Patents by Inventor Toyokazu Itakura

Toyokazu Itakura 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: 20150350740
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system comprises receiving circuitry to receive an input of a first operation at first time, the first operation used for displaying program information of recommended programs according to a user interest; and processing circuitry to output, in response to the first operation, program information of at least one of a first program broadcasted at the first time and a second program broadcasted subsequent to the first program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Toyokazu Itakura, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Shuta Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20150095926
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver, a generator and a transmitter. The receiver receives operation data indicative of an operating period from each of one or more electronic apparatuses used by a first user, and receives viewing data from a first electronic apparatus of the one or more electronic apparatuses, the viewing data indicative of a program viewed by the first user. The generator generates living pattern data indicative of a living pattern of the first user using the operation data and the viewing data. The transmitter transmits the living pattern data to an electronic apparatus used by a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Shingo Suzuki, Toyokazu Itakura, Kentaro Takeda, Takaya Matsuno
  • Patent number: 8978055
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver, a generator and a transmitter. The receiver receives operation data indicative of an operating period from each of one or more electronic apparatuses used by a first user, and receives viewing data from a first electronic apparatus of the one or more electronic apparatuses, the viewing data indicative of a program viewed by the first user. The generator generates living pattern data indicative of a living pattern of the first user using the operation data and the viewing data. The transmitter transmits the living pattern data to an electronic apparatus used by a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Shingo Suzuki, Toyokazu Itakura, Kentaro Takeda, Takaya Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20140366065
    Abstract: According to one of the embodiments, provided is a method including receiving scene information items related to scenes included in contents of genres, displaying the scene information items at least partly sorted out, displaying the scene information items sorted out in a first sorting order when an operation is performed with respect to a first scene in a first content of a first genre in the scene information items, and displaying the scene information items sorted out in a second sorting order which is different from the first sorting order when an operation is performed with respect to a second scene in a second content of a second genre which is different from the first genre in the scene information items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hattori, Toyokazu Itakura
  • Patent number: 8819033
    Abstract: A content processing device includes a first acquisition unit acquiring a content data; a second acquisition unit acquiring a history including a time when a user plays the content data; a first extraction unit extracting a keyword from the content data; a management unit extracting a preference keyword representing a preference of the user from the keyword based on the history, said management unit managing the extracted preference keyword with an importance score; a presentation unit presenting a recommended content data according to a comparison of the keyword and the preference keyword; an update unit updating the importance score of the preference keyword corresponding to the recommended content data selected by the user; and a second extraction unit extracting another recommended content data using the updated importance score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toyokazu Itakura
  • Publication number: 20130290999
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing method includes: acquiring, as a viewing history, contents of a program viewed by each of users; first retrieving, based on a viewing history of a target user among the users, a program corresponding to program preference of the target user, from a viewable program storage storing therein programs that are viewable; second retrieving, based on the viewing history of the target user and viewing histories of users other than the target user among the plurality of users, a similar user having program preference similar to the program preference of the target user, from the users other than the target user; third retrieving, based on a viewing history of the similar user, a program corresponding to the program preference of the similar user, from the viewable program storage; and providing one part or all of the programs retrieved by the first and second retrievings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Toyokazu ITAKURA, Yoshihiro Ohmori
  • Patent number: 8488068
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Yasukazu Higuchi, Toyokazu Itakura, Yuuichi Togashi
  • Patent number: 8339521
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Yasukazu Higuchi, Toyokazu Itakura, Yuuichi Togashi
  • Publication number: 20120321138
    Abstract: There is provided a suspicious behavior detection system capable of specifying and identifying a suspicious person exhibiting abnormal behavior. A suspicious behavior detection system is a system to detect suspicious behavior of a monitored subject, by using images captured by a stereo camera. The suspicious behavior detection system has an ambulatory path acquisition unit which acquires ambulatory path information of the monitored subject, and a behavioral identification unit which identifies behavior of the monitored subject based on the ambulatory path information, and automatically determines suspicious behavior of the monitored subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takaaki Enohara, Kenji Baba, Ichiro Toyoshima, Toyokazu Itakura, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120066235
    Abstract: A content processing device includes a first acquisition unit acquiring a content data; a second acquisition unit acquiring a history including a time when a user plays the content data; a first extraction unit extracting a keyword from the content data; a management unit extracting a preference keyword representing a preference of the user from the keyword based on the history, said management unit managing the extracted preference keyword with an importance score; a presentation unit presenting a recommended content data according to a comparison of the keyword and the preference keyword; an update unit updating the importance score of the preference keyword corresponding to the recommended content data selected by the user; and a second extraction unit extracting another recommended content data using the updated importance score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toyokazu Itakura
  • Publication number: 20120026411
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Yasukazu Higuchi, Toyokazu Itakura, Yuuichi Togashi
  • Publication number: 20120026409
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device searches video devices connected to a network. The electronic device transmits a predetermined command to an identification-target video device via the network in order to make a user confirm the identification-target video device. The identification-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the predetermined command causing the identification-target video device to execute a predetermined operation. The electronic device transmits a command to a operation-target video device via the network in order to remote-control the operation-target video device. The operation-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the command causing the operation-target video device to execute an operation designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Yasukazu Higuchi, Masaaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Toyokazu Itakura, Yuuichi Togashi
  • Publication number: 20110050876
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kazumi NAGATA, Kenji BABA, Takaaki ENOHARA, Akira SAWADA, Ichiro TOYOSHIMA, Toyokazu ITAKURA, Nobutaka NISHIMURA, Ryoichi KURATA
  • Publication number: 20110050875
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kazumi NAGATA, Kenji Baba, Takaaki Enohara, Akira Sawada, Ichiro Toyoshima, Toyokazu Itakura, Nobutaka Nishimura, Ryoichi Kurata
  • Publication number: 20090131836
    Abstract: There is provided a suspicious behavior detection system capable of specifying and identifying a suspicious person exhibiting abnormal behavior. A suspicious behavior detection system is a system to detect suspicious behavior of a monitored subject, by using images captured by a stereo camera. The suspicious behavior detection system has an ambulatory path acquisition unit which acquires ambulatory path information of the monitored subject, and a behavioral identification unit which identifies behavior of the monitored subject based on the ambulatory path information, and automatically determines suspicious behavior of the monitored subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Takaaki ENOHARA, Kenji Baba, Ichiro Toyoshima, Toyokazu Itakura, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Yusuke Takahashi