Patents by Inventor Yasufumi Tsumagari

Yasufumi Tsumagari 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).

  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070092212
    Abstract: A recordable/reproducible disc has a management area and data area. This data area separately records data of a digital stream signal as one or more objects. The management area is configured to record prescribed management information, which includes object management information and playback order management information. In this configuration, the management area is configured to have marker information independently of the playback order management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: SHINICHI KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Hiroyuki Kamio
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING STORAGE INFORMATION MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070092211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi, Haruhiko Toyama
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070094515
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070091492
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo ANDO, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070094586
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070091495
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo ANDO, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070092227
    Abstract: This invention has as its object to be able to support stream recording/playback even when information associated with a reception time of a digital stream signal is not available. Management information of a storage medium is configured to include a flag bit (PATS_SS) indicating validity/invalidity of information (PATS) associated with a reception time of a digital stream signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Hitoshi Yoshida
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20070092228
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information playback apparatus includes an advanced content playback unit configured to play back an advanced content, and the advanced content playback unit includes a navigation manager unit configured to manage playback of video information and audio information which form the advanced content, and an AV renderer unit configured to combine the video information and the audio information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD
    Publication number: 20070094516
    Abstract: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first time map, the first time map includes second reference information to refer to second management information including first management information about the first representation object, the first management information includes third reference information to refer to the first representation object, the playback management information includes fourth reference information to refer to a second time map, and the second time map has a data structure including fifth reference information to refer to the second representation object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo ANDO, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070091494
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo ANDO, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING STORAGE INFORMATION MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070092208
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi, Haruhiko Toyama
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING STORAGE INFORMATION MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070092207
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi, Haruhiko Toyama
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING STORAGE INFORMATION MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070086734
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Takero Kobayashi, Haruhiko Toyama
  • INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070086739
    Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070086736
    Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070089139
    Abstract: An embodiment may allow not only information management of contents which are to be recorded and played back by the user but also information management which has affinity for contents distributed by contents providers. An information storage medium may have a file structure that manages first high-definition video information which can be recorded by the user and second high-definition video information which can be provided by a contents provider. The management area is configured to include management information used to manage playback of the digital stream signal including the second high-definition video information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070086753
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070086733
    Abstract: A recordable/reproducible disc has a management area and data area. This data area separately records data of a digital stream signal as one or more objects. The management area is configured to record prescribed management information, which includes object management information and playback order management information. In this configuration, the management area is configured to have marker information independently of the playback order management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: SHINICHI KIKUCHI, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Hiroyuki Kamio
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070086731
    Abstract: A recordable/reproducible disc has a management area and data area. This data area separately records data of a digital stream signal as one or more objects. The management area is configured to record prescribed management information, which includes object management information and playback order management information. In this configuration, the management area is configured to have marker information independently of the playback order management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Masahiro Nakashika, Yasufumi Tsumagari, Hiroyuki Kamio
  • INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20070085141
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at a timing determined based on the management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Haruhiko Toyama, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari