Patents by Inventor Hironobu Aoki
Hironobu Aoki 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).
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Patent number: 11269909Abstract: [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (51) are aligned and displayed on a display screen (50). The update information display cards (51) displayed on the display screen (50) are associated with different pieces of content data, and update information of the content data is individually arranged on the corresponding update information display card (51). Moreover, the update information display cards (51) on which the update information of the different types of content data are arranged are aligned and displayed on the display screen (50) in a chronological order of the updates of the content data.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: George Arriola, Kichiro Kurozumi, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Jorge Furuya, Brian Johnson, Takashi Kawakami, Masatoshi Inagawa, Takamasa Kuramitsu, Takahiro Okada, Hironobu Aoki, Seigo Iwasaki, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Takashi Hasegawa, Erica Kato, Tetsuya Takahashi, Makoto Kamiya
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Patent number: 11137048Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes a first gear coaxially fixed to a rotational shaft having a hollow shape, a second gear, and a third gear. The second and third gears are rotatably and coaxially disposed on an outer periphery of the rotational shaft such that the second and third gears are opposed to each other. A gear select clutch is disposed between the second and third gears, and configured to select one of a state in which the second and first gears are coupled and the third and first gears are decoupled, and a state in which the third and first gears are coupled and the second and first gears are decoupled. A clutch operation unit is configured to couple an operation shaft disposed in a hollow part of the rotational shaft to operate the gear select clutch by advancing and retreating the operation shaft in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Univance CorporationInventors: Kotaro Hirano, Yasuyuki Nishiyama, Hironobu Aoki
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Patent number: 10585684Abstract: According to an embodiment, a job execution control device controls execution of a job for receiving input data, applying processing thereto, and outputting output data. The device includes a job executor, a controller, a recorder, and a generator. The job executor executes a job and record a job execution history including the input and output data. The controller displays, on a display, a job screen for presenting information on the executed job to a user and for receiving a user operation for re-executing the executed job. The recorder records a job operation history regarding the user operation through the job screen. The generator generates a warning condition for input or output data of a job based on the histories. The controller appends to the job screen warning information associated with an executed job the input or output data of which satisfies the warning condition, among executed jobs.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Kenta Cho, Megumi Aikawa, Kouji Yasuda, Hironobu Aoki
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Patent number: 10438399Abstract: Methods, systems and user interfaces enhance an augmented reality experience of a user having freedom of movement within an external environment. A local user interface is created and displayed to the user in a first viewable region. A global user interface is created and displayed to the user in a second viewable region, further from the user than the first viewable region. The local user interface is maintained at a first spatial position, the first spatial position being stationary with respect to a part of the user's body; and the global user interface is maintained at a second spatial position, the second spatial position being stationary with respect to the external environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Anthony Rogers, Hironobu Aoki
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Publication number: 20190234491Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes a first gear coaxially fixed to a rotational shaft having a hollow shape, a second gear, and a third gear. The second and third gears are rotatably and coaxially disposed on an outer periphery of the rotational shaft such that the second and third gears are opposed to each other. A gear select clutch is disposed between the second and third gears, and configured to select one of a state in which the second and first gears are coupled and the third and first gears are decoupled, and a state in which the third and first gears are coupled and the second and first gears are decoupled. A clutch operation unit is configured to couple an operation shaft disposed in a hollow part of the rotational shaft to operate the gear select clutch by advancing and retreating the operation shaft in an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Kotaro Hirano, Yasuyuki