Patents by Inventor Takuo Watanabe

Takuo Watanabe 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: 20240176472
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device and a display control method each of which is capable of further improving operability. Provided is a display control device including a control unit that displays a plurality of items associated with a display screen, and, in a case where a desired item is selected by a user operation from the plurality of displayed items, displays a selected display screen corresponding to the selected item together with the display screen that is currently displayed, the selected display screen being displayed at a position relative to a display position of the selected item. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Takuo WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11941322
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 11934645
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device and a display control method each of which is capable of further improving operability. Provided is a display control device including a control unit that displays a plurality of items associated with a display screen, and, in a case where a desired item is selected by a user operation from the plurality of displayed items, displays a selected display screen corresponding to the selected item together with the display screen that is currently displayed, the selected display screen being displayed at a position relative to a display position of the selected item. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Takuo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220229540
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device and a display control method each of which is capable of further improving operability. Provided is a display control device including a control unit that displays a plurality of items associated with a display screen, and, in a case where a desired item is selected by a user operation from the plurality of displayed items, displays a selected display screen corresponding to the selected item together with the display screen that is currently displayed, the selected display screen being displayed at a position relative to a display position of the selected item. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takuo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220057989
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20210385539
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program that have enabled further improvement of operability. Provided is a display control device including a display control unit configured to perform control to display filter information regarding a filter and first information regarding content in a first area of a display screen, and to display, in a case where a user performs a first operation, the filter information and second information regarding the content in a second area of the display screen, the second area being greater than the first area. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Patent number: 10911831
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology performs a search for a recorded program and a program to be provided later to acquire a first search result in a case where a character string indicating content of an utterance of a user does not include a predetermined character string indicating the setting of the schedule recording of the program to be provided later and performs a search for the program to be provided later to acquire a second search result in a case where the character string includes the predetermined character string. In a case where a program whose schedule recording is to be set is selected from a display screen of the second search result, the information processing apparatus sets the schedule recording of the selected program without displaying a detail screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuya Katsuki, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Shinpei Kameoka, Takuo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kubota, Toshihiko Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20190208280
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology performs a search for a recorded program and a program to be provided later to acquire a first search result in a case where a character string indicating content of an utterance of a user does not include a predetermined character string indicating the setting of the schedule recording of the program to be provided later and performs a search for the program to be provided later to acquire a second search result in a case where the character string includes the predetermined character string. In a case where a program whose schedule recording is to be set is selected from a display screen of the second search result, the information processing apparatus sets the schedule recording of the selected program without displaying a detail screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Katsuki, Hiroyuki Mitsubori, Shinpei Kameoka, Takuo Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kubota, Toshihiko Fushimi
  • Patent number: 10026637
    Abstract: A polyimide resin includes an acid anhydride residue; and a diamine residue, the polyimide resin including a residue of a polysiloxane diamine represented by Formula (1) in an amount of not less than 60% by mole in the total amount of the diamine residue: wherein, n is a natural number and an average value thereof calculated from the average molecular weight of the polysiloxane diamine is 45 to 200; R1 and R2, the same or different, each represent an alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a phenylene group; and R3 to R6, the same of different, each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a phenoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Tomikawa, Takuo Watanabe, Chungseo Lee
  • Patent number: 9946435
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit that displays a first cursor which discretely moves in response to an operation of a user and a second cursor which changes continuously on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Ikuo Yamano, Shinpei Kameoka, Masao Kondo
  • Patent number: 9716026
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a highly heat resistant resin composition which exhibits good tackiness at low temperatures less than or equal to 180° C., and whose production of a volatile portion due to decomposition or the like is small even at high temperatures greater than or equal to 250° C., and whose increase in adhesive force is small even after passage through a heat treatment step, and therefore which allows a base material to be easily peeled off at room temperature when the base material is to be peeled off, and a cured membrane and a laminate film that employ this resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Chungseon Lee
