Patents by Inventor Motofumi Itawaki
Motofumi Itawaki 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).
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Patent number: 10102283Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Publication number: 20140369667Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display control section configured to display on a display section a picture based on a video signal and a caption synchronized with the picture and based on caption information attached to the video signal; and a character string information acquisition section configured to acquire character string information common to the caption information and to information related to music contents stored in a storage section, by comparing the caption information with the related information. The display control section displays on the display section the caption in which the common character string information acquired by the character string information acquisition section is highlighted in a predetermined manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Patent number: 8879885Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display control section configured to display on a display section a picture based on a video signal and a caption synchronized with the picture and based on caption information attached to the video signal; and a character string information acquisition section configured to acquire character string information common to the caption information and to information related to music contents stored in a storage section, by comparing the caption information with the related information. The display control section displays on the display section the caption in which the common character string information acquired by the character string information acquisition section is highlighted in a predetermined manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Publication number: 20140236928Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi OZAWA, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Patent number: 8799945Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Publication number: 20080166106Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display control section configured to display on a display section a picture based on a video signal and a caption synchronized with the picture and based on caption information attached to the video signal; and a character string information acquisition section configured to acquire character string information common to the caption information and to information related to music contents stored in a storage section, by comparing the caption information with the related information. The display control section displays on the display section the caption in which the common character string information acquired by the character string information acquisition section is highlighted in a predetermined manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Publication number: 20080148313Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: storing means for storing audio data and related information corresponding to the audio data; receiving means for acquiring electronic program guide information indicating programs scheduled to be broadcasted; and program selecting means for executing comparison processing for comparing predetermined related information corresponding to predetermined audio data among the audio data and the electronic program guide information and selecting, on the basis of a result of the comparison processing, a predetermined program from the broadcast-scheduled programs indicated by the electronic program guide information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Takeshi Ozawa, Takashi Nomura, Motofumi Itawaki
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Patent number: 7130310Abstract: Disclosed are a statistical multiplex system, a statistical multiplex controller and a method of statistical multiplex, which can assign bit rates to program data and auxiliary data efficiently, and also improve image quality. A statistical multiplex system is provided with: a plurality of image encoders for encoding a plurality of program data; an information encoder for encoding the auxiliary data; a multiplexing apparatus for multiplexing output thereof, and a statistical multiplex controller for controlling each of the image encoders and the information encoder. The statistical multiplex controller is made to set the bit rate to be assigned to the information encoder first, and to assign the remaining bit rates to each of the image encoders.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Motofumi Itawaki, Satoshi Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20020085584Abstract: Disclosed are a statistical multiplex system, a statistical multiplex controller and a method of statistical multiplex, which can assign bit rates to program data and auxiliary data efficiently, and also improve image quality. A statistical multiplex system is provided with: a plurality of image encoders for encoding a plurality of program data; an information encoder for encoding the auxiliary data; a multiplexing apparatus for multiplexing output thereof, and a statistical multiplex controller for controlling each of the image encoders and the information encoder. The statistical multiplex controller is made to set the bit rate to be assigned to the information encoder first, and to assign the remaining bit rates to each of the image encoders.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Motofumi Itawaki, Satoshi Miyazawa
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Patent number: 6275464Abstract: A disc changer is provided to support each of a plurality of bare discs for recording and/or regeneration on a separate disc rack board without requiring a cartridge. The disc rack boards are positioned so as to form a vertical stack. A carrier is provided which moves only in the vertical direction along the vertical stack of disc rack boards. Furthermore, a plurality of disc drives is provided in a vertical stack opposing the vertical stack of disc rack boards. A hand is provided which moves only in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the carrier moves, and operates to transfer one of the plurality of bare discs between one of the plurality of disc rack boards and the carrier and between one of the plurality of disc drives and the carrier. Thus, the number of discs which may be loaded is increased while the size of the disc changer is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Wataru Nonaka, Masahiko Watanabe, Takahisa Hakoishi, Motofumi Itawaki, Masaharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 5991256Abstract: A disc changer is provided to support each of a plurality of bare discs for recording and/or regeneration on a separate disc rack board without requiring a cartridge. The disc rack boards are positioned so as to form a vertical stack. A carrier is provided which moves only in the vertical direction along the vertical stack of disc rack boards. Furthermore, a plurality of disc drives is provided in a vertical stack opposing the vertical stack of disc rack boards. A hand is provided which moves only in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the carrier moves, and operates to transfer one of the plurality of bare discs between one of the plurality of disc rack boards and the carrier and between one of the plurality of disc drives and the carrier. Thus, the number of discs which may be loaded is increased while the size of the disc changer is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1995Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Wataru Nonaka, Masahiko Watanabe, Takahisa Hakoishi, Motofumi Itawaki, Masaharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 5450254Abstract: An automatic cassette changer wherein a plurality of types of cassettes having different recording formats can be used. The automatic cassette changer comprises a plurality of types of cassettes in which different types of record media having different recording formats are accommodated, a cassette storage rack having a plurality of bins for storing the cassettes therein, a plurality of recording and/or reproducing apparatus each provided for selectively recording and/or reproducing a format signal in accordance with a selected one of the recording formats of the plurality of types of cassettes, and a transport mechanism for selectively transporting the cassettes between the bins and the recording and/or reproducing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1992Date of Patent: September 12, 1995Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Keiji Sato, Motofumi Itawaki, Yoshitaka Otonomiya, Tetsuro Tsubota, Wataru Nonaka
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Patent number: 5416650Abstract: An improved automatic cassette changer is disclosed, which comprises a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, an accommodating rack having a plurality of bins for individually accommodating therein a plurality of cassettes, and a transporting apparatus for selectively transporting one of the cassettes accommodated in the bins to the recording and/or reproducing apparatus or vice versa. The transporting apparatus includes holding means for holding a cassette thereon, and first feeding means for feeding the holding means in a first direction in which a cassette held by the holding means is inserted into or removed from any of the bins and the recording and/or reproducing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1993Date of Patent: May 16, 1995Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Otonomiya, Nobuo Uda, Motofumi Itawaki