Patents by Inventor Yuji Ito

Yuji Ito 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).

  • Heating and cooling device
    Publication number: 20070234742
    Abstract: A heating and cooling device includes a case having an air passage, a blower for sending air to the air passage, a thermoelectric conversion element and a controller. The thermoelectric conversion element is disposed in the case, and has a heat-absorbing part and a heat-emitting part, which are switched based on a current direction. The thermoelectric conversion element heats or cools air sent by the blower by switching the current direction. The controller stops electricity supplied to the thermoelectric conversion element, when air sent by the blower toward the thermoelectric conversion element is stopped while the thermoelectric conversion element is supplied with electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Yuji Ito
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7277624
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Air-conditioning device
    Publication number: 20070209369
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes a pump for sending a thermal medium, a thermoelectric conversion unit for absorbing heat from the thermal medium, a target setting unit for setting a target cooling value, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit increases a flow amount of the thermal medium to be larger than a predetermined amount and stops the thermoelectric conversion unit from absorbing heat, when the target cooling value is smaller than a predetermined value. The controlling unit increases a heat-absorbing amount of the element and keeps the flow amount of the thermal medium to be larger than the predetermined amount, when the target cooling value is equal to or larger than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Yuji Ito, Shinji Aoki, Takuhiko Sawai
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7269336
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Optical disc for storing moving pictures with text information and apparatus using the disc
    Patent number: 7269337
    Abstract: When moving pictures are recorded onto an optical disc, not only is text data recorded, but also video-recording start date and time, video-recording end date and time, and source name or channel number serving as primary text data are recorded in alphanumeric characters program by program or cell by cell, a program or a cell being used as a unit of video-recording. Other text data is recorded together with language code. Since the primary text data used to select video data is expressed in alphanumeric characters, a program or cell to be reproduced can be selected, regardless of language, and the text information in the same language as that of the apparatus can be searched for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Yuji Ito, Kazuhiko Taira
  • Brine-type cooling apparatus and operation control method of same
    Publication number: 20070204637
    Abstract: A brine-type cooling apparatus applied to a vehicle equipped with a vehicle air conditioning case 11, a blower 13, and an air conditioner control ECU 23 as air conditioner controlling means, said brine type cooling apparatus comprising a heat absorbing member 8 for absorbing heat from an electronic equipment 7, a heat radiating member 2 for discharging the absorbed heat, a brine pipeline 6 and a circulation pump 9, and a cooling apparatus control ECU 30 as cooling apparatus controlling means. Even when the air conditioner control ECU 23 stops the blower 13 as air conditioner control, an air flow rate is controlled to set an airflow rate of the blower 13 to a predetermined flow rate based on the brine temperature detected by an inlet water temperature sensor 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Fujii, Yuji Ito, Yasuhiko Niimi, Takashi Yamamoto, Eiichi Kamei, Takahiro Yoshida
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7263278
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Vertical magnetic recording medium
    Publication number: 20070188923
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium comprises a first recording layer 16, a second recording layer 20 forming ferromagnetic coupling with the first recording layer, and an intermediate layer 18 formed between the first recording layer 16 and the second recording layer 20 and including non-magnetic layers 18a, 18b formed between the first recording layer 16 and the non-magnetic layer 18b and between the non-magnetic layer 18b and the second recording layer 20. Thus, the reproduction output of the vertical magnetic recording medium can be improved. The constitutions of the ferromagnetic layer and the non-magnetic layer of the intermediate layer are suitably controlled, whereby the S/N ratio of the vertical magnetic recording medium can be also improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Sanae Shimizu, Ryo Kurita, Toshio Sugimoto, Yuji Ito
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7257315
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7254313
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7254314
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
    Patent number: 7254315
    Abstract: An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
  • Recording medium, playback apparatus and recording/playback apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 7248783
    Abstract: In order to search for an image recorded on an optical disk 10, a registration trigger is generated automatically or in response to an instruction of the user from a microcomputer block 30, a pointer indicating the recording position of a main image which is used as an index image in a preset area of the optical disk 10 via a data processor 36 and disk drive 32, index image data which becomes the index image is created in an encoder section 50 and data is recorded from an index image buffer memory 59 into a user menu file on the optical disk 10 via a formatter 56, data processor 36 and disk drive 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shuichi Hisatomi, Yuji Ito, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Hideo Ando
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7245825
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Communication device for automatically setting a router configuration and method of controlling the device
    Patent number: 7245618
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first part transmitting information to and receiving information from an adjacent device, a second part managing address information of all mounting ports of the communication device, a first port of the adjacent device, and a network to be constructed, the first port being connected to the communication device, a third part automatically determining addresses for the mounting ports of the communication device and the first port of the adjacent device so that the addresses are not duplicated; and a fourth part managing address determination authority to determine the addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yuji Ito, Noritake Izaiku
  • DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20070133948
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura
  • Optical disc for storing moving pictures with text information and apparatus using the disc
    Patent number: 7221854
    Abstract: When moving pictures are recorded onto an optical disc, not only is text data recorded, but also video-recording start date and time, video-recording end date and time, and source name or channel number serving as primary text data are recorded in alphanumeric characters program by program or cell by cell, a program or a cell being used as a unit of video-recording. Other text data is recorded together with language code. Since the primary text data used to select video data is expressed in alphanumeric characters, a program or cell to be reproduced can be selected, regardless of language, and the text information in the same language as that of the apparatus can be searched for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Yuji Ito, Kazuhiko Taira
  • Manual operation device for operating in-vehicle apparatus
    Patent number: 7219759
    Abstract: An operation member is manually operable to select and drive an in-vehicle apparatus. A compression spring applies counterforce to the operation member against operational movement of the operation member. A load sensor senses an operational work load of a driver of a vehicle. A movable member is driven by a motor to change the counterforce based on the operational work load of the driver sensed by the load sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Nozomi Kitagawa, Yuji Ito
  • Air flow device incorporated into seat for a vehicle
    Publication number: 20070107440
    Abstract: An air flow device incorporated into a seat of a vehicle comprises: a seat 1 of a vehicle including a seating portion 1b on which a passenger is seated and also including a seat back portion la against which passenger leans; a suction hole 4 open on a surface 7 of the seat of a vehicle, communicated with a vehicle passenger compartment 2; a suction air passage 6 formed inside the seat 1 of a vehicle, communicated with the suction hole 4; a blower 5 for forcibly generating an air current in the suction air passage 6; and a pocket cover 3 covering one portion of the surface of the seat 1 of a vehicle. Further, the suction hole 4 is arranged opposite to a reverse face 3a of the pocket cover. Due to the above constitution, it is possible to provide an air flow device, incorporated into a seat of a vehicle, which has a good appearance and an excellent air flow performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Ito, Shinji Aoki, Takuhiko Sawai
  • Digital video system
    Patent number: 7218840
    Abstract: The erasion level appending range of a file is instructed. According to this instruction, the erasion level is set. When this setting range does not agree with the cell unit of the current cell, the current cell is divided to set a sequence of divided cells. Playback management information of each of the divided cells and current cell is re-created, and erasion level information is appended to playback management information of the divided cell that belongs to the appending range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Kikuchi, Hideo Ando, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito, Hideki Mimura