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).

  • Publication number: 20220407334
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Masahiko NAITO, Kento TAKURA, Kumiko TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10120535
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9575630
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20170046047
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
  • Publication number: 20140082564
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu KOIKE, Yuu SONODA
  • Patent number: 8629929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20130293757
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 8547467
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20120147242
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 7693353
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohashi, Michitomo Kouda, Daisuke Kuroda, Shuichi Ota, Hiroshige Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7546389
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michitomo Kouda
  • Publication number: 20060274146
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohashi, Michitomo Kouda, Daisuke Kuroda, Shuichi Ota, Hiroshige Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20060202996
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michitomo Kouda