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).
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Patent number: 9242907Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
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Patent number: 8946307Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
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Publication number: 20130109766Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
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Publication number: 20130085307Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Wataru Matsubara, Shinya Tachibana, Toshiya Akiba, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Takeshi Amari
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Publication number: 20120092456Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Toshiya AKIBA
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Patent number: 7295756Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 7133593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 7130524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 7127151Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 7092619Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 7085472Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 6952522Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163468Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163471Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163470Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Publication number: 20050163472Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Toshiya Akiba, Masami Tomita, Taro Suito
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Patent number: 6847776Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 1999Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masami Tomita, Takao Takahashi, Masashi Ohta, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Toshiya Akiba, Noboru Murabayashi, Toshimichi Hamada, Taro Suito, Katsunari Miyata, Koichi Chotoku
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Publication number: 20030142956Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 1999Publication date: July 31, 2003Inventors: MASAMI TOMITA, TAKAO TAKAHASHI, MASASHI OHTA, HIROSHI KOBAYASHI, TOSHIYA AKIBA, NOBORU MURABAYASHI, TOSHIMICHI HAMADA, TARO SUITO, KATSUNARI MIYATA, KOICHI CHOTOKU