Patents by Inventor Takeshi Koda

Takeshi Koda 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: 7936491
    Abstract: A hologram recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a recording device (100) for recording record information into a hologram recording medium (1); a measuring device (325) for measuring a time elapsed from when the recording of the record information is stopped to when the recording of the record information is restarted; a first controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is shorter than a time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded; and a second controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device not to multiplex-record the record information, if the measured elapsed time is longer than the time length in which the record information can be multiplex-recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7933192
    Abstract: At least a first recording layer (L0 layer) and a second recording layer (L1 layer) are provided. The first recording layer is disc-shaped, and has a first recording track path formed for recording recording information. The second recording layer is disc-shaped, arranged on the first recording layer and has a second recording track path formed in an opposite direction to the first recording track path for recording recording information. On edge parts on the outer circumference sides of the first recording layer and the second recording layer, first buffer areas (104-0 and 104-1) are further provided for preventing a recording or reproducing position from deviating from the first recording layer or the second recording layer and for interlayer jump. At least a part of the first buffer area is previously formed as a pre-recording area by an embossed pit (in the case of DVD-RW) or by a pit formed by recording laser irradiation (in the case of DVD-R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kuroda, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7929829
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided with: a file for storing object data which constitutes a series of content information, such as picture information or video 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 play list. The information recording medium is further provided with a disc information file for storing a plurality of title play lists including information for specifying the play list information which defines the play list to be reproduced, Pre command information and Post command information, which indicate commands to be executed before and after the reproduction, respectively, based on the play list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Akira Imamura
  • Patent number: 7903525
    Abstract: A hologram recording apparatus (300) records record information into a hologram recording medium (100) on which a hologram recording layer (11) and a position information recording layer (13). The hologram recording apparatus is provided with: a first recording device (101) for recording the record information into the hologram recording layer; and a second recording device (121) for setting an area portion of the position information recording layer in a recorded state, the area portion of the position information recording layer corresponding to an area portion of the hologram recording layer in which the record information is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Kazuo Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7882730
    Abstract: There is provided an ignition diagnosis apparatus that detects ignition abnormality in a multi-point-ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko Tanaya, Yumi Takaoka, Takahiko Inada, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7869318
    Abstract: A write-once-type recording medium (100) on which record data can be recorded only once, provided with: a data area (108) to record therein the record data; and a shared area (104, 105) to temporarily record therein evacuation data which is record data to be recorded or already recorded at a position of a defect in the data area and defect management information (120) including an evacuation source address of the evacuation data, the evacuation data being recorded with one predetermined point which exists in the shared area as a start point, the defect management information being recorded with another predetermined point which exists at a different point from the one point as a start point, in the shared area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Masayoshi Yoshida, Keiji Katata
  • Patent number: 7863903
    Abstract: A combustion state detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, includes convexity detection means (30) for detecting that domain within the detection interval in which the change shape of the ionic current is upwardly convex, on the basis of the ionic current data extracted by data extraction means (20), and preignition decision means (40) including comparison setting means for setting a comparison value with which the upwardly convex domain is compared, and functioning to decide the occurrence of the preignition or the premonitory phenomenon thereof when the upwardly convex domain lies at a timing earlier than the comparison value, wherein the convexity detection means (30) includes leak current judgment means for judging the appearance of a leak current across electrodes, and it enables the detection of the upwardly convex domain when the appearance of the leak current has been judged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Koda, Takahiko Inada, Kimihiko Tanaya
  • Patent number: 7860368
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) on which there are recorded: a series of content information which includes an image portion which can be a background image; button information (301) for defining a button menu which allows an operation as for the content information and which is displayed during the reproduction of the content information; and play list information (120) for defining reproduction sequence of the content information by a unit of item, which constitutes the content information and which is accessible upon reproduction, the button information including a plurality of button pages (301p) each of which can constitute the button menu and whose display can be changed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7848214
    Abstract: An information record medium contains a plurality of content informations and a plurality of play list sets each including a plurality of play list informations defining the reproduction sequence of the content informations. In addition, the information recording medium contains title information designating at least one play list set, which corresponds to the content informations to be reproduced, from among the plurality of play list sets to reproduce the plurality of content informations as a title, the title being a logical information unit of the plurality of content informations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20100257921
    Abstract: There is provided an ignition diagnosis apparatus that detects ignition abnormality in a multi-point-ignition internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihiko TANAYA, Yumi TAKAOKA, Takahiko INADA, Takeshi KODA
  • Publication number: 20100258081
    Abstract: There is provided a combustion state detecting apparatus capable of detecting combustion-state abnormality in an internal combustion engine. A comparison timing is set to be advanced in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the ending timing of an electric quantity based on an ion that occurs when ignition is performed normally through a predetermined ignition signal among the plurality of ignition signals; in the case where, as a result of the comparison between the detected ending timing of an electric quantity based on an ion and the comparison timing, the ending timing is advanced in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft with respect to the comparison timing, it is determined that the combustion based on ignition through the predetermined ignition signal is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiko TANAYA, Takahiko Inada, Yumi Takaoka, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7805677
