Patents by Inventor Tomoyasu Amano

Tomoyasu Amano 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).

  • AV decoder control method and AV decoder control apparatus
    Patent number: 6978082
    Abstract: There is provided an AV decoder control method and an AV decoder control apparatus for controlling an AV decoder so that it performs a trick play by continuously displaying I picture of MPEG video data. A plurality of bit streams having a predetermined bit length and positioned at arbitrary intervals are sequentially and separately input to the AV decoder. I pictures included in these bit streams having the predetermined bit length are continuously displayed while sequentially updating the I pictures, whereby high-speed I playback is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyasu Amano
  • Recording/reproduction apparatus and recording device
    Publication number: 20040264928
    Abstract: A recording/reproduction apparatus according to the present invention issues a vendor command to a recording device (104) being loaded therein when reading or writing data from/into the recording device (104), and updates last access information that is recorded on a disc (303) in the recording device (104). Further, when the recording device is loaded into a recording/reproduction apparatus other than a dedicated recording/reproduction apparatus that is capable of updating the last access information recorded on the disc (303), the recording device (104) clears the last access information by itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Chiaki Fujii, Isao Yamamoto, Tomoyasu Amano, Kazuhiko Tomoyasu