Patents by Inventor Chikara Mizuno

Chikara Mizuno 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: 8925020
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission system where reproduction devices and display devices may communicate content through a network, includes: a display device storage unit which stores identification information of the display devices capable of communicating a signal using communication means different from the network; and a content list storage unit which stores content lists provided from the reproduction device; the display device includes: a reproduction device storage unit which stores identification information of the reproduction devices capable of communicating a signal using the communication means; and when the display device which displays a requested content list is determined to be a device capable of transmission and reception using the communication means, based on at least one of the reproduction device identification information and the display device identification information, the reproduction device transmits the content lists stored in the content list storage unit to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chikara Mizuno, Naoki Saito
  • Patent number: 8208074
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: video-signal transmitting and receiving means for transmitting/receiving a video signal to/from one or more external apparatuses; image-quality-improvement processing means for applying image quality improvement processing based on an image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus to the video signal; holding means for holding performance of the image quality improvement processing function concerning the image-quality-improvement processing means; CEC transmitting means for transmitting the performance held by the holding means to the external apparatuses; receiving means for receiving performances of image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses; and control means for comparing the performance of the image quality improvement processing function and the performances of the image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses received by the receiving
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chikara Mizuno, Jun Takeshita, Hiroaki Itou, Yoichi Hirota, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110055878
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission system where reproduction devices and display devices may communicate content through a network, includes: a display device storage unit which stores identification information of the display devices capable of communicating a signal using communication means different from the network; and a content list storage unit which stores content lists provided from the reproduction device; the display device includes: a reproduction device storage unit which stores identification information of the reproduction devices capable of communicating a signal using the communication means; and when the display device which displays a requested content list is determined to be a device capable of transmission and reception using the communication means, based on at least one of the reproduction device identification information and the display device identification information, the reproduction device transmits the content lists stored in the content list storage unit to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chikara Mizuno, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20100079674
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: video-signal transmitting and receiving means for transmitting/receiving a video signal to/from one or more external apparatuses; image-quality-improvement processing means for applying image quality improvement processing based on an image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus to the video signal; holding means for holding performance of the image quality improvement processing function concerning the image-quality-improvement processing means; CEC transmitting means for transmitting the performance held by the holding means to the external apparatuses; receiving means for receiving performances of image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses; and control means for comparing the performance of the image quality improvement processing function and the performances of the image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses received by the receiving
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Chikara MIZUNO, Jun Takeshita, Hiroaki Itou, Yoichi Hirota, Hidetoshi Yamaguchi