Patents by Inventor Yasutaka Hira

Yasutaka Hira 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).

  • Recording method and system for selecting programs to be automatically recorded according to objective criteria
    Patent number: 7567747
    Abstract: Automatic video recording system and method are provided which make it possible that programs to be automatically recorded are selected according to objective criteria from the programs that are scheduled to broadcast in the future. In configuration, an information generator of a program information providing server ranks the broadcast programs on the basis of program rating information, and thus generates program rank prediction information. Terminal units download the program rank prediction information and an electronic program schedule. A recorded-program/digest generator makes broadcast programs of a certain rank or above be automatically recorded by referring to the program rank prediction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Hira
  • Recording system and its recording method
    Publication number: 20050147378
    Abstract: Automatic video recording system and method are provided which make it possible that programs to be automatically recorded are selected according to objective criteria from the programs that are scheduled to broadcast in the future. In configuration, an information generator of a program information providing server ranks the broadcast programs on the basis of program rating information, and thus generates program rank prediction information. Terminal units download the program rank prediction information and an electronic program schedule. A recorded-program/digest generator makes broadcast programs of a certain rank or above be automatically recorded by referring to the program rank prediction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Yasutaka Hira