Patents by Inventor Toyoji Gushima

Toyoji Gushima 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).

  • Publication number: 20080247302
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Toyoji GUSHIMA, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7433277
    Abstract: A wobble demodulator for reproducing digital information from an optical recording medium in which a track is formed in accordance with a wobble signal that is MSK-modulated so as to contain the digital information by a carrier signal with a predetermined frequency and a sine wave signal with a frequency different from that of the carrier signal, includes: a wobble signal detector for detecting a wobble signal of the track from the optical recording medium; a wobble PLL for detecting the carrier signal based on the wobble signal detected by the wobble signal detector; a multiplier for multiplying the carrier signal detected by the wobble PLL by the wobble signal detected by the wobble signal detector and outputting a multiplied output; a MSK detector for detecting a MSK modulation mark having a phase or a frequency different from that of the carrier signal, based on an integrated value obtained by integrating the multiplied output from the multiplier on a predetermined section basis; and a MSK synchronization
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Nakata, Toyoji Gushima, Makoto Usui, Kazuya Ohshima, Junichi Minamino
  • Publication number: 20080212438
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080205237
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Toyoji GUSHIMA, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7414946
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7403462
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080152412
    Abstract: The present invention performs labeling that matches the information recorded on a recording medium. A recording/reproducing apparatus (10) is an apparatus that labels the content stored on a recording medium (20) on the recording medium (20), and includes a control unit (11) that acquires label information for labeling the content and a printing unit (12) that labels the label information on the recording medium (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Mamoru Shoji, Toyoji Gushima, Akira Muto, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7385903
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20070230314
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Toyoji GUSHIMA, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7277368
    Abstract: Stable playback performance is assured and data loss due to out-of-step synchronization is reduced even when playback signal quality deteriorates due to such cause as a recording medium defect. The playback method applies to a recording medium to which data is recorded in block units containing multiple fixed-length frames together with block address information. The data and the block address information are acquired from the recording medium. The recording position of each frame in a block is then predicted from the acquired block address information. Synchronization is then set to the frame level based on the acquired data, and the memory address for storing the acquired data is determined based on the predicted recording position. The acquired data is then stored at the determined memory address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Makoto Usui, Yuji Takagi, Yuichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20070081432
    Abstract: On an optical disk medium according to the present invention, address information is recorded along a wobbling track groove 2. The track groove 2 is made up of a plurality of unit sections 22, 23. Each of these unit sections 22, 23 has side faces that are displaced periodically in a disk radial direction. This displacement oscillates at a single period in a tracking direction. However, the displacement pattern differs depending on “each bit of address information (subdivided information)” allocated to each of the unit sections 22, 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Junichi Minamino, Atsushi Nakamura, Shigeru Furumiya, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Takashi Ishida, Toyoji Gushima
  • Publication number: 20070058514
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7190651
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Ikunori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070053263
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Toyoji GUSHIMA, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7158464
    Abstract: A recording medium comprising a recording area, the recording area includes a first area and a second area, the first area includes a frame area, the frame area includes an area in which a second synchronization code sequence and at least a portion of data are to be recorded, and the second area includes an area in which a third synchronization code sequence and a fourth synchronization code sequence are to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Shigeru Furumiya, Takashi Ishida, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Hironori Deguchi, Atsushi Nakamura, Junichi Minamino, Makoto Usui, Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7145843
    Abstract: An optical disk comprises a track groove on which positional information indicating a physical location on the track groove is represented by a wobble shape of the track groove. The optical disk includes a plurality of positional information units that are arranged on the track groove. Each said positional information unit includes: a positional information section that represents the positional information by a combination of wobble patterns selected from multiple types of wobble patterns that have been defined so as to correspond to respective signal waveforms that rise and fall mutually differently; a sync mark section having a wobble pattern in a shape distinguishable from the wobble patterns of the positional information section; and a precision positioning mark section ahead of each said positional information section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Minamino, Atsushi Nakamura, Shigeru Furumiya, Hiromichi Ishibashi, Takashi Ishida, Toyoji Gushima
  • Patent number: 7139227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Ikunori Inoue
  • Patent number: 7139228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for an optical disc such as a DVD which can keep proper edge position of a recording pulse to record data of high quality without depending on a fluctuation in a supply voltage and a fluctuation in a temperature. The optical disc device according to the present invention comprises a laser driver for driving a laser to record data on an optical disc, a recording pulse generator for generating a recording pulse signal by using a predetermined delay circuit, to control the switching of the laser power of the laser driver, a delay amount measuring section for measuring the delay amount of a delay circuit in the recording pulse generator, and a recording pulse position correction section for correcting the predetermined edge position of the recording pulse based on the result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Ikunori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20060256682
    Abstract: A wobble demodulator for reproducing digital information from an optical recording medium in which a track is formed in accordance with a wobble signal that is MSK-modulated so as to contain the digital information by a carrier signal with a predetermined frequency and a sine wave signal with a frequency different from that of the carrier signal, includes: a wobble signal detector for detecting a wobble signal of the track from the optical recording medium; a wobble PLL for detecting the carrier signal based on the wobble signal detected by the wobble signal detector; a multiplier for multiplying the carrier signal detected by the wobble PLL by the wobble signal detected by the wobble signal detector and outputting a multiplied output; a MSK detector for detecting a MSK modulation mark having a phase or a frequency different from that of the carrier signal, based on an integrated value obtained by integrating the multiplied output from the multiplier on a predetermined section basis; and a MSK synchronization
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Nakata, Toyoji Gushima, Makoto Usui, Kazuya Ohshima, Junichi Minamino
  • Patent number: RE40240
    Abstract: The sector synchronism of a timing generation section for generating data recording/reproducing timing is corrected at the address-mark detection timing of an address-mark detection section. Moreover, even if only one piece of address information having no error is not reproduced in the sector concerned, when at least one piece of address information having no error is reproduced in any of a predetermined number of sectors preceding the subject sector and at least one address mark is detected in the subject sector, the data recording/reproducing is permitted, and thus, the data is recorded/reproduced at a high speed and a high reliability even if an error rate of a physical address is deteriorated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoji Gushima, Toshiya Akagi, Chikashi Inokuchi