Patents by Inventor Kenichi Iida

Kenichi Iida 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: 20100274928
    Abstract: A device, including a first storage unit configured to store a first plurality of files and a first management data corresponding to the first files; a connector configured to connect to an external storage device, the external storage being configured to store a second plurality of files and second management data corresponding to the second files; a controller configured to generate new management data by merging the first management data and the second management data, and to store the new management data in a memory; and a display unit configured to display contents of the first and second plurality of files based on the new management data without indicating to the user where the respective files are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7769479
    Abstract: An audio recording apparatus sequentially records encoded data in an audio file of a predetermined format. In this case, the encoded data is generated by encoding audio. The audio recording apparatus subsequently generates, while the encoded data is being recorded in the audio file, a new audio file before the size of the audio file where the encoded data is being recorded reaches an upper limit of the audio file. The audio recording apparatus then changes the place where the encoded data is recorded to the new audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Iida, Atsushi Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 7725652
    Abstract: The storage and reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing block, a memory, a reproduction block, an operation block, and a control block. The signal processing block converts a sound signal entered, into a digital signal. The memory stores a digital signal outputted form the signal processing block and a management data of the digital data. The reproduction block at least converts a digital signal read out from the memory, into a hearable sound for reproduction output. The operation block is provided on an apparatus main body and includes a rotary operation block provided on the apparatus main body in such a manner that the rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along plane which almost orthogonally intersects the rotation center. The control block, according to an input from the operation block, writes a digital signal and a management data into the memory and reads out a digital signal and a management data stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20100106898
    Abstract: The storage and reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing block, a memory, a reproduction block, an operation block, and a control block. The signal processing block converts a sound signal entered, into a digital signal. The memory stores a digital signal outputted form the signal processing block and a management data of the digital data. The reproduction block at least converts a digital signal read out from the memory, into a hearable sound for reproduction output. The operation block is provided on an apparatus main body and includes a rotary operation block provided on the apparatus main body in such a manner that the rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along plane which almost orthogonally intersects the rotation center. The control block, according to an input from the operation block, writes a digital signal and a management data into the memory and reads out a digital signal and a management data stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20100042027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive pressure chamber for treating extremities, which is used for treating extremity swelling or edema, rehabilitation, prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis, relieving extremity pain, improvement of extremity skin, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hirata, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Kenichi Iida, Takuya Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7653756
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a recording/reproducing apparatus having plural storage units and an equipment to which the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected. The recording/reproducing apparatus has first and second storage units in which data and management data are stored. The equipment, to which is connected the recording/reproducing apparatus, has a third storage unit in which are stored the data and the management data. It is detected whether the equipment to be connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus has been connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus. If such connection is detected, the management data are read out from the first and second storage units. Based on the read-out management data and the management data stored in the third storage unit of the equipment, connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus, new management data, supervising the first to third storage units as one storage unit, is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7610109
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a microphone, a semiconductor memory, an operating section and a controller. An output signal from the microphone is written in the semiconductor memory and the written signals are read out from the semiconductor memory. The operating section performs input processing for writing a digital signal outputted by an analog/digital converter, reading out the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory and for erasing the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory. The control section controls the writing of the microphone output signal in the semiconductor memory based on an input from the operating section and the readout of the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20090073469
    Abstract: A color image forming apparatus specifies print mode (media), forms a test image based on gradation levels of a plurality of colors according to the specified print mode (media), and detects the test image with a color sensor. The color image forming apparatus performs gray axis correction calculation based on detection result obtained by the color sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kita, Kiyoto Toyoizumi, Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20090055423
    Abstract: A device, including a first storage unit configured to store a first plurality of files and a first management data corresponding to the first files; a connector configured to connect to an external storage device, the external storage being configured to store a second plurality of files and second management data corresponding to the second files; a controller configured to generate new management data by merging the first management data and the second management data, and to store the new management data in a memory; and a display unit configured to display contents of the first and second plurality of files based on the new management data without indicating to the user where the respective files are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi MINAKATA, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7478175
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a recording/reproducing apparatus having plural storage units and an equipment to which the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected. The recording/reproducing apparatus has first and second storage units in which data and management data are stored. The equipment, to which is connected the recording/reproducing apparatus, has a third storage unit in which are stored the data and the management data. It is detected whether the equipment to be connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus has been connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus. If such connection is detected, the management data are read out from the first and second storage units. Based on the read-out management data and the management data stored in the third storage unit of the equipment, connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus, new management data, supervising the first to third storage units as one storage unit, is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7415315
