Patents by Inventor Motokazu Kashida
Motokazu Kashida 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: 8374494Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20090279871Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Patent number: 7613382Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20080079818Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Patent number: 7319812Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Patent number: 7248788Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Patent number: 7024101Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20050285951Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20050286780Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20030049020Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Patent number: 6453120Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image pickup circuit having a plurality of photographic modes, such as television standards, a compression processing circuit for performing compression processing of an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup circuit, the compression circuit having a plurality of compression modes, and a selecting circuit for selecting one of the compression modes of the compression processing circuit in accordance with a selected one of the photographic modes of the image pickup circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1996Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida, Kenji Kawai
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Publication number: 20020009292Abstract: A signal recording apparatus for recording a TV signal in which an audio signal such as a MUSE signal and a video signal are multiplexed in a time sharing manner in units of a given period of time is arranged to code these video and audio signals alike; to dispersively allocate a discretely separated audio signal within the video signal; to provide symbols other than the symbols of the audio and video signals within each of synchronizing blocks for the purpose of permitting the use of other video signal recording apparatuses. The arrangement permits simplification and high-quality of the apparatus for recording the signals of this kind and thus contributes to the popularization of the apparatus of this kind.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 1999Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: KENICHI NAGAWASA, AKIO AOKI, MOTOKAZU KASHIDA, SHINICHI YAMASHITA, MAKOTO SHIMOKORIYAMA, TOSHIHIRO YAGISAWA
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Patent number: 6243139Abstract: There is provided an apparatus capable of preventing the image quality deterioration, in the block encoding of an image signal which has already been subjected to encoding, such as in the dubbing operation, by entering block forming information relating to the block forming operation applied previously to the image signal, at the entry of the image signal, and dividing the image signal into blocks according to the block forming information.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1997Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Motokazu Kashida
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Patent number: 6134381Abstract: A video data recording apparatus which records video data by forming a number of tracks parallel with each other on a recording medium, wherein a period at which each of the tracks is formed is not one integral-number-th of a period of time for which a field of video signal is recorded, and wherein a time code is recorded at a constant position of each of the tracks.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1996Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Kenichi Nagasawa, Motokazu Kashida
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Patent number: 6084730Abstract: An information transmission system using data compression and/or error detection includes an information compression circuit for compressing digital information to generate compressed information. A record/reproducing device is provided for recording the compressed information on a recording medium, and reproducing the compressed information from the recording medium. Transmission circuitry is provided for transmitting the compressed information reproduced from the record/reproducing device to a transmission channel without expanding the compressed information. An information expansion circuit is then provided for expanding the compressed information which has been transmitted through the transmission channel in order to reproduce the digital information.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shingo Ikeda, Motokazu Kashida, Toshihiro Yagisawa, Masahide Hasegawa, Mitsugu Tanaka
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Patent number: 6055357Abstract: A signal recording apparatus, for recording a TV signal in which an audio signal such as a MUSE signal and a video signal are multiplexed in a time sharing manner in units of a given period of time, is arranged to code these video and audio signals alike, to dispersively allocate a discretely separated audio signal within the video signal, and to provide symbols other than the symbols the audio and video signals within each of synchronizing block for the purpose of permitting the use of other video signal recording apparatuses. The arrangement permits simplification and high-quality of the apparatus for recording the signals of this kind and thus contributes to the popularization of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1994Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Nagasawa, Akio Aoki, Motokazu Kashida, Shinichi Yamashita, Makoto Shimokoriyama, Toshihiro Yagisawa
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Patent number: 5926609Abstract: A reproducing method and apparatus for reproducing images by reading an image signal from a recording medium, the image signal including a plurality of blocks each including image data and control data to control reproduction of an image in conjunction with other blocks. The reproducing method includes the steps of reading the image signal from the recording medium; setting a mode from among a plurality of modes including a normal reproduction mode, in which the blocks are read in the reading step in a sequence corresponding to a recording sequence of the image signal, and a special reproduction mode, in which the blocks are read in the reading step in a sequence different from a recording sequence of the image signal; rewriting the control data of a block in the read image signal in the special reproduction mode; and reproducing the image data included in a block in accordance with the control data which is rewritten in the rewriting step.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiro Shikakura, Motokazu Kashida, Ikuo Watanabe
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Patent number: 5907661Abstract: An apparatus for recording video data by forming many tracks on a recording medium and/or for reproducing the video data from the tracks is provided with a memory which is arranged to have recording video data or reproduced video data supplied thereto. The apparatus detects the picture change-over portion of the video data obtained within the tracks and controls, in accordance with the detected position, an offset degree between the writing and reading addresses of the memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motokazu Kashida, Mitsuru Owada, Masahiro Ando, Akio Fujii, Makoto Gohda
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Patent number: 5864409Abstract: An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus connected to a second image processing apparatus Each apparatus includes a programmable data compressor that performs image data compression in accordance with at least two data compression programs. The first image processing apparatus is able to request the second image processing apparatus to transmit to it a compression program stored by said second processing apparatus, which the first image processing apparatus may then use in its own data compressor.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motokazu Kashida, Yasutomo Suzuki, Nobukuni Roppongi, Masayuki Ochi
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Patent number: 5793547Abstract: An information signal reproducing apparatus capable of correcting digital an information signal utilizing correction data, is formed from a reference signal contained in an information signal reproduced from a recording medium, in which the correction of the digital information signal is conducted behind a digital signal processor for processing the digital information signal corresponding to the reproduced information signal, so that the number of bits handled by the digital signal processor is minimized and the circuit magnitude of the digital signal processor is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1994Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akio Fujii, Shinichi Yamashita, Toshiya Yatomi, Motokazu Kashida