Patents by Inventor Tatsuyoshi Noma

Tatsuyoshi Noma 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: 20130027334
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided an input device. The input device includes: a first sensor disposed in or near a first touch area of the input device and configured to detect an object when the object comes close to the first touch area; a second sensor disposed in or near a second touch area of the input device and configured to detect the object when the object comes close to the second touch area; and a controller configured to enable the second touch area to serve as a user operation area, when the first sensor detects the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi NOMA
  • Publication number: 20120162247
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a display, a deformation module, and a conversion module. The display is configured to display a first object based on display data of a program which executes a predetermined process. The deformation module is configured to deform the first object to a second object in accordance with a user operation. The conversion module is configured to convert a first position designated in the second object to a second position in the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi NOMA
  • Publication number: 20120157003
    Abstract: An information apparatus includes: a receiving module; a wireless connecting module; a processing ability detecting module; and an outputting module. The receiving module receives a message. The wireless connecting module wirelessly connects with an electronic device. The processing ability detecting module detects, when receiving a request for transmitting the message from the electronic device, a message processing ability of the electronic device using a table. The outputting module outputs a message according to the detected message processing ability toward the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi NOMA
  • Publication number: 20120084730
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus, including: a display screen on which icons are displayed; a first icon display area within the display screen, the first icon display area displaying plural icons having approximately the same size so as to be arranged approximately in a one-dimensional direction while avoiding an overlap between the icons; and a second icon display area continuous with the first icon display area in the one-dimensional direction within the display screen, the second icon display area displaying plural icons so as to be decreased in size as it goes away from the first icon display area while allowing an overlap between the icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuyoshi NOMA, Hiroshi YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8094091
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information presenting apparatus includes: point-of-view position identifying module; line-of-sight direction identifying module; visibility range indentifying module; memory module; placement module; image generating module; and display control module. The visibility range identifying module identifies visibility range o based on a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction. The memory module stores a virtual object and its position. The placement module reads the virtual object at a position included in the visibility range and to virtually place the virtual object at a corresponding position in the real-world space. The image generating module generates an image for left eye and an image for right eye. The display control module displays the image for left eye on the display module disposed for the left eye and to display the image for right eye on the display module disposed for the right eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi Noma
  • Publication number: 20110316666
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information device is provided with a display screen and a camera that face the same direction. The information device includes a determination module and an output control module. The determination module determines whether face recognition information obtained from image data of the face of a user captured by the camera matches registered face recognition information of a user to which a message is received. The output control module displays the message for the user when the face recognition information obtained from the image data matches the registered face recognition information. The output control module stacks the message when the face recognition information obtained from the image data does not match the registered face recognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi NOMA
  • Publication number: 20110140994
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information presenting apparatus includes: point-of-view position identifying module; line-of-sight direction identifying module; visibility range indentifying module; memory module; placement module; image generating module; and display control module. The visibility range identifying module identifies visibility range o based on a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction. The memory module stores a virtual object and its position. The placement module reads the virtual object at a position included in the visibility range and to virtually place the virtual object at a corresponding position in the real-world space. The image generating module generates an image for left eye and an image for right eye. The display control module displays the image for left eye on the display module disposed for the left eye and to display the image for right eye on the display module disposed for the right eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi Noma
  • Publication number: 20090267907
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a display module which comprises a touch sensor on a display surface, a detecting module which detects a range surrounded by a position where a user's finger touches the display surface of the display module, and a position where the user's finger takes off from the display surface after moving on the display surface while touching, and an enlargement display module which enlarges an object in the range on the display module while keeping the object in an operable status if the range is detected by the detecting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi Noma
  • Publication number: 20090271733
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit which has a touch sensor on a screen, a detection unit which causes the touch sensor to detect that press on an arbitrary text of text data displayed on the display unit has continued for a predetermined time, a display control unit which displays a predetermined menu when the detection unit detects that the press has continued for the predetermined time, a selection unit which, when a selection start instruction to select part of the text data is selected from the displayed menu, and an instruction to scroll display of the text data is input, selects the text data to expand a selection range in a scroll direction, and a processing unit which, an execution instruction of a predetermined function is selected from the menu, processes the execution instruction for the selected text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi Noma
  • Publication number: 20090109187
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus with a display device and a contact input device arranged on the display device and receiving data corresponding to a contact position of a finger includes a detecting unit, a GUI determination unit, and a display control unit. The detecting unit detects a movement pattern of the finger touching the contact input device. The GUI determination unit determines a launcher GUI (Graphical User Interface) including one or more icons in accordance with the movement pattern detected by the detecting unit. The display control unit displays the launcher GUI determined by the GUI determination unit on the display device in accordance with the contact position of the finger on the contact input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi NOMA