Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Tokung

Yasuaki Tokung 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).

  • Encoding device and method, decoding device and method, program, and recording medium
    Publication number: 20060188167
    Abstract: An encoding device for differential encoding/decoding a plurality of pieces of position information, represented in a rational number and arranged in the order of magnitude, comprises a position information rearranging unit (101). The position information rearranging unit rearranges the plurality of pieces of position information in accordance with a predetermined order relationship. In the same way as position information in integer representation is encoded, the plurality of pieces of position information rearranged in accordance with the predetermined order relationship can be difference encoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Shuichi Watanabe, Yasuaki Tokung, Hiroyuki Katata