Patents by Inventor Toshiya Akiba

Toshiya Akiba 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: 9242907
    Abstract: A biomass gasification gas purification system has a dust removal apparatus for filtering soot and dust from biomass gasification gas (including tar component) obtained through the gasification of the biomass using a biomass gasification furnace, a desulfurization apparatus for removing sulfur oxide component in the filtered biomass gasification gas, first to third pre-reformation reactors that provide pre-reforming catalyst for reforming the tar component in the biomass gasification gas after desulfurization, and first and second coolers that are interposed between the first to third pre-reformation reactors, and for cooling the reformed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
  • Patent number: 8946307
    Abstract: A biomass gasification gas purification system includes a dust collector for removing dust in biomass gasification gas (containing tar components) acquired by gasifying biomass by a biomass gasification furnace, a desulfurizer for removing sulfur oxide components in the dust-removed biomass gasification gas, a pre-reforming reactor for reforming tar components in the desulfurized biomass gasification gas, a steam feed unit for feeding steam to an upstream side of the pre-reforming reactor, and a natural-gas feed unit for feeding natural gas on an upstream side of the desulfurizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
  • Publication number: 20130109766
    Abstract: A biomass gasification gas purification system has a dust removal apparatus for filtering soot and dust from biomass gasification gas (including tar component) obtained through the gasification of the biomass using a biomass gasification furnace, a desulfurization apparatus for removing sulfur oxide component in the filtered biomass gasification gas, first to third pre-reformation reactors that provide pre-reforming catalyst for reforming the tar component in the biomass gasification gas after desulfurization, and first and second coolers that are interposed between the first to third pre-reformation reactors, and for cooling the reformed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
  • Publication number: 20130085307
    Abstract: A biomass gasification gas purification system includes a dust collector for removing dust in biomass gasification gas (containing tar components) acquired by gasifying biomass by a biomass gasification furnace, a desulfurizer for removing sulfur oxide components in the dust-removed biomass gasification gas, a pre-reforming reactor for reforming tar components in the desulfurized biomass gasification gas, a steam feed unit for feeding steam to an upstream side of the pre-reforming reactor, and a natural-gas feed unit for feeding natural gas on an upstream side of the desulfurizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
  • Publication number: 20120092456
    Abstract: A video signal processing device which includes, a stereoscopic image input unit which alternately inputs a video frame for a left eye and a video frame for a right eye, in a time sharing manner; a plane memory which maintains graphic data which overlaps with the video frame; a read phase addition unit which gives a phase difference when reading the graphic data from the plane memory at the time of displaying the video frame for the left eye and the video frame for the right eye; and a video overlapping unit which overlaps each graphic data of which a read phase is provided with a difference, with each of the video frame for the left eye and the video frame for the right eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya AKIBA
  • Patent number: 7295756
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 7133593
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 7130524
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 7127151
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 7092619
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 7085472
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 6952522
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163473
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163468
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163471
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163469
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163470
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Publication number: 20050163472
    Abstract: By reducing the number of seek operations in an operation to play back a signal from a recording medium, the amount of data temporarily stored in a read buffer memory employed in a signal recording/playback apparatus is large enough to be output as a playback signal during a seek operation, allowing a continuous playback operation to be carried out. In order to reduce the number of seek operations, a signal is always recorded onto the recording medium in continuous free areas each having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined recording/playback time length which is typically set at 1 minute. If it is necessary to insert an additional signal having a length smaller than the predetermined recording/playback time length into a point of insertion in an area already occupied by an existing signal, a continuous free area with a size equal to or larger than the predetermined recording/playback time length is newly allocated to the additional signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
  • Patent number: 6847776
    Abstract: In a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which performs the recording for recording a signal on the recording medium DISK and the playback for playing back the recorded signal from the recording medium DISK at the same time, the recording position and the playback position are set independently and arbitrarily. Record starting position information PREC on the recording medium DISK for starting the recording is stored, playback starting position information PPB on the recording medium DISK for starting the playback is stored, and the recording based on the record starting position information PREC and the playback based on the playback starting position information PPB are independently performed, so as to realize a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which can set the record starting position PREC and the playback starting position PPB arbitrarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Tomita, Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Toshiya Akiba, Noboru Murabayashi, Toshimichi Hamada, Taro Suito, Katsunari Miyata, Koichi Chotoku
  • Publication number: 20030142956
    Abstract: In a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which performs the recording for recording a signal on the recording medium DISK and the playback for playing back the recorded signal from the recording medium DISK at the same time, the recording position and the playback position are set independently and arbitrarily. Record starting position information PREC on the recording medium DISK for starting the recording is stored, playback starting position information PPB on the recording medium DISK for starting the playback is stored, and the recording based on the record starting position information PREC and the playback based on the playback starting position information PPB are independently performed, so as to realize a signal record/playback apparatus and its method which can set the record starting position PREC and the playback starting position PPB arbitrarily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: MASAMI TOMITA, TAKAO TAKAHASHI, MASASHI OHTA, HIROSHI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIYA AKIBA, NOBORU MURABAYASHI, TOSHIMICHI HAMADA, TARO SUITO, KATSUNARI MIYATA, KOICHI CHOTOKU