Patents by Inventor Atsutoshi SHIMENO

Atsutoshi SHIMENO 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).

  • REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REMOTE SIMULTANEOUS VIEWING MANAGEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170230619
    Abstract: In a remote simultaneous viewing system, zapping for a different group that views a content having the same attribute as that of a content viewed by a belonging group of a user is enabled. A content reproduction portion (22) that reproduces a content; and a group switching portion (25) that switches a belonging group of a user to a different group that views a content having the same attribute as that of the reproduced content are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsutoshi SHIMENO, Takashi KANEKO, Masahiro SHIOI, Chanbin NI, Norio ITOH
  • GROUP-VIEWING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, GROUP-VIEWING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND VIEWING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170220314
    Abstract: A group-viewing assistance device allowing a viewer to perform group-viewing without giving much resistance is realized. A group-viewing assistance server (100) presents a viewing environment list indicating, for each group, which content is under group-viewing, executes processing for causing a person who desires group-viewing to participate in remote communication in a group designated by the desiring person, and causes a viewing apparatus (200) of the desiring person to reproduce a content under group-viewing by the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KANEKO, Atsutoshi SHIMENO, Chanbin NI, Masahiro SHIOI, Norio ITOH
  • CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160088362
    Abstract: While executing a television viewing APP, an engine (112) performs another application. A degree-of-concentration determination unit (131) determines the frequency of operations for the application, and calculates the degree of concentration for the program on the basis of the type of the application and the determination result. When the degree of concentration is high, the presentation controller (140) displays an advertisement relevant to the program, on a display unit (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi KANEKO, Norio ITOH, Masahiro SHIOI, Chanbin NI, Atsutoshi SHIMENO
  • PROGRAM PLAYING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160066059
    Abstract: A device (100) includes a reception unit (110) that receives a program accompanied by a main advertisement from a device (300), a processing unit (120) that displays a program image on a display unit (140), and an engine (131) that displays the main advertisement on the display unit (140). The engine (131) transmits control information indicating a method of controlling displaying a related-advertisement to a sub-device (200) that receives the related-advertisement related to the main advertisement from a server (400) and displays the received related-advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya IWANAMI, Takashi KANEKO, Shuhichi WATANABE, Norio ITOH, Masahiro SHIOI, Chanbin NI, Atsutoshi SHIMENO