Patents by Inventor Ryouichi Wakabayashi

Ryouichi Wakabayashi 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).

  • Recording apparatus, method for controlling recording apparatus, control program of recording apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 8488945
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus (115) includes a storage section (117) having a content attribute database (DB1) and a point database (DB2). Further, a point calculating section (120) of the recording/reproducing apparatus (115) extracts attribute information sets for each content item from the content attribute database (DB1). Further, deletion factor points associated with deletion factors corresponding to the extracted attribute information sets are extracted from the point database (DB2) for each content item, and evaluation points are calculated in accordance with the extracted plural deletion factor points. This allows the user to appropriately reserve a space required in a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kihara, Takahiro Maeda, Yukitaka Shimizu, Ryouichi Wakabayashi, Satoshi Saito
  • RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM OF RECORDING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090263109
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus (115) includes a storage section (117) having a content attribute database (DB1) and a point database (DB2). Further, a point calculating section (120) of the recording/reproducing apparatus (115) extracts attribute information sets for each content item from the content attribute database (DB1). Further, deletion factor points associated with deletion factors corresponding to the extracted attribute information sets are extracted from the point database (DB2) for each content item, and evaluation points are calculated in accordance with the extracted plural deletion factor points. This allows the user to appropriately reserve a space required in a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Shinjiro Kihara, Takahiro Maeda, Yukitaka Shimizu, Ryouichi Wakabayashi, Satoshi Saito