Patents by Inventor Naoko Aizaki

Naoko Aizaki 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).

  • Video-audio recording apparatus and method, and video-audio reproducing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8045840
    Abstract: A video-audio recording and reproducing apparatus (101) has a built-in stereo microphone (21a, 21b) and an external microphone connection terminal (32). The external microphone connection terminal (32) is connected to a binaural microphone (3) to be attached to the ears of a photographer (300). When the binaural microphone (3) is used to collect ambient sounds, an audio signal to be recorded on a recording medium is switched from an audio signal from the built-in stereo microphone (21a, 21b) to a binaural audio signal from the binaural microphone (3). The photographer (300) puts the binaural microphone (3 (31a, 31b)) on his or her ears and collects ambient sounds around the photographer (300) including a sound emanating from an object. The object is photographed with a camera unit (11). The recording medium records the binaural audio signal, a photographed video signal, and a binaural flag signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Hisako Murata, Takuma Suzuki, Sadahiro Yasura, Miki Haneishi, Katsumi Hasegawa, Naoko Aizaki, Yoshihisa Fujinami, Masami Takeda, Takayuki Sugahara
  • Video-Audio Recording Apparatus and Method, and Video-Audio Reproducing Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20080002948
    Abstract: A video-audio recording and reproducing apparatus (101) has a built-in stereo microphone (21a, 21b) and an external microphone connection terminal (32). The external microphone connection terminal (32) is connected to a binaural microphone (3) to be attached to the ears of a photographer (300). When the binaural microphone (3) is used to collect ambient sounds, an audio signal to be recorded on a recording medium is switched from an audio signal from the built-in stereo microphone (21a, 21b) to a binaural audio signal from the binaural microphone (3). The photographer (300) puts the binaural microphone (3 (31a, 31b)) on his or her ears and collects ambient sounds around the photographer (300) including a sound emanating from an object. The object is photographed with a camera unit (11). The recording medium records the binaural audio signal, a photographed video signal, and a binaural flag signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hisako Murata, Takuma Suzuki, Sadahiro Yasura, Miki Haneishi, Katsumi Hasegawa, Naoko Aizaki, Yoshihisa Fujinami, Masami Takeda, Takayuki Sugahara