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a microphone, a semiconductor memory, an operating section and a controller. An output signal from the microphone is written in the semiconductor memory and the written signals are read out from the semiconductor memory. The operating section performs input processing for writing a digital signal outputted by an analog/digital converter, reading out the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory and for erasing the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory. The control section controls the writing of the microphone output signal in the semiconductor memory based on an input from the operating section and the readout of the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7409252
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a microphone, a semiconductor memory, an operating section and a controller. An output signal from the microphone is written in the semiconductor memory and the written signals are read out from the semiconductor memory. The operating section performs input processing for writing a digital signal outputted by an analog/digital converter, reading out the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory and for erasing the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory. The control section controls the writing of the microphone output signal in the semiconductor memory based on an input from the operating section and the readout of the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7313647
    Abstract: A portable reproducing apparatus includes a storage medium, a reproduction unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The storage medium stores a digital input signal and auxiliary associated with the digital input data. The reproduction unit converts a digital signal read out from the storage medium into a hearable sound for the reproduction output. The operation unit is provided on a main body of the portable reproduction apparatus. The controller selects auxiliary data according to an input from the operation unit and reads out the input data associated with the selected auxiliary data from the storage medium and transmits it to the reproduction unit. The controller selects forward auxiliary data when an operation of the operation unit corresponds to a rotation in one direction around an imaginary axis perpendicular to the portable reproduction apparatus and selects backward auxiliary data when the operation of the operation unit corresponds to a rotation in another direction around the imaginary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20070195665
    Abstract: The storage and reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing block, a memory, a reproduction block, an operation block, and a control block. The signal processing block converts a sound signal entered, into a digital signal. The memory stores a digital signal outputted form the signal processing block and a management data of the digital data. The reproduction block at least converts a digital signal read out from the memory, into a hearable sound for reproduction output. The operation block is provided on an apparatus main body and includes a rotary operation block provided on the apparatus main body in such a manner that the rotary operation block can be rotated around a rotation center and shifted along plane which almost orthogonally intersects the rotation center. The control block, according to an input from the operation block, writes a digital signal and a management data into the memory and reads out a digital signal and a management data stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20070014540
    Abstract: An audio recording apparatus sequentially records encoded data in an audio file of a predetermined format. In this case, the encoded data is generated by encoding audio. The audio recording apparatus subsequently generates, while the encoded data is being recorded in the audio file, a new audio file before the size of the audio file where the encoded data is being recorded reaches an upper limit of the audio file. The audio recording apparatus then changes the place where the encoded data is recorded to the new audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Iida, Atsushi Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 7162167
    Abstract: In adjustment control of a developing device, the number of printed sheets and the toner consumption amount per sheet are calculated. If the accumulated toner consumption amount is smaller than a predetermined amount when a predetermined number of sheets are printed, the developing device is caused to supply a developer in a predetermined amount corresponding to the difference, thereby performing development adjustment of the developing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Iida, Masao Uyama, Masahide Kinoshita, Motoki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20060253627
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a recording/reproducing apparatus having plural storage units and an equipment to which the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected. The recording/reproducing apparatus has first and second storage units in which data and management data are stored. The equipment, to which is connected the recording/reproducing apparatus, has a third storage unit in which are stored the data and the management data. It is detected whether the equipment to be connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus has been connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus. If such connection is detected, the management data are read out from the first and second storage units. Based on the read-out management data and the management data stored in the third storage unit of the equipment, connected to the recording/reproducing apparatus, new management data, supervising the first to third storage units as one storage unit, is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 7127306
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a microphone, a semiconductor memory, an operating section and a controller. An output signal from the microphone is written in the semiconductor memory and the written signals are read out from the semiconductor memory. The operating section performs input processing for writing a digital signal outputted by an analog/digital converter, reading out the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory and for erasing the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory. The control section controls the writing of the microphone output signal in the semiconductor memory based on an input from the operating section and the readout of the digital signal stored in the semiconductor memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Iida
  • Publication number: 20060152588
    Abstract: An editing apparatus, an editing method and an editing program have remarkably improved operability. A first reproduction slider bar that indicates the current position of the reproduction of sound information and a reduced image are displayed on a display, the reduced image being obtained by reducing the image size of a bookmark image to a predetermined size, and are arranged at a sound position (time code position) related with the bookmark image. The reduced image is moved in response to an operation of moving it along the first reproduction slider bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Iida, Izuru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shinkai, Harumi Sano, Nobuhisa Kameda, Minoru Kaneko, Naoto Okuda
  • Patent number: 7043183
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus has an image bearing member bearing an image thereon, and a transfer member contacting with the image bearing member in a contact portion, the image on the image bearing member is transferred to a transfer medium in the contact portion by the transfer member, the Young's modulus of the image bearing member is equal to or greater than 2×108 [N/m2] and equal to or less than 9×109 [N/m2] and contact pressure P between the image bearing member and the transfer member is equal to or greater than 4.0×104 [N/m2] and equal to or less than 7.3×104 [N/m2]. Thereby, there is provided an image forming apparatus which prevents the deterioration of an image even if use is made of an image bearing member of high hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoda, Kenichi Iida, Hisahiro Saito