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Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama JP

Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama JP

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20080240678DATA RECORDING METHOD - In a case of recording and managing a program which has a plurality of image streams in one program, it is necessary to address which stream a logic table which records a position of an I picture for high-speed fast forwarding and rewinding corresponds to.10-02-2008
20080285950STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position.11-20-2008
20080292289STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position.11-27-2008
20080307217CONTENTS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A contents transmitting apparatus includes an encryption algorithm storage section for storing a plurality of encryption algorithms; a key generation section for generating key information based on a mutual authentication result with a contents receiving apparatus; a control section for selecting one encryption algorithm from the encryption algorithm storage section and acquiring a key from the key information to provide it to an encryption section. The encryption section encrypts a content by use of a given encryption algorithm and a given key. During a period in which the generated key information is valid, a different encryption algorithm is selected from the encryption algorithm storage section every time a content to be transmitted is changed, and a different key is acquired from the key information for encryption.12-11-2008
20080310826Digital Information Recording Apparatus and Outputting Apparatus - A digital information recording apparatus includes multiple recording circuits for making multiple copies. The apparatus limits the number of copies, however, in accordance with copy information provided within the digital information itself. When the number of copies is reached, if additional copies are to be made, then the source copy is disabled when a new copy is made.12-18-2008
20080317436DIGITAL SIGNAL RECORDER WITH SELECTIVE ENCRYPTION AND KEY GENERATION - A digital signal recorder for recording a digital signal on a recording medium, including: an input circuit which receives a transmitted digital signal encrypted for protecting said transmitted digital signal using a first encryption method; a decrypting circuit which decrypts said transmitted digital signal into an original data; a key generation circuit which performs a prescribed arithmetic operation to generate a key; an encrypting circuit which receives said key and said original data, and encrypts said original data with said key using a second encryption method; a recording circuit which records, onto said recording medium, a key information which is used for decrypting said encrypted digital signal together with said encrypted digital signal, and a timing control circuit which controls decrypting timing of said decrypting circuit and encryption timing of said encrypting circuit; wherein said key generation circuit has a function for updating said key in connection with recording units of said recording media.12-25-2008
20090022481STILL PICTURE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STILL PICTURE INFORMATION THEREFROM - A technique is provided for reproducing information from a recording medium, on which there are recorded a plurality of picture information sets; presentation time values, each associated with a corresponding one of the picture information sets; picture information record marks, each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the presentation time values; clip information specifying what position on the recording medium is associated with each of the presentation time values; and reproducing order specifying information which specifies in what order the picture information sets are to be reproduced. Picture information is reproduced through the steps of detecting the presentation time value of a picture information set to be retrieved from the corresponding picture information record mark; using said clip information to detect the recording position on the recording medium which corresponds to the detected presentation time value; and reproducing picture information from the detected recording position.01-22-2009
20100014838Editing Method and Recording and Reproducing Device - In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered.01-21-2010
20100027789COPY CONTROL METHOD - In a reception apparatus for receiving digital content and a plurality of types of copy control information for controlling copying of the digital content, and recording the digital content on a recording medium according to the plurality of types of copy control information, when first information in the received plurality of types of copy control information shows copy generation information permitting one-generation copying, the digital content is allowed to be recorded in a state of being copyable up to a limited number in the case where second information in the received plurality of types of copy control information shows limited-number copy permission, and the digital content is recorded only once in a copy prohibited state in the case where the second information does not show limited-number copy permission.02-04-2010
20100085965CONTENT TRANSMITTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A content transmitting method transmits content to a content receiving apparatus connected via a network. Copy control information on content to be transmitted is transmitted immediately before the content, controlled by the copy control information, via the same application layer session as a packet different from a packet including the content.04-08-2010
20100106960CONTENT TRANSMITTING DEVICE, CONTENT RECEIVING DEVICE AND CONTENT TRANSMITTING METHOD - Before content transmission, the content transmitting device and the content receiving device mutually authenticate each other to verify that the other device respects copyright and rightfully handles content, and then content is encrypted by shared key data and transmitted. It is arranged that in an authentication process, a time from transmission of an authentication request or a time from transmission of an authentication response until arrival of receipt acknowledgement data is measured and only when a measured time is less than a fixed upper-limit value, content is transmitted.04-29-2010
20100115632OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - An output control method for controlling copy operation for a digital broadcast program permitted to be recorded for one generation (copy one generation) with an improved operating convenience. A digital content and a plurality of types of copy control information for controlling the copies of the digital content are received, and in accordance with the copy control information, the digital content is output to a plurality of recording media connected through a network. If first information contained in the copy control information received indicates copy generation information to permit copies for one generation and second information contained in the copy control information indicates “limited number of copies permitted” mode permitting a predetermined number of copies, then the digital content is output to only one of the recording media in a state permitting copying up to the predetermined number.05-06-2010
20100254242Digital Information Recording and Reproducing Method and Apparatus Therefor - A method is disclosed wherein a first piece of digital information and copy control information of the first piece of digital information is received. The copy control information is for controlling the recording of the first piece of digital information on a recording medium. When the received copy control information is Copy One Generation indicating that only one generation copy of digital information is allowed, then a plurality of the first pieces of digital information are recorded on a first recording medium as the first piece of digital information and a second piece of digital information, wherein the first piece of digital information is different in format or in bit rate from the second piece of digital information.10-07-2010
20100268955CONTENT TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND CONTENT RECEPTION DEVICE - A content reception equipment for accessing an in-home content transmission equipment from a remote place executes a first authentication process with the content transmission equipment in advance, executes the remote access information sharing process required for access from a remote place, and causes the information on the content reception equipment and the remote access information to be registered in an equipment information table of the content transmission equipment.10-21-2010
20100293570Content Transmitter and Receiver Apparatus and Content Transmitting and Receiving Method - A content transmitter apparatus is provided which decides whether to permit a content receiver apparatus at a content transmission destination to retransmit content to another content receiver apparatus located inside a house and transmits to the content receiver apparatus the content along with an identifier indicating a permission or prohibition of the content retransmission. A content receiver apparatus is also provided which, when it receives encrypted content from the content transmitter apparatus, checks an identifier received together with the content in executing the content retransmission to another content receiver apparatus located outside the house. If the identifier is found to permit the content retransmission, the content receiver apparatus encrypts and retransmits the content to the outside-house content receiver apparatus. If the identifier is found to not permit the content retransmission, the content receiver apparatus does not retransmit the content to the outside of the house.11-18-2010
20110010301OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, RECEIVER, AND RECEIVING METHOD - When recording a Copy One Generation digital broadcast program, ease of operation is improved while applying copy control. Digital content, metadata describing information about the digital content, and license acquisition time limit information indicating a time limit until which license information on the digital content can be acquired, are received. The digital content, the metadata, and the license acquisition time limit information are recorded, and if the time limit indicated by the license acquisition time limit information has elapsed, the recorded digital content is not outputted.01-13-2011
20110022842CONTENTS TRANSMITTER APPARATUS, CONTENTS RECEIVER APPARATUS AND CONTENTS TRANSMITTING METHOD - For achieving the protection of copyright, by suppressing illegal copy production thereof, in particular, when transmitting contents with using a wired or wireless LAN, as well as, for preventing the transmission of contents from deviating from a range of a personal use thereof, a contents transmitter apparatus and a contents receiver apparatus make an authentication, mutually, before transmitting contents therebetween. At the time when conducting this authentication, measurement is made upon a time-period up to arrival of a receipt confirmation responding to the transmission of an authentication request or a response to the authentication; then, only in the case when this value measured does not exceed a predetermined upper value, the transmission is conducted on the contents encrypted, and at the same time, address information and equipment information unique to the apparatus are registered, thereby conducting the transmission of encrypted contents, but without conducting the time-measurement thereon, when transmitting the contents, again. Also, while conducting the time-measurement periodically, dynamic management is made on the registration information, so that the contents thereof are suitable for the network structure at the present.01-27-2011
20110157470RECEIVER, RECEIVING METHOD AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - It is configured to receive digital content and output control information for controlling output of the relevant digital content, and when the output control information received shows that picture subjected to high resolution transformation using super-resolution technology is not allowed to be digitally outputted, to output the digital content to a display means in resolution equal to or lower than resolution of picture received.06-30-2011

Patent applications by Hiroo Okamoto, Yokohama JP