Patents by Inventor Kazuo Kuroda

Kazuo Kuroda 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).

  • Publication number: 20150179716
    Abstract: A surface light-emitting device having a light-emitting surface including at least one single-color light-emitting panel and at least one multi-color light-emitting panel disposed alongside the single-color light-emitting panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150145408
    Abstract: Provided is an illuminated mirror device including: a mirror; a light-emitting part for illumination disposed near the mirror; and driving means for driving the light-emitting part, and detection means for detecting a direction of a face of a person in front of the mirror with respect to the mirror, wherein the driving means controls an emission luminance distribution on a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part on the basis of the face direction detected by the detection means. Also provided is a method for controlling illumination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20140205760
    Abstract: A coating system comprises: a coating apparatus connected to a syringe filled with a coating agent and having a nozzle for discharging the coating agent of the connected syringe; a robot which moves an object to be coated, held by a robot hand, to a coating position; and a control unit, wherein the coating apparatus comprises a plurality of syringes respectively filled with different coating agents, the nozzles connected to the respective syringes, and a rotary table for rotationally moving together the syringes and the connected nozzles, and the control unit controls to select the syringe filled with the coating agent to be applied to the object, move the nozzle connected to the selected syringe to a position facing the coating position by the rotation of the rotary table, move the object held by the robot hand to the coating position, and discharge the coating agent from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Hiroaki Iwai
  • Patent number: 8428434
    Abstract: Provided herein are: a data acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of angle video data equal or less than the angle video data and relative display position information from a recording unit which records the plurality of angle video data corresponding to the plurality of angle videos taken at a plurality of taking angles different from one another in which a taken object is taken and records the relative display position information indicating a relative display position of each angle video in consideration of each taking angle; a video signal output unit which outputs a plurality of angle video signals corresponding to the plurality of angle videos to display units based on the plurality of angle video data; and an arrangement determining unit which determines a display position arrangement of the plurality of angle videos based on the relative display position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Toshio Suzuki, Eiji Muramatsu, Shoji Taniguchi, Takao Sawabe, Kazuo Kuroda, Akira Imamura
  • Publication number: 20120230504
    Abstract: When cancelling noise by acoustically outputting, to a room interior, sound having a phase opposite to that of noise leaked into the room interior of a movable body, if detected movable body exterior sound is predetermined specific sound, a cancelling amount of a noise cancelling operation is automatically reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8257813
    Abstract: An information recording medium comprising a substrate (1), a recording layer (2) formed on the substrate in order to record information, a color filter (4) formed on the substrate, and a thermal reflectance variation layer (3) formed on the substrate in order to vary light reflectance by heat incident to irradiation of light and to reflect visible light entering from one side of the substrate through a color filter. High precision color writing or color label writing can be carried out on an information recording medium such as DVD and BD where a label can be written on the surface by irradiating light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Eiji Muramatsu, Toshihiko Takishita
  • Patent number: 8254003
    Abstract: A hologram recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a recording device (100) for recording record information into a hologram recording medium (1); a measuring device (325) for measuring a time elapsed from when the recording of the record information is stopped to when the recording of the record information is restarted; a first controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is shorter than a time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded; and a second controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device not to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is longer than the time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8194516
    Abstract: A disc-shaped information recording medium includes a first recording layer (L0 layer) having (I) a first trial write area (101P-1) for trial write of first trial write information for calibration of the laser beam along the first track path (TP1) from the inner circumference toward the outer circumference and (II) a first recording area for recording the first recording information along a first track path (TP1), in this order from the inner circumference side. Furthermore, the disc-shaped information recording medium includes a second recording layer (L1 layer) having (I) a second trial write area (101P-2) for trial write of second trial write information for calibration of the laser beam along the second track path (TP2) from the outer circumference toward the inner circumference and (II) a second recording area for recording the second recording information along a second track path (TP2), in this order from the inner circumference side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Muramatsu, Shoji Taniguchi, Kunihiko Horikawa, Masahiro Kato, Toshio Suzuki, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8149655
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100), provided with: a first recording layer (L0 layer) and a second recording layer (L1 layer) in each of which record information can be alternately recorded, at least one of the first recording layer and the second recording layer provided with: an anchor area (AP#1 to 4) which is to record therein anchor information (VRS, AVDP, VAT_ICB) and which is referred to in reading file system information (101, 111) for controlling at least one of recording and reproduction of the record information; and an update area to update and record therein the anchor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Katata, Masayoshi Yoshida, Toshiro Tanikawa, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8110272
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) is provided with at least a first recording layer (101), which accepts a first laser beam having a first wavelength, can display a visible display pattern (pit art), and has a first pit formed thereon for reading information; and a second recording layer (102), which accepts a second laser beam having a second wavelength and can record second information by forming a second pit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Eiji Muramatsu, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 8094526
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus comprising: a writing device capable of writing record information onto an information recording medium comprising first and second recording layers; a first controlling device for controlling said writing device to continuously write the record information into the first and second recording layers; a second controlling device for controlling said writing device to write a predetermined amount of buffer data on an outer circumferential side of the record information written in the first and second recording layers; and a third controlling device for controlling said writing device to add buffer data on an outer circumferential side of the predetermined amount of buffer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Kazuo Kuroda, Masayoshi Yoshida, Keiji Katata
  • Patent number: 8089840
    Abstract: To limit the time capable of reproducing a plurality of contents as a whole recorded on a recording medium. Provided herein are a recording medium on which a plurality of contents and reproduction-enabled time which is a period of time for allowing a user to freely reproduce the plurality of contents as a whole are recorded, a reproduction device having an acquisition unit which acquires the reproduction-enabled time and a reproduction inhibit unit which inhibits the reproduction of each of the contents when the accumulated reproduction time of the plurality of contents as a whole exceeds the acquired reproduction-enabled time during the reproduction of each of the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Muramatsu, Kazuo Kuroda, Takao Sawabe, Toshio Suzuki, Shoji Taniguchi, Akira Imamura, Masahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8077577
    Abstract: An information recording device can record a plurality of pieces of recording information, for instance, at different times, in an information recording medium provided by stacking first and second recording layers. A writing control element controls a writing element so that each piece of the information can be written over the first recording layer to the second recording layer. Furthermore, a boundary control member controls the writing element so that first boundary information is written in a recording area which is to be a boundary between the pieces of information in the first recording layer, and that second boundary information is written or ensured, in a recording area of a second recording layer which overlaps the recording area wherein the first boundary information of the first recording layer is written, as a recording area to be a boundary between the pieces of information in the second recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiro Tanikawa, Masayoshi Yoshida, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8036074
    Abstract: An information recording medium (10) is provided with: a first area in which first data is recorded, first data region information being assigned to the first data; a second area in which second data is recorded, second data region information being assigned to the second data; and a control area in which control data including setting command data (72) is recorded, the setting command data setting the first data region information as reference region information, which is referred to by an information reproducing apparatus, if the first data is reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 8031581
    Abstract: Provided herein is an optical disc having: an optical plotting layer 17 which is formed at a label surface B-side and on which an image is formed by heat change with a laser beam 28 emitted from a recording surface A-side; a protective layer 18 which is formed at the label surface B-side of the optical plotting layer 17, protects the optical plotting layer 17, and through which the image can be viewed from the label surface B-side; a substrate 15 which supports the protective layer 18 and the optical plotting layer 17; and a guide track 24 which is formed on the optical plotting layer 17 so as to be intermittent in a guide direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Eiji Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 8027240
    Abstract: An information recording medium such as DVD-R, DVD-RW or the like is provided with a user information recording area in which user information can be recorded. The user information recording area has pre-recorded areas for preventing recording/reproduction of the user information, in a plurality of portions. The user information recording area is divided by the pre-recorded areas into a plurality of partial recording areas including a partial recording area smaller than a unit area in which record information of a read-only recording medium is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20110216382
    Abstract: A hologram recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a recording device (100) for recording record information into a hologram recording medium (1); a measuring device (325) for measuring a time elapsed from when the recording of the record information is stopped to when the recording of the record information is restarted; a first controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is shorter than a time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded; and a second controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device not to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is longer than the time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KODA, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7999886
    Abstract: By controlling light emission, non-emission, and light intensity of each of the light emitting elements arranged on a backlight unit, a point-shaped light emitting point is created and the light emitting point is moved along the arrangement of pixels formed on a liquid crystal display panel unit. By moving the light emitting point as if an electron beam were scanning in the CRT display, it is possible to enhance the dynamic image blur removal effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7974166
    Abstract: User data is recorded onto a DVD by the incremental recording method and by using padding when closing a recording zone, read error data is recorded onto the DVD. The read error data is generated by making a sector error detection code or a PI/PO error correction code in the ECC block different from a correct value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hasebe, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7965599
    Abstract: Content data (11), handling limit data (12), and a check program (13) are provided in a data group (10) recorded on an information recording medium (1). The check program (13) causes a reproducing device to read the content data so as to make the reproducing device function as a check device for checking the data state of the handling limit data. Thus, when the handling limit data (12) is tampered, the check program (13) is executed by the reproducing device to find the tamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Kuroda