公开(公告)号：US07043138B1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-09

申请号：US09622722

申请日：1999-12-22

申请人： Tatsuya Wakahara ,  Ichiro Hamada ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Hajime Inoue

发明人： Tatsuya Wakahara ,  Ichiro Hamada ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Hajime Inoue

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/167 ,  G11B15/04

CPC分类号： H04L12/40117 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N2005/91321 ,  H04N2005/91328

摘要： A broadcast receiving system and a broadcast receiving device are provided for receiving and processing broadcast digital and analog signals such as video and audio programs. The system and device are capable of determining whether a received program is subject to copy prohibition. If the program is subject to copy prohibition, the system prevents copying of the program. The system and device are capable of performing timed recording of received programs, including checking the status of the device and/or the recording medium to determine whether timed recording is permitted. Timed recording may be permitted if a selected broadcast receiving device is a registered device.

摘要翻译： 提供广播接收系统和广播接收装置，用于接收和处理诸如视频和音频节目的广播数字和模拟信号。 系统和设备能够确定接收的节目是否受到禁止复制。 如果程序受禁止复制，系统将阻止程序复制。 系统和设备能够执行所接收节目的定时记录，包括检查设备和/或记录介质的状态以确定是否允许定时记录。 如果选择的广播接收设备是注册设备，则可以允许定时记录。

公开(公告)号：US06931198B1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-16

申请号：US09353707

申请日：1999-07-14

申请人： Ichiro Hamada ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Hiraku Inoue

发明人： Ichiro Hamada ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Hiraku Inoue

IPC分类号： H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N9/79

CPC分类号： H04N21/4349 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/23617 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/42646 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/43632 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/44231 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： An information receiving apparatus instructs a storage device to be ready to perform a downloading operation. For example, the information receiving apparatus instructs the storage device to perform a setup for a recording wait status when the information receiving apparatus has the storage device start the downloading mode, and instructs to start and stop recording on a recording device by detecting the start and stop timing of recording data which a data transmitting section transmits. The information receiving apparatus also requests the storage device to report an operation condition at the storage device during the downloading mode. The information receiving apparatus determines a downloading-operation condition according to the operation-condition report sent from the storage device and appropriately controls the downloading operation.

摘要翻译： 信息接收装置指示存储装置准备好进行下载操作。 例如，当信息接收装置使存储装置开始下载模式时，信息接收装置指令存储装置执行用于记录等待状态的设置，并通过检测记录装置的开始和 停止数据发送部发送的数据的定时。 信息接收装置还请求存储装置在下载模式期间在存储装置处报告操作条件。 信息接收装置根据从存储装置发送的操作条件报告确定下载操作条件，并适当地控制下载操作。

公开(公告)号：US20060200812A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-07

申请号：US10560442

申请日：2004-06-18

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Junji Kato ,  Yoshihiro Nakada

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Junji Kato ,  Yoshihiro Nakada

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F8/658

摘要： Software-creating portion 11 creates update data and version-up data and supplies them to a receiver 20 through a delivery portion 13 or a server 15. The update data includes pieces of revision information of the version-up data after a period of time of each of their applications. Revision-information-processing portion 31 supplies revision information relative to software in a memory 34 to rewriting portion 33 and maintains remaining revision information. Data-revising portion 32 extracts revision information relative to the version-up data that is supplied through interfaces 25 and 26 from revision information maintained in the revision-information-processing portion 31, revises it to the latest one with it reflecting the version-up data, and then supplies it to the rewriting portion 33. The rewriting portion 33 rewrites the software in the memory 34 with the revision information and the version-up data thus supplied. This allows the software to be rewritten in which its latest condition is always realized.

摘要翻译： 软件创建部分11创建更新数据和版本升级数据，并通过传送部分13或服务器15将它们提供给接收机20.更新数据包括在一段时间后的版本升级数据的修订信息， 他们的每个应用程序。 修订信息处理部分31将关于软件的修订信息提供给存储器34以重写部分33并维护剩余修订信息。 数据修正部32从维修在修订信息处理部31中的修订信息中提取相对于通过接口25,26提供的版本升级数据的修正信息，将修改信息修改为最新版本， 数据，然后将其提供给重写部分33。 重写部分33用修改信息和如此提供的版本升级数据重写存储器34中的软件。 这样可以重写软件，其中最新的条件始终被实现。

公开(公告)号：US06925500B1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-02

申请号：US09857648

申请日：2000-10-10

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Yukihiko Aoki

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Yukihiko Aoki

IPC分类号： H04L12/40 ,  H04N5/775 ,  G08F15/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/4108 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N21/43632 ,  H04N21/44231

摘要： The using circumstances of a control object device are detected, and controlling of the control object device is carried out on the basis of the detected result. Thereby, where control equipment in conformity to a fixed standard, control equipment not in conformity to a fixed standard, and a control object device are mixed in a network, there can be avoided inconvenience in which the respective control equipment control the control object devices simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 检测到控制对象装置的使用情况，根据检测结果对控制对象装置进行控制。 由此，在与固定标准一致的控制设备，不符合固定标准的控制设备和控制对象设备在网络中混合的情况下，可以避免各个控制设备同时控制控制对象设备的不便 。

公开(公告)号：US06738835B1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-18

申请号：US09576507

申请日：2000-05-23

申请人： Junji Kato ,  Takehiko Nakano ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Yukihiko Aoki

发明人： Junji Kato ,  Takehiko Nakano ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Yukihiko Aoki

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04L2012/2849

摘要： An information processing apparatus in a bus system consisting of electronic devices and one or more information processing apparatus to control the electronic devices. The apparatus includes a storage means for storing management information of control software elements for controlling the electronic devices; an acquisition means for acquiring a change of the connection state of each electronic device to a bus constituting the bus system; and an execution means for executing assignment of the control software element, which is used for controlling the electronic device relevant to the acquired change of the connection state, on the basis of the connection state change acquired by the acquisition means. The acquisition means further serves to acquire device attribute information relative to the electronic devices, and the execution means makes a decision, on the basis of such device attribute information, as to whether the electronic device is the one controllable by the information processing apparatus and executes the assignment in accordance with the result of such a decision as well. In this apparatus, the routine of assigning the control software elements can be completed fast.

摘要翻译： 一种由电子设备和一个或多个信息处理设备组成的总线系统中的信息处理设备，用于控制电子设备。 该装置包括用于存储用于控制电子设备的控制软件元件的管理信息的存储装置; 获取装置，用于获取每个电子设备到构成总线系统的总线的连接状态的改变; 以及执行装置，用于基于由获取装置获取的连接状态改变，执行用于控制与所获取的连接状态的改变相关的电子设备的控制软件元素的分配。 所述获取装置还用于获取相对于所述电子设备的设备属性信息，并且所述执行装置根据所述设备属性信息做出关于所述电子设备是否是由所述信息处理设备可控的设备的决定，并执行 根据这样的决定的结果进行转让。 在该装置中，分配控制软件元素的程序可以快速完成。

公开(公告)号：US5844565A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-01

申请号：US713989

申请日：1996-09-13

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Chuen-Chien Lee

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Chuen-Chien Lee

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T11/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/001 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G06T15/02

摘要： The precision of an initial image is reduced through image automatic processing in a manner simulating techniques used in the production of a custom art work. The resulting image, although generated without human intervention, has a pleasing, customized appearance which can be desirable to consumers seeking decorative art work. One way of reducing the precision of the initial image is modifying portions of the image to have more uniform luminance, color saturation, or color hue, producing a resulting image appearing to contain brush strokes. Alternatively, the precision of the initial image is reduced by locating contrast edges in the image, and modifying the luminance along these edges, producing a resulting image in which objects and features are outlined and have an enhanced definition from the background.

摘要翻译： 初始图像的精度通过图像自动处理以模拟用于制作定制艺术作品的技术的方式被减少。 所产生的图像虽然在没有人为干预的情况下产生，但具有令人愉快的定制外观，这对于寻求装饰艺术作品的消费者来说是可取的。 降低初始图像的精度的一种方法是修改图像的部分以具有更均匀的亮度，颜色饱和度或色调，产生看起来包含画笔笔画的结果图像。 或者，通过在图像中定位对比度边缘并且沿着这些边缘修改亮度来减少初始图像的精度，从而产生其中对象和特征被概述并且具有来自背景的增强定义的所得图像。

公开(公告)号：US5218444A

公开(公告)日：1993-06-08

申请号：US683559

申请日：1991-04-10

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Satoko Senuma

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Satoko Senuma

IPC分类号： G02B7/28 ,  H04N5/232

CPC分类号： G02B7/282 ,  H04N5/23212

摘要： A video camera which is able to reverse the direction of the moving focus lens if appropriate evaluation data is not obtained within a certain period of time after an intermediate point is detected during the focus lens movement in one direction. This eliminates the redundant operation of the focus lens moving away from the just-focus point all the way to the extreme of the current direction before heading back to the just-focus point during an auto focus operation. An efficient auto focus operation is thus achieved. In addition, control is provided for not using a decrease in accumulated data as auto focus control information if that decrease is judged to be an abrupt drop from the accumulated data obtained in the immediately preceding focus lens position. This makes it possible to prevent the focus lens from being erroneously focused in cases of panning and other focus-disrupting operations. In this manner, the photographing of high quality is always made available.

公开(公告)号：US5675666A

公开(公告)日：1997-10-07

申请号：US399170

申请日：1995-03-02

申请人： Teruyoshi Komuro ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Ching-Fang Chang

发明人： Teruyoshi Komuro ,  Masao Mizutani ,  Ching-Fang Chang

IPC分类号： G06T9/00 ,  H04N1/41 ,  H04N7/26 ,  H04N7/30 ,  H04N1/415 ,  H04N7/12

CPC分类号： H04N19/527 ,  H04N19/86

摘要： A method and apparatus in which image data are pre-processed before undergoing block-basis image compression to compensate at least partially for the artifact known as the blocky effect that would otherwise be apparent upon decoding of the compressed data. The input data are pre-processed by combining error-correction data therewith, before block-basis compression is performed thereon. Blocky effect errors introduced during block-basis compression (e.g., standard MPEG compression) of the pre-processed input data and subsequent decoding will cancel (at least partially) the error-correction data, thereby compensating (at least partially) for the blocky effect that would otherwise occur without pre-processing. The error-correction data can be generated by performing block-basis compression on input data (performing a discrete cosine or other transform thereon and then quantizing the transformed data); then, performing the inverse transform on the quantized data to generate test data; and then, computing the difference between the input and test data to generate the error-correction data. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus of the invention is a pre-processor which combines error-correction data with input image data to generate pre-processed data for subsequent compression and decoding with reduced blocky effect. In other embodiments, the apparatus also includes a block-basis image compressor including a forward transformer for transforming the pre-processed data, and a quantizer for quantizing the transformed data to generate compressed image data.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置，其中图像数据在经历基于块的图像压缩之前被预处理，以至少部分地补偿被称为在解码压缩数据时将显而易见的块效应的伪影。 在对其进行基于块的压缩之前，通过组合纠错数据来对输入数据进行预处理。 在预处理输入数据的块基压缩（例如，标准MPEG压缩）中引入的块效应误差和随后的解码将抵消（至少部分地）纠错数据，从而补偿（至少部分地）块效应 否则将在没有预处理的情况下发生。 可以通过对输入数据执行基于块的压缩（在其上执行离散余弦或其他变换，然后对变换的数据进行量化）来生成纠错数据; 然后对量化数据进行逆变换，生成测试数据; 然后计算输入和测试数据之间的差异以产生纠错数据。 在优选实施例中，本发明的装置是将误差校正数据与输入图像数据组合的预处理器，以产生预处理数据，用于随后的压缩和解码，具有降低的块效应。 在其他实施例中，该装置还包括基于块的图像压缩器，其包括用于变换预处理数据的正向变换器，以及用于量化变换数据以产生压缩图像数据的量化器。

公开(公告)号：US5621868A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-15

申请号：US228286

申请日：1994-04-15

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Chuen-Chien Lee

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Chuen-Chien Lee

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T11/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/001 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G06T15/02

摘要： The precision of an initial image is reduced through image automatic processing in a manner simulating techniques used in the production of a custom art work. The resulting image, although generated without human intervention, has a pleasing, customized appearance which can be desirable to consumers seeking decorative art work. One way of reducing the precision of the initial image is modifying portions of the image to have more uniform luminance, color saturation, or color hue, producing a resulting image appearing to contain brush strokes. Alternatively, the precision of the initial image is reduced by locating contrast edges in the image, and modifying the luminance along these edges, producing a resulting image in which objects and features are outlined and have an enhanced definition from the background.

摘要翻译： 初始图像的精度通过图像自动处理以模拟用于制作定制艺术作品的技术的方式被减少。 所产生的图像虽然在没有人为干预的情况下产生，但具有令人愉快的定制外观，这对于寻求装饰艺术作品的消费者来说是可取的 降低初始图像的精度的一种方法是修改图像的部分以具有更均匀的亮度，颜色饱和度或色调，产生看起来包含画笔笔画的结果图像。 或者，通过在图像中定位对比度边缘并且沿着这些边缘修改亮度来减少初始图像的精度，从而产生其中对象和特征被概述并且具有来自背景的增强定义的所得图像。

公开(公告)号：US5493674A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-20

申请号：US140598

申请日：1993-10-21

申请人： Masao Mizutani ,  Tomonari Sagane

发明人： Masao Mizutani ,  Tomonari Sagane

IPC分类号： G06F11/28 ,  G06F9/06 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F15/78 ,  H04N5/7826 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04N5/95

CPC分类号： G06F9/328 ,  G06F8/66

摘要： In control using a patch correctable microcomputer, the patch correction can have no effect on the timing of the control operation of the micro computer. Call instructions CALL 1, CALL 2 . . . for shifting, in synchronism with the operation of the microcomputer, over to a patch correction program in a RAM, are intermittently inserted into a control program stored in a ROM. A reciprocal number of invalid instructions NOP are put after this patch correction program in accordance with the length of the patch correction program. After a patch correction program has been carried out, the program in the ROM is returned to after a passage of time set according to the number of invalid instructions, so that the time for execution of the program in the RAM which is based on the microcomputer call instruction can be made constant irrespective of the length of time of the patch correction program, and will therefore have no effect on the timing for carrying out the program in the ROM.

摘要翻译： 在使用补丁可校正微型计算机的控制中，补丁校正可以对微型计算机的控制操作的定时没有影响。 通话说明CALL 1，CALL 2。 。 。 用于与微计算机的操作同步地移动到RAM中的补丁校正程序，被间歇地插入到存储在ROM中的控制程序中。 根据补丁校正程序的长度，在该补丁校正程序之后放置无效指令NOP的倒数。 在执行补丁校正程序之后，ROM中的程序在根据无效指令的数量设定的时间段之后返回，从而在RAM中执行基于微计算机的程序的时间 无论片补正程序的时间长短如何，呼叫指令都可以保持恒定，因此对ROM中执行程序的定时没有影响。