Patents by Inventor Yasunari Kawahara

Yasunari Kawahara 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: 4847816
    Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus which enables regulation of sound volume levels of signals reproduced from a multiple-audio recording medium in which one of a plurality of audio information signals may be reproduced in conjunction with video information. The multiple-audio signals are recorded on a surface of a video disk, along with the video information. A code signal indicative of presence of multiple-audio information also is recorded, and is detected by code reading circuitry in the apparatus. Operation of changeover circuitry is controlled in accordance with the presence or absence of the code signal, and also in accordance with operation of a microphone in a microphone mixing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunari Kawahara, Hideyo Kamiyama