Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Pioneer Electronics Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Sharp Corporation

Pioneer Electric Corporation

Pioneer Ldc, Inc.

Other

Fujitsu Corporation

Pioneer Electronic Coporation

Akihiro Tozaki

Takao Sawabe

Junichi Yoshio

Kaoru Yamamoto

Yoshiaki Moriyama

Ryuichiro Yoshimura

Hiroshi Nakamura

Hidehiro Ishii

Tokihiro Takahashi

Hisayuki Nakayama

Kenichiro Tada

Hirohide Kobori

Yoshihiro Hori

Takeo Ohishi

Kazunori Hashimoto

Takehiko Shioda

Tatsuya Hirai

Kunihiro Minoshima

Ryoji Ohno

Akira Tojima

Junichi Shirakawa

Syuji Daioku

Takeshi Iwase

Hiroki Yamanashi

Nobuo Kusumoto

Toru Ueda

Tadashi Noguchi

Yuichi Kanai

Kyota Funamoto

Masao Higuchi

Takayuki Hasebe

Masami Suzuki

Tohru Kanegae

Yoshiyuki Okuda

Toru Akiyama

Masahiro Katsumura

Kiyoshi Takei

Tsutomu Takahashi

Azusa Umemoto

Akihiro Azuma

Masafumi Tsuru

Teruo Baba

Katsutoshi Inagaki

Manahiko Hashiotani

Ryuichi Morioka

Seiji Harada

Motooki Sugihara

Ryuichio Yoshimura

A mobile phone () in accordance with the present invention includes: a transmission setting database (); a transmission setting section () for registering, on the transmission setting database (), a piece of image data to be transmitted to a data receiving device; and an image data transmitting section () for transmitting, to the data receiving device, the piece of image data registered on the transmission setting database (), the image data transmitting section () transmitting the piece of image data to the data receiving device in response to a transmission request received from the data receiving device. Therefore, according to a data transmission device in accordance with the present invention, it is possible to transmit a desired piece of additional-information-containing data to the data receiving device without forcing a user to again carry out operation of transmitting the piece of additional-information-containing data to the data receiving device, even in a case where the user cannot transmit the desired piece of additional-information-containing data to the data receiving device.

Data transmission device, data transmission method, data communication system, program, and recording medium

A mobile phone () of the present invention includes a mobile phone storage section () configured to store both of (i) data including positional information and (ii) data including no positional information, a positional information extraction section () for identifying the data including the positional information from among the data stored in the mobile phone storage section () and extracting the positional information to be used as a standard for setting a predetermined area, a mobile phone determination section () for setting the predetermined area on a basis of the positional information extracted by the positional information extraction section (), and a mobile phone notification section () notifying the user of the mobile phone when the current position of the mobile phone enters within the predetermined area set by the mobile phone determination section (). Hence, the user can easily register the positional information.

Notification device, notification system, method for controlling notification device, and computer readable recording medium having a control program recorded thereupon

It is possible to present identification information of a sender in such a manner that the identification information is easily understood by a user. Included are: a wireless communication section () for carrying out data communication with the navigation device (); and a line communication section () for carrying out data communication with the communication device (), and an address sending section () for sending, to the navigation device () via the wireless communication section (), first identification information for identifying the communication device (); a position receiving section () for receiving position information from the communication device () via the line communication section (); a position sending section () for sending the position information to the navigation device () via the wireless communication section (); a message receiving section () for receiving a message from the navigation device () via the wireless communication section (); an address adding section () for adding, to the message, second identification information for identifying the communication device (); and a message sending section () for sending, to the communication device () via the line communication section (), the message to which the second identification information is added.

Communication device, information presentation device, communication method, program, and recording medium

An information recording apparatus (SSI) is provided with: a signal process device () for applying a predetermined signal process to a plurality of partial record information blocks constructing whole record information (R) to thereby generate processed partial record information blocks (Sr) each composed of a plurality of predetermined information units (IU), and for generating and outputting recording position information (Sac), which is to be recorded by each of predetermined reproduction units (VOBU) composing the information units, for respective one of the reproduction units. The recording position information indicates recording positions of the reproduction units corresponding to reproduction times of the partial record information blocks within a predetermined range before and after the respective one of the reproduction units on an axis of reproduction time of each of the partial record information blocks. The information recording apparatus is also provided with; a multiplex device () for multiplexing the processed partial record information blocks and the recording position information by each of the reproduction units to thereby output multiplexed partial record information (Sap); and a record device () for recording the multiplexed partial record information onto the information record medium.

Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same

An information recording medium includes: a plurality of recorded information pieces being independent of each other; a plurality of individual attribute information pieces each corresponding to each of the recorded information piece and including information relating to attributes of the recorded information piece and functions in reproduction; and an aggregate attribute information piece, recorded at a position read out prior to any other positions on said recording medium, and including at least a part of the individual attribute information piece for all of the recorded information pieces.

Information recording medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same

An information record medium having a record track recorded with at least video information is to be reproduced by a reproducing apparatus, which has a read device and reproduces at least video information while relatively moving the read device along the record track. At least video information and control information comprising access information to access the video information are recorded on the record track and are each divided into a plurality of first data groups, each of which is a unit accessible by the reproducing apparatus and comprises the video and control informations. Management information including (i) reproduction procedure information and (ii) a plurality of first search prohibit informations, is collectively recorded at one portion of the record track for each of the second data groups.

A controller in a hard disk serving as a data storage device stores a license including a content key for decrypting encrypted content data E and others in a secure data storage portion. The license is managed in the secure data storage portion in accordance with a LBA, and the LBA for storing the license, which is being processed for transmission, is stored as a log in a log memory of the secure data storage portion. When a failure occurs during the transmission processing, the license, which was being processed for transmission, is specified based on the LBA stored in the log memory.

Data storing device for classified data

A digital data recording/reproducing apparatus which divides each of information data pieces into a plurality of cells, further divides each of the cells into a series of a plurality of units, and records the units. The digital data recording/reproducing apparatus has means for recording a required time for reproduction until the head position of a unit is reached, with reference to the head position of an information data cell to which a cell belongs, as a unit start time, in addition to each of the units, and means for recording a cell start time (T) equal to a required time for reproduction until the head position of each of the cells is reached, and a required time for reproduction (P) of each of the cells in a management data region.

Digital dat recording/reproducing apparatus

An information recording apparatus is provided which can record broadcasting information so as to accurately identify and reproduce broadcasting information to be reduced while increasing convenience in reproducing the broadcasting information. Time control is performed during reproduction in allocation units ALU based on the receiving time of the first packet and the receiving time of the last packet in the allocation unit ALU included in the broadcasting information. The allocation unit ALU includes a plurality of packets. Time control is performed also in access units, each of which includes an I picture, based on the display time information or the receiving time information of the I picture included in the packet.

Information recording device, information reproduction device, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording program, information reproduction program, and information recording medium

An information editing apparatus is provided which can prevent a thumbnail image, which shows the contents of recorded information recorded on an information recording medium, from being accidentally changed by a misoperation of the user. The information editing apparatus includes a deciding devicefor deciding whether a thumbnail image can be changed or not based on change permission information, which indicates whether a change can be made on the thumbnail image showing the contents of recorded information recorded on a recording medium. When the deciding devicedecides that a change is not permitted, a change of the thumbnail image is prohibited.

Information edition device, information edition method, information edition program, and information recording medium

An information record medium (DVD) has a record track recorded with record information to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (), and performs a reproduction while moving the read device along the record track at a predetermined reading linear velocity. The record information is divided into a plurality of first data groups (VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, recorded on the record track. Lowest reading rate information () indicates a minimum requirement of a reading rate for the information reproducing apparatus to reproduce a reproduction unit, which comprises at least one of the first data groups and which is to be reproduced by the information reproducing apparatus such that a sequential logical meaning of the reproduction unit is continuous. The lowest reading rate information is recorded on the record track at one portion (LI,) different from another portion where the record information is recorded.

An information reproducing apparatus has a read device, is capable of reproducing sub picture information and is also capable of performing a highlight display of the sub picture information. In an information record medium to be reproduced by this reproducing apparatus, at least the sub picture information and reproduction control information to control a reproduction of the sub picture information are recorded on the record track such that the sub picture information and the reproduction control information are divided into a plurality of groups. Each of the groups is a predetermined unit able to be accessed by the information reproducing apparatus, and has a sub picture pack in which the sub picture information is contained and a control pack in which the reproduction control information is contained. The reproduction control information includes (i) highlight display control information prescribing at least one of the highlight display of the sub picture information and an operation control corresponding to the sub picture information and (ii) time management information indicating times to manage a start time and an end time respectively of at least one of an effective time period during which the highlight display is effective and an effective time period during which the operation control is effective.

An information record medium (DVD) has a record track () to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device () and reproduces audio information by a predetermined audio frame unit while relatively moving the read device along the record track recorded with at least the audio information by the audio frame unit. A plurality of audio packets () are arranged along the record track, in each of which audio information pieces () constructing the audio information sampled by a predetermined sampling frequency and audio control information () for controlling a reproduction of the audio information pieces by the information reproducing apparatus are respectively recorded. The audio control information is provided with time management information (: PTS) for specifying a time, by a predetermined specification frequency, to manage a timing of outputting the audio information, which is included in the audio frame which head is positioned in the audio packet including the audio control information, in the reproduction by the information reproducing apparatus.

An information record medium is provided with a first recording layer on which a data group is recorded, and a second recording layer on which a data group is recorded. On the first recording layer, a lead-in area, management information for the whole of recording information, and the data group are recorded. On the second recording layer, a lead-out area and a data group are recorded. The lead-in area is recorded at the inner radius side of the information record medium. The lead-out area is recorded at the inner radius side of the information record medium. The medium is further provided with a mid area at the outer radius side of the first recording layer, and the other mid area at the outer radius side of the second recording layer.

Information record medium having first and second recording layers in which mid areas are recorded respectively, and apparatus for recording the same

An information recording apparatus (SS) is provided with: a signal process device () for dividing record information (R) to be recorded into a plurality of partial record informations including at least video information, for applying a predetermined signal process to each of the partial record informations to thereby output processed partial record information (Sr,), and for generating and outputting, on the basis of control information (Si) which is inputted from the external to control a reproduction of the record information, additional information (Sac,: PGCI) including still time information (E) indicative of a time for performing a still picture reproduction of a final picture of each of the partial record informations which is a picture included in each of the partial record informations at a final portion thereof after reproducing each of the partial record informations, at a time of reproducing the record information, the still time information being set for each of the partial record informations; a multiplex device () for multiplexing the processed partial record information and the additional information to thereby generate multiplexed processed record information (Sap); and a record device () for recording the multiplexed processed record information onto an information record medium (: DVD).

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Akihiro Tozaki