Patents by Inventor Mamoru Mizukami

Mamoru Mizukami 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: 10897655
    Abstract: To make it possible to easily use video data of raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera in a server system that is different from an AV server system in which an AV server itself is included. First AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process to raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera and is written in a storage. The raw data of the high frame rate is obtained by reading the first AV clip data from the storage and processing a compression decoding process on the first AV clip data, video data of a high frame rate is obtained by performing a demosaic process on the raw data, and second AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process on the video data and is written in the storage. The second AV clip data is read from the storage and transmitted to a second AV server system that is different from a first AV server system in which an AV server itself is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Arai, Kaoru Urata, Mamoru Mizukami, Yasuhiro Ichinaka, Akira Itou, Kenta Abe, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Takashi Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10887636
    Abstract: To increase the number of IO ports and to increase the storage amount easily. An AV server system includes: a plurality of AV servers including internet protocol (IP) input-output ports for connecting to other AV servers, the IP input-output ports being independent from input-output ports to an outside of the system; a client controller configured to control the plurality of AV servers; a manager storing information relevant to AV clip data recorded in the plurality of AV servers and AV clip data input into the plurality of AV servers; and a frame synchronization unit configured to perform frame synchronization between the plurality of AV servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Urata, Mamoru Mizukami, Yasuhiro Ichinaka, Akira Itou, Kenta Abe, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Takashi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20190028776
    Abstract: To make it possible to easily use video data of raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera in a server system that is different from an AV server system in which an AV server itself is included. First AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process to raw data of a high frame rate input from a single-chip camera and is written in a storage. The raw data of the high frame rate is obtained by reading the first AV clip data from the storage and processing a compression decoding process on the first AV clip data, video data of a high frame rate is obtained by performing a demosaic process on the raw data, and second AV clip data is obtained by performing a compression encoding process on the video data and is written in the storage. The second AV clip data is read from the storage and transmitted to a second AV server system that is different from a first AV server system in which an AV server itself is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki ARAI, Kaoru URATA, Mamoru MIZUKAMI, Yasuhiro ICHINAKA, Akira ITOU, Kenta ABE, Yoshihide FUJIMOTO, Takashi HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20180192100
    Abstract: To increase the number of IO ports and to increase the storage amount easily. An AV server system includes: a plurality of AV servers including internet protocol (IP) input-output ports for connecting to other AV servers, the IP input-output ports being independent from input-output ports to an outside of the system; a client controller configured to control the plurality of AV servers; a manager storing information relevant to AV clip data recorded in the plurality of AV servers and AV clip data input into the plurality of AV servers; and a frame synchronization unit configured to perform frame synchronization between the plurality of AV servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: KAORU URATA, MAMORU MIZUKAMI, YASUHIRO ICHINAKA, AKIRA ITOU, KENTA ABE, YOSHIHIDE FUJIMOTO, TAKASHI HOSHI
  • Patent number: 7463820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-tracking VTR apparatus. The data reproducing apparatus is characterized in that, of tracks of the predetermined number serving as the editing unit, tracks of a part of the rear side are set to a pre-writing priority area and the remaining tracks are set to a post-writing priority area, with respect to each recording block reproduced from the pre-writing priority area and which is error-corrected by C1 error correction, it is determined whether or not the reproduced data of the recording block with the same ID as that of the recording block is written in the memory. The reproduced data of the recording block in which the reproduced data was not written is written in the memory and the reproduced data of the recording block in which the reproduced data was written is inhibited from being written in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Urata, Mamoru Mizukami, Masanari Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7042665
    Abstract: In an apparatus for reproducing a recorded signal and the like of this invention, two reproducing heads are provided for a single track with their set positions being deviated in the track width direction. A signal selecting unit discriminates a reproducing head whose tracing condition of a target track is appropriate based on an error correction result of a C1 correcting unit and output levels of reproducing heads. A signal obtained by the discriminated reproducing head is supplied to a C2 correcting unit to generate an output signal. Consequently, an off track allowance is increased as compared with a case where the target track is traced with a single reproducing head. At the time of a special reproducing operation or even if a narrow track pitch system is adopted, a recorded signal is reproducible properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Urata, Mikio Kita, Mamoru Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20050196133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-tracking VTR apparatus. The data reproducing apparatus is characterized in that, of tracks of the predetermined number serving as the editing unit, tracks of a part of the rear side are set to a pre-writing priority area and the remaining tracks are set to a post-writing priority area, with respect to each recording block reproduced from the pre-writing priority area and which is error-corrected by C1 error correction, it is determined whether or not the reproduced data of the recording block with the same ID as that of the recording block is written in the memory. The reproduced data of the recording block in which the reproduced data was not written is written in the memory and the reproduced data of the recording block in which the reproduced data was written is inhibited from being written in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Urata, Mamoru Mizukami, Masanari Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040233562
    Abstract: In an apparatus for reproducing recorded signal and the like of this invention, two reproducing heads are provided for a single track with their set positions being deviated in the track width direction. A signal selecting unit discriminates are producing head whose tracing condition of a target track is appropriate based on an error correction result of a C1 correcting unit and output levels of reproducing heads. A signal obtained by the discriminated reproducing head is supplied to a C2 correcting unit to generate an output signal. Consequently, an off track allowance is increased as compared with a case where the target track is traced with a single reproducing head. At the time of special reproducing operation or even if a narrow track pitch system is adopted, a recorded signal is reproducible properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Kaoru Urata, Mikio Kita, Mamoru Mizukami
  • Patent number: 6804071
    Abstract: Digital data recording apparatus includes a modulator for modulating a recording clock by a recording data. A reference voltage and a reference current in signal processing are set based on a reference clock having a multiple cycle of the cycle of the recording clock when the reference clock is supplied via a rotary transformer. A demodulator demodulates a modulation signal supplied via the rotary transformer to produce a demodulation signal, from which a recording signal is generated for recording on a recording medium. The demodulator obtains a modulation signal and an inverted modulation signal from which first and second saw-tooth wave signals are produced when the reference current is supplied. A mixer mixes the first and second saw-tooth wave signals, and the demodulation signal is obtained, based on the mixer output and the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Mizukami, Kaoru Urata
  • Publication number: 20030007267
    Abstract: There is provided a digital data recording apparatus, which can transmit a recording data via a rotary transformer without receiving an influence of a recording data rate and low frequency cut-off, and can perform high-quality digital recording with a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Mamoru Mizukami, Kaoru Urata