Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Matono

Yoshinobu Matono 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).

  • Patent number: 9621880
    Abstract: A mode setting part 112 has a function to selectively set 2D and 3D display output modes. A play control part 132 changes the manner in which to control switching between display images in accordance with the display output mode set by the mode setting part 112. The play control part 132 changes the opacities of first and second display images with time so that when the two display images are cross-faded, the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 3D display output mode is equal to or smaller than the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 2D display output mode during a cross-fading period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Yoshinobu Matono, Shuji Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 8933950
    Abstract: When a display target determination unit determines image data to be displayed, a reproduction control unit identifies the type of the image data to be displayed. The reproduction control unit divides the region of a display buffer according to the identified type. While an image display control unit displays an image, on a display device, by using image data stored in a spare buffer, a decoding execution unit decodes said image data and stores the decoded image data in a divided region of the display buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Yoshinobu Matono
  • Publication number: 20140354786
    Abstract: A mode setting part 112 has a function to selectively set 2D and 3D display output modes. A play control part 132 changes the manner in which to control switching between display images in accordance with the display output mode set by the mode setting part 112. The play control part 132 changes the opacities of first and second display images with time so that when the two display images are cross-faded, the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 3D display output mode is equal to or smaller than the sum of the opacities of the first and second display images in a 2D display output mode during a cross-fading period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Yoshinobu Matono, Shuji Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20140320524
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus capable of allowing a user to easily recognize an image belonging to a group. A library view image classifying unit (134) classifies a plurality of images into groups which have a rank order associated therewith. A library view group image layout unit (136) places a group image corresponding to each of the groups according to the rank order of the groups, along a group image layout reference line provided in a display region. A library view representative image layout unit (140) places, on a representative image layout region in the display region, an image belonging to any one of the groups falling within a range on the group image layout reference line associated with the representative image layout region, as a representative image. A library view space displaying unit (130) displays at least part of the display region on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Yoshinobu MATONO, Masato HIRABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8797348
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus capable of allowing a user to easily recognize an image belonging to a group. A library view image classifying unit classifies a plurality of images into groups which have a rank order associated therewith. A library view group image layout unit places a group image corresponding to each of the groups according to the rank order of the groups, along a group image layout reference line provided in a display region. A library view representative image layout unit places, on a representative image layout region in the display region, an image belonging to any one of the groups falling within a range on the group image layout reference line associated with the representative image layout region, as a representative image. A library view space displaying unit displays at least part of the display region on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yoshinobu Matono, Masato Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20130033512
    Abstract: When a display target determination unit determines image data to be displayed, a reproduction control unit identifies the type of the image data to be displayed. The reproduction control unit divides the region of a display buffer according to the identified type. While an image display control unit displays an image, on a display device, by using image data stored in a spare buffer, a decoding execution unit decodes said image data and stores the decoded image data in a divided region of the display buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Yoshinobu Matono
  • Publication number: 20110181617
    Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus capable of allowing a user to easily recognize an image belonging to a group. A library view image classifying unit classifies a plurality of images into groups which have a rank order associated therewith. A library view group image layout unit places a group image corresponding to each of the groups according to the rank order of the groups, along a group image layout reference line provided in a display region. A library view representative image layout unit places, on a representative image layout region in the display region, an image belonging to any one of the groups falling within a range on the group image layout reference line associated with the representative image layout region, as a representative image. A library view space displaying unit displays at least part of the display region on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yoshinobu Matono, Masato Hirabayashi