Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Okumoto

Hiroaki Okumoto 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).

  • DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20230244327
    Abstract: A display control system according to the present disclosure includes a cross-section display which, when an operation device moves in a direction away from a display device and overlaps a virtual plane at a position separated from the display device by a predetermined distance, causes the display device to display the object image including a cut plane obtained by cutting the operation device at the virtual plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: NAOKI TANI, YUSUKE KONISHI, HIROAKI OKUMOTO
  • Display control system and display control method for changing a size of an object image in association with a location change of an operation device
    Patent number: 11650673
    Abstract: A display control system according to the present disclosure includes a cross-section display which, when an operation device moves in a direction away from a display device and overlaps a virtual plane at a position separated from the display device by a predetermined distance, causes the display device to display the object image including a cut plane obtained by cutting the operation device at the virtual plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Tani, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroaki Okumoto
  • DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20210311566
    Abstract: A display control system according to the present disclosure includes a cross-section display which, when an operation device moves in a direction away from a display device and overlaps a virtual plane at a position separated from the display device by a predetermined distance, causes the display device to display the object image including a cut plane obtained by cutting the operation device at the virtual plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: NAOKI TANI, YUSUKE KONISHI, HIROAKI OKUMOTO
  • Display device, television receiver, display device control method, programme, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8487940
    Abstract: A display device (10) includes: a display section (23) which displays a picture; a user specifying section (130) which specifies a user viewing the display device; an image quality specifying section (170) which, in a case where the user specifying section (130) has specified a plurality of users, (i) obtains, from a recording section which records a plurality of setting values that correspond to user information for discriminating the plurality of users and are used to adjust an image quality, the plurality of setting values that correspond to the respective plurality of users thus specified and (ii) specifies, in accordance with the plurality of setting values thus obtained, a plurality of image qualities of a respective plurality of pictures to be displayed in the display section (23); and an image quality adjustment instructing section (150) which instructs an image quality adjusting section (22) to cause the display section (23) to display the plurality of pictures at the respective plurality of image qu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kohno, Kohichi Takaku, Kenji Watanabe, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Masahiko Takiguchi, Mihoko Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ohmori, Hiroaki Okumoto
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAMME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130002695
    Abstract: A display device (10) includes: a display section (23) which displays a picture; a user specifying section (130) which specifies a user viewing the display device; an image quality specifying section (170) which, in a case where the user specifying section (130) has specified a plurality of users, (i) obtains, from a recording section which records a plurality of setting values that correspond to user information for discriminating the plurality of users and are used to adjust an image quality, the plurality of setting values that correspond to the respective plurality of users thus specified and (ii) specifies, in accordance with the plurality of setting values thus obtained, a plurality of image qualities of a respective plurality of pictures to be displayed in the display section (23); and an image quality adjustment instructing section (150) which instructs an image quality adjusting section (22) to cause the display section (23) to display the plurality of pictures at the respective plurality of image qu
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kohno, Kohichi Takaku, Kenji Watanabe, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Masahiko Takiguchi, Mihoko Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ohmori, Hiroaki Okumoto