Patents by Inventor Motofumi Ninomiya

Motofumi Ninomiya 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).

  • Information reproduction device, reproduction starting method and reproduction starting program
    Patent number: 8400892
    Abstract: An information reproduction device sets, from among a plurality of estimated rotation speeds previously estimated, a set rotation speed in accordance with request-specification information specifying a piece of data requested by an external device and a specified rotation speed specified by the external device for a disc-shaped storage medium storing data, rotates the storage medium at the set rotation speed, reads out data from the storage medium at a readout speed that is determined by the set rotation speed of the storage medium, stores the data in a data storage section, and supplies, from among the stored data, the piece of data corresponding to the request-specification information to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.
    Inventor: Motofumi Ninomiya
  • INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION STARTING METHOD AND REPRODUCTION STARTING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20080310827
    Abstract: An information reproduction device sets, from among a plurality of estimated rotation speeds previously estimated, a set rotation speed in accordance with request-specification information specifying a piece of data requested by an external device and a specified rotation speed specified by the external device for a disc-shaped storage medium storing data, rotates the storage medium at the set rotation speed, reads out data from the storage medium at a readout speed that is determined by the set rotation speed of the storage medium, stores the data in a data storage section, and supplies, from among the stored data, the piece of data corresponding to the request-specification information to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.
    Inventor: Motofumi NINOMIYA