Patents by Inventor Osamu Kowatari

Osamu Kowatari 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).

  • Data recording and reproducing apparatus and data reproducing apparatus
    Patent number: 6769603
    Abstract: A data recording and reproducing apparatus has a reproduction-only mode capable of reproducing a voice file and a recording and reproducing mode capable of recording and reproducing a voice file as an operating mode. An operating mode switching section automatically switches the operating mode to the recording and reproducing mode when an instruction to record a voice file is given in the reproduction-only mode. A recording section records the voice file after the operating mode is switched to the reproduction-only mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Michio Nagai, Hiroaki Miura, Miyuki Shiojima, Osamu Kowatari
  • Data recording and reproducing apparatus and data reproducing apparatus
    Publication number: 20020159179
    Abstract: A data recording and reproducing apparatus has a reproduction-only mode capable of reproducing a voice file and a recording and reproducing mode capable of recording and reproducing a voice file as an operating mode. An operating mode switching section automatically switches the operating mode to the recording and reproducing mode when an instruction to record a voice file is given in the reproduction-only mode. A recording section records the voice file after the operating mode is switched to the reproduction-only mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Michio Nagai, Hiroaki Miura, Miyuki Shiojima, Osamu Kowatari