Inventor

Shozo Masuda

Inventor

Tokyo, JP

Overview

23→

Patents

1995–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 23 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer39%

G06FElectric digital data processing11%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television11%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein9%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information7%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures2%

C08KUse of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients2%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2%

H01BCables2%

H01LSemiconductor devices2%

PatentTitleYear

10,650,756Surface light source device and liquid crystal display unit2020 9,398,688'Electroconductive stack body and display body employing the same'2016 8,770,773'Light source device and display device'2014 8,313,254'Image pickup apparatus'2012 8,301,014'Signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, signal record medium and signal transmission/reception method and apparatus'2012 8,264,447'Display apparatus and method for controlling a backlight with multiple light sources of a display unit'2012 7,658,529'Surface light source device and liquid crystal display unit'2010 7,428,369'Signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, signal record medium and signal transmission/reception method and apparatus'2008 6,363,209'Signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, signal record medium and signal'2002 6,345,145'Signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, signal record medium and signal transmission/reception method and apparatus'2002 6,345,146'Signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, signal record medium and signal transmission/reception method and apparatus'2002 6,256,276'Disk recording and reproducing apparatus and method for use in a rewritable type disk'2001 6,192,018'Recordable disc and device for recording data in the same disc'2001 6,172,954'Asymmetry compensation apparatus and reproduction apparatus for recordable disc'2001 6,067,281'Rewritable disc and device for recording data in the same disc'2000 6,041,029'Disc apparatus'2000 6,005,839'Data transmitting method, data recording apparatus, data record medium and data reproducing apparatus'1999 5,930,367'Apparatus for recording/reproducing or transmitting/receiving signal data having a portion of an error correction code replaced with other information and methods thereof'1999 5,793,724'Optical disk error-correcting code system correlating error correction with sector address'1998 5,740,140'Data reproducting apparatus with controlled comparator for reducing connection error of main data with corresponding absolute time data'1998 5,623,459'Method and apparatus for error correcting reproduced data'1997 5,596,558'Data reproducing apparatus with controlled comparator for reducing connection error of main data with corresponding error correction decoded data'1997 5,416,809'Digital phase locked loop apparatus'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995–2012Patents assigned to SONY CORP (20)· patent assignee history

1995Based in Kanagawa, JP· patent location history

1997–2020Based in Tokyo, JP· patent location history

2012–2020Patents assigned to MASUDA SHOZO (5)· patent assignee history

2012–2020Patents assigned to HAYASHI MASATAKE (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2014Patents assigned to NADA NAOJI (2)· patent assignee history

2016Based in Otsu, JP· patent location history

2020Patents assigned to AOKI TOMIO (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SONY CORP	20	1995–2012
MASUDA SHOZOself	5	2012–2020
HAYASHI MASATAKE	2	2012–2020
NADA NAOJI	2	2012–2014
AOKI TOMIO	1	2020

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tokyo, JP	21	1997–2020
Otsu, JP	1	2016
Kanagawa, JP	1	1995