Patents by Inventor Yukio Taniai

Yukio Taniai 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).

  • Disc changer and player that reads and stores program data of all discs prior to reproduction and method of reproducing music on the same
    Patent number: 5446714
    Abstract: The disc player accommodates a plurality of CD-I discs, to each of which program data required to reproduce information on the disc is recorded at a predetermined area thereof. The disc player has a disc changer to selectively supply each CD-I disc to a reproducing unit. The method of reproducing information of the disc player includes the steps of: reading the program data from the CD-I disc, and writing the read program data into a memory, with respect to all of the CD-I discs accommodated in the disc changer; and performing a reproduction operation with reference to the program data written in the memory at the time of the reproduction operation of the information on the CD-I disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshio, Yukio Taniai, Munetoshi Moriichi