Patents by Inventor Takao Sawabe

Takao Sawabe 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).

  • Publication number: 20090279400
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus (200) is provided with: a reproducing device (202, 205, 206) for reproducing record information recorded on an information recording medium (100) which is provided with a first recording layer (L0) to which first medium region information (110) is assigned and a second recording layer (L1) to which second medium region information (120) is assigned; a storing device (209) for storing apparatus region information (230); a judging device (207) for judging whether or not the second medium region information matches the apparatus region information if the first medium region information does not match the apparatus region information; and a controlling device (207) for controlling the reproducing device to reproduce the record information recorded in the second recording layer if it is judged that the second medium region information matches the apparatus region information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7613078
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided with: an object data file for storing object data which constitutes a series of content information, such as picture information and audio information, and a play list information file for storing play list information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data by a unit of a play list. The information recording medium is further provided with a disc information file for storing a plurality of title play lists including, (i) play list specification information for specifying the play list information which defines the play list to be reproduced, (ii) Pre command information, and (iii) Post command information, which indicate a command to be executed before and after the reproduction, respectively, based on the play list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7606474
    Abstract: An information record medium includes a file for storing object data composing of a plurality of packets and further includes an object information file for storing corresponding definition information to control reproduction of the object data. The object data is interleaved in an angle block and the object information file further stores unit address information to indicate an address of each interleaved unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuko Fukuda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20090196155
    Abstract: An information recording medium (10, 301) contains content information and a judging program which is executed by an information reproducing device for reproducing the content information and judges whether the information reproducing device is authorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7555203
    Abstract: An entire stream containing a plurality of partial streams each consisting of content information is multiple-recorded on packet basis on an information recording medium. The information recording medium includes a file for storing object data consisting of a plurality of packets each containing a content information piece and further includes a file for storing information defining a reproduction sequence of object data and information indicating discontinuity of continuous numbers caused by absence of a packet during edition of continuous numbers of a plurality of packets corresponding to the recording order during multiple recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takeshi Koda, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7551542
    Abstract: On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information including still picture information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium is provided with a file for storing object data, which is provided with a plurality of packets, each of which stores therein a piece of the content information. The information recording medium is further provided with a file for storing information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data. The object data includes packets, each packet storing therein a piece of respective one of still picture information sets, the still picture information set including still picture information and control information thereof. A display control to the still picture information included in one still picture information set is described by the control information included in another still picture information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7551844
    Abstract: On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium is provided with a file for storing object data, which is provided with a plurality of packets, each of which stores therein a piece of the content information. The information recording medium is further provided with a file for storing information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data and a file for storing information for indicating a discontinuous condition of a serial number of the plurality of packets corresponding to a recording order upon multiplexing-and-recording. The discontinuous condition is generated by a lack of the packet upon editing, with respect to the serial number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takeshi Koda, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7542660
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided with: an object data file for storing object data which constitutes a series of content information, such as picture information and audio information, and a play list information file for storing play list information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data by a unit of a play list. The information recording medium is further provided with a disc information file for storing a plurality of title play lists including, (i) play list specification information for specifying the play list information which defines the play list to be reproduced, (ii) Pre command information, and (iii) Post command information, which indicate a command to be executed before and after the reproduction, respectively, based on the play list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7457220
    Abstract: An information recording device includes: acquisition elements for acquiring corresponding definition information, arrival time information, and display time information from a primary recording medium; processing elements for converting the display time indicated by the display time information into a display time indicated on the same time axis according to the arrival time information and outputting the processed display time information; and recording elements for recording a second whole stream in the form of the processed display time information which has been output and added to each packet of a plurality of partial streams constituting the second whole stream on a secondary recording medium. On the primary recording medium, the arrival time information indicating the arrival time of each packet and display time information indicating the display time are recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20080285430
    Abstract: To provide an information recording apparatus and so on which can improve convenience of handling even if music information is encoded in an LPCM system with a high quality and recorded therein. Music information M obtained by encoding a musical composition which should be reproduced in an uncompressed state, first control information G1 for controlling the compressed music information PM, compressed music information PM including a content same as at least any one of the music information M, and second control information G2 for controlling the compressed music information PM, the second control information G2 including corresponding information RR representing a corresponding relationship between the music information M and the compressed music information PM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Haraguchi, Takao Sawabe
  • Patent number: 7440680
