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Makoto Akune
Also filed as: AKUNE MAKOTO
25 granted patents·2 pending applications·587 citations·filing 1990–2024
96Inventor score
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27 records- 0197US5687157AMethod of recording and reproducing digital audio signal and apparatus thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 11, 1997·154 cites·34 claims
- 0290US5115240AMethod and apparatus for encoding voice signals divided into a plurality of frequency bandsSONY CORP·Filed 1990·Granted May 19, 1992·111 cites·12 claims
- 0384US5757938AHigh efficiency encoding device and a noise spectrum modifying device and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 26, 1998·58 cites·20 claims
- 0478US5299240ASignal encoding and signal decoding apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 29, 1994·28 cites·6 claims
- 0575US5204677AQuantizing error reducer for audio signalSONY CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 20, 1993·53 cites·5 claims
- 0669US2024314513A1Signal processing device, signal processing method, and programSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 0767US5754973AMethods and apparatus for replacing missing signal information with synthesized information and recording medium thereforSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 19, 1998·24 cites·33 claims
- 0866US5737717AMethod and apparatus for altering frequency components of a transformed signal, and a recording medium thereforSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 7, 1998·15 cites·50 claims
- 0965US5856796ASampling rate converting method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 5, 1999·17 cites·9 claims
- 1065US5719571ASampling rate converting method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 17, 1998·18 cites·3 claims
- 1164US6044338ASignal processing method and apparatus and signal recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 28, 2000·21 cites·16 claims
- 1258US11997472B2Signal processing device, signal processing method, and programSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2020·Granted May 28, 2024·0 cites·16 claims
- 1358US5563913AHigh efficiency encoding device and a noise spectrum modifying device and methodSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 8, 1996·24 cites·18 claims
- 1457US5197087ASignal encoding apparatusIWAHASHI NAOTO·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 23, 1993·14 cites·4 claims
- 1554US12142294B2Signal processing apparatus, method, and program to detect a time interval containing sound based on a distance between two mobile bodiesSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·12 claims
- 1651US11405715B2Information processing apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 2, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 1751US5719574ADigital audio transmission apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 17, 1998·9 cites·15 claims
- 1850US6941333B2Digital signal processing apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·6 cites·25 claims
- 1948US12081961B2Signal processing device and methodSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·11 claims
- 2048US5831565ASignal processing apparatus for converting multi-bit signal having sub-data added thereto into one-bit signalSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 3, 1998·8 cites·5 claims
- 2144US11159905B2Signal processing apparatus and methodSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 26, 2021·0 cites·10 claims
- 2243US2004093396A1Data distribution method, server, and terminalFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2342US5684923AMethods and apparatus for compressing and quantizing signalsSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 4, 1997·11 cites·32 claims
- 2440US5299239ASignal encoding apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 29, 1994·5 cites·24 claims
- 2535USRE37864EQuantizing error reducer for audio signalSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 1, 2002·6 cites·43 claims
- 2635US5299238ASignal decoding apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 29, 1994·3 cites·8 claims
- 2730USRE36559EMethod and apparatus for encoding audio signals divided into a plurality of frequency bandsSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 8, 2000·2 cites·14 claims
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