Patents by Inventor Makoto Niioka

Makoto Niioka 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: 7659941
    Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Yoshio Kitamura, Yuji Kawamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Publication number: 20070002175
    Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Yoshio Kitamura, Yuji Kawamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Patent number: 7079191
    Abstract: A frame memory for extending data of an picture demonstrated on an picture display device is effectively utilized to effect the printing of an picture demonstrated on the picture display device inexpensively and appropriately. To this end, there is provided a printing data creating unit 26 for acquiring data of the picture demonstrated on a display monitor 30 from a frame memory 22 which holds the data from frame to frame. The printing data creating unit 26 prepares data for printing based on the so-acquired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Kitamura, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7042514
    Abstract: A receiver in which, when a picture of television broadcast demonstrated on a picture display device is to be printed, the picture selected by the user can be checked without intermission of pictures of television broadcast. When a command for printing a picture demonstrated on a display monitor 3 is inputted from a command input unit 29, picture data held by the frame memory 27 is outputted as printing data from a print data outputting unit 30. The picture data held by the frame memory 27 is synthesized to data of the next picture supplied from the picture color signal circuit unit 24. The resulting synthesized picture data is outputted as display data from a display data output unit 25. The display monitor 3 generates e.g., a picture-in-picture type slave image plane in which to display the print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsugu Ishihara, Yoshio Kitamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Patent number: 7009724
    Abstract: An image-printing system for printing a fine image represented by digital image data, which is being displayed by a television receiver. The system comprises an image-processing section 13, an image output section 13, a printer apparatus 5, and a printing control section 23. The image-processing section 13 processes an externally input image signal, generating image data. The image output section 13 outputs a packet to the printer apparatus 5. The packet complies with the IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 1394 standards and contains the image data generated by the image-processing section 13. The printing control section 23 controls the printer apparatus 5 so that the apparatus 5 may print the data represented by the image data contained in the packet that the image output section 13 has output to the printer apparatus 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Ihara, Yoshio Kitamura, Toshio Narushima, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6987540
    Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Yoshio Kitamura, Yuji Kawamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Publication number: 20050243207
    Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Yoshio Kitamura, Yuji Kawamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Patent number: 6925509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detecting and demodulating/decoding the character data information of the electronic program guide added to the externally inputted image information; storage means for storing the demodulated/decoded character data information of the electronic program guide by the demodulating/decoding means; and output means for including the character data information of the electronic program guide stored by the storage means into a packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard and outputting the packet to the printer, and a printer comprising: input means for inputting the character data information of the electronic program guide included in the packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard outputted from the output means; print control means for detecting print co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yushi Ihara, Yoshio Kitamura, Toshio Narushima, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6870571
    Abstract: The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB 30) for receiving digital broadcasting, a display 31 for displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 and a printer 32 for printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STB 30 are connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printer 32 obtain video data from the receiver 30 by way of the first signal transmission means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Narushima, Yoshio Kitamura, Yuji Kawamura, Makoto Niioka
  • Publication number: 20020051160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detecting and demodulating/decoding the character data information of the electronic program guide added to the externally inputted image information; storage means for storing the demodulated/decoded character data information of the electronic program guide by the demodulating/decoding means; and output means for including the character data information of the electronic program guide stored by the storage means into a packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard and outputting the packet to the printer, and a printer comprising: input means for inputting the character data information of the electronic program guide included in the packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard outputted from the output means; print control means for detecting print co
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Yushi Ihara, Yoshio Kitamura, Toshio Narushima, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20010009603
    Abstract: A data printing system comprising a recording and/or reproducing apparatus 6 which has an information input unit 41 for receiving image information and/or character information added to music information from outside, a recording/reproducing unit 42 for recording/reproducing the image information and/or character information received by the information input unit 41 to/from a recording medium, and an information outputting unit 41 for putting the image information and/or character information recorded in the recording medium into a packet conforming to the IEEE 1394 specification and outputting the IEEE 1394 packet; a printer 5 which has an input unit 31 for receiving the IEEE 1394 packet including the image information and/or character information, and a printing unit 33 for printing the image information and/or character information; and a controller 3 for controlling the recording and/or reproducing apparatus 6 and printer 5 so that the IEEE 1394 packet including the image information and/or character info
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Yushi Ihara, Yoshio Kitamura, Toshio Narushima, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5884296
    Abstract: A device for discriminating an attribute of an image in a block area contained in a document image includes a device for performing a Fourier transformation based on image data in the block area and for determining a spatial frequency spectrum relating to the image in the block area; and a neural network for outputting a discrimination result as to whether or not the attribute of the image in the block area is a halftone dot image based on the spatial frequency spectrum output from the Fourier transform device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nakamura, Shinji Yamamoto, Makoto Niioka, Tetsuya Itoh, Shinji Okamoto