Patents by Inventor Ryotaro Hongo

Ryotaro Hongo 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).

  • Patent number: 10028009
    Abstract: A sound recording apparatus is provided which is HDMI-connected to a camera and another device, which outputs a video image signal from the camera to the other device without processing, and which outputs to the other device, without degradation, an audio signal recorded separately from the camera. A sound recording apparatus is HDMI-connected to a camera and a backup image recording apparatus. The sound recording apparatus includes an HDMI receiver that receives an HDMI signal transmitted from the HDMI-connected camera, a controller that embeds an audio signal which is input from a microphone which is connected to the apparatus in an audio channel portion of the HDMI single, and an HDMI transmitter that outputs to the backup image recording apparatus the video image signal included in the HDMI signal and the audio signal embedded by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TEAC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryotaro Hongo
  • Patent number: 9674480
    Abstract: There is provided a camera link recorder capable of recording sounds by a clock signal synchronized with a clock signal of a camera. A recorder is linked to a camera by means of an HDMI cable, and others. An HDMI receiver of the recorder reproduces an LRCK signal, which is an audio clock signal of a camera, from the HDMI signal, and outputs the LRCK signal. A CPU outputs a clock signal, which is generated from the LRCK signal when a frequency of the LRCK signal corresponds to a predetermined frequency of an audio CODEC, as a master clock signal to the audio CODEC. In other case, the clock signal generated from the internal clock signal CLK is output as a master clock signal to the audio CODEC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhito Chiba, Ryotaro Hongo, Hirotoshi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20170034575
    Abstract: A sound recording apparatus is provided which is HDMI-connected to a camera and another device, which outputs a video image signal from the camera to the other device without processing, and which outputs to the other device, without degradation, an audio signal recorded separately from the camera. A sound recording apparatus is HDMI-connected to a camera and a backup image recording apparatus. The sound recording apparatus includes an HDMI receiver that receives an HDMI signal transmitted from the HDMI-connected camera, a controller that embeds an audio signal which is input from a microphone which is connected to the apparatus in an audio channel portion of the HDMI single, and an HDMI transmitter that outputs to the backup image recording apparatus the video image signal included in the HDMI signal and the audio signal embedded by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Ryotaro Hongo
  • Publication number: 20160100125
    Abstract: There is provided a camera link recorder capable of recording sounds by a clock signal synchronized with a clock signal of a camera. A recorder is linked to a camera by means of an HDMI cable, and others. An HDMI receiver of the recorder reproduces an LRCK signal, which is an audio clock signal of a camera, from the HDMI signal, and outputs the LRCK signal. A CPU outputs a clock signal, which is generated from the LRCK signal when a frequency of the LRCK signal corresponds to a predetermined frequency of an audio CODEC, as a master clock signal to the audio CODEC. In other case, the clock signal generated from the internal clock signal CLK is output as a master clock signal to the audio CODEC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhito Chiba, Ryotaro Hongo, Hirotoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 7496773
    Abstract: A DVD recorder system having a sleep state. When a predetermined period of a non-operation state has elapsed, a key controller switches the state of a power source circuit to interrupt voltage supply, thereby causing the system to shift to the sleep state. In this state, when a signal is input from the video input terminal, the key controller controls the power source circuit to turn ON, thereby causing the system to shift to the normal state. After recovery to the normal state, a DVD processor provides instructions to a DVD drive in accordance with recording conditions which are prestored in an EEPROM, and supplies an input video signal to the DVD drive so as to start recording. Also, when a medium is inserted in the DVD drive, the key controller detects an insertion signal to control the power source circuit to turn ON, thereby causing the system to return to the normal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Umehara, Ryotaro Hongo, Takayuki Honda, Teruyoshi Nakahashi, Hiroshi Tsuyuguchi
  • Publication number: 20060067188
    Abstract: A DVD recorder system having a sleep state. When a predetermined period of a non-operation state has elapsed, a key controller switches the state of a power source circuit to interrupt voltage supply, thereby causing the system to shift to the sleep state. In this state, when a signal is input from the video input terminal, the key controller controls the power source circuit to turn ON, thereby causing the system to shift to the normal state. After recovery to the normal state, a DVD processor provides instructions to a DVD drive in accordance with recording conditions which are prestored in an EEPROM, and supplies an input video signal to the DVD drive so as to start recording. Also, when a medium is inserted in the DVD drive, the key controller detects an insertion signal to control the power source circuit to turn ON, thereby causing the system to return to the normal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Shinji Umehara, Ryotaro Hongo, Takayuki Honda, Teruyoshi Nakahashi, Hiroshi Tsuyuguchi