Patents by Inventor Kosei Yamashita

Kosei Yamashita 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150241979
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Kosei Yamashita, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Naofumi Fukasawa
  • PLAYLIST SHARING METHODS AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150207839
    Abstract: A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Yasushi Miyajima, Makoto Inoue, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masamichi Asukai, Masafumi Matsuda, Toru Sasaki, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Yoichiro Sako
  • Audio reproducing apparatus, information processing apparatus and audio reproducing method, allowing efficient data selection
    Patent number: 9030413
    Abstract: An image display field, a whole map display field, a cursor are displayed on the music data selection screen. In the image display field is displayed an array of images which belong to one partition that can be displayed at a time and which are included in an array of images which represent whole audio data and is defined fixedly in advance. In the whole map display field is displayed a whole map indicating a display-area guide which shows where a partition being displayed now is located in the whole array and indicating a trajectory line which represents the trajectory of the cursor in the past. A plurality of pieces of music data represented by an image, which the cursor indicates, and images located around the image are reproduced concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Shinichi Honda
  • Playlist sharing methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 8982679
    Abstract: A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Yasushi Miyajima, Makoto Inoue, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masamichi Asukai, Masafumi Matsuda, Toru Sasaki, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Yoichiro Sako
  • SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND DATA SELECTING METHOD AND SOUND DATA SELECTING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150040741
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of pieces of audio data, displays information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data, receives an input selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of audio data, reproduces a first piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data, and initiates simultaneous reproduction of a second piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data based on an input received at the interface, processes the first and second pieces of the audio data such that the first and second pieces of the audio data are separately audible by the user, and outputs the processed first and second pieces of the audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dezheng XU, Junichi Kosaka, Kosei Yamashita
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150016685
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control unit to generate play event information based on a determination whether detected behavior of a user is a predetermined play event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga, Kosei Yamashita
  • Information processing device and computer program
    Patent number: 8908110
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an audio adjustment unit configured to adjust focus values each indicating a degree of highlighting of audio data of each content displayed in a plurality of display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Atsushi Hashizume, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • Sound processing device, sound data selecting method and sound data selecting program
    Patent number: 8903525
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of pieces of audio data, displays information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of audio data, receives an input selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of audio data, reproduces a first piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data, and initiates simultaneous reproduction of a second piece of the plurality of pieces of audio data based on an input received at the interface, processes the first and second pieces of the audio data such that the first and second pieces of the audio data are separately audible by the user, and outputs the processed first and second pieces of the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Dezheng Xu, Junichi Kosaka, Kosei Yamashita
  • Data communication apparatus, data communication method, and data communication packet
    Patent number: 8903423
    Abstract: A data communication apparatus capable of creating a new type of communication is provided. Motion information obtaining means 33 obtains information on the motion of an arbitrary apparatus. An other-party apparatus motion determination section 21 makes a determination as to the motion of the arbitrary apparatus on the basis of the information on the motion of the arbitrary apparatus, the information being obtained by the motion information obtaining means 33. A communication determination section 22 determines whether or not communication is to be performed with an arbitrary apparatus on the basis of the motion determination output by the other-party apparatus motion determination section 21. When it is determined by the communication determination section 22 that communication is to be performed, predetermined data communication is started with the arbitrary apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Masamichi Asukai, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Makoto Inoue, Kosei Yamashita, Yasushi Miyajima, Toru Sasaki, Masafumi Matsuda
  • PLAYLIST SHARING METHODS AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140337480
    Abstract: A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Yasushi Miyajima, Makoto Inoue, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masamichi Asukai, Masafumi Matsuda, Toru Sasaki, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Yoichiro Sako
  • Contents replay apparatus and contents replay method
    Patent number: 8868585
    Abstract: To enable a lot of audio data and image data such as a still image and a moving image to be effectively and efficiently used. When audio data accumulated in a material database 21 is replayed, a controller 10 acquires the metadata added to the audio data to be replayed from the material database, refer to the metadata of image data based on the above metadata to thereby search image data intimately related to the audio data, controls a voice replay system such as an audio decoder 32 and the like and an image replay system such as an image decoder 31 and the like, and replay the audio data to be replayed and the searched image data in relation with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Miyajima, Masamichi Asukai, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Kosei Yamashita, Toru Sasaki, Masafumi Matsuda
  • SENSOR DEVICE, ANALYSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140290332
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor device including a sensor configured to output a vibration datum by detecting a change in a state of a vibration in a first object when a second object touches the first object, a holding section configured to hold, at a portion of the first object which is different from a portion where the second object touches, the sensor in a state where the vibration in the first object is transmitted, and a communication section configured to transmit the single vibration datum detected by the sensor to an analyzing device which identifies a touch position where the second object touches the first object by analyzing the vibration datum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Hideyuki Matsunaga
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140288874
    Abstract: An information processing system includes processing circuitry that is configured to receive input data from a shock sensor which outputs data based on a shock on the shock sensor, and identify a target segment of time-series data that is output from a motion sensor that senses a motion of an object. The target segment includes a pre-shock portion that occurs before the shock event and a post-shock portion that occurs after the shock event, the shock event is recognized based on the data from the shock sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei Yamashita
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140286621
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing that acquires captured image data of a subject; and associates a plurality of time points of the image data and a plurality of time points of event information based on sensor time information, the event information acquired based on sensor information acquired in time series by a sensor apparatus and indicating occurrence of an operation of the sensor apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki MATSUNAGA, Kosei Yamashita
  • Playlist sharing methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 8737177
    Abstract: A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kosei Yamashita, Yasushi Miyajima, Makoto Inoue, Takatoshi Nakamura, Masamichi Asukai, Masafumi Matsuda, Toru Sasaki, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Yoichiro Sako
  • Method of reproducing audio signals and playback apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 8724820
    Abstract: A method of reproducing audio signals includes the steps of supplying a predetermined audio signal to a speaker array to synthesize surface wavefronts and forming a virtual sound source by the wavefront synthesis; and controlling the audio signal in order to change the position of the virtual sound source in the vicinity of the virtual sound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Masayoshi Miura, Susumu Yabe, Kosei Yamashita
  • Communication terminal, communication system, server apparatus, and communication connecting method
    Patent number: 8712025
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a communication unit configured to carry out communications with a communication terminal of an intended counterparty; a detector configured to detect information reflecting a status of a user of the own communication terminal; a condition checker configured to check whether a predetermined condition is satisfied by comparing information reflecting a status of a user of the communication terminal of the counterparty, received via the communication unit, with the information detected by the detector; and a controller configured to exercise control so that a communication circuit is established with the communication terminal of the counterparty via the communication unit when it is determined by the condition checker that the condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Asukai, Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Yasushi Miyajima, Kosei Yamashita, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Toru Sasaki, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Antitheft apparatus for equipment with prime mover
    Patent number: 8704402
    Abstract: In an apparatus for preventing theft of equipment (electric motor) having a prime mover (motor), a prime mover controller, a starter switch that allows the operator to connect/disconnect power from a power source to the prime mover; and an authenticator that acquires ID information from an electronic key through a receiver when the key is brought close thereto by the operator, and permits the controller to start the prime mover when acquired ID information is determined to correspond with authentication ID information, the starter switch is made of electrode pair that is sensitive to electrostatic capacitance, and the starter switch and the receiver are installed together on an electronic circuit board, thereby achieving the smaller structure of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Manita, Makoto Yamamura, Masato Takeda, Kosei Yamashita, Yoshihisa Shinogi, Yoshinori Maekawa
  • Antitheft system
    Patent number: 8692652
    Abstract: In an antitheft system for preventing an equipment comprising moving objects such as electric vehicles or operating machine such as lawnmower from theft, an electronic key is prepared to be carried by an operator of the equipment and stores authenticating data for identifying the operator who carries the electronic key. An authenticator is installed at the equipment and performs authentication check as to whether the electronic key is an authorized key using stored key-checking data, when the authenticating data is outputted from the electronic key, whereas an electronic key copier is provided separately from the equipment and copies the electronic key, thereby enabling to make a copy of the electronic key without activating equipment, while ensuring to prevent the equipment from theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Takeda, Yoshihisa Shinogi, Kosei Yamashita, Kenji Kuroiwa, Masashi Manita, Yoshinori Maekawa, Makoto Yamamura
  • Audio player and audio fast-forward playback method capable of high-speed fast-forward playback and allowing recognition of music pieces
    Patent number: 8612031
    Abstract: Audio data to be played back is associated with meta data indicating the timing of beat that serves as a basis for a rhythm of a music piece. In a fast-forward playback mode, the associated meta data is read. A portion of the audio data containing the timing of beat is determined as a playback portion A and the remaining portion in a beat-to-beat interval C is determined as a non-playback portion B. Only the playback portion A is sequentially played back and output. The relative duration of a playback portion A and a non-playback portion B is determined according to a playback speed required in fast-forward playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Kosei Yamashita