Patents by Inventor Megumi Nozaki

Megumi Nozaki 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 information processing program
    Patent number: 8434015
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display element; an indicated position detection means whose manipulating face is placed on a display screen of the display element and which accepts an indicating manipulation performed by a user, and detects and outputs information on coordinates representing a position indicated with the indicating manipulation; a detection means for detecting the indicated position on the display screen and the style of the indicating manipulation on the basis of the information on coordinates fed from the indicated position detection means; and a display control means for dividing the display screen into a first area, in which at least item shifting operating pieces are disposed, and a second area in which display items that are objects of item shifting are displayed, and implementing control so that pieces of display information will be displayed in the first area and second area respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Nozaki, Mitsuo Okumura, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program
    Publication number: 20100241976
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display element; an indicated position detection means whose manipulating face is placed on a display screen of the display element and which accepts an indicating manipulation performed by a user, and detects and outputs information on coordinates representing a position indicated with the indicating manipulation; a detection means for detecting the indicated position on the display screen and the style of the indicating manipulation on the basis of the information on coordinates fed from the indicated position detection means; and a display control means for dividing the display screen into a first area, in which at least item shifting operating pieces are disposed, and a second area in which display items that are objects of item shifting are displayed, and implementing control so that pieces of display information will be displayed in the first area and second area respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Nozaki, Mitsuo Okumura, Shinya Miyoshi