Patents by Inventor Masanobu Kumakawa

Masanobu Kumakawa 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: 20140143718
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a window rearrangement module and a profile creator. The window rearrangement module is configured to rearrange windows on a desktop screen based on a profile indicative of arrangement of the windows on the desktop screen. The profile creator is configured to create the profile by acquiring positions and sizes of the windows on the desktop screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masanobu Kumakawa, Naoyuki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20130332071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a route search apparatus includes an origin determination module, a destination determination module, and a search module. The origin determination module determines position of an origin, by using position data in a selected first image file and indicative of an imaging location of the first image file. The destination determination module determines position of a destination, by using position data in a selected second image file and indicative of an imaging location of the second image file. The search module searches for a route between the origin and the destination, based on the position of the origin and the position of the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masanobu Kumakawa
  • Publication number: 20110187700
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masanobu KUMAKAWA
  • Patent number: 7948556
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masanobu Kumakawa
  • Publication number: 20100149413
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masanobu KUMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20070296727
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus including a connector, a determination unit configured to determine whether a display device, which is connected via the connector, is adaptive to an underscan display scheme or an overscan display scheme, and a setting unit configured to set one of underscan and overscan as an output scheme of display data to the display device, based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Masanobu Kumakawa