Patents by Inventor Yo Egusa

Yo Egusa 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: 6618545
    Abstract: A digital recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a cassette number registering circuit (1) for applying different CIDs for respective cassettes, a corresponding control circuit (7) for searching, adding and deleting program data, a cassette number inserting circuit (2) for inserting a CID in the form of a digital signal into the VBI of an analog video signal, a cassette number extracting circuit (3) for extracting a CID from a VBI, magnetic recording and reproducing means (4) for recording and reproducing the analog signal by using a magnetic tape (50), a display number registering circuit (5) for applying an AID which corresponds to a CID and is recognized by a user, a memory circuit (6) for storing program data including a CID, an AID, a starting tape position, an ending tape position and recording start date, a program integrating circuit (76) which makes one AID corresponds to a plurality of CIDs, and, keeps programs having later date and deletes programs having older date when the recorded magnet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Egusa, Yutaka Ota
  • Patent number: 6078726
    Abstract: A system for generating a digest of a moving image includes a generating section for generating a moving image having a plurality of frames, and for generating an operation signal in response to an input received by the generating section during the generating of the moving image; a priority assigning section for assigning a priority to each of the plurality of frames as a function of the operation signal; a selecting section for selecting at least one image of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of frames, based on the priority; and an output section for outputting at least one image selected by the selecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukie Gotoh, Makoto Fujimoto, Hiroshi Akahori, Yo Egusa
  • Patent number: 5809202
    Abstract: A system for generating a digest of a moving image according to the present invention includes: a generating section for generating a moving image having a plurality of frames, and for generating an operation signal in response to an input received by the generating section during the generating of the moving image; a priority assigning section for assigning a priority to each of the plurality of frames as a function of the operation signal; a selecting section for selecting at least one image of a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of frames, based on the priority; and an output section for outputting at least one image selected by the selecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukie Gotoh, Makoto Fujimoto, Hiroshi Akahori, Yo Egusa
  • Patent number: 5703644
    Abstract: An automatic exposure control apparatus includes an image frame luminance calculation unit for calculating an average luminance of an image frame; a region luminance calculation unit for calculating average luminances of a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions constituting the image frame; a select region luminance calculation unit for arranging the average luminances obtained by the region luminance calculation unit in the luminance order, for selecting at least one of the plurality of regions according to the luminance order and for calculating an average luminance selected from at least one of the plurality of regions; a backlight degree calculation unit for calculating a value representing a backlight degree based on the average luminance obtained by the select region luminance calculation unit; a target luminance calculation unit for calculating the target average luminance based on the value; and an exposure correction unit for correcting an exposure so that the average luminance obtained by th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mori, Makoto Fujimoto, Yukie Goto, Yo Egusa
  • Patent number: 5488427
    Abstract: A television system which includes a television set with cathode-ray tube, a VCR deck, a disc player, a tape deck and a radio tuner in one unit operated and controlled by a single remote control device. The cathode-ray tube displays a menu including a guide to help one use the remote control device. The television system also includes automatically selecting a preset or use determined favorite device, e.g. television set, and/or a channel when the system is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kayashima, Toshihiko Kurosaki, Yo Egusa, Hiroshi Atuta, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5249257
    Abstract: A fuzzy data processing device includes a data input portion for inputting data and first and second fuzzy regression model memories for storing first and second fuzzy regression models, respectively. In each fuzzy regression model, all coefficients are denoted as fuzzy values. A fitting degree calculator is provided to calculate a degree of fitting of the first fuzzy regression model to the second fuzzy regression model. A maximum detector detects the maximum of the calculated fitting degree. Thus, the estimated value (y*) is obtained at which the maximum degree of the fitting of fuzzy values Yx and Yz, i.e., the grade peak point of the overlapping portion, is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akahori, Yo Egusa, Isao Hayashi, Noboru Wakami
  • Patent number: 5237405
    Abstract: An image motion vector detecting device has a part for determining correlation values in specific deviation in each detecting region of disposed plural detecting regions in a screen, a part for determining a time variation value of the correlation values, a part for determining a motion vector in each detecting region from the correlation values, a part for judging a reliability of the motion vector in each detecting region by using the correlation values and the time variation value, and a part for determining a motion vector of an entire screen by using the motion vector of each region on the basis of the judged reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Egusa, Hiroshi Akahori, Atsushi Morimura