Category:Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA

Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA

Executive Summary

Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA is an inventor who has filed 30 patents. Their primary areas of innovation include {using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time} (5 patents), involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level (4 patents), Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities (4 patents), and they have worked with companies such as MAXELL, LTD. (24 patents), Maxell, Ltd. (6 patents). Their most frequent collaborators include (26 collaborations), (13 collaborations), (10 collaborations).

Patent Filing Activity

Technology Areas

List of Technology Areas

• H04N21/4821 ({using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time}): 5 patents
• H04N21/4402 (involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level): 4 patents
• H04N21/462 (Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities): 4 patents
• H04N5/775 (between a recording apparatus and a television receiver): 3 patents
• H04N21/435 (Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream): 3 patents
• H04N21/440263 ({by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA}): 3 patents
• G06F3/012 ({Head tracking input arrangements}): 3 patents
• H04N21/4627 (Rights management {associated to the content (security in data switching network management): 3 patents
• H04N21/431 (Generation of visual interfaces {for content selection or interaction}; Content or additional data rendering): 3 patents
• H04N21/4622 ({Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet): 3 patents
• G06F3/0346 (with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors): 2 patents
• H04N21/4334 ({Recording operations (recording of a television signal): 2 patents
• H04N21/441 (Acquiring end-user identification {, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card}): 2 patents
• H04N21/47214 ({for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market (stock exchange data over packet-switching network): 2 patents
• H04N21/84 (Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems): 2 patents
• G06F3/013 ({Eye tracking input arrangements (): 2 patents
• G06T19/006 ({Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality): 2 patents
• G06T19/20 (Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts): 2 patents
• G06T2219/2004 (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL): 2 patents
• H04N21/814 ({comprising emergency warnings (arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems): 2 patents
• G02B27/0172 (Head-up displays): 2 patents
• G02B2027/0178 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS): 2 patents
• G06F1/163 ({Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt}): 2 patents
• H04H60/27 (Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information): 2 patents
• H04N21/4345 ({Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream}): 2 patents
• H04N21/4623 (Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message] {(arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services): 2 patents
• G06T7/70 (Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration): 2 patents
• H04N5/913 (for scrambling {; for copy protection}): 2 patents
• H04H60/18 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 2 patents
• G06F21/31 (User authentication): 2 patents
• H04N21/4263 ({involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners}): 2 patents
• H04N21/4363 (Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network): 2 patents
• H04N21/482 (End-user interface for program selection {(broadcast systems using EPGs): 2 patents
• G06V40/172 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 2 patents
• H04H60/13 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 2 patents
• G06F3/0485 (Scrolling or panning): 1 patents
• G06F3/04817 (using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols): 1 patents
• G06F3/0488 (using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures): 1 patents
• H04N5/91 (Television signal processing therefor): 1 patents
• H04N21/2265 ({Server identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number (network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming): 1 patents
• H04N21/235 (Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors): 1 patents
• H04N21/2353 ({specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata}): 1 patents
• H04N21/25875 ({involving end-user authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code): 1 patents
• H04N21/2747 (Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server): 1 patents
• H04N21/6581 ({Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application}): 1 patents
• G06F21/629 ({to features or functions of an application}): 1 patents
• G06F21/45 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models): 1 patents
• H04M1/724634 (to restrict the functionality of the device): 1 patents
• H04W4/021 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication): 1 patents
• H04W4/50 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication): 1 patents
• H04W12/08 (Access security): 1 patents
• H04W12/30 (Security of mobile devices; Security of mobile applications): 1 patents
• G06F2221/2111 (Indexing scheme relating to): 1 patents
• H04M1/72457 (according to geographic location): 1 patents
• G06V10/273 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• H04N23/74 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION): 1 patents
• G03B15/05 (Combinations of cameras with electronic flash apparatus; Electronic flash units): 1 patents
• H04N23/661 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION): 1 patents
• H04N23/71 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION): 1 patents
• H04W4/029 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication): 1 patents
• H04W4/21 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication): 1 patents
• G06K19/0727 (with integrated circuit chips): 1 patents
• G06Q10/0833 (Tracking): 1 patents
• G06Q10/0832 (Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods): 1 patents
• G06Q10/08 (Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management): 1 patents
• G08B25/10 (SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS): 1 patents
• G06K19/07749 ({the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card}): 1 patents
• G08B21/24 (Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms): 1 patents
• G06F3/04186 ({Touch location disambiguation}): 1 patents
• G02B27/017 (Head-up displays): 1 patents
• G06F3/01 (Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (): 1 patents
• G06F3/1446 ({display composed of modules, e.g. video walls}): 1 patents
• G09G5/12 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G02B2027/0192 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS): 1 patents
• G06F3/1423 ({controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}): 1 patents
• G09G2320/0613 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G09G2340/0464 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G09G2356/00 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• H04N21/4312 ({involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations}): 1 patents
• G02B2027/0138 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS): 1 patents
• G02B2027/014 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS): 1 patents
• H04H20/28 (Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information): 1 patents
• H04H60/23 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• H04H60/72 (using electronic programme guides [EPG] (focusing on identifying broadcast space time): 1 patents
• H04H60/80 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• H04N21/2362 (Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]): 1 patents
• H04H60/15 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• H04H60/22 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• G09G5/38 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G06F3/017 ({Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser): 1 patents
• H04N21/43635 ({HDMI}): 1 patents
• H04N21/4405 (involving video stream decryption): 1 patents
• H04N2005/91328 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION): 1 patents
• H04N21/4394 ({involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems): 1 patents
• H04N21/41407 ({embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application): 1 patents
• H04N21/4227 ({Providing} Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work): 1 patents
• H04N21/438 (Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network): 1 patents
• H04N21/442 (Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk {(arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services): 1 patents
• G06T11/60 (Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text): 1 patents
• G01S5/0284 (using radio waves (using satellite radio beacon systems for determining position): 1 patents
• G06F3/011 ({Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching): 1 patents
• G06T2200/24 (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL): 1 patents
• G06T2219/2016 (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL): 1 patents
• G03B13/36 (Autofocus systems): 1 patents
• G01S3/00 (Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received (position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines): 1 patents
• G06V10/40 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• G06V10/751 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• G06V40/20 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• H01L21/00 (Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof): 1 patents
• H01L21/32139 ({using masks}): 1 patents
• H01L21/823456 (to produce devices, e.g. integrated circuits, each consisting of a plurality of components): 1 patents
• H01L29/42372 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/42376 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/4238 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/42384 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/66613 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/66621 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/66628 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/7834 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/7835 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H01L29/7836 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 1 patents
• H04N5/2628 (Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects {; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects}): 1 patents
• H04N23/45 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION): 1 patents
• H04N23/61 (based on recognised objects): 1 patents
• H04N23/63 (by using electronic viewfinders): 1 patents
• H04N23/675 (Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals): 1 patents
• H04N23/69 (Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming): 1 patents
• H04N23/698 (Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming): 1 patents
• H04N23/90 (Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums): 1 patents
• G06F21/32 (using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints): 1 patents
• G06F21/12 (Protecting executable software): 1 patents
• G06F21/35 (communicating wirelessly): 1 patents
• G06F21/604 (Protecting data): 1 patents
• G06F21/6218 ({to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database}): 1 patents
• H04W12/06 (Authentication): 1 patents
• G06F2221/2105 (Dual mode as a secondary aspect): 1 patents
• H04N21/4314 ({for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid}): 1 patents
• H04N21/4348 ({Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams}): 1 patents
• H04N21/44016 ({involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip}): 1 patents
• H04N21/440218 (involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level): 1 patents
• H04N21/44209 ({Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network (arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management): 1 patents
• H04N21/4621 ({Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen (arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems): 1 patents
• H04N21/4382 ({Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation (analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line): 1 patents
• H04N21/26283 ({for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic program guide data}): 1 patents
• H04N21/4316 ({for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window}): 1 patents
• H04N21/4882 ({for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks): 1 patents
• G02B2027/0163 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS): 1 patents
• G10L15/26 (SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING): 1 patents
• G10L15/08 (SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING): 1 patents
• G10L2015/088 (SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING): 1 patents
• H04H20/91 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• H04H60/82 (BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication): 1 patents
• H04N21/4722 (for requesting additional data associated with the content): 1 patents
• H04N9/8042 ({involving data reduction}): 1 patents
• H04N9/806 (Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback): 1 patents
• H04N9/8205 ({involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal}): 1 patents
• H04N21/8166 ({involving executable data, e.g. software (arrangements for executing specific programs): 1 patents
• H04N21/8586 ({by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval): 1 patents
• H04L67/52 (specially adapted for the location of the user terminal): 1 patents
• H04L69/28 (Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols): 1 patents
• G06F3/1454 ({involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay}): 1 patents
• H04N21/44 (Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs): 1 patents
• H04N21/6377 (directed to server {(one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination): 1 patents
• H04N5/765 (Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus): 1 patents
• H04N21/433 (Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations): 1 patents
• G06T1/20 (Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining): 1 patents
• G09G5/00 (Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general): 1 patents
• H04N21/42203 ({sound input device, e.g. microphone}): 1 patents
• H04N21/42204 ({User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device): 1 patents
• H04N21/4415 (using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data): 1 patents
• H04N21/44218 ({Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts): 1 patents
• G06V40/168 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• H04N21/485 (End-user interface for client configuration): 1 patents
• G09G2320/08 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G09G2354/00 (ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays): 1 patents
• G06F3/14 (Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units}): 1 patents

