Patents by Inventor Kenji Nikata

Kenji Nikata 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: 7424206
    Abstract: A recording apparatus of the present invention comprises a compressed data processing unit for performing compression processing of second definition data to generate compressed data, a system data generating unit for generating system data including at least time code, an extended track number generating unit for generating extended track number on the basis of inputted second definition data, a memory unit for storing compressed data and system data, a read-out unit for reading out compressed data and system data which are stored in the memory unit, a control unit for controlling the read-out unit so as to read out, at a predetermined timing, the compressed data and the system data which are stored in the memory unit on the basis of the extended track number, and a recording unit for recording, into second sector, compressed data which has been read out from the read-out unit, and for recording, into third sector, along with extended track number, system data which has been read out by the read-out unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinori Kouzai, Kenji Nikata, Yoichiro Tauchi, Hidehiko Teshirogi
  • Publication number: 20080158392
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus that displays a monitoring image of an imaging result acquired by an imaging unit on a monitor and also displays information on the apparatus on the monitor in the form of an on-screen display on the monitoring image, the apparatus including a brightness level detection unit that detects the brightness level of the imaging result and outputs the brightness level detection result and a display control unit that controls the brightness level of the on-screen display according to the brightness level detection result to lower the brightness level of the displayed information on the apparatus in response to decrease in brightness level of the imaging result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventor: Kenji Nikata
  • Publication number: 20060127065
    Abstract: A recording apparatus of the present invention comprises a compressed data processing unit for performing compression processing of second definition data to generate compressed data, a system data generating unit for generating system data including at least time code, an extended track number generating unit for generating extended track number on the basis of inputted second definition data, a memory unit for storing compressed data and system data, a read-out unit for reading out compressed data and system data which are stored in the memory unit, a control unit for controlling the read-out unit so as to read out, at a predetermined timing, the compressed data and the system data which are stored in the memory unit on the basis of the extended track number, and a recording unit for recording, into second sector, compressed data which has been read out from the read-out unit, and for recording, into third sector, along with extended track number, system data which has been read out by the read-out unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Toshinori Kouzai, Kenji Nikata, Yoichiro Tauchi, Hidehiko Teshirogi
  • Patent number: 6603363
    Abstract: There are provided the delay coarse adjustment circuit 3, the delay fine adjustment circuit 4, and the inverter circuit 5. The delay coarse adjustment circuit 3 stepwise varies a delay amount based on the delay coarse adjustment signal S11 and supplies the input oscillation signal S12 with a coarse delay. The delay fine adjustment circuit 4 stepwise varies a delay amount based on the delay fine adjustment signal S2 and supplies the input oscillation signal S13 with a fine delay which is smaller than a delay amount supplied by the delay coarse adjustment circuit 3. The inverter circuit 5 inputs the oscillation signal S14 from the delay coarse adjustment circuit 3 or the delay fine adjustment circuit 4. The delay coarse adjustment circuit 3 coarsely adjusts delays. The delay fine adjustment circuit 4 fine adjusts delays. The coarse and fine adjustments provide a precision delay to generate the oscillation output signal S15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobusuke Yamaoka, Ichiro Okamoto, Takehiko Saito, Yasutaka Kotani, Kenji Nikata
  • Patent number: 6175685
    Abstract: A picture reproducing device in which a still picture can be recorded/reproduced to high picture quality without requiring a dedicated still picture processor or a RAM configured for storing picture data for processing by the dedicated still picture processor. Input video signals are all processed with DCT in a DCT/IDCT processor 4 as a continuous frame picture from one transform block to another and quantized by the quantizer/dequantizer 5 so as to be then recorded on a recording medium. Reproduced signals from the recording medium are dequantized by the quantizer/dequantizer 5 to give coefficient data which are processed with inverse DCT by the DCT/IDCT processor 4 to generate playback video signals. Responsive to the coefficient data based results of motion detection effectuated from one transform block to another, the playback video signals are outputted as playback video signals from the blocking shuffling/deblocking deshuffling processor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Tauchi, Yuka Kiyama, Kenji Nikata