Patents by Inventor Yosuke Iga

Yosuke Iga 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).

  • CONTENT RECOMMENDING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150128184
    Abstract: A display control section (220c) of a television (1) causes a display unit (205) to simultaneously display (i) a recommended content panel (122a) corresponding to a recommended content extracted from a population consisting of programs on different channels in the same time slot and (ii) a recommended content panel (122b) corresponding to a recommended content extracted from a population consisting of future programs. This reduces a user's troublesome operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Tai, Hideki Nishimura, Hironori Inoue, Nobuko Miura, Yosuke Iga
  • MENU DISPLAY DEVICE, MENU DISPLAY METHOD, MENU DISPLAY PROGRAM, TELEVISION RECEIVER PROVIDED WITH MENU DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150074603
    Abstract: A focus frame (500) (i) is provided on a menu screen (410) on which a number of menu items to be selected (121a, 121b, 121c, 122a, and 122b) and the like are displayed and (ii) is located around a specific menu item to be selected (121a). A mark, such as an arrow, indicating a direction in which a menu item is selectable is put close to each of an upper side, a lower side, a right side, and a left side of the focus frame (500) so that a viewer can easily select a target menu item in accordance with an instruction indicated by the mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Abe, Hironori Inoue, Masao Kurino, Yosuke Iga, Takamasa Shimizu