Tokyo, Japan

Toshimasa Araki

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Sony Corporation. Active years: 2000.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Toshimasa Araki. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/toshimasa-araki

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.0

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Forward Citations = 10(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 2000

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Toshimasa Araki: Patent Work in Magnetic-Tape Recording

Introduction

Toshimasa Araki is an inventor associated with Sony Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. His listed patent concerns recording and reproducing digital signals on magnetic tape.

Latest Patents

Araki is credited with 1 patent: “Recording/reproducing method and apparatus for storing data in a memory.” The invention describes an apparatus that records digital signals, such as PCM signals, as multiple slanted tracks on magnetic tape. A first head records the signals with address information, while a downstream second head reads them back. A detection unit checks the read signal for errors. If an error is detected, a control unit manages the storage in memory of the relevant data and address information, including data intended for the first head.

Career Highlights

The available information links Araki’s patent work to Sony Corporation and to digital recording and playback technology. The patent’s design addresses error detection and data handling during magnetic-tape recording.

Collaborations

Kazuyoshi Ebata and Hisashi Asano are listed as Araki’s coworkers. The provided information does not specify their roles in the patent.

Conclusion

Toshimasa Araki’s listed invention focuses on reliable digital-signal recording and reproduction through address tracking, memory management, and error detection.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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