    Abstract: On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with picture information or audio information constituting a series of content, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium is provided with a file for storing object data, which is constructed by a plurality of packets, each of which stores therein a segment of the picture information or the audio information. The information recording medium is further provided with a file for storing information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data and a file for storing information which defines a group having a specific relation from among a plurality of the plurality of portion streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7440387
    Abstract: On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information including still picture information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium is provided with a file for storing object data, which is provided with a plurality of packets, each of which stores therein a piece of the content information. The information recording medium is further provided with a file for storing information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data. The object data includes packets, each packet storing therein a piece of respective one of still picture information sets, the still picture information set including still picture information and control information thereof. A display control to the still picture information included in one still picture information set is described by the control information included in another still picture information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7433295
    Abstract: On an information recording medium, an entire stream including a plurality of portion streams, each of which is provided with content information including still picture information, is multiplexed-and-recorded by a unit of packet. The information recording medium is provided with a file for storing object data, which is provided with a plurality of packets, each of which stores therein a piece of the content information. The information recording medium is further provided with a file for storing information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data. The object data includes packets, each packet storing therein a piece of respective one of still picture information sets, the still picture information set including still picture information and control information thereof. A display control to the still picture information included in one still picture information set is described by the control information included in another still picture information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7398010
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track recorded with record information to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80), and performs a reproduction while moving the read device along the record track at a predetermined reading linear velocity. The record information is divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, recorded on the record track. Lowest reading rate information (212) indicates a minimum requirement of a reading rate for the information reproducing apparatus to reproduce a reproduction unit, which comprises at least one of the first data groups and which is to be reproduced by the information reproducing apparatus such that a sequential logical meaning of the reproduction unit is continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tozaki, Tokihiro Takahashi, Hidehiro Ishii, Junichi Yoshio, Hiroshi Nakamura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080159720
    Abstract: Provided is an information recording apparatus which, in a state where the content of moving picture image information, etc. can be prevented from being inadvertently recognized by the user due to inadvertent presentation to the user of a relevant representative picture image, enables recording the respective information into a recording medium. A reproduction list PL that is to be reproduced is not only recorded into an optical disc 1 but is there also recorded in it a reproduction list display prohibition flag PHF indicating at least whether limiting the display of a representative picture image that represents the content of the reproduction list PL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20080159719
    Abstract: Provided is an information recording apparatus which, in a state where the content of moving picture image information, etc. can be prevented from being inadvertently recognized by the user due to inadvertent presentation to the user of a relevant representative picture image, enables recording the respective information into a recording medium. A reproduction list PL that is to be reproduced is not only recorded into an optical disc 1 but is there also recorded in it a reproduction list display prohibition flag PHF indicating at least whether limiting the display of a representative picture image that represents the content of the reproduction list PL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7394739
    Abstract: A system controller is provided so as to record the second disk type information having the same content as that of the first disk type information, which is recorded in a DVD-R in advance, in a DVD-R in which the first disk type information is recorded as well as to record the record information in the DVD-R and reproduce the record information only if the first disk type information and the second disk type information have the same contents each other upon reproducing the record information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Yukiyoshi Haraguchi, Takeo Tobe, Kazutaka Mitsuki, Hiroyuki Kirikawa, Masanori Nakahara
  • Patent number: 7346270
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus has a read device, is capable of reproducing sub picture information and is also capable of performing a highlight display of the sub picture information. In an information record medium to be reproduced by this reproducing apparatus, at least the sub picture information and reproduction control information to control a reproduction of the sub picture information are recorded on the record track such that the sub picture information and the reproduction control information are divided into a plurality of groups. Each of the groups is a predetermined unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, and has a sub picture pack in which the sub picture information is contained and a control pack in which the reproduction control information is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Ryuichiro Yoshimura, Takao Sawabe, Yoshiaki Moriyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki
  • Patent number: 7340156
    Abstract: An information storage medium includes: a plurality of unit audio information to be reproduced independently of each other; aggregate audio information each including one or more of the unit audio information; unit attribute information indicating attributes of the unit audio information included in the aggregate audio information; and aggregate attribute information including the unit attribute information corresponding to the aggregate audio information recorded on the storage medium. By referring to the aggregate attribute information, the attributes of all the unit audio information may be readily and quickly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ishii, Shozo Ema, Takao Sawabe, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Kaoru Yamamoto, Tokihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7330643
    Abstract: An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track (1a) to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80) and reproduces audio information by a predetermined audio frame unit while relatively moving the read device along the record track recorded with at least the audio information by the audio frame unit. A plurality of audio packets (43, 202) are arranged along the record track, in each of which audio information pieces (207) constructing the audio information sampled by a predetermined sampling frequency and audio control information (203) for controlling a reproduction of the audio information pieces by the information reproducing apparatus are respectively recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Sawabe, Tokihiro Takahashi, Junichi Yoshio, Hidehiro Ishii, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kaoru Yamamoto, Akihiro Tozaki