Patents by Inventor Norio Chaya

Norio Chaya 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 disk and video reproduction device which automatically extracts reproduction control data from a disk and subsequently modifies a control program which was stored in a ROM
    Patent number: 5796913
    Abstract: A CPU 38 retrieves the reproduction control program from a header portion of a video disk. The CPU stores the program into a RAM 35. The CPU controls disk players 34a and 34b to reproduce video data from video disks, based on the program stored in a ROM 33 and the reproduction control program now stored in the RAM 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takada, Koichi Hayashi, Yasutada Aoyama, Norio Chaya, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Image karaoke device
    Patent number: 5611693
    Abstract: A compact image karaoke device with only a small number of image disks which provides the impression of having a great many background images. Two players are provided for reading background images from image disks. Background images are selected from at least one image unit group corresponding to at least one image genre corresponding to selected song genre and are read by the two players and changed at random, for example, every 30 seconds. By editing the display of background images in this manner, a great number of background image series can be obtained for combinations of the background images. Images obtained and displayed corresponding particularly to the starting portion of the song are provided only on the number of images available. Therefore, even if a great number of songs are consecutively selected, a user will not feel as though the same images are being repeatedly shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Xing, Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Chaya, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Koichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Takada, Yasutada Aoyama, Yasuhiro Funahashi, Osamu Nishimura
  • Image processor for producing even field video data based on odd field video data
    Patent number: 5485218
    Abstract: Interpolating processes for vertically aligned horizontal scanning lines are performed with respect only to red component video data so as to simplify the structure of an image processor and to decrease the number of components that are required for interpolation. Interpolation is always performed for the green component video data, which makes up a great deal of the luminance component. Even when only green is interpolated, 59% of the total luminance component of yellow is interpolated so that flicker is reduced to a practical level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Xing Inc.
    Inventors: Yasutada Aoyama, Hiroyuki Takada, Koichi Hayashi, Norio Chaya, Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Music reproducing device capable of reproducing instrumental sound and vocal sound
    Patent number: 5243123
    Abstract: A music entertaining device which reproduces music instrumental sound and back chorus so that an entertainer can sing a song to the accompaniment of the reproduced music instrumental sound and the back chorus. The music instrumental data and back chorus data are separately stored in a memory device. Upon detection of a code instructing to insert back chorus during the reproduction of the music instrumental data, a computer base controller accesses the memory device in which the back chorus is stored and reproduces the back chorus identified by the code detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Chaya