Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Yamagami

Tamotsu Yamagami 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: 10200122
    Abstract: A communication device is disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a communication device includes an aperture section configured to attach to a protruding section of another communication device magnetically, and a first wireless communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with a second wireless communicator of the another communication device at a frequency associated with a millimeter-wave band, the first wireless communicator including at least one transmitting coupler, wherein the at least one transmitting coupler converts a wired signal to a radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Publication number: 20170317753
    Abstract: A communication device is disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a communication device includes an aperture section configured to attach to a protruding section of another communication device magnetically, and a first wireless communicator configured to wirelessly communicate with a second wireless communicator of the another communication device at a frequency associated with a millimeter-wave band, the first wireless communicator including at least one transmitting coupler, wherein the at least one transmitting coupler converts a wired signal to a radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 9749048
    Abstract: A connector provided on a projector has an RF chip. A plug connected to the connector has an RF chip at a position opposite to the RF chip of the connector. When a protruding section of the plug is inserted and fit into an aperture section of the connector, the RF chip of the plug and the RF chip of the connector perform wireless communication with each other in a non-contact state. Thus, a connecting tool can be easily attached to/detached from a receiving tool without breaking a terminal due to contact such as in a case where a conventional contact type terminal is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 9246588
    Abstract: A connector provided on a projector has an RF chip. A plug connected to the connector has an RF chip at a position opposite to the RF chip of the connector. When a protruding section of the plug is inserted and fit into an aperture section of the connector, the RF chip of the plug and the RF chip of the connector perform wireless communication with each other in a non-contact state. Thus, a connecting tool can be easily attached to/detached from a receiving tool without breaking a terminal due to contact such as in a case where a conventional contact type terminal is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Publication number: 20160018611
    Abstract: A connector provided on a projector has an RF chip. A plug connected to the connector has an RF chip at a position opposite to the RF chip of the connector. When a protruding section of the plug is inserted and fit into an aperture section of the connector, the RF chip of the plug and the RF chip of the connector perform wireless communication with each other in a non-contact state. Thus, a connecting tool can be easily attached to/detached from a receiving tool without breaking a terminal due to contact such as in a case where a conventional contact type terminal is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 8565055
    Abstract: In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Shinichiro Iimura
  • Publication number: 20130243437
    Abstract: A connector provided on a projector has an RF chip. A plug connected to the connector has an RF chip at a position opposite to the RF chip of the connector. When a protruding section of the plug is inserted and fit into an aperture section of the connector, the RF chip of the plug and the RF chip of the connector perform wireless communication with each other in a non-contact state. Thus, a connecting tool can be easily attached to/detached from a receiving tool without breaking a terminal due to contact such as in a case where a conventional contact type terminal is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Kishima, Ayataka Nishio, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 8305856
    Abstract: To record specific information to a disk-shaped record medium and reproduce the recorded specific information without any influence on the error correction capability. Copy protection information (CPID) having an error correction code appended thereto, shuffled and otherwise treated is sent as a CPID bit block to an EDC rewrite circuit (14). The EDC rewrite circuit (14) rewrites an error detection code appended to user data in each sector in accordance with bit information in the CPID bit block. Thereafter, the data in each sector is scrambled, and an ECC block including a plurality of sectors is modulated with an error correction code and sync signal appended thereto. The modulated signal is recorded in a reserve area of a lead-in area of the disk-shaped record medium. During reproduction, CPID is restored based on the result of error detection of each sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Yuji Takagi, Makoto Usui, Paulus Gijsbertus Petrus Weijenbergh, Bart Van Rompaey
  • Publication number: 20120257485
    Abstract: In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Shinichiro Iimura
  • Patent number: 8270267
    Abstract: In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Shinichiro Iimura
  • Publication number: 20110216637
    Abstract: In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei KOBAYASHI, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Shinichiro Iimura
  • Patent number: 7975206
    Abstract: An ECC block is constituted by RS(248,216,33). Of a data length of 216 bytes (symbols), only 16 bytes are allocated to BCA data and the remaining 200 bytes are used for fixed data having a predetermined value. Using the fixed data of 200 bytes and the BCA data of 16 bytes, parities of 32 bytes (symbols) are calculated. Only the BCA data of 16 bytes and the parities of the former 16 bytes of the 32-byte parities, that is, a total of 32 bytes only, are recorded in a burst cutting area of an optical disc. In decoding, error correction processing is carried out by using the fixed data of 200 bytes. The unrecorded parities of 16 bytes are processed as having been erased. Thus, the error correction capability in a burst cutting area of an optical disc can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Susumu Senshu, Tamotsu Yamagami, Makoto Usui, Hideshi Ishihara, Mitsurou Moriya, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek
  • Patent number: 7965604
    Abstract: In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Shinichiro Iimura
  • Patent number: 7913146
    Abstract: Optical discs are adapted to be used with a light beam having a wavelength of 405 nm for recording or reproducing data. Error correcting blocks for recording BMID including copy protection key information are defined on optical discs (1) dedicated to data reproduction. A data string of BMID to be recorded has 64 bytes. An error correcting block is constituted by 304 columns of error correcting code words (LDC). A BMID data string of 64 bytes is inserted to predetermined 64 error correcting code words (LDC) of a block (304 columns of error correcting code words). The total code length of the predetermined 64 error correcting code words (LDC) is 248 bytes, of which a predetermined byte (symbol) is replaced by a predetermined byte (symbol) of the BMID data string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Seiji Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami
  • Patent number: 7861142
    Abstract: Four ECC blocks are recorded in a burst cutting area of an optical disc. Each ECC block is constituted by a BCA content code of 1 byte, content data length of 1 byte, and content data of 14 bytes. Of the BCA content data, the leading 6 bits are used for application ID and the remaining 2 bits are used for block number. Disc ID is stored in the content data. Since the four ECC blocks exist, the optical disc can be managed individually by four applications at the maximum. Thus it becomes possible to manage the same optical disc by a plurality of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Susumu Senshu, Tamotsu Yamagami, Makoto Usui, Hideshi Ishihara, Mitsurou Moriya, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek
  • Patent number: 7698622
    Abstract: An ECC block is constituted by RS(248, 216, 33). Of a data length of 216 bytes (symbols), only 16 bytes are allocated to BCA data and the remaining 200 bytes are used for fixed data having a predetermined value. Using the fixed data of 200 bytes and the BCA data of 16 bytes, parities of 32 bytes (symbols) are calculated. Only the BCA data of 16 bytes and the parities of the former 16 bytes of the 32-byte parities, that is, a total of 32 bytes only, are recorded in a burst cutting area of an optical disc. In decoding, error correction processing is carried out by using the fixed data of 200 bytes. The unrecorded parities of 16 bytes are processed as having been erased. Thus, the error correction capability in a burst cutting area of an optical disc can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Susumu Senshu, Tamotsu Yamagami, Makoto Usui, Hideshi Ishihara, Mitsurou Moriya, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek
  • Patent number: 7624331
    Abstract: Four ECC blocks are recorded in a burst cutting area of an optical disc. Each ECC block is constituted by a BCA content code of 1 byte, content data length of 1 byte, and content data of 14 bytes. Of the BCA content data, the leading 6 bits are used for application ID and the remaining 2 bits are used for block number. Disc ID is stored in the content data. Since the four ECC blocks exist, the optical disc can be managed individually by four applications at the maximum. Thus it becomes possible to manage the same optical disc by a plurality of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Susumu Senshu, Tamotsu Yamagami, Makoto Usui, Hideshi Ishihara, Mitsurou Moriya, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek
  • Patent number: 7616552
    Abstract: An optical disc or other optical recording medium enables reading barcode-shaped-BCA marks in a burst cutting area (BCA) with tracking on while making tampering with the BCA marks difficult. The optical disc 100 has a first area 102 containing tracks at a first track pitch d2, and a second area 101 containing tracks at a second track pitch d1. The barcode-shaped marks 104 are recorded in the second area, and the second track pitch is wider than the first track pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Panasonic Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Abe, Shin-ichi Tanaka, Hiroshi Ogawa, Jacobus Petrus Josephus Heemskerk, Tamotsu Yamagami, Cornelis Marinus Schep
  • Patent number: 7613986
    Abstract: An ECC block is constituted by RS(248,216,33). Of a data length of 216 bytes (symbols), only 16 bytes are allocated to BCA data and the remaining 200 bytes are used for fixed data having a predetermined value. Using the fixed data of 200 bytes and the BCA data of 16 bytes, parities of 32 bytes (symbols) are caculated. Only the BCA data of 16 bytes and the parities of the former 16 bytes of the 32-byte parities, that is, a total of 32 bytes only, are recorded in a burst cutting area of an optical disc. In decoding, error correction processing is carried out by using the fixed data of 200 bytes. The unrecorded parities of 16 bytes are processed as having been erased. Thus the error correction capability in a burst cutting area of an optical disc can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Susumu Senshu, Tamotsu Yamagami, Makoto Usui, Hideshi Ishihara, Mitsurou Moriya, Cornelis Marinus Schep, Jakob Gerrit Nijboer, Aalbert Stek
  • Publication number: 20090034383
    Abstract: To record specific information to a disk-shaped record medium and reproduce the recorded specific information without any influence on the error correction capability. Copy protection information (CPID) having an error correction code appended thereto, shuffled and otherwise treated is sent as a CPID bit block to an EDC rewrite circuit (14). The EDC rewrite circuit (14) rewrites an error detection code appended to user data in each sector in accordance with bit information in the CPID bit block. Thereafter, the data in each sector is scrambled, and an ECC block including a plurality of sectors is modulated with an error correction code and sync signal appended thereto. The modulated signal is recorded in a reserve area of a lead-in area of the disk-shaped record medium. During reproduction, CPID is restored based on the result of error detection of each sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Shoei Kobayashi, Tamotsu Yamagami, Yuji Takagi, Makoto Usui, Paulus Gijsbertus Petrus Weijenbergh, Bart Van Rompaey