Patents by Inventor Kobutaka Okuyama

Kobutaka Okuyama 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).

  • Recording equipment and recording method
    Publication number: 20050276567
    Abstract: If programs are always recorded according to a decision that is made-based on the user preferences survey results or specific categories and user's recording instruction, the user will lose the opportunity to view programs of categories other than the user preferences. Further, if the entire viewable broadcast is recorded without any selection, a problem arises that there are required greatly increased storage capacity and greatly increased capacity of processing the bit rate required for the recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kobutaka Okuyama, Kenji Katsumata