Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kikuchi

Shinichi Kikuchi 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).

  • Digital video recording system and its recording medium
    Patent number: 7346266
    Abstract: In a DVD recording/playback system, a set top box STB receives an MPEG transport stream constituted by a plurality of transport packets, and a formatter extracts support information indicating if management information included in the transport packets includes predetermined items. A disc drive that records data on a recording medium having a management area and data area records the support information in the management area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Kazuyuki Uyama, Shinichi Kikuchi
  • DIGITAL STREAM RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD
    Publication number: 20080056684
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in order to add, to a standard, a mode that can generate management information in a manufacturer unique format, a data area of an information medium that records a digital stream signal using a format of the predetermined standard separately records data as a plurality of objects, and its management area records predetermined management information. The management information is configured to include information indicating recording in a management format unique to a manufacturer and information used to specify that manufacturer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7333719
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7333720
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7330642
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7330641
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7327940
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM AND ITS RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20080008457
    Abstract: In a DVD recording/playback system, a set top box STB receives an MPEG transport stream constituted by a plurality of transport packets, and a formatter extracts support information indicating if management information included in the transport packets includes predetermined items. A disc drive that records data on a recording medium having a management area and data area records the support information in the management area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Hideo ANDO, Kazuyuki Uyama, Shinichi Kikuchi
  • Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium
    Patent number: 7315690
    Abstract: Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header having a stream ID indicating at least a private stream and a sub-stream ID indicating the classification of the private stream described therein, and the classification indicates packet data of Dolby AC3 audio data, packet data of linear audio data, packet data of sub-picture data, or packet data of computer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Tomoaki Kurano, Hideki Mimura
  • Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same
    Patent number: 7308189
    Abstract: Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture display times, is different from the time of the time stamp information. For this reason, when time management for the stream data recorded on an information storage medium is made using only the time stamp information, display time control (video playback time control) for the user cannot be accurately done. In this invention, a time relationship table indicating the relationship between the time stamp information recorded in stream data at each I-picture start time position and display time information (PTS or field information) for the user is provided to a portion of management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Kazuyuki Uyama, Yuuji Ito, Shinichi Kikuchi
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7305172
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • ENTRY POINT REGISTERING METHOD AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070274690
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information storage medium having an area in which ESOB type A/ESOB type B is recorded and an area in which HDVR_MG (or VMG) for managing ESOB type A/ESOB type B is recorded is used. HDVR_MG includes identification data (SFI_ID/C_TY) for determining whether an object to be managed is of ESOB type A or ESOB type B. HDVR_MG is read from the information storage medium. If the contents of identification data (SFI_ID/C_TY) indicate ESOB type A, entry points are registered at a specific reproducing time (at intervals of L minutes). If the contents of identification data (SFI_ID/C_TY) indicate ESOB type B, entry points are registered at a specific packet arrival time (at intervals of L minutes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventor: Shinichi KIKUCHI
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7295759
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium
    Patent number: 7295758
    Abstract: Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header having a stream ID indicating at least a private stream and a sub-stream ID indicating the classification of the private stream described therein, and the classification indicates packet data of Dolby AC3 audio data, packet data of linear audio data, packet data of sub-picture data, or packet data of computer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Tomoaki Kurano, Hideki Mimura
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7295760
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is recreated, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium
    Publication number: 20070258699
    Abstract: Data is recorded in a data area of a disk in a hierarchical structure of program chains, programs, cells and packs, each pack is constructed by a pack header for identifying the pack and a packet having a data stream recorded therein, the packet has a packet header having a stream ID indicating at least a private stream and a sub-stream ID indicating the classification of the private stream described therein, and the classification indicates packet data of Dolby AC3 audio data, packet data of linear audio data, packet data of sub-picture data, or packet data of computer data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Tomoaki Kurano, Hideki Mimura
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7292776
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7292778
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7292779
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7292780
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito