Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Fukuda

Kazuhiro Fukuda 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).

  • Patent number: 8966536
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that, when display information of one content among a plurality of contents is selected on a display screen, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content, wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8887219
    Abstract: There is provided an information providing apparatus including an ECG scenario storage portion to store an ECG scenario related to a program in association with reference ID, an ECG package storage portion to store reference IDs of ECG scenarios related to programs in association with discrimination ID of an ECG channel allocated to an ECG package in order to provide a collection of information related to programs having a relationship as an ECG package, an ECG package providing portion to acquire discrimination ID of a particular channel from a receiving terminal, extract an ECG package corresponding to the acquired discrimination ID and provide it to the receiving terminal, and an ECG scenario providing portion to acquire reference ID of a particular ECG scenario included in the ECG package from the receiving terminal, extract an ECG scenario corresponding to the acquired reference ID and provide it to the receiving terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8881196
    Abstract: A video playback apparatus for playing back a recorded program video which is connected with an ECG server for providing information related to a program through a communication network includes a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program containing a specific recorded program video to the ECG server, a related information receiving portion to receive a related information associated with the designated program, which is selected from related information each containing an ECG scenario related to each program video constituting a program and a scheduled time of each program video and stored in association with the program, from the ECG server, and a display/playback control portion to control display of the ECG scenario related to the specific program video in synchronization with playback of the specific program video based on the scheduled time of the program video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Asako Honjo
  • Patent number: 8846187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent gas barrier film having good transparency and good gas barrier properties, which exhibits excellent adhesion even after storage under severe environmental conditions, and does not deteriorate even when a large impact is applied thereto. The transparent gas barrier film is characterized by having, on a resin base, at least two layers having different elastic moduluses. The transparent gas barrier film is further characterized in that the elastic modulus difference between adjoining layers is not less than 1 GPa but not more than 20 GPa, and each layer has a thickness of not less than 1 nm but not more than 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140282731
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that, when display information of one content among a plurality of contents is selected on a display screen, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content, wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140255288
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising a substrate having thereon at least a gas barrier layer and a polymer layer, wherein at least one polymer layer is provided adjacent to at least one gas barrier layer; and an average carbon content of the polymer layer at a contact interface between the gas barrier layer is lower than an average carbon content in the polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki ARITA, Toshio TSUJI, Chikao MAMIYA, Kazuhiro FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 8826111
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus and method for display of final superimposed scenes from a receiver adapted to receive shared object control information used for forming final superimposed scenes and display final superimposed scenes. The final superimposed scenes are formed by superimposing two or more shared scenes each comprising one or more shared objects. The shared object comprises user-selectable command objects that are separately controllable independent of the shared scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8799962
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that, when display information of one content among a plurality of contents is selected on a display screen, creates a next display screen containing display information of at least any of a plurality of contents relevant to the one content, wherein the display information contained in the next display screen is display information of contents according to a selection sequence of a plurality of display information having been selected before among the plurality of contents relevant to the one content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20140170423
    Abstract: A transparent gas barrier film comprising a substrate having thereon a gas barrier layer comprising at least a low density layer and a high density layer, wherein one or more intermediate density layers are sandwiched between the low density layer and the high density layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro FUKUDA, Toshio Tsuji, Chikao Mamiya, Hiroaki Arita
  • Patent number: 8748003
    Abstract: A gas barrier laminate comprising a substrate having thereon at least a gas barrier layer and a polymer layer, wherein at least one polymer layer is provided adjacent to at least one gas barrier layer; and an average carbon content of the polymer layer at a contact interface between the gas barrier layer is lower than an average carbon content in the polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arita, Toshio Tsuji, Chikao Mamiya, Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8700454
    Abstract: An interactive privilege supply system in which a user terminal device, a privilege supply device, and a product supply device are connected via a network, wherein the product supply device generates privilege data in which a privilege is interlocked with time; the user terminal device generates entry data within a predetermined period of time in accordance with the privilege data and with contingency data, which is contained in program data transmitted from the privilege supply device; and the privilege supply device generates result data, which contains validity period information about product privilege purchase, in accordance with the relationship between the contingency data and the entry data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8683520