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) on which there are recorded: a series of content information which includes an image portion which can be a background image; button information (301) for defining a button menu which allows an operation as for the content information and which is displayed during the reproduction of the content information; and play list information (120) for defining reproduction sequence of the content information by a unit of item, which constitutes the content information and which is accessible upon reproduction, the button information including a plurality of button pages (301p) each of which can constitute the button menu and whose display can be changed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7801418
    Abstract: A whole stream consisting of a plurality of partial streams each composed of content information including still image information is multiplexed/recorded in packet basis on an information medium. The information record medium includes a file for storing object data consisting of a plurality of packets each containing a content information piece and a file for storing information defining an object data reproduction sequence. Furthermore, the medium includes an object information file for storing stream identification information for identifying each of the plurality of partial streams among the plurality of packets and address information indicating a recording position of an access unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takeshi Koda, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takao Sawabe, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7801007
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes at least a disc-shaped first recording layer having a first recording track formed for recording record information and a disc-shaped second recording layer having a second recording track formed for recording the record information in the same recording direction as the first recording track of the first recording layer. A second place serving as a reference of a pre-format address for indicating the start position of the data area in the second recording track (position of a circle of address 30000h in the radius direction in the L1 layer) is located at an outer side as compared to a first position serving as the pre-format address for indicating the start position of the data area in the first recording track (position of a circle of address 30000h in the radius direction in the L0 layer) at least by a predetermined first offset amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Tsuyoshi Namiki, Takeshi Koda, Keiji Katata, Masami Oishi
  • Patent number: 7801015
    Abstract: An optical disk (100) comprises recording management areas (103, 113) in which record management data for managing data recording is recorded. The record management data includes (i) physical position information (122, 125, 126) indicating the positions of physical buffer areas in which buffer data for buffering recording operation is physically recorded and (ii) logical position information (121) indicating the position of a logical buffer area in which buffer data is logically recorded or to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Yoshida, Keiji Katata, Takeshi Koda, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu, Masahiro Kato, Masahiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Hasebe
  • Patent number: 7787743
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) on which there are recorded: a series of content information which includes an image portion which can be a background image; button information (301) for defining a button menu which allows an operation as for the content information and which is displayed during the reproduction of the content information; and play list information (120) for defining reproduction sequence of the content information by a unit of item, which constitutes the content information and which is accessible upon reproduction, the button information including a plurality of button pages (301p) each of which can constitute the button menu and whose display can be changed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20100177612
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus mutually communicates with a number-of-copying-times management server via a communication network, the server performing management by correlating medium identification information that enables unique identification of an information recording medium, with information related to number of allowable copying times of digital contents recorded on the information recording medium. The apparatus acquires the medium identification information of the inserted information recording medium, and acquires information related to the number of allowable copying times correlated with the acquired medium identification information, from the number-of-copying-times management server, for recordation in a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Takeshi Koda
  • Patent number: 7742683
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes a file for storing object data consisting of a plurality of packets and a file for storing, as its reproduction control information, (i) correspondence definition information for defining relationship between a plurality of packets and a plurality of partial streams multiplexed on the time axis and (ii) reproduction output group definition information for defining as the reproduction output group a set of partial streams which can be switched among the plurality of partial streams. The partial streams include a plurality of channel streams wherein audio information on plural channels is recorded in one stream. The reproduction output group definition information defines the reproduction output group in such a way that a plurality of channel streams can redundantly belong to it. The reproduction output group to which plural channel streams redundantly belong is added by channel specification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20100154067
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus mutually communicates with a server via a communication network, the server performing management by correlating medium identification information that enables unique identification of an information recording medium with information related to number of allowable copying times of digital contents recorded on the information recording medium. The apparatus acquires the medium identification information of the inserted information recording medium, and acquires information related to the number of allowable copying times correlated with the acquired medium identification information, from the server, and acquires copy destination history information in a copying process, for recordation in a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Yuji Shimizu, Takeshi Koda
  • Publication number: 20100115026
    Abstract: A content distribution system (100) includes a server device (3) and a client device (2) which are contained in a network (17), and an information recording medium (1) capable of being set in the client device and recordable. The client device, when the information recording medium on which prepaid information or content identification information is recorded is set, transmits the recorded information to the server device. The server device distributes the contents corresponding to the content identification information to the client device within the prepaid range indicated by the prepaid information. The client device stores the contents to be distributed in a storage element (9) and further copies them to the information recording medium. With this, content distribution excellent in promptness and safety can be achieved and also an information recording medium on which desired contents are recorded can be safely and surely delivered to the user's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Katata, Takeshi Koda, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Masayoshi Yoshida, Masahiro Kato