Companies

List of Companies

• MAXELL, LTD.: 24 patents
• Maxell, Ltd.: 6 patents

Collaborators

• Yasunobu HASHIMOTO (26 collaborations)
• Nobuo MASUOKA (13 collaborations)
• Takuya SHIMIZU (10 collaborations)
• Hitoshi AKIYAMA (7 collaborations)
• Motoyuki SUZUKI (6 collaborations)
• Hiroshi SHIMIZU (5 collaborations)
• Mayumi NAKADE (3 collaborations)
• Osamu KAWAMAE (3 collaborations)
• Tomonori NOMURA (2 collaborations)
• Sadao TSURUGA (2 collaborations)
• Nobuaki KABUTO (2 collaborations)
• Satoru TAKASHIMIZU (2 collaborations)
• Masayuki HIRABAYASHI (2 collaborations)
• Yusuke UCHIYAMA (2 collaborations)
• Yoshinori OKADA (1 collaborations)
• Shigetaka KIMURA (1 collaborations)
• Shinji SHIBUYA (1 collaborations)
• Susumu YOSHIDA (1 collaborations)
• Megumi KURACHI (1 collaborations)
• Masuo OKU (1 collaborations)
• Hirokazu ISHII (1 collaborations)
• Mitsunobu WATANABE (1 collaborations)
• Ikuya ARAI (1 collaborations)