yamanoi 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: 7369464
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7327641
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7200090
    Abstract: When a detection device detects any kind of change regarding track recording after the start of the track recording, a grouping instruction is given to information attaching and generating device. Then, the information attaching and generating device attaches the same group name information to a group, in which a track where the recording has been started in an information recording medium to a track recorded at the point when the grouping instruction has been received are made to be the same group, and group control information is generated. Therefore, since the grouping is automatically performed by any kind of change regarding the track recording, a user can omit the operation that he/she performs the grouping by himself/herself, and thus the operation load of the user can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Yamanoi, Tomoyasu Yamada, Takayuki Iijima, Shinichiro Abe, Yoji Shumura, Tomoko Miyagawa, Junichi Fukamachi
  • Patent number: 7187628
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7145839
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050041956
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050007909
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050007895
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information. A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Patent number: 6839311
    Abstract: The information recording unit has a memory for firstly storing data, a record medium for intermittently recording the stored data in the memory, a record means for recording the data on the record medium, and a valid-data decision means for determining whether the recorded data is valid. The record means records the data in at least two different areas on the record medium, and the decision determines one valid data among the recorded data in the different areas. The unit includes a record control means for controlling the record means. The record control means provides a control command for the record means to record a predetermined quantity of data stored in the memory at a first recording location on the record medium and also provides a control command for the record means to read the predetermined quantity of the data at least one recording location different from the first recording location after the predetermined quantity of the data is recorded at the first recording location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Yamanoi, Junichi Yoshio, Takayuki Iijima, Jun Shinohara, Osamu Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6801482
    Abstract: An information reproduction unit has a data read means with a pickup for intermittently reading data recorded on a storage medium, a write means for writing the data in a memory, and a reproduction means for sequentially reading out the data written in the memory. The unit also has a defect detection means for detecting a defect of the storage medium during a data read waiting period. The defect detection means may determine the presence of a defect based on a readout result provided by the data read means. The unit may further include a storage means for storing a defect position information. Furthermore, a read characteristic may be adjusted on reading data at the defect position on the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Junichi Yoshio, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Jun Shinohara, Osamu Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 6738330
    Abstract: A temperature inside the information reproducing and recording apparatus is always monitored and it is judged whether the temperatures is a proper operation start temperature, a stop temperature or a restart temperature or not. Based on this judgement, the start and the like of the reproducing and recording operation is properly controlled. Further, with respect to the reproducing and the recording of the information, their respective proper operation temperature ranges are set individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Shumura, Tomoko Miyagawa, Katsuaki Yamanoi
  • Publication number: 20020064116
    Abstract: When a detection device detects any kind of change regarding track recording after the start of the track recording a grouping instruction is given to information attaching and generating device. Then, the information attaching and Generating device attaches the same group name information to a group, in which a track where the recording has been started in an information recording medium to a track recorded at the point when the grouping instruction has been received are made to be the same group, and group control information is generated. Therefore, since the grouping is automatically performed by any kind of change regarding the track recording, a user can omit the operation that he/she performs the grouping by himself/herself, and thus the operation load of the user can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Yamanoi, Tomoyasu Yamada, Takayuki Iijima, Shinichiro Abe, Yoji Shumura, Tomoko Miyagawa, Junichi Fukamachi
  • Publication number: 20020048229
    Abstract: Management information is read from an information storage medium having the management information recorded thereon, the management information including track number information imparted to at least one track and group management information for managing as selective recording information one or a plurality of tracks as one group. Judgment is then made upon whether the group management information is included in that management information, A display mode is changed depending on a case where the group management information is recorded and a case where it is not recorded, and it is then displayed in a displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe, Tomoyasu Yamada
  • Patent number: 6335910
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes recording means for recording information onto a recording medium; detection means for detecting vibrations or possibilities of vibrations of the apparatus; and recording control means for prohibiting or suspending recording of the information onto the recording medium in accordance with a detection result of the detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Shibasaki, Junichi Yoshio, Takayuki Iijima, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Jun Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20010038587
    Abstract: A temperature inside the information reproducing and recording apparatus is always monitored and it is judged whether the temperatures is a proper operation start temperature, a stop temperature or a restart temperature or not. Based on this judgement, the start and the like of the reproducing and recording operation is properly controlled. Further, with respect to the reproducing and the recording of the information, their respective proper operation temperature ranges are set individually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Yoji Shumura, Tomoko Miyagawa, Katsuaki Yamanoi
  • Patent number: 5687150
    Abstract: A recording apparatus records information, which is continuously inputted from the external, onto a record medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiya Nonaka, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Sei Kato
  • Patent number: 5608698
    Abstract: A disk player reads data read from a disk after temporary storage in a memory and outputs the read data and is capable of preventing the memory from becoming empty by a retry operation for reading data, thereby avoiding a sound failure. When an address whose data is not correctly readable is present on a disk, the address information of that address is stored, and when the same disk is played again, the data reading operation for the new address is performed before the amount of remaining data in the memory becomes too small at the time the next reading address is address whose data is unreadable based on the address information. When at least the same disk is played again, therefore, the memory may not become empty, thus preventing a sound failure from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuaki Yamanoi, Isamu Miura, Tomoko Miyagawa