Inventor · disambiguated record
Nobuyuki Kihara
Also filed as: KIHARA NOBUYUKI
67 granted patents·8 pending applications·1,765 citations·filing 1989–2020
99Inventor score
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75 records- 0198US6748485B1Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording/reproducing system for tracking use and transfer of dataSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 8, 2004·129 cites·63 claims
- 0297US7092911B2Reproducing apparatus and reproducing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 15, 2006·68 cites·22 claims
- 0397US6434103B1Recording medium, recording apparatus, recording method, editing apparatus and editing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 13, 2002·100 cites·17 claims
- 0497US5625611AMethod of recording on a recording medium employing an automatic updating of management data by monitoring the signal being recordedSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 29, 1997·118 cites·8 claims
- 0596US6907184B1Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply sourceSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 14, 2005·44 cites·32 claims
- 0696US6618789B1Security memory card compatible with secure and non-secure data processing systemsSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 9, 2003·77 cites·21 claims
- 0794US6691149B1System for distributing music data files between a server and a client and returning the music data files back to the previous locationsSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 10, 2004·103 cites·7 claims
- 0893US6792539B1Processing method and apparatus for encrypted data transferSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 14, 2004·39 cites·16 claims
- 0993US5668789ARecording method of recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 16, 1997·63 cites·6 claims
- 1092US10818048B2Advanced medical image processing wizardZHAO TIECHENG T·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 27, 2020·18 cites·20 claims
- 1192US6799273B1Data processing system and method for mutual identification between apparatusesSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 28, 2004·37 cites·18 claims
- 1292US6601140B1Memory unit, data processing unit, and data processing method using memory unit typeSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 29, 2003·36 cites·15 claims
- 1391US6404676B2Nonvolatile memory and nonvolatile memory reproducing apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 11, 2002·59 cites·12 claims
- 1490US5504728AMethod for recording of disk and apparatus for adjusting position of breakpoint of audio dataSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 2, 1996·44 cites·12 claims
- 1589US6212097B1Nonvolatile memorySONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 3, 2001·55 cites·7 claims
- 1688US7600085B2Apparatus and method for determining erasability of dataSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·9 cites·13 claims
- 1788US6820203B1Security unit for use in memory cardSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 16, 2004·42 cites·18 claims
- 1887US10025479B2Advanced medical image processing wizardZHAO TIECHENG·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 17, 2018·12 cites·21 claims
- 1987US7242856B2Data transfer apparatus and data transfer methodSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 10, 2007·27 cites·11 claims
- 2087US4988529AMilk shake and manufacturing method thereofNISSEI KK·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 29, 1991·97 cites·17 claims
- 2186US7526086B2Editing apparatus and editing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 28, 2009·5 cites·1 claims
- 2286US7155108B2Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply sourceSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 26, 2006·4 cites·14 claims
- 2385US5633841AOptical disc recording/reproducing apparatus having automatic protection of previously recorded dataSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 27, 1997·43 cites·8 claims
- 2484US6262915B1Nonvolatile memory and nonvolitile memory reproducing apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 17, 2001·32 cites·12 claims
- 2584US5453967ADisc reproducing apparatus which stops recording in response to compressed data stored, in a record stop state, in a memorySONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 26, 1995·43 cites·11 claims
- 2683US6985584B1Non-volatile record medium, recording method, and recording apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 10, 2006·33 cites·25 claims
- 2783US6788604B2Apparatus and method for determining the erasability of data in a memorySONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 7, 2004·18 cites·23 claims
- 2882US5493558ADisc-shaped recording medium with magnetic data and read out regionSONY CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 20, 1996·32 cites·7 claims
- 2980US7155013B2Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 26, 2006·3 cites·14 claims
- 3080US6097557AMethod and apparatus for recording compressed audio data on recording medium and method for transferring compressed audio dataSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 1, 2000·53 cites·21 claims
- 3179US7058285B2Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply sourceSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 6, 2006·2 cites·1 claims
- 3279US5553055ADisc playback methodSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 3, 1996·32 cites·22 claims
- 3377US7673153B1Data processing method, apparatus and system for encrypted data transferSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 2, 2010·24 cites·19 claims
- 3477US7230898B1Reproducing apparatus and recording apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 12, 2007·12 cites·4 claims
- 3576US5619483AMethod of recording on a recording medium employing an automatic termination of recording by monitoring the signal being recordedSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 8, 1997·21 cites·15 claims
- 3675US7124436B2Security unit for use in memory cardSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 17, 2006·19 cites·37 claims
- 3773US7193916B2Apparatus and method for determining erasability of dataSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 20, 2007·8 cites·37 claims
- 3873US7089271B1Editing apparatus and editing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 8, 2006·23 cites·24 claims
- 3973US5706262ARecording and reproducing apparatus that allows user reordering of the sequence that data is reproduced from the disc and that automatically reorders the remaining data after data defined by the user has been erasedSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 6, 1998·25 cites·20 claims
- 4071US5473590AMethod for recording of disk and apparatus for adjusting position of breakpoint of audio dataSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 5, 1995·16 cites·10 claims
- 4170US5768236ARecording and reproducing apparatus and method using a buffer memory to ensure continuous output during track jumps caused by either vibration or fast reproduction modeSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 16, 1998·23 cites·15 claims
- 4269US6807024B1Reproducing apparatus and reproducing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 19, 2004·15 cites·20 claims
- 4367US5886957AData storage apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 23, 1999·19 cites·11 claims
- 4464US6580647B1Editing apparatus, editing method, and non-volatile memorySONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 17, 2003·13 cites·7 claims
- 4562US5491592AMethod of and apparatus for reproducing a recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 13, 1996·13 cites·21 claims
- 4660US7991166B2Microphone apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 2, 2011·1 cites·6 claims
- 4759US8139918B2Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply sourceYOKOTA TEPPEI·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 20, 2012·2 cites·6 claims
- 4859US7099558B2Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply sourceSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 29, 2006·2 cites·1 claims
- 4958US11984133B2Operation deviceSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·6 claims
- 5057US7512320B2Reproduction apparatus and reproducing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 31, 2009·6 cites·24 claims
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