Patents by Inventor Mitsutoshi Aoyagi

Mitsutoshi Aoyagi 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).

  • Patent number: 11931648
    Abstract: The present invention allows stress of a user that may occur until matching is completed when carrying out matching of a plurality of users with each other to be reduced. The users are arranged by taking into consideration a waiting time of a user who has never cleared content. When the user carries out a play request for content, the user is arranged in the content. The content in which the user is arranged is extracted by using an extraction condition regarding the waiting time of a non-cleared user. The plurality of users arranged in the content are thus matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takemura, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Mitsutoshi Gondai, Tsuyoshi Yokozawa
  • Publication number: 20240015460
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a signal acquisition unit that acquires an audio signal; a storage unit that stores head-related transfer function information corresponding to a user; a determination processing unit that determines whether or not the head-related transfer function information corresponding to the user is stored in another information processing device; a transfer function acquisition unit that acquires the head-related transfer function information corresponding to the user; and a function application unit that applies the head-related transfer function information corresponding to the user to the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi YOSHIDA, Tatsuya TAMAKI, Izuru TANAKA, Mitsutoshi AOYAGI, Naoki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210195296
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, a display control method, and a program that enable a user to view a video image as intended by a content provider side. In an image processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology, an image quality adjustment menu is displayed that includes display related to setting of an image quality adjustment mode for a specific distribution service, in a case where an instruction is made to perform image quality adjustment during execution of an application that is used for viewing a content distributed by the specific distribution service. The present technology can be applied to television receivers that support video image content distribution services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi, Hidetaka Honji
  • Patent number: 8988484
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes an input module configured to be able to perform input operation in order to register, to a server, information including a video of a face of a first person and information including a video of a face of a second person with whom the videoconferencing is conducted, in such a manner that the information including the video of the face of the first person and the information including the video of the face of the second person with whom the videoconferencing is conducted are registered in tandem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20140002583
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes an input module configured to be able to perform input operation in order to register, to a server, information including a video of a face of a first person and information including a video of a face of a second person with whom the videoconferencing is conducted, in such a manner that the information including the video of the face of the first person and the information including the video of the face of the second person with whom the videoconferencing is conducted are registered in tandem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20120233520
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a flash memory storing data and a first error correcting code at a physical storage area thereof, the physical storage area including a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of columns; a first error correcting portion configured to perform, when there is an erroneous part in the data physically read from the flash memory, a first error correction based on the first error correcting code physically read from the flash memory to thereby correct the erroneous part; and a second error correcting portion configured to perform, when the erroneous part is not corrected through the first error correction, a second error correction based on a second error correcting code obtained from the read data to thereby correct the erroneous part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20110246858
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a flash memory storing data and a first error correcting code at a physical storage area thereof, the physical storage area including a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of columns; a first error correcting portion configured to perform, when there is an erroneous part in the data physically read from the flash memory, a first error correction based on the first error correcting code physically read from the flash memory to thereby correct the erroneous part; and a second error correcting portion configured to perform, when the erroneous part is not corrected through the first error correction, a second error correction based on a second error correcting code obtained from the read data to thereby correct the erroneous part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20070079329
    Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus has acquiring unit acquires video information via a network, tuner unit receives and demodulates a broadcast signal and outputs video information, selecting unit receives the video information and outputs the video information of one of them, processing unit processes video information and thereby outputs reproduction signal of the video information, operating unit outputs operation signal, and control unit, upon receipt of a channel change signal from the operating unit while the processing unit is reproducing video information via the network, outputs confirmation screen signal to confirm whether to change a channel or not, and upon receipt of an instruction signal to change a channel with respect to the confirmation screen via the operating unit, controls the selecting unit so as to select and output the video information from the tuner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20040187147
    Abstract: A broadcasting reception apparatus comprising an input section configured to receive a password a registration section configured to allow a plurality of such passwords to be registered, a broadcasting reception section configured to have its starting controlled on the basis of a result of comparison between the password registered in the registration section and any password input through the input section, a storage section configured to gain information relating to a reception history with the broadcasting reception section in a started state, and a control section configured to control setting contents, at a starting time of the broadcasting reception section, on the basis of the information relating to the reception history stored in the storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Aoyagi