Patents by Inventor Hidefumi Fukasawa

Hidefumi Fukasawa 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).

  • Image pickup device having a display for displaying operation key image data representing operation keys and supplying image data including an operation menu to an external display device when connected to the external display device
    Patent number: 7884873
    Abstract: An image pickup device includes a display that displays one of image data including an operation menu or operation key image data representing operation keys; an external output section that outputs the image data including the operation menu to the outside; an output state detector that detects that the external output section is in a state capable of outputting the image data to the outside; a display data instruction section that instructs to display the operation key image data on the display and to display the image data including the operation menu on an external display device, which is an output destination of the image data in the external output section, when the external output section is detected to be in the capable state, and instructs to display the image data including the operation menu on the display when the external output section is not detected to be in the capable state; a display data supply that supplies one of the display or the external output section with one of the image data incl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shiota, Kazuhiko Nishiwaki, Tetsuya Oda, Makoto Omata, Kazunori Takagi, Kanako Tamamatsu, Motoki Kobayashi, Ryoko Amano, Kumiko Tsukuda, Tsutomu Kume, Hidefumi Fukasawa
  • Portable electronic apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 7590833
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable electronic apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The portable electronic apparatus includes a storage section and an acquisition section. The storage section stores a communication program for communicating with the information processing apparatus. The acquisition section communicates with the information processing apparatus in accordance with the communication program when the power is turned on, and acquires a program other than the communication program from the information processing apparatus via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hidefumi Fukasawa
  • Image pickup device
    Publication number: 20070132853
    Abstract: An image pickup device includes a display that displays one of image data including an operation menu or operation key image data representing operation keys; an external output section that outputs the image data including the operation menu to the outside; an output state detector that detects that the external output section is in a state capable of outputting the image data to the outside; a display data instruction section that instructs to display the operation key image data on the display and to display the image data including the operation menu on an external display device, which is an output destination of the image data in the external output section, when the external output section is detected to be in the capable state, and instructs to display the image data including the operation menu on the display when the external output section is not detected to be in the capable state; a display data supply that supplies one of the display or the external output section with one of the image data incl
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shiota, Kazuhiko Nishiwaki, Tetsuya Oda, Makoto Omata, Kazunori Takagi, Kanako Tamamatsu, Motoki Kobayashi, Ryoko Amano, Kumiko Tsukuda, Tsutomu Kume, Hidefumi Fukasawa
  • Portable electronic apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Publication number: 20060136707
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable electronic apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The portable electronic apparatus includes a storage section and an acquisition section. The storage section stores a communication program for communicating with the information processing apparatus. The acquisition section communicates with the information processing apparatus in accordance with the communication program when the power is turned on, and acquires a program other than the communication program from the information processing apparatus via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Hidefumi Fukasawa