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Makoto Kawamura
Also filed as: KAWAMURA MAKOTO · YOSHIMURA SHUNJI
108 granted patents·5 pending applications·3,255 citations·filing 1986–2019
99Inventor score
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113 records- 0197US6192189B1Data recording method and apparatus, data recorded medium and data reproducing method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 20, 2001·158 cites·10 claims
- 0297US5592450AMethod for reproducing compressed information data from a disk using a spatial frequency less than the track pitchSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 7, 1997·98 cites·76 claims
- 0396US6198877B1Method and apparatus for recording programs formed of picture and audio data, data recording medium having programs formed of picture and audio data recorded thereon, and method and apparatus for reproducing programs having picture and audio dataSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 6, 2001·125 cites·22 claims
- 0496US6075920AMethod and apparatus for recording/ reproducing data and subcode information onto/from a recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 13, 2000·95 cites·26 claims
- 0596US5719982AApparatus and method for decoding dataSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 17, 1998·104 cites·5 claims
- 0696US5117934ASlip control system for vehicle and rough road detecting systemMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 2, 1992·78 cites·22 claims
- 0794US5621840AData transmission method and apparatus, data decoding apparatus, and data recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 15, 1997·173 cites·32 claims
- 0893US6535688B1Apparatus and methods for multiplexing, recording and controlling the display of image data, and recording medium thereforSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 18, 2003·83 cites·30 claims
- 0993US5715355AOptical disk having a particular format to store user-selected data, such as video data or computer files, including a dedicated TOC regionSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 3, 1998·71 cites·149 claims
- 1092US6873344B2Media production system using flowgraph representation of operationsSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 29, 2005·69 cites·17 claims
- 1192US6009229AData coding/decoding method and apparatus and coded data recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 28, 1999·79 cites·62 claims
- 1292US5596565AMethod and apparatus for recording MPEG-compressed video data and compressed audio data on a diskSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 21, 1997·101 cites·74 claims
- 1392US5492741APackaging material for photographic photosensitive materials and light-shielding bag formed thereofFUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 20, 1996·114 cites·38 claims
- 1491US6151441ASystem for storing and reproducing multiplexed dataSONY CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 21, 2000·37 cites·7 claims
- 1591US5793779AOptical disk and method and apparatus for recording and then playing information back from that diskSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 11, 1998·48 cites·64 claims
- 1691US5734787AOptical disk having a particular format to store user-selected data, such as compressed video data or computed files, including a dedicated TOC region and an application TOC to identify the video compression formatSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 31, 1998·97 cites·187 claims
- 1791US5353225ATraction control system using estimated road surface friction coefficientMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 4, 1994·46 cites·14 claims
- 1890US6480456B1Optical pickup apparatus for reading different types of recording media at different reading wavelengthsPIONEER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 12, 2002·36 cites·11 claims
- 1990US5281008ATraction control system for motor vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 25, 1994·42 cites·14 claims
- 2089USRE38638EOptical disk having a particular format to store user-selected data, such as video data or computer files, including a dedicated TOC regionSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 26, 2004·18 cites·155 claims
- 2189US6504994B2Data reproduction apparatus and data storage mediumSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 7, 2003·19 cites·44 claims
- 2289US6442334B1Data recording method and apparatus, data recording medium, and data reproducing method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 27, 2002·25 cites·10 claims
- 2389US6424614B1Data recording medium and record/playback apparatus using the data recording mediumSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 23, 2002·122 cites·12 claims
- 2489US5262952ASlip control system for motor vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 16, 1993·46 cites·5 claims
- 2588US5325300ATraction control system for motor vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 28, 1994·39 cites·18 claims
- 2687US6363212B1Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding digital video dataSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 26, 2002·98 cites·12 claims
- 2787US5584541ASlip control system for motor vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 17, 1996·36 cites·27 claims
- 2887US5077672ASlip control system for a vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 31, 1991·37 cites·30 claims
- 2985US7459910B2Contact welding detecting device for relayJTEKT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 2, 2008·14 cites·5 claims
- 3085US5804020AProcess for producing a laminated film that is formed by blockingFUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 8, 1998·46 cites·4 claims
- 3184US6452880B1Optical pickup apparatusPIONEER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·21 cites·11 claims
- 3284US6314234B1System for storing and reproducing multiplexed dataSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 6, 2001·29 cites·25 claims
- 3384US5881203AData recording method and apparatus data record medium and data reproducing method and apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 9, 1999·74 cites·35 claims
- 3484US5222570AVehicle traction control deviceMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 29, 1993·35 cites·18 claims
- 3582US5923811AApparatus and method for decoding dataSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 13, 1999·32 cites·7 claims
- 3682US5617384AMethod and apparatus for recovering TOC and user information from an optical disk and using the TOC information to access user tracksSONY CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 1, 1997·25 cites·58 claims
- 3782US5469359ATraction control device for vehiclesMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 21, 1995·23 cites·11 claims
- 3882US4701846AComputer system capable of interruption using special protection code for write interruption region of memory devicePANAFACOM LTD·Filed 1986·Granted Oct 20, 1987·75 cites·2 claims
- 3981US5428539ATraction control system for an automotive vehicle utilizing a wheel slip duration timerMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 27, 1995·26 cites·28 claims
- 4080US5358785ALaminated film and process for producing the sameFUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 25, 1994·35 cites·17 claims
- 4179US6896424B2Packaging for rolled photosensitive materialFUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted May 24, 2005·5 cites·18 claims
- 4279US5320422ASlip control device for vehicle wheelMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 14, 1994·45 cites·10 claims
- 4377US5365443ATraction control device for vehiclesMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 15, 1994·19 cites·15 claims
- 4476US5603301AFuel-injected engineYAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 18, 1997·32 cites·16 claims
- 4575US6078722AMethod of and apparatus for reverse playback of a time division multiplexed signalSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 20, 2000·19 cites·20 claims
- 4675US5295552ASlip control system for motor vehicleMAZDA MOTOR·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 22, 1994·21 cites·10 claims
- 4774US6429981B2Optical pickup apparatusPIONEER CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 6, 2002·10 cites·5 claims
- 4873US7894322B2Optical pickup and information equipmentPIONEER CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 22, 2011·2 cites·10 claims
- 4973US6535213B1Curve edition system, curve-loop detecting system, curve-loop removing systemSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 18, 2003·59 cites·16 claims
- 5072US7774666B2AnalyzerPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 10, 2010·7 cites·23 claims
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