  • Publication number: 20160372357
    Abstract: A polyimide resin includes an acid anhydride residue; and a diamine residue, the polyimide resin including a residue of a polysiloxane diamine represented by Formula (1) in an amount of not less than 60% by mole in the total amount of the diamine residue: wherein, n is a natural number and an average value thereof calculated from the average molecular weight of the polysiloxane diamine is 45 to 200; R1 and R2, the same or different, each represent an alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a phenylene group; and R3 to R6, the same of different, each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a phenoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masao Tomikawa, Takuo Watanabe, Chungseo Lee
  • Publication number: 20150228527
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a highly heat resistant resin composition which exhibits good tackiness at low temperatures less than or equal to 180° C., and whose production of a volatile portion due to decomposition or the like is small even at high temperatures greater than or equal to 250° C., and whose increase in adhesive force is small even after passage through a heat treatment step, and therefore which allows a base material to be easily peeled off at room temperature when the base material is to be peeled off, and a cured membrane and a laminate film that employ this resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Chungseon Lee
  • Publication number: 20150185950
    Abstract: A control device includes an area change unit that changes an assignment area which is a part of a touch detection area where a touch of a user is detected and is an area to which a predetermined function is assigned depending on a start position of a touch of the user or a position obtainment period during which a touch position of the user is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Ikuo Yamano, Shinpei Kameoka
  • Publication number: 20150185877
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit that displays a first cursor which discretely moves in response to an operation of a user and a second cursor which changes continuously on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: TAKUO WATANABE, IKUO YAMANO, SHINPEI KAMEOKA, MASAO KONDO
  • Publication number: 20150017370
    Abstract: An object is to provided a polyimide resin that is prevented from generation of volatiles due to decomposition or the like even at high temperatures equal to or higher than 250° C. and has good adhesiveness, and a resin composition and a laminated film using the same. Provided is a polyimide resin having at least a tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue and a di-amine residue and having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or lower, wherein a residue of a polysiloxane di-amine represented by general formula (1) is contained as the di-amine residue, wherein n is a natural number and the average calculated from the average molecular weight of the polysiloxane di-amine is within the range of from 5 to 30; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represent an alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a phenylene group; R3 to R6 may be the same or different and each represent an alkylene group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a phenoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, ChungSeon Lee
  • Patent number: 7973500
    Abstract: A normal revolution number calculation unit calculates a normal revolution number of a driving motor generator in every control period, based on a signal from a rotational position sensor. A moving average calculation unit calculates a moving average revolution number of the normal revolution number given in every control period. A predicted revolution number calculation unit determines whether or not the revolution number of the motor generator is in an increasing state, from the locus of the moving average revolution number. Determining that the revolution number of the motor generator is in the increasing state, the predicted revolution number calculation unit calculates a predicted revolution number based on respective moving average revolution numbers in the present and preceding control periods. The calculated predicted revolution number is set to be used as a control revolution number and output to a motor control unit and a torque command calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaishi
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Hideaki Saida, Takuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7485697
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to elucidate the factors involved in the regulation of AGE (advanced glycation endproducts, which are produced in a living body accompanied with diabetes and aging) and RAGE (the receptor for AGE), in order to facilitate investigation on the biological activities, physiological phenomenon and diseases related to AGE and RAGE. Plural molecular species are known to exist for RAGE, and among such molecular species, soluble RAGE exhibits the activity to modulate interaction between AGE and transmembrane-type RAGE. Using this soluble RAGE or a nucleic acid encoding it, the soluble RAGE can be measured, in addition, investigation on various physiological phenomenon, biological activities, and diseases related to interaction between AGE and RAGE can be performed to facilitate development a medicine having further efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Japan as Represented by President of Kanazawa University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hideto Yonekura, Yasuhiko Yamamoto, Shigeru Sakurai, Takuo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080315813
    Abstract: A normal revolution number calculation unit calculates a normal revolution number of a driving motor generator in every control period, based on a signal from a rotational position sensor. A moving average calculation unit calculates a moving average revolution number of the normal revolution number given in every control period. A predicted revolution number calculation unit determines whether or not the revolution number of the motor generator is in an increasing state, from the locus of the moving average revolution number. Determining that the revolution number of the motor generator is in the increasing state, the predicted revolution number calculation unit calculates a predicted revolution number based on respective moving average revolution numbers in the present and preceding control periods. The calculated predicted revolution number is set to be used as a control revolution number and output to a motor control unit and a torque command calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Hideaki Saida, Takuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: D758418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Sawai, Takuo Watanabe, Kazuto Nishizawa