Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Ukita
Yoshitaka Ukita 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).
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Patent number: 8341217Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
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Publication number: 20110235252Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
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Patent number: 8010596Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
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Patent number: 7970815Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
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Patent number: 7650145Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection apparatus to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control apparatus for generating, upon arrival of an incoming call, a remote control signal such as a pause command to the home appliance; and a radio communication apparatus for sending the remote control signal to the home appliance by radio communication. Thus, upon arrival of an incoming call at the telephone set, the remote control signal is sent to the audio device or the like either directly from the telephone set or via a communication adaptor installed therein, hence pausing or muting the output of the audio device under remote control. Such control action enables a user to perceive the incoming call with facility.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Hiroshi Kakuda, Masakazu Hattori
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Publication number: 20090325567Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection means to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control means for generating, upon arrival of an incoming call, a remote control signal such as a pause command to the home appliance; and a radio communication means for sending the remote control signal to the home appliance by radio communication. Thus, upon arrival of an incoming call at the telephone set, the remote control signal is sent to the audio device or the like either directly from the telephone set or via a communication adaptor installed therein, hence pausing or muting the output of the audio device under remote control. Such control action enables a user to perceive the incoming call with facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Hiroshi Kakuda, Masakazu Hattori
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Patent number: 7321868Abstract: An address on a network of a control center which can order printed books is attached to corresponding electronic book data. When browsing an electronic book at a user terminal, the user accesses the control center by performing a predetermined operation on the basis of the network address. Upon reception of a user ID and the order request for a printed book, the control center searches for the address of the user on the basis of the user ID and, at the same time, searches for a bookstore server having the stock of the requested printed book, thereby placing an order for the printed book to the nearest bookstore server. The bookstore server which accepted the order notifies a printed book deliverer server of the order of the printed book and the address of the user to which the printed book is to be delivered.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Yoshikazu Kato
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Publication number: 20070249295Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection means to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control means for generating, upon arrival of an incoming call, a remote control signal such as a pause command to the home appliance; and a radio communication means for sending the remote control signal to the home appliance by radio communication. Thus, upon arrival of an incoming call at the telephone set, the remote control signal is sent to the audio device or the like either directly from the telephone set or via a communication adaptor installed therein, hence pausing or muting the output of the audio device under remote control. Such control action enables a user to perceive the incoming call with facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Hiroshi Kakuda, Masakazu Hattori
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Patent number: 7277081Abstract: In a personal data assistant, a main body includes an input sheet, which is turnable between a first position where at least a part of a display unit of the personal data assistant is covered and a second position where the display unit is not covered. The input sheet has various types of keys formed thereon. When any one of the keys is pressed on the input sheet, a pressure is applied to an input device formed on the display unit, and an input coordinate is detected by the change of, for example, the resistance value of the input device. Since the surface of the display unit is not entirely covered with the input sheet, the display in the range of the display unit which is not covered with the input sheet is not made dark. Further, since the input device is not directly touched with a finger, the input device is prevented from being made dirty, and the display of the display unit under the input device is prevented from being difficult to be seen.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Keisuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7257398Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection apparatus to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control apparatus for generating, upon arrival of an incoming call, a remote control signal such as a pause command to the home appliance; and a radio communication apparatus for sending the remote control signal to the home appliance by radio communication. Thus, upon arrival of an incoming call at the telephone set, the remote control signal is sent to the audio device or the like either directly from the telephone set or via a communication adaptor installed therein, hence pausing or muting the output of the audio device under remote control. Such control action enables a user to perceive the incoming call with facility.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Hiroshi Kakuda, Masakazu Hattori
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Publication number: 20070100935Abstract: A reproducing means for performing reproduction processing on digital data which is read out from a predetermined recording medium recording the digital data, a manipulating means for making an instruction of reproducing the digital data inserted in the recording medium, a control means for reading the digital data from the recording medium in accordance with the reproduction instruction input with the manipulating means and sending it to the reproducing means, and for controlling the reproducing means to perform reproduction processing on the digital data, and a cylindrical case for containing the reproducing means and the control means are provided, and wherein the manipulating means is provided on one end side on one plane in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical case. Thereby the user can manipulate the manipulating means without taking out a portable recording and/or reproducing device from a bag or a pocket, thus making it possible to remarkably improve its manipulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Shinichi Obata, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba
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Patent number: 7191399Abstract: The present invention is intended to display page space layout images substantially similar to the page space images of actual newspapers and magazines and, on the basis of these images, display news items having legible character size. Display blocks for displaying images based on the electronic information having the image information of a page space having a plurality of news items and the news-item contents information associated with each news item and operation means such as a jog lever are arranged. Page space images of a newspaper for example are displayed on these display block and news-item markers corresponding to news items are displayed. When the news-item marker corresponding to a desired news item is selected, an image of the news-item contents information associated with the news-item indicated by the displayed news-item marker is displayed on the display block.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisao Ohtani, Takeshi Kanai, Yoshitaka Ukita
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Patent number: 6933926Abstract: A mobile device includes a vertically-oriented handheld housing and keys corresponding to keys of a horizontally-oriented keyboard of a personal computer divided into a plurality of groups, each group of keys being shifted in a vertical direction of the housing with respect to one another, to allow a mobile device to accommodate a key layout similar to the key layout of the computer keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Masao Ozawa
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Patent number: 6930987Abstract: A radio communication CPU controls each section of a radio communication device included in a short distance radio communication network by using network setting information in a network setting storage section. A connection relation with a communication network (for example, the Internet) is set and transmission/reception of data to/from equipment included in the communication network via the short distance radio communication network is controlled. Thus, the network setting or the like for connecting to the Internet or the like is simplified for each portable equipment existing in the short distance radio communication network.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kunio Fukuda, Isao Kawashima, Yoshitaka Ukita
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Patent number: 6785192Abstract: A reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method by which an error of time information that arises from interruption of power supplied to a timer that manages the term of term-managed contents data is minimized to allow accurate term management of the contents data. The timer produces time information when power is supplied to the timer from a cell, but the timer stops operating when no power is supplied thereto. The time information produced by the timer is stored into a memory, and the memory holds the stored time information when no power is supplied to the timer. When power from the cell is restored to the timer, the timer is set accordingly to the time information stored in the memory, so that the timer may thereafter produce correct time information thereby allowing term management of the term-managed contents data to be performed accurately.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Kenji Irie
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Publication number: 20040148574Abstract: The present invention is intended to display page space layout images substantially similar to the page space images of actual newspapers and magazines and, on the basis of these images, display news items having legible character size. Display blocks for displaying images based on the electronic information having the image information of a page space having a plurality of news items and the news-item contents information associated with each news item and operation means such as a jog lever are arranged. Page space images of a newspaper for example are displayed on these display block and news-item markers corresponding to news items are displayed. When the news-item marker corresponding to a desired news item is selected, an image of the news-item contents information associated with the news-item indicated by the displayed news-item marker is displayed on the display block.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisao Ohtani, Takeshi Kanai, Yoshitaka Ukita
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Patent number: 6622174Abstract: An information communication system includes a server device and information communication terminals connected by a network, in which the server device provides data communication services according to requests from the information communication terminals. The server device stores information relating to users of the information communication terminals including the identification information thereof, and provides advertisement information to the information communication terminals via the network, this advertisement information corresponds with the information relating to the user of the requesting party stored in server, according to requests from the information communication terminal including the identification information of the user. The information communication terminal generates and sends requests to be sent to the server device, including user identification information, and obtains the advertisement information from the server device and outputs this obtained advertisement information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1998Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Shoichi Osawa, Koichi Hayasaka
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Patent number: 6600930Abstract: An information communication system includes a portable radiocommunication terminal, an information provision system in which various provided information can be readily acquired, and a server. The server and a plurality of portable radiocommunication terminals are connected via a network by a wireless connection. Send information and receive information are communicated between the terminal and the server according to a predetermined protocol and a predetermined communication data format respectively suitable for the network and independent of an established communication system. When a user of the terminal performs an operation for calling specifying a party according to the established communication system, the server receives send information including a request for calling and executes processing for information communication suitable for the established communication system. Data addressed to each terminal is received by the server and stored in the storage means of the server.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Sakurai, Fumihiko Yoshii, Yasuhiro Terayama, Yoshitaka Ukita, Takashi Morita, Koichi Hayasaka
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Publication number: 20030095110Abstract: In a personal data assistant, a main body of it includes an input sheet, which is turnable between a first position, where at least a part of a display unit of the personal data assistant is covered, and a second position where the display unit is not covered. The input sheet has various types of keys formed thereon. When any one of the keys is pressed on the input sheet, a pressure is applied to an input device formed on the display unit, and an input coordinate is detected by the change of, for example, the resistance value of the input device. Since the surface of the display unit is not entirely covered with the input sheet, the display in the range of the display unit which is not covered with the input sheet is not made dark. Further, since the input device is not directly touched with a finger, the input device is prevented from being made dirty, and the display of the display unit under the input device is prevented from being difficult to be seen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Yoshitaka Ukita, Keisuke Hashimoto
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Patent number: D940326Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu Kinoshita, Atsunori Nakano, Katsuhiro Hiejima, Tomoyuki Uchida, Masanori Yakabe, Yoshitaka Ukita, Masahide Harada