Patents by Inventor Shoji Mita

Shoji Mita 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: 7430454
    Abstract: A multi-track digital recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-track digital audio data, comprises: a multi-track recorder that records/reproduces digital audio data to/from a plurality of recording tracks; a mixing bus that selectively inputs data from a plurality of mixer input channels and data reproduced by the multi-track recorder, mixes the input data, and outputs the mixed input data; a track assigner that assigns and records the mixed input data or data directly input from the plurality of mixer input channels to at least one of the plurality of recording tracks; and a quick recording setting device that selects a mixer input channel, assigns a direct output of the selected mixer input channel to a designated recording track, and releases a recording assignment of a unselected mixer input channel without changing all setting states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Ota, Shoji Mita
  • Publication number: 20020188364
    Abstract: A multi-track digital recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-track digital audio data, comprises: a multi-track recorder that records/reproduces digital audio data to/from a plurality of recording tracks; a mixing bus that selectively inputs data from a plurality of mixer input channels and data reproduced by the multi-track recorder, mixes the input data, and outputs the mixed input data; a track assigner that assigns and records the mixed input data or data directly input from the plurality of mixer input channels to at least one of the plurality of recording tracks; and a quick recording setting device that selects a mixer input channel, assigns a direct output of the selected mixer input channel to a designated recording track, and releases a recording assignment of a unselected mixer input channel without changing all setting states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Ota, Shoji Mita