Patents by Inventor Takuro Noda

Takuro Noda 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: 20150242049
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program which allow operability of a touch panel display to be improved, A display data generation unit obtains first display data representing a touch input position by a user on a touch panel display, from a first processing unit through a first path, obtains second display data using the first display data from a second processing unit through a second path, the second processing unit performing display image generation processing involving a processing amount larger than a processing amount of the first processing unit, and performs control to allow first display information based on the first display data and second display information based on the second display data to be displayed on the touch panel display. The present technology is applicable to an LCD module and the like, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tomoya Narita, Takuro Noda, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150234461
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display controller configured to display a predetermined image on a display part, a gaze detection part configured to detect a user's gaze, a determination part configured to determine whether to perform unlocking, based on a plurality of setting positions set to the predetermined image and a gaze while the predetermined image is displayed, and a calibration part configured to perform calibration of the gaze based on the gaze while the predetermined image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: SEIJI SUZUKI, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKURO NODA, SAYAKA WATANABE, EISUKE NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20150227789
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a sight line detecting unit configured to detect a sight line of an operator on a display screen, a detection accuracy determining unit configured to determine a detection accuracy of the sight line detected by the sight line detecting unit, and a display control unit configured to differentiate a display form of a display object displayed on the display screen, depending on the detection accuracy determined by the detection accuracy determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayaka WATANABE, Takuro NODA, Eisuke NOMURA, Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO, Seiji SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150227197
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of an operator to an object that is displayed in a display screen image for performing a predetermined input, a sight line detecting unit configured to detect a movement of a sight line of the operator on the display screen image, and a correction coefficient acquiring unit configured to acquire a correction coefficient for correcting an error of a case where the operator performs sight line input, on the basis of the movement of the sight line detected during the operation of the operator to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: EISUKE NOMURA, MAKOTO SATO, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO, TAKURO NODA, SAYAKA WATANABE, SEIJI SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9092671
    Abstract: There is provided a visual line detection device including at least one light source configured to radiate light to an eyeball of a user observing a display surface through at least one optical member, and an imaging unit configured to acquire a captured image of the eyeball used to detect a visual line of the user on the display surface by detecting reflected light of the light from the eyeball. The reflected right from the eyeball passes through at least the optical member installed in an optical path along which the light from the display surface travels from the display surface to the eyeball of the user, and is incident on the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Sayaka Watanabe, Shinichi Haseno, Kenta Katagata
  • Publication number: 20150195511
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro NODA
  • Publication number: 20150153570
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a user action state obtaining circuit configured to obtain an action state of a user; and a display control circuit configured to control a display to modify display information based on the action state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Tetsuyuki Miyawaki, Kenji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150143283
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display control circuit configured to control a display to display content; and a user input circuit configured to receive a command from the user. The display control circuit is configured to modify scrolling of the content being automatically scrolled in a first direction based on the command from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kenji Suzuki, Tetsuyuki Miyawaki
  • Publication number: 20150116473
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value for each range identified based on information about a position of a line of sight of a user and range information indicating the range of calculating the evaluation value concerning the line of sight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Takuro NODA, Maki IMOTO
  • Patent number: 8988500
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to define a first size of a stereoscopic image, based on at least the first spatial position, and generate a signal to display the stereoscopic image at the first stereoscopic image size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8988499
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20150009313
    Abstract: There is provided a visual line detection device including at least one light source configured to radiate light to an eyeball of a user observing a display surface through at least one optical member, and an imaging unit configured to acquire a captured image of the eyeball used to detect a visual line of the user on the display surface by detecting reflected light of the light from the eyeball. The reflected right from the eyeball passes through at least the optical member installed in an optical path along which the light from the display surface travels from the display surface to the eyeball of the user, and is incident on the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: TAKURO NODA, SAYAKA WATANABE, SHINICHI HASENO, KENTA KATAGATA
  • Patent number: 8912986
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a display control unit that controls display of a reflective first display member and a self-emitting second display member that is provided in superimposition on a display surface of the first display member, has higher rewriting responsiveness than that of the first display member, and may transmit display of the first display member, wherein, when predetermined information is displayed on the first display member and the second display member, the display control unit performs predetermined display control on the first display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the second display member displays information or on the second display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the first display member displays information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Yasushi Okumura, Takuro Noda, Qihong Wang
  • Patent number: 8878866
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a changing unit changing a two-dimensional location representing locations in a horizontal direction and an orthogonal direction of each of a plurality of objects having different depths for a display screen of a display unit according to a direction in which a user views the display unit; a transparency adjusting unit for adjusting transparency for each of the plurality of objects; and a display control unit for displaying the plurality of objects in which the two-dimensional location is changed and the transparency is adjusted on the display unit, so as to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Patent number: 8878800
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a command for executing a process according to analyzed input data. The method comprises calculating a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members. The method further comprises analyzing the input data based on the movement speed. The method also comprises generating a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20140313130
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including a display control unit that performs control for displaying, on a screen, a pointer having a directed position a predetermined distance away from a position on the screen corresponding to an operation position of an operating object, depending on a variation in a position of the operating object detected in an operation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Takuro Noda, Tomoya Narita, Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8836657
    Abstract: A positional information correction device includes a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information showing a position of an operation body, which is detected by a position detection unit, from a touch sensor that includes a plurality of first electrodes wired along a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes wired along a second direction, and the position detection unit that detects the position of the operation body that approaches the first and second electrodes, based on capacitance on the first and second electrodes, a capacitance value acquisition unit configured to acquire a capacitance value showing a value of the capacitance on the first and second electrodes from the touch sensor, and a positional information correction unit configured to correct the positional information by using a first correction function that includes a first periodic function and a second correction function that includes a second periodic function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20140232678
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a detection area determination unit configured to determine whether a contact position of an input object is in a contact determination area which is a part of a detection area of a detection unit based on a detection signal from the detection unit that detects contact of the input object with a contact detection surface, a manipulation determination unit configured to determine manipulation content from movement of the input object when the detection area determination unit determines that the input object is in contact with an inside of the contact determination area, and an event issuing unit configured to issue an event according to the manipulation content determined by the manipulation determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Noda
  • Publication number: 20140229895
    Abstract: An information processing device may include a control unit to control display, on a first surface of a display unit, of a plurality of objects to be operated by a user, where the first surface is opposite a second surface including a detection area. The control unit, in response to a tap manipulation to a position of the second surface, may control scrolling of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Ikuo Yamano, Hiroyuki Mizunuma
  • Patent number: 8803982
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an image pickup unit photographing a subject; a movement detecting unit detecting changes in movement of a subject photographed by the image pickup unit; a data generating unit generating first timing data relating to change timing at which the movement detecting unit detected a change in the movement; a receiving unit receiving second timing data, which relates to change timing when movement of a subject photographed by another apparatus was detected, from the other apparatus during photographing by the image pickup unit; and a determining unit determining, based on the first timing data generated by the data generating unit and the second timing data received by the receiving unit, whether the subject photographed by the image pickup unit and the subject photographed by the other apparatus are the same or a similar subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Osamu Shigeta, Akihiro Komori, Nariaki Sato, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda