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).
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Publication number: 20100274928Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7769479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Iida, Atsushi Miyaguchi
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Patent number: 7725652Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20100106898Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20100042027Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2006Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hitoshi Hirata, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Kenichi Iida, Takuya Miyagawa
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Patent number: 7653756Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7610109Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20090073469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Kita, Kiyoto Toyoizumi, Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20090055423Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi MINAKATA, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7478175Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7415315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7409252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7313647Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20070195665Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20070014540Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Iida, Atsushi Miyaguchi
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Patent number: 7162167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Iida, Masao Uyama, Masahide Kinoshita, Motoki Adachi
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Publication number: 20060253627Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi Minakata, Noriyuki Koga, Shinjiro Akiha, Kenichi Iida
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Patent number: 7127306Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2001Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Iida
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Publication number: 20060152588Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Iida, Izuru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shinkai, Harumi Sano, Nobuhisa Kameda, Minoru Kaneko, Naoto Okuda
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Patent number: 7043183Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Yoda, Kenichi Iida, Hisahiro Saito