Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Okawara

Katsuhiro Okawara 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: 8498521
    Abstract: Provided is a video reproduction method with a less difference between a target speed and an actual speed, when fast forward reproduction or fast rewind reproduction is performed on reproduction units consisting of a plurality of connected video units. When the video units are switched, in fast forward reproduction, as an elapsed jump time duration, a difference between a reproduction time of a last displayed picture in a source video unit and an end time of the source video unit is calculated (S104), then, as a remaining jump time duration, a value is calculated by subtracting the calculated elapsed jump time duration from the jump time duration corresponding to the designated speed (S105), then, as a reproduction start time, a time is calculated by adding the calculated remaining time duration to a start time of a destination video unit (S106), and the video is reproduced from the reproduction start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Katsuhiro Okawara
  • Publication number: 20120163778
    Abstract: Provided is a video reproduction method with a less difference between a target speed and an actual speed, when fast forward reproduction or fast rewind reproduction is performed on reproduction units consisting of a plurality of connected video units. When the video units are switched, in fast forward reproduction, as an elapsed jump time duration, a difference between a reproduction time of a last displayed picture in a source video unit and an end time of the source video unit is calculated (S104), then, as a remaining jump time duration, a value is calculated by subtracting the calculated elapsed jump time duration from the jump time duration corresponding to the designated speed (S105), then, as a reproduction start time, a time is calculated by adding the calculated remaining time duration to a start time of a destination video unit (S106), and the video is reproduced from the reproduction start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi AOKI, Katsuhiro Okawara
  • Publication number: 20110077938
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus that reproduces compressed audio data recorded in a recording medium inserts dummy data between data to be concatenated and reproduces the data when performing a specific reproduction of the data obtained by concatenating data which are discontinuously read from the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsutoshi Naraki, Yuuichirou Nakamura, Kaori Tajima, Satoshi Sasaki, Katsuhiro Okawara, Hiroshi Kamiki