Patents by Inventor Akihiko Izumi

Akihiko Izumi 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: 20180060661
    Abstract: [Object] To link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. [Solution] An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: NAOYUKI SATO, AKIHIKO IZUMI, KUNIAKI TORII, RYO FUKAZAWA, KATSUYA HYODO
  • Publication number: 20170329417
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology for enabling UI disposition in a plurality of cooperation apparatuses to be controlled in consideration of a plurality of users. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a disposition control unit configured to control UI disposition in a plurality of cooperation apparatuses performing a cooperation operation among a plurality of apparatuses on the basis of at least one of attributes of a plurality of users and a positional relation between the plurality of users and the plurality of apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: AKIHIKO IZUMI, NAOYUKI SATO, KUNIAKI TORII, KATSUYA HYODO, HIKOTATSU CHIN
  • Publication number: 20170205899
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HYODO, Kuniaki TORII, Ryo FUKAZAWA, Naoyuki SATO, Koichi KAWASAKI, Akihiko IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170075548
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of presenting information in a suitable mode according to a positional relationship between a display region and a user, the display control device including: a calculation unit configured to specify a first region in which a user is a reference point; and a display control unit configured to control display of a display object on a display unit according to the specified first region and a second region occupied by the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo FUKAZAWA, Kuniaki TORII, Katsuya HYODO, Naoyuki SATO, Akihiko IZUMI, Koichi KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160380948
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a search unit that searches for an apparatus, which is suitable for providing event notification, when event generation is detected; and a supply unit that supplies notification content to the apparatus which is found by the search unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: AKIHIKO IZUMI, NAOYUKI SATO, KOICHI KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9462434
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a search unit that searches for an apparatus, which is suitable for providing event notification, when event generation is detected; and a supply unit that supplies notification content to the apparatus which is found by the search unit. The search unit is configured to issue a response request for responding to a search target apparatus in an event a third condition, which includes a first condition relevant to display of a privacy information and a second condition relevant to whether or not a user notices the notification, is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Izumi, Naoyuki Sato, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20150281919
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a search unit that searches for an apparatus, which is suitable for providing event notification, when event generation is detected; and a supply unit that supplies notification content to the apparatus which is found by the search unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: AKIHIKO IZUMI, NAOYUKI SATO, KOICHI KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150261492
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an information acquisition section which acquires display information, and a first display section which displays the display information. A display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and a second display section provided in an external apparatus, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a control of a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: KOICHI KAWASAKI, NAOYUKI SATO, AKIHIKO IZUMI
  • Patent number: 6754441
    Abstract: A data recording device receives data including at least image data or voice data of a plurality of channels and records the data in a plurality of recording media which is accessible nonlinearly within time slots allotted to the respective channels. The data recording device includes a recording device which allots the data to the respective recording media and records the allotted data in the recording media, and a controller which controls the recording means so as to record correction data representing corrected signal levels of the data in the recording media together with the allotted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Izumi, Kazuo Kamiyama