    Abstract: The information providing device includes the program listing information transmitting portion to transmit program listing information indicating a plurality of currently viewable programs to the receiving device, the related information storage portion to store related information including a plurality of pieces of information concerning a program edited to be sequentially displayed in association with the program, the program designation information receiving portion to receive program designation information designating a selected channel or a program selected or determined based on the program listing information from the receiving device, the related information extracting portion to extract related information corresponding to a program designated by the program designation information from the related information storage portion, and the related information transmitting portion to transmit the extracted related information to the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama
  • Patent number: 8661467
    Abstract: A handheld terminal includes a device communication unit which communicates with at least one or more broadcasting reception apparatus receiving contents and content information about the contents from a content provider and receives the content information from the broadcasting reception apparatus, a content display unit which displays the content information received from the broadcasting reception apparatus, a server communication unit which communicates with an information providing server which manages related information relating to the contents and receives the related information relating to the content information received from the broadcasting reception apparatus from the information providing server, and a related information display unit which displays the related information received from the information providing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8652625
    Abstract: A transparent gas barrier film comprising a substrate having thereon a gas barrier layer comprising at least a low density layer and a high density layer, wherein one or more intermediate density layers are sandwiched between the low density layer and the high density layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Toshio Tsuji, Chikao Mamiya, Hiroaki Arita
  • Publication number: 20140040957
    Abstract: A handheld terminal includes a device communication unit which communicates with at least one or more broadcasting reception apparatus receiving contents and content information about the contents from a content provider and receives the content information from the broadcasting reception apparatus, a content display unit which displays the content information received from the broadcasting reception apparatus, a server communication unit which communicates with an information providing server which manages related information relating to the contents and receives the related information relating to the content information received from the broadcasting reception apparatus from the information providing server, and a related information display unit which displays the related information received from the information providing server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20130340972
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus, which facilitates a change of the position from which a pipe is taken out. A heat exchanger unit is inverted back to front in a state in which the relationship between the bottom surface and the upper surface of the heat exchanger unit is maintained, so that a pair of opening portions can be selectively connected to an air outlet of an air-sending unit. The air-sending unit is inverted upside down so that an air outlet can be connected to a selected opening portion from among the pair of opening portions of the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 8554752
    Abstract: The information receiving apparatus includes the related information receiving portion to receive content-related information, the mode selecting portion to select a link condition between the content and the related information, the related information request transmitting portion to transmit content designation information when the link condition is switched to the link mode or the content is switched in the link mode, and the display control portion to display the content, related information and link condition. The information providing apparatus includes the related information storage portion to store the related information associating with the content, the related information request receiving portion to receive the content designation information, the related information extracting portion to extract the related information corresponding to the content, and the related information transmitting portion to transmit the related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura, Asako Honjo
  • Patent number: 8510776
    Abstract: An information receiving terminal includes a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program and a related information receiving portion. The information providing apparatus includes a related information storage portion to store related information containing a plurality of information to which each provision period is settable in association with a program, a designation information receiving portion, a related information extracting portion to extract the related information appropriate for a designated program, and a related information transmitting portion to transmit the extracted related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Asako Honjo
  • Patent number: 8510784
    Abstract: In a cooperative processing system for performing cooperative process between a portable terminal and a television terminal through a service server and a device control server, content and content information separately managed by a content server connected to the television terminal and the service server are searched based on a search condition extracted from the content or the content information reproduced and displayed by the portable terminal, and the search result of the content and the content information is seamlessly displayed on the television terminal. Consequently, the convenience of the user in content usage can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kazuto Mugura, Nariaki Satoh, Ippei Tambata, Goro Takaki, Rui Yamagami
  • Patent number: 8486487
    Abstract: A gas barrier film comprising a resin substrate provided thereon at least one layer of a ceramic film, wherein the density ratio Y (=?f/?b) satisfies 1?Y?0.95 and the ceramic film has a residual stress being a compression stress of 0.01 MPa or more and 100 Mpa or less, wherein ?f is the density of the ceramic film and ?b is the density of a comparative ceramic film being formed by thermal oxidation or thermal nitridation of a metal as a mother material of the ceramic film so as to being the same composition ratio of the ceramic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Chikao Mamiya, Hiroaki Arita