Patents by Inventor Takashi Nagatomo

Takashi Nagatomo 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: 20220250134
    Abstract: A mold includes a mold main body (12) including a molding face (12a) and a support base (11) including a mounting surface (15) which tightly contacts a back face (12a ) of the mold main body (12), the support base (11) being mounted with the mold main body (12). The mold includes a refrigerant passage (43) through which a refrigerant for cooling the mold main body (12) and the support base (11) flows. The refrigerant passage (43) includes a groove (16) which is open to at least one surface of the mounting surface (15) of the support base (11) and the back face (12b) of the mold main body (12) and extends along the one surface. There can be provided a mold that can uniformly cool the molded product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki ITOI, Takashi NAGATOMO, Makoto TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10642533
    Abstract: A configuration for reducing a possibility of data recording or reproduction being unperformable due to a reading error of disc management information is realized. A data processing unit records management information corresponding to a first surface as main management information on the first surface which is a data recording surface on which data recording is performed and further records mirror management information having the same content as the main management information on a second surface different from the first surface. The management information is, for example, a temporary disc management structure (TDMS) including defect region information of one surface of a disc. When one piece of management information between the main management information and the mirror management information is successfully read, data recording or reproduction can be correctly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Terao, Takashi Nagatomo, Hideki Ando
  • Patent number: 9997188
    Abstract: A configuration for preventing a recording error when a data recording process is performed on both lands and grooves of an optical disc is realized. An information processing device includes a data processing unit configured to control a data recording process on both lands and grooves of an optical disc. The data processing unit performs a process of detecting or matching positions at which data recording states of grooves or lands on both sides adjacent to a data recording target land or groove match when data are recorded on the lands or the grooves. The data processing unit performs, for example, a dummy data recording process or a skipping process as the process of matching the data recording states of the grooves or the lands on both sides adjacent to the data recording target land or groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro Terao, Takashi Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20180032284
    Abstract: A configuration for reducing a possibility of data recording or reproduction being unperformable due to a reading error of disc management information is realized. A data processing unit records management information corresponding to a first surface as main management information on the first surface which is a data recording surface on which data recording is performed and further records mirror management information having the same content as the main management information on a second surface different from the first surface. The management information is, for example, a temporary disc management structure (TDMS) including defect region information of one surface of a disc. When one piece of management information between the main management information and the mirror management information is successfully read, data recording or reproduction can be correctly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro TERAO, Takashi NAGATOMO, Hideki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170345454
    Abstract: A configuration for preventing a recording error when a data recording process is performed on both lands and grooves of an optical disc is realized. An information processing device includes a data processing unit configured to control a data recording process on both lands and grooves of an optical disc. The data processing unit performs a process of detecting or matching positions at which data recording states of grooves or lands on both sides adjacent to a data recording target land or groove match when data are recorded on the lands or the grooves. The data processing unit performs, for example, a dummy data recording process or a skipping process as the process of matching the data recording states of the grooves or the lands on both sides adjacent to the data recording target land or groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro TERAO, Takashi NAGATOMO
  • Patent number: 9336821
    Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that controls the recording unit in a manner that recording of remaining data starts from a position over a defect occurrence area, according to occurrence of a defect, in a state in which a logical address space and a physical address space are defined with respect to a recording area of the optical recording medium, and controls the recording unit in a manner that, when the buffer area is consumed and data is not completely recorded, a recording area of the remaining data that is not completely recorded is replaced with the spare area and the remaining data is recorded on the spare area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakamuro, Takashi Nagatomo, Toshihisa Iriyama
  • Patent number: 9177590
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that performs control in a manner that, in a state in which a logical address space, a virtual address space obtained by adding at least a spare area to the logical address space, and a physical address space obtained by adding a buffer area to the virtual address space are defined, a process for replacing a recording area of the optical recording medium with the spare area is executed using a virtual address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Nagatomo, Hideyuki Nakamuro
  • Publication number: 20130258828
    Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that performs control in a manner that, in a state in which a logical address space, a virtual address space obtained by adding at least a spare area to the logical address space, and a physical address space obtained by adding a buffer area to the virtual address space are defined, a process for replacing a recording area of the optical recording medium with the spare area is executed using a virtual address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagatomo, Hideyuki Nakamuro
  • Publication number: 20130258829
    Abstract: Provided is a recording apparatus including a light radiating unit that radiates light to an optical recording medium, a recording unit that performs light emission control of the light radiating unit, and performs recording on the optical recording medium, and a control unit that controls the recording unit in a manner that recording of remaining data starts from a position over a defect occurrence area, according to occurrence of a defect, in a state in which a logical address space and a physical address space are defined with respect to a recording area of the optical recording medium, and controls the recording unit in a manner that, when the buffer area is consumed and data is not completely recorded, a recording area of the remaining data that is not completely recorded is replaced with the spare area and the remaining data is recorded on the spare area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nakamuro, Takashi Nagatomo, Toshihisa Iriyama
  • Patent number: 8040657
    Abstract: It is provided a ceramic multilayer substrate obtained by co-sintering a low dielectric constant layer made of an insulating material of a low dielectric constant and a high dielectric constant layer of a dielectric material of a high dielectric constant. The low dielectric constant layer includes a ceramic component of xBaO-yTiO2-zZnO (“x”, “y” and “z” represent molar ratios, respectively, and satisfy the relationship: x+y+z=1; 0.09?x?0.20; 0.49?y?0.61; 0.19?z?0.42) and 1.0 to 5.0 weight parts of a glass component comprising boron oxide with respect to 100 weight parts of the ceramic component. The high dielectric layer is made of a barium titanate based dielectric material with CuO and Bi2O3 added thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hasegawa, Takashi Nagatomo, Yoshinori Ide, Tadashi Otagiri
  • Patent number: 7916593
    Abstract: An optical disk device capable of increasing access speed and an image pickup device having such an optical disk device. In a region at the inside of an optical disk where the rotational speed of the spindle motor reaches its limit, a CAV mode is used for access, while in a region at the outside of the optical disk where a frequency band of an RF signal processor reaches its limit, a CLV mode is used for access. High-speed access to a maximum extent in a range of performance limits of the spindle motor and the RF signal processor is achieved. A retry feature retries failed access attempts to the optical disk when access failure is determined and a controller judges whether or not a defect of the optical disk has caused the access failure. The controller further judges if the predetermined cause of the access failure repeatedly occurs in a predetermined nearby range on the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Tanaka, Takashi Nagatomo, Akio Terada, Yuichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100149725
    Abstract: It is provided a ceramic multilayer substrate obtained by co-sintering a low dielectric constant layer made of an insulating material of a low dielectric constant and a high dielectric constant layer of a dielectric material of a high dielectric constant. The low dielectric constant layer includes a ceramic component of xBaO-yTiO2-zZnO (“x”, “y” and “z” represent molar ratios, respectively, and satisfy the relationship: x+y+z=1; 0.09?x?0.20; 0.49?y?0.61; 0.19?z?0.42) and 1.0 to 5.0 weight parts of a glass component comprising boron oxide with respect to 100 weight parts of the ceramic component. The high dielectric layer is made of a barium titanate based dielectric material with CuO and Bi2O3 added thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: Soshin Electric Co., Ltd., NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HASEGAWA, Takashi NAGATOMO, Yoshinori IDE, Tadashi OTAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20100014396
    Abstract: A drive apparatus includes n optical pickups, n control units, each controlling a corresponding one of the n optical pickups, and a communication unit that allows the n control units to communicate with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi NAGATOMO
  • Patent number: 7460442
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus for controlling two optical pickups in an optimized way in response to operation modes for rotating the optical disk. When receiving a request for seeking one optical pickup from a HOST, a CPU judges whether to move the other optical pickup synchronously to satisfy positional restriction of the two optical pickups. Furthermore, when operating one optical pickup upon, for example, a read request. from the HOST, the CPU judges whether to move the other pickup to follow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20050213446
    Abstract: An optical disk device capable of increasing access speed and an image pickup device having such an optical disk device. In a region at the inside of an optical disk where the rotational speed of the spindle motor reaches its limit, a CAV mode is used for access, while in a region at the outside of the optical disk where a frequency band of an RF signal processor reaches its limit, a CLV mode is used for access. High-speed access to a maximum extent in a range of performance limits of the spindle motor and the RF signal processor is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Norio Tanaka, Takashi Nagatomo, Akio Terada, Yuichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050195697
    Abstract: An optical disk apparatus for controlling two optical pickups in an optimized way in response to operation modes for rotating the optical disk. When receiving a request for seeking one optical pickup from a HOST, a CPU judges whether to move the other optical pickup synchronously to satisfy positional restriction of the two optical pickups. Furthermore, when operating one optical pickup upon, for example, a read request. from the HOST, the CPU judges whether to move the other pickup to follow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventor: Takashi Nagatomo