Patents by Inventor Michitomo Kouda
Michitomo Kouda 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).
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Publication number: 20220407334Abstract: There is a demand for an information processing device capable of maintaining, as long as possible, a state in which a decrease an the processing speed of a CPU due to heat generation hardly occurs. Therefore, proposed is an information processing device including a secondary battery, and the information processing device includes a measurement unit that measures a remaining amount of the secondary battery, a determination unit that determines whether or not the remaining amount is equal to or more than a first threshold and determines whether or not a specific application is in a foreground state, and a charge control unit that stops charging the secondary battery by using an external power supply in a case where the remaining amount is equal to or more than the first threshold and the specific application is in the foreground state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Masahiko NAITO, Kento TAKURA, Kumiko TSUKAHARA
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Patent number: 10120535Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 9575630Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20170046047Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
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Publication number: 20140082564Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
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Patent number: 8629929Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20130293757Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 8547467Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Publication number: 20120147242Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
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Patent number: 7693353Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store sightseeing information in a storing unit, a detection unit configured to detect sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device, a display unit configured to display the sightseeing information detected by the detection means on a display unit, and an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object. The storage unit links an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing unit to the sightseeing information detected by the detecting unit and stores the image.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisashi Ohashi, Michitomo Kouda, Daisuke Kuroda, Shuichi Ota, Hiroshige Yokoyama
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Patent number: 7546389Abstract: An information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus that stores model-based product model information relating to a predetermined product model, includes a first storage for storing a model code uniquely identifying the product model of the information processing apparatus, a second storage for storing product model information relating to the product model of the information processing apparatus, a connector for connecting the information processing apparatus with the other information processing apparatus, and a communication controller for controlling the communication between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus as a connection destination of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Michitomo Kouda
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Publication number: 20060274146Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store sightseeing information in a storing unit, a detection unit configured to detect sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device, a display unit configured to display the sightseeing information detected by the detection means on a display unit, and an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object. The storage unit links an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing unit to the sightseeing information detected by the detecting unit and stores the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisashi Ohashi, Michitomo Kouda, Daisuke Kuroda, Shuichi Ota, Hiroshige Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20060202996Abstract: An information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus that stores model-based product model information relating to a predetermined product model, includes a first storage for storing a model code uniquely identifying the product model of the information processing apparatus, a second storage for storing product model information relating to the product model of the information processing apparatus, a connector for connecting the information processing apparatus with the other information processing apparatus, and a communication controller for controlling the communication between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus as a connection destination of the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Michitomo Kouda