Patents by Inventor Takuji Shimoda

Takuji Shimoda 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: 8244114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recoding apparatus and a recording method, a playback apparatus and a playback method, a recording/playback apparatus and a recording/playback method, and a program, whereby processing relating to a file can be readily performed. With a video camera wherein with regard to H.264/AVC for example, which is a coding method arranged to encode or decode data, a codec class arranged to classify the performance of a codec configured to encode or decode data, and a codec level serving as a group of said one or more codec classes whose upper compatibility is ensured, are based on stipulated specifications, data is encoded into, for example, coded data of a codec class #2, for example, within a codec level AVC_A by H.264/AVC. The coded data is recorded in a recording medium, for example, as a file “AVCA0001.MP4” whose file name represents the codec level AVC_A of the coded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishizaka, Osamu Date, Takuji Shimoda, Takahito Seki, Keiji Kanota, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 8108934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that processes an encrypted content. The apparatus includes a control section configured to control the following processes, such as a generation process, a moving range determination process, a holding process, a copying process, and an inactivation process. Such processes are to be performed independently in a specified order as a process for achieving moving out of at least a part of the encrypted content from a moving source to a moving destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Mitsuiki, Munetake Ebihara, Takuji Shimoda, Nobuhisa Toshitani, Hideyuki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20090041430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recoding apparatus and a recording method, a playback apparatus and a playback method, a recording/playback apparatus and a recording/playback method, and a program, whereby processing relating to a file can be readily performed. With a video camera wherein with regard to H.264/AVC for example, which is a coding method arranged to encode or decode data, a codec class arranged to classify the performance of a codec configured to encode or decode data, and a codec level serving as a group of said one or more codec classes whose upper compatibility is ensured, are based on stipulated specifications, data is encoded into, for example, coded data of a codec class #2, for example, within a codec level AVC_A by H.264/AVC. The coded data is recorded in a recording medium, for example, as a file “AVCA0001.MP4” whose file name represents the codec level AVC_A of the coded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishizaka, Osamu Date, Takuji Shimoda, Takahito Seki, Keiji Kanota, Makoto Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080219442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that processes an encrypted content. The apparatus includes a control section configured to control the following processes, such as a generation process, a moving range determination process, a holding process, a copying process, and an inactivation process. Such processes are to be performed independently in a specified order as a process for achieving moving out of at least a part of the encrypted content from a moving source to a moving destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Mitsuiki, Munetake Ebihara, Takuji Shimoda, Nobuhisa Toshitani, Hideyuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 5992924
    Abstract: An impact energy absorbing structure includes a front pillar (30) including flange joint portions (44, 45) where flanges respectively of an outer panel (38) and an inner panel (40) are overlapped and joined, a pillar garnish (32) disposed with a space (d) from the front pillar, an energy absorber (34) disposed in the space, and a plurality of abutting ribs (36). The abutting rib is formed so as to bump against the flange joint portion (44) when the pillar garnish deforms outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Noritake, Masamichi Aono, Takuji Shimoda
  • Patent number: 5936927
    Abstract: In a disk drive apparatus for driving a CD or CD-ROM having a disk tray with a recess, the recess is provided with a plurality of pawls that keep the disk stable when it is loaded in the recess and the apparatus is vertical. In this way, unexpected contact of the outer circumference of the disk with the outer circumference of the recess is avoided. The recess is moreover provided with insulators that fully allow deformation or displacement of a base unit in one direction, but minimize it in other directions. External vibrations acting on the apparatus when it is vertical are therefore effectively damped, and rotation of the disk in the apparatus is steady.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Soga, Yoshikazu Ishimatsu, Toshiro Ota, Takuji Shimoda
  • Patent number: 5793729
    Abstract: In a disk drive apparatus for driving a CD or CD-ROM having a disk tray with a recess, the recess is provided with a plurality of pawls that keep the disk stable when it is loaded in the recess and the apparatus is vertical. In this way, unexpected contact of the outer circumference of the disk with the outer circumference of the recess is avoided. The recess is moreover provided with insulators that fully allow deformation or displacement of a base unit in one direction, but minimize it in other directions. External vibrations acting on the apparatus when it is vertical are therefore effectively damped, and rotation of the disk in the apparatus is steady.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Soga, Yoshikazu Ishimatsu, Toshiro Ota, Takuji Shimoda
  • Patent number: 5737304
    Abstract: In a disk drive apparatus for driving a CD or CD-ROM having a disk tray with a recess, the recess is provided with a plurality of pawls that keep the disk stable when it is loaded in the recess and the apparatus is vertical. In this way, unexpected contact of the outer circumference of the disk with the outer circumference of the recess is avoided. The recess is moreover provided with insulators that fully allow deformation or displacement of a base unit in one direction, but minimize it in other directions. External vibrations acting on the apparatus when it is vertical are therefore effectively damped, and rotation of the disk in the apparatus is steady.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Soga, Yoshikazu Ishimatsu, Toshiro Ota, Takuji Shimoda
  • Patent number: 4607879
    Abstract: This invention relates to a vehicle door structure which has an improved outer aesthetic appearance and which can reduce air resistance along the outer surface of a vehicle. The vehicle door structure includes a fastener and a door weather strip. The fastener is fixed on a body side member of the vehicle, and the door weather strip is mounted on the fastener. The door weather strip includes a core portion made of solid rubber and a crust portion made of sponge rubber. The core portion includes an outer recess and the crust portion includes an inner recess and a contact portion. The fastener includes an outer hook inserted into the outer recess of the core portion of the door weather strip and an inner hook inserted into the inner recess of the crust portion of the door weather strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunori Mori, Takuji Shimoda, Kiyokazu Seo