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Harumi Kawamura
Also filed as: KAWAMURA HARUMI
62 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,990 citations·filing 1993–2011
99Inventor score
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66 records- 0196US6131129AComputer system within an AV/C based media changer subunit providing a standarized command setSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 10, 2000·124 cites·23 claims
- 0293US5712834AControl apparatus for data reproduction and recording devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 27, 1998·129 cites·4 claims
- 0392US5539390AMethod for setting addresses for series-connectd apparatusesSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 23, 1996·142 cites·14 claims
- 0490US6141702AModel and command set for an AV/C-based disc media player recorderSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 31, 2000·135 cites·23 claims
- 0590US5371553AMonitor apparatus for selecting audio-visual units and operating modes from a control windowSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 6, 1994·116 cites·4 claims
- 0689US5420724AControlling system and method for audio or video unitsSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 30, 1995·46 cites·7 claims
- 0788US5786955ARecording medium cartridge with memory circuit for storing directory information including imagesSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 28, 1998·40 cites·20 claims
- 0885US6148241AMethod and system for providing a user interface for a networked device using panel subunit descriptor informationSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 14, 2000·161 cites·23 claims
- 0983US6408350B1Apparatus and method for interconnecting devices having different communication formatsSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 18, 2002·36 cites·5 claims
- 1082US7149475B2Wireless communication control apparatus and method, storage medium and programSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 12, 2006·35 cites·16 claims
- 1182US6282597B1Information processing apparatus, control method, and transmission medium using thin protocol that responds to A/V control commandsSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 28, 2001·100 cites·2 claims
- 1281US6381697B1Electronic equipment, method of controlling operation thereof and controlling methodSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 30, 2002·31 cites·8 claims
- 1381US5805073AApparatus for connecting electric appliancesSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 8, 1998·91 cites·5 claims
- 1481US5760698AMethod of selecting an input apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 2, 1998·36 cites·16 claims
- 1579US6327109B1Method for reproducing information from media which incorporate separate memory circuitsSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·24 cites·10 claims
- 1676US6260063B1Method and apparatus for representing devices and available information within a network of devices using object lists and object entriesSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 10, 2001·100 cites·20 claims
- 1774US5515211AEditing control method and apparatus providing compensation for differing mechanical rise-up timesSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 7, 1996·22 cites·9 claims
- 1873US7263274B2Recording medium cartridge with memory circuit employing a hierarchical data structureSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 28, 2007·1 cites·1 claims
- 1973US5802017AInformation-signal recording apparatus and recording mode inquiring/specifying methodSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 1, 1998·44 cites·8 claims
- 2072US6587911B1Electronic device and data communication methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 1, 2003·18 cites·15 claims
- 2172US6078783ADigital tuner having IEEE 1394 serial bus interface for providing a plurality of selected programs as a functional unitSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 20, 2000·41 cites·32 claims
- 2270US5689244ACommunication system and electronic apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 18, 1997·71 cites·8 claims
- 2370US5587849AMechanism for securing recorded contents of recording medium cassetteSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 24, 1996·22 cites·2 claims
- 2467US6816485B2Communications systemSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 9, 2004·5 cites·8 claims
- 2567US6804795B1Electronic device and its repairing methodSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 12, 2004·7 cites·12 claims
- 2666US7519985B2Radio communication system, radio communication control apparatus, radio communication control method, recording medium, and computer programSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 14, 2009·10 cites·9 claims
- 2766US6584099B1Communication command system and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 24, 2003·26 cites·12 claims
- 2866US6298196B1Digital recording apparatus and copyright protection method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 2, 2001·26 cites·16 claims
- 2964US7190694B2Communications systemSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 13, 2007·6 cites·6 claims
- 3063US6513064B1Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 28, 2003·25 cites·22 claims
- 3161US7043542B2Information processing method and system for reserving and information processing apparatus having globally unique identification informationSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 9, 2006·6 cites·10 claims
- 3258US5790743AApparatus and method for editing isochronous information transmitted among various devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 4, 1998·19 cites·9 claims
- 3356US7263273B2Recording medium cartridge with memory circuit employing a hierarchical data structureSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 28, 2007·0 cites·1 claims
- 3456US7221853B1Digital recording apparatus and copyright protection method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 22, 2007·2 cites·19 claims
- 3554US6381655B1System for transmitting information about an electronic unit stored in a storage means having a hierarchical data structure to one of a plurality of electronic unitsSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 30, 2002·2 cites·10 claims
- 3654US5563886AAddress assignment and control of a single connection terminal device on a busSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 8, 1996·33 cites·6 claims
- 3753US5903702AApparatus and method for editing isochronous information transmitted among various devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 11, 1999·14 cites·7 claims
- 3852US9282280B2Digital recording apparatus and copyright protection method thereofSHIMA HISATO·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 8, 2016·0 cites·11 claims
- 3952US6370322B2Data decoding system, data decoding method, transmission method, transmission device, receiving device, and receiving methodSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 9, 2002·28 cites·29 claims
- 4051US6150953ACommunication control method, communication system and electronic apparatus using the sameSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 21, 2000·28 cites·16 claims
- 4150US7286797B2Data transmission system, data transmission method, and electronic apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 23, 2007·1 cites·19 claims
- 4249US7389338B2Information processing method and system for reserving an information processing apparatus having globally unique identification informationSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 17, 2008·0 cites·10 claims
- 4348US8050536B2Digital recording apparatus and copyright protection method thereofSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 1, 2011·0 cites·18 claims
- 4447US6100812ACommunication control method, communication system and electronic equipment used for itSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 8, 2000·21 cites·27 claims
- 4546US7151771B2Communications systemSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 19, 2006·0 cites·5 claims
- 4646US5942983AAssuring data read/write operation in an electronic applianceSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 24, 1999·11 cites·12 claims
- 4745US6453110B1Electronic equipment control system and method, reproducing apparatus, output apparatus and transmission mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 17, 2002·17 cites·11 claims
- 4845US6360287B1Method and apparatus for asynchronous communication over a standard data bus using a plurality of data descriptors having still image data written thereinSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 19, 2002·8 cites·15 claims
- 4945US2002155808A1Data transmission method and data transmission apparatusFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 5044US6519701B1Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and transmission mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 11, 2003·16 cites·7 claims
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