Patents by Inventor Chitoku YATO

Chitoku YATO 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: 9622020
    Abstract: A communication system includes a game machine and a headset. The headset detects a state change in the present device, the state change in the present device being caused by a predetermined action of a user, and transmits a signal indicating the state change in the present device to the game machine. The game machine receives, from at least one of one or more external devices, a signal indicating a state change in the external device. The game machine identifies a partner device in predetermined communication processing from among the one or more external devices on the basis of the received signal indicating the state change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Chitoku Yato
  • Publication number: 20150223011
    Abstract: A communication system includes a game machine and a headset. The headset detects a state change in the present device, the state change in the present device being caused by a predetermined action of a user, and transmits a signal indicating the state change in the present device to the game machine. The game machine receives, from at least one of one or more external devices, a signal indicating a state change in the external device. The game machine identifies a partner device in predetermined communication processing from among the one or more external devices on the basis of the received signal indicating the state change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Chitoku Yato
  • Patent number: 8874176
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a main function unit which realizes main functions of the information processing device and is operated by being switched between a normal operation mode and a power-saving mode in which less power is consumed than in the normal operation mode, a position acquisition unit which acquires positional information indicating the current position, and a logging controller which causes a first storage unit to record movement trace information obtained by making the positional information acquired by the position acquisition unit correspond to the time when the positional information is acquired in the state where the main function unit is switched to the power-saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Chitoku Yato
  • Publication number: 20120122493
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a main function unit which realizes main functions of the information processing device and is operated by being switched between a normal operation mode and a power-saving mode in which less power is consumed than in the normal operation mode, a position acquisition unit which acquires positional information indicating the current position, and a logging controller which causes a first storage unit to record movement trace information obtained by making the positional information acquired by the position acquisition unit correspond to the time when the positional information is acquired in the state where the main function unit is switched to the power-saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Chitoku YATO