Patents by Inventor Kojiro Umemura

Kojiro Umemura 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: 9729831
    Abstract: A wireless surgical loupe enables a user to use the wireless loupe to perform a procedure, transmit information acquired by the wireless loupe and display patient information on a wireless loupe display. The transmitted information is able to be used to aid the operating room procedure, enhance education and be recorded for later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Birnkrant, Allen Poirson, Kelly Davis, Kojiro Umemura, Hitoshi Namba
  • Publication number: 20140146153
    Abstract: A wireless surgical loupe enables a user to use the wireless loupe to perform a procedure, transmit information acquired by the wireless loupe and display patient information on a wireless loupe display. The transmitted information is able to be used to aid the operating room procedure, enhance education and be recorded for later use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc Birnkrant, Allen Poirson, Kelly Davis, Kojiro Umemura, Hitoshi Namba
  • Patent number: 8519955
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for displaying a plurality of character key images in a first display area on the computing device, each character key image representing and being associated with at least one of the character groups, each character group including a plurality of characters; and displaying, in a case where one of the character key images is selected by a user of the computing device, a plurality of input candidate characters in a second display area on the computing device, the plurality of input candidate characters including at least some of the plurality of characters in the character group associated with the selected one of the character key images, the second display area being set in a partially overlapping manner over the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Kojiro Umemura
  • Patent number: 8463103
    Abstract: A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and userfriendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-out unit (44) reads out a content from an external recording medium mounted as a content data storage area. A Storage unit (80) holds data on a plurality of function icons symbolizing a plurality of content reproduction function types and data on a plurality of media icons symbolizing the external recording medium types. A display processing unit (46) processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu unit (48) generates image data on a menu screen where a plurality of function icons and a plurality of media icons are arranged two-dimensionally according to a user function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakai, Kojiro Umemura, Shuji Hiramatsu, Ryuji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130038523
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for displaying a plurality of character key images in a first display area on the computing device, each character key image representing and being associated with at least one of the character groups, each character group including a plurality of characters; and displaying, in a case where one of the character key images is selected by a user of the computing device, a plurality of input candidate characters in a second display area on the computing device, the plurality of input candidate characters including at least some of the plurality of characters in the character group associated with the selected one of the character key images, the second display area being set in a partially overlapping manner over the first display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Kojiro Umemura
  • Patent number: 8274474
    Abstract: To provide a character input device allowing a user to smoothly carry out a “character input operation which is carried out by initially selecting any character group from a plurality of character groups each corresponding to a plurality of characters, then selecting any character from among those corresponding to that group, and determining the selected character as an input character”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Kojiro Umemura
  • Publication number: 20110010667
    Abstract: A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and userfriendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-out unit (44) reads out a content from an external recording medium mounted as a content data storage area. A Storage unit (80) holds data on a plurality of function icons symbolizing a plurality of content reproduction function types and data on a plurality of media icons symbolizing the external recording medium types. A display processing unit (46) processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu unit (48) generates image data on a menu screen where a plurality of function icons and a plurality of media icons are arranged two-dimensionally according to a user function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakai, Kojiro Umemura, Shuji Hiramatsu, Ryuji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7801419
    Abstract: A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and user-friendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-out unit (44) reads out a content from an external recording medium mounted as a content data storage area. A storage unit (80) holds data on a plurality of function icons symbolizing a plurality of content reproduction function types and data on a plurality of media icons symbolizing the external recording medium types. A display processing unit (46) processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu control unit (48) generates image data on a menu screen where a plurality of function icons and a plurality of media icons are arranged two-dimensionally according to a user instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakai, Kojiro Umemura, Shuji Hiramatsu, Ryuji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20080062136
    Abstract: To provide a character input device allowing a user to smoothly carry out a “character input operation which is carried out by initially selecting any character group from a plurality of character groups each corresponding to a plurality of characters, then selecting any character from among those corresponding to that group, and determining the selected character as an input character”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakamura, Kojiro Umemura
  • Publication number: 20070160345
    Abstract: A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and user-friendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-out unit (44) reads out a content from an external recording medium mounted as a content data storage area. A storage unit (80) holds data on a plurality of function icons symbolizing a plurality of content reproduction function types and data on a plurality of media icons symbolizing the external recording medium types. A display processing unit (46) processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu control unit (48) generates image data on a menu screen where a plurality of function icons and a plurality of media icons are arranged two-dimensionally according to a user instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Masaharu Sakai, Kojiro Umemura, Shuji Hiramatsu, Ryuji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 5708637
    Abstract: Data of a recording medium in a storage device is read out for every sector and is stored in a ring buffer under the control of a CPU which can vary the speed of readout from the buffer as the load on the system varies. Data stored in the ring buffer is read out for every frame and is outputted to an output device. When data read out from the recording medium is to be reproduced in real time, the data can be reproduced substantially at a speed corresponding to a reading speed of the data from the recording medium, with a minimum of data loss and enhanced temporal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kojiro Umemura, Masakazu Suzuoki, Teiji Yutaka