Patents by Inventor Seigo Kikuchi

Seigo Kikuchi 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: 20240107155
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11765453
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220337711
    Abstract: An information processing device, an image processing method and a computer readable medium storing program code for information processing are discloses. In one example, an information processing device comprises a controller configured to transmit a file group including an image file and a related file associated with the image file, and perform second transmission processing to transmit the image file in a case where first transmission processing to transmit the related file is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220269716
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a file processing device, a file processing method, and a program that achieve quick index display. A file control unit generates a proxy file storing a related image related to an image in a high efficiency image file format (HEIF) file, the proxy file being another HEIF file. Furthermore, the file control unit detects an image corresponding to a selected related image selected from related images stored in the proxy file. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a case where index display of thumbnail images is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke Funamoto, Ryogo Ito, Yukio Isobe, Toshihiro Ishizaka, Hiroki Shiina, Seigo Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220174204
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11265453
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200366830
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10757313
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190052794
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Seigo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 6112593
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection device has an inspection unit body and a support casing which is used as a set-up type device by combining the inspection unit body and the support casing in ordinary inspection, and is used as a portable type device by separating them for special inspection situations involving narrow places or high places. The support casing can be freely combined to or separated from the inspection unit body. When combining the two components, the non-destructive inspection device can carry out the inspection based on a stable set-up mode in the same way as conventional devices. When separated, the inspection unit body is used as a portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Aoki, Tohru Miyata, Seigo Kikuchi, Shigeru Miwa, Hajime Mizunoya, Takenori Hiroki