Patents by Inventor Daisuke Nagano

Daisuke Nagano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160202884
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an activation unit to activate multiple applications in response to an external input, an image generation unit to generate multiple screens corresponding to the multiple applications, and a display control unit to perform such a control that the multiple screens generated by the image generation unit are displayed in parallel on a display screen. The display control unit performs such a control that a parallel display of first and second screens corresponding to first and second applications is switched to a parallel display of third and fourth screens corresponding to third and fourth applications, in response to a single external input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito OHKI, Yasushi OKUMURA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Daisuke NAGANO, Daisuke SATO
  • Patent number: 9383780
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a main body in which a display section is formed on a front surface side, and an operation body in which an operation section is formed and which is provided on a rear surface side of the main body. The main body and the operation body are partially spaced apart from each other, and the operation section is provided on an inner surface of the operation body, the inner surface facing a space formed between the main body and the operation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Rui Morisawa, Takuya Niitsu, Daisuke Nagano, Daisuke Sato
  • Patent number: 9298414
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a housing which has a polyhedron shape and includes at least one surface on which an output section is provided, a communication section which communicates with at least one mobile terminal, and a control section which performs output control from the output section in cooperation with the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Daisuke Nagano
  • Publication number: 20160062317
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a solar cell panel configured to have multiple pieces and a substrate that connects the multiple pieces to each other. The multiple pieces include a first piece and a second piece adjacent to the first piece. Opposing sides of the first piece and the second piece respectively have a mutually fittable shape. A length of the mutually fittable shape is longer than a distance of a straight line which connects both ends of the mutually fittable shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20160057356
    Abstract: [Object] To display a captured image on a display unit in accordance with the intention of a user. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present technology includes a reception unit configured to receive operation information on a user, and a control unit configured to decide, on the basis of a state of a flexible display unit pulled out from a body of an image shooting device, a corresponding range corresponding to a displayable area of the pulled-out display unit from an entire image range acquired by an image shooting unit, the state being received by the reception unit, the flexible display unit being capable of being pulled out from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAISUKE NAGANO, DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20160043252
    Abstract: A power generating film is disposed on a first surface of a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, and a first front resist film and a first back resist film are disposed on the transparent conductive film and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, the first back resist film is patterned into a predetermined shape, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by spraying an etching liquid onto the substrate from the second surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20160043256
    Abstract: A power generating film is disposed on a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, a first insulating film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 1 ?m is disposed on the transparent conductive film, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by irradiating the substrate with laser light which is condensed thereto and by spraying gas onto the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20160043246
    Abstract: A conductive paste is disposed on a transparent conductive film of a substrate in which a power generating film and the transparent conductive film are disposed in this order, a wiring member is disposed on the conductive paste through an anisotropic conductive film, and the anisotropic conductive film is heated while pressing the substrate and the wiring member by interposing them, and thus the wiring member is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20150378447
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device including an operation unit operable in a specific direction, an orientation determining unit configured to determine an orientation of the terminal device including the operation unit, and a control unit configured to switch a function to be implemented in response to an operation on the operation unit in accordance with the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NAGANO, Daisuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20150136225
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes preparing a solar cell substrate including a support substrate, an electric power generating layer that receives light beams and generates electric power, and a conductive layer that is formed on the electric power generating layer, forming a resist layer on the conductive layer in such a manner that an exposed portion at which the conductive layer is exposed is formed, forming an electric conduction portion at a part of the exposed portion, and etching the conductive layer by using the resist layer and the electric conduction portion as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20150138935
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes a first segment as a first solar cell segment and a second segment as a second solar cell segment disposed adjacent to each other, and each having electrodes respectively on both of obverse and reverse sides, and a conductive member including a base member having flexibility, a first conductive layer disposed on one surface of the base member, and a second conductive layer disposed on the other surface of the base member, and the base member is bent so as to connect the first conductive layer to the obverse side electrode of the first segment, and connect the second conductive layer to the reverse side electrode of the first segment and the obverse side electrode of the second segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20150029649
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a main body in which a display section is formed on a front surface side, and an operation body in which an operation section is formed and which is provided on a rear surface side of the main body. The main body and the operation body are partially spaced apart from each other, and the operation section is provided on an inner surface of the operation body, the inner surface facing a space formed between the main body and the operation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, RUI MORISAWA, TAKUYA NIITSU, DAISUKE NAGANO, DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20150029393
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image generation section which generates a compressed image with a second aspect ratio having a short side smaller than that of a first aspect ratio based on pixel values from an imaging section which performs imaging with the first aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, DAISUKE NAGANO, DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20150015761
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a recognition unit configured to recognize a display region in a display unit which is visible from outside, an image generation unit configured to generate an image to be displayed in accordance with the display region recognized by the recognition unit, and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, on the display region, the image generated by the image generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, TSUBASA TSUKAHARA, KEISHI TSUCHIYA, DAISUKE NAGANO, DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20150012862
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation recognition unit configured to recognize a drag start area in a first application and a droppable area in a second application, the drag start area being an area where an drag operation is started, and the second application being different from the first application, a paste content processing unit configured to analyze attributes of the drag start area and the droppable area, and to determine a paste content in response to a comparison result between the respective attributes, and a paste execution unit configured to paste the paste content determined by the paste content processing unit, in the droppable area, when the operation recognition unit recognizes a drop operation in the droppable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, DAISUKE NAGANO, DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20140285400
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a housing which has a polyhedron shape and includes at least one surface on which an output section is provided, a communication section which communicates with at least one mobile terminal, and a control section which performs output control from the output section in cooperation with the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAISUKE SATO, DAISUKE NAGANO
  • Patent number: 8648795
    Abstract: A method for driving a display sheet having a display layer having storage portions containing first particles and second particles includes a reset period having a first period in which the second particles are moved to one surface and also the first particles are moved to the other surface and a second period, after the first period, in which the first particles are moved to the one surface and also the second particles are moved to the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Nagano
  • Publication number: 20110310130
    Abstract: A method for driving a display sheet having a display layer having storage portions containing first particles and second particles includes a reset period having a first period in which the second particles are moved to one surface and also the first particles are moved to the other surface and a second period, after the first period, in which the first particles are moved to the one surface and also the second particles are moved to the other surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke NAGANO
  • Patent number: 7327428
    Abstract: To simplify a manufacturing process of a transverse electric field mode liquid crystal display device by using a non-linear resistance element such as a TFD (Thin Film Diode) as a switching element. In a liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with liquid crystal interposed therebetween, one of the substrates consists of an electrode substrate. On the electrode substrate, there are provided a first group of electrodes, a second group of electrodes crossing the first group of electrodes with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, non-linear resistance elements, one end of each of the non-linear resistance elements being connected to the respective one of the second group of electrodes, and pixel electrodes opposing the first group of electrodes, each pixel electrode being connected to the other end of each of the non-linear resistance elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori Yamazaki, Eiji Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Kimitaka Kamijo, Daisuke Nagano, Takumi Seki, Akira Inoue
  • Publication number: 20050231673
    Abstract: To simplify a manufacturing process of a transverse electric field mode liquid crystal display device by using a non-linear resistance element such as a TFD (Thin Film Diode) as a switching element. In a liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with liquid crystal interposed therebetween, one of the substrates consists of an electrode substrate. On the electrode substrate, there are provided a first group of electrodes, a second group of electrodes crossing the first group of electrodes with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, non-linear resistance elements, one end of each of the non-linear resistance elements being connected to the respective one of the second group of electrodes, and pixel electrodes opposing the first group of electrodes, each pixel electrode being connected to the other end of each of the non-linear resistance elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Yamazaki, Eiji Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Kimitaka Kamijo, Daisuke Nagano, Takumi Seki, Akira Inoue