Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Yamanoi

Kiyotaka Yamanoi 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: 6662248
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus using an IC memory, comprising: an IC memory to/from which writing/reading of an audio signal is performed; and a control circuit for controlling writing/reading of the audio signal to/from this IC memory, and its address, and controlling, on writing and reading the audio signal to and from the IC memory, so that its address becomes ring-shaped, writing, when a recording key is pressed, the audio signal from an address contiguous to an area, within the IC memory, where the writing, which has never been read after the writing, is performed, and reading, when a reproduction key is pressed, the audio signal from the head of an area, within the IC memory, where the writing, which has never been read after the writing, is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Yamanoi
  • Patent number: 6615294
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus using an IC memory includes an IC memory to/from which writing/reading of an audio signal is performed; and a control circuit for controlling writing/reading of the audio signal to/from this IC memory, and its address, and for controlling, on writing and reading the audio signal to and from the IC memory, so that its address becomes ring-shaped, writing, of when a recording key is pressed, the audio signal from contiguous address to an area, within the IC memory where the writing, which has never been read is performed, and reading, of when a reproduction key is pressed, the audio signal from the head of an area within the IC memory where the writing, which has never been read, is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Yamanoi
  • Publication number: 20020062412
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus using an IC memory, comprising: an IC memory to/from which writing/reading of an audio signal is performed; and a control circuit for controlling writing/reading of the audio signal to/from this IC memory, and its address, and controlling, on writing and reading the audio signal to and from the IC memory, so that its address becomes ring-shaped, writing, when a recording key is pressed, the audio signal from an address contiguous to an area, within the IC memory, where the writing, which has never been read after the writing, is performed, and reading, when a reproduction key is pressed, the audio signal from the head of an area, within the IC memory, where the writing, which has never been read after the writing, is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Yamanoi