Patents by Inventor Tohru Kanegae

Tohru Kanegae 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 7760589
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a first recording device (302 etc.) for recording the first information into a first area of the first layer; a second recording device (302 etc.) for recording the second information into a predetermined area of the second layer; and a controlling device (305) for controlling the second recording device to record the second information by the laser light, while displacing an edge indicating an innermost or outermost circumference of the predetermined area in which a penetrated area penetrated by the laser light is included in the first area, in a direction to approach an edge of the predetermined area in which the penetrated area is not included in the first area, only by a predetermined length corresponding to a tolerance of a change amount indicating a change in the reproduction quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Kato, Akira Shirota, Masahiro Miura, Tohru Kanegae, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7697390
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) includes (i) a first recording layer (L0 layer) having a first track and (ii) a second recording layer (L1 layer) having a spiral or coaxial second track sharing the rotation center with the first track. (iii) The first recording layer has a first point (point Bx) indicated by a first address. (iv) The second recording layer has a second point (point Dx) which can be defined according to a predetermined positional relationship (allowable area: 10) with respect to the first point (point Bx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masahiro Kato, Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Miura, Shoji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 7681113
    Abstract: An information recording medium has recorded thereon a plurality of sets of still image information to be continuously played back in the form called a slide show audio information to be played back in synchronization with the still image information. Also recorded on the information recording medium is playback control information for playing back the audio information in synchronization with the sets of still image information. When the still image information sets are sequentially played back, the audio information is played back in synchronization with the still image information according to the playback control information. The playback control information includes audio repeat information for controlling the repetition of the audio information. The repeated playback of the audio information is controlled according to the audio repeat information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Takao Sawabe, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda, Tohru Kanegae, Yasuko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7680002
    Abstract: An information recording medium includes an object data file for storing object data as a series of content information such as video information and audio information and play list information file for storing play list information defining a reproduction sequence on play list basis. Furthermore, the medium includes a disc information file for storing a plurality of title play lists each containing information specifying play list information defining a play list to be reproduced, pre-command information and post-command information specifying commands to be executed before and after a reproduction, respectively, according to the play list information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masanori Nakahara, Takeshi Koda, Yasuko Fukuda, Takao Sawabe, Nobuyuki Takakuwa, Akira Imamura
  • 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: 20090257329
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided with: a first recording layer in which one portion of record information including predetermined data can be recorded, the predetermined data being (i) capable of setting a recording layer close to a physically or optically recorded state, and (ii) capable of setting the recording layer close to a buffer state for finalizing; and a second recording layer in which another portion of the record information can be recorded by laser light transmitted through the first recording layer, the information recording medium is provided with a management area in which management information can be recorded, the management information including (iii) identification information indicating whether or not there is a predetermined data recording area in which the predetermined data can be recorded, (iv) position information of the predetermined data recording area, and (v) attribute information of the predetermined data recording area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Tohru Kanegae, Kyusho Omori, Tatsuhiro Yone, Masahiro Miura, Eisaku Kawano
  • Patent number: 7586625
    Abstract: A position verifying apparatus is provided with: a first recording device for recording the information into a first area of the first recording layer; a second recording device for recording a part of the information by laser light which has penetrated the first area and for recording another part of the information by laser light which does not penetrate the first area, into a second area of the second recording layer including at least a partial area which faces the first area; a reproducing device for reproducing the information; and a judging device for judging whether or not the relative shift is within tolerance, on the basis of a transit position at which reproduction quality transits from the reproduction quality indicated by the part of the information reproduced to the reproduction quality indicated by the another part of the information reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masatsugu Ogawa, Masahiro Kato, Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Miura
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20090103407
    Abstract: An information recording medium (100) includes (i) a first recording layer (L0 layer) having a first track and (ii) a second recording layer (L1 layer) having a spiral or coaxial second track sharing the rotation center with the first track. (iii) The first recording layer has a first point (point Bx) indicated by a first address. (iv) The second recording layer has a second point (point Dx) which can be defined according to a predetermined positional relationship (allowable area: 10) with respect to the first point (point Bx).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tohru Kanegae, Masahiro Kato, Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Miura, Shoji Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20090046551
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus (1) is provided with: a detecting device (11) for irradiating an information recording medium with laser light (LB) and detecting reflected light as a detection signal, the information recording medium including a first recording layer (L0) and a second recording layer (L1); a high pass filter (14) for performing a filtering process on the detected detection signal; and a reproducing device (15, 16) for performing a reproduction process of the filtered detection signal to reproduce the data, the high pass filter attenuates a fluctuation component of the detection signal, caused by a relative eccentricity between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, by a first attenuation amount (34 dB) or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Kato, Masahiro Miura, Tohru Kanegae, Kyusho Omori, Tatsuhiro Yone
  • Publication number: 20090003175
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus (300) is provided with: a first recording device (302 etc.) for recording the first information into a first area of the first layer; a second recording device (302 etc.) for recording the second information into a predetermined area of the second layer; and a controlling device (305) for controlling the second recording device to record the second information by the laser light, while displacing an edge indicating an innermost or outermost circumference of the predetermined area in which a penetrated area penetrated by the laser light is included in the first area, in a direction to approach an edge of the predetermined area in which the penetrated area is not included in the first area, only by a predetermined length corresponding to a tolerance of a change amount indicating a change in the reproduction quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisaku Kawano, Masahiro Kato, Akira Shirota, Masahiro Miura, Tohru Kanegae, Shoji Taniguchi, Eiji Muramatsu
  • 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
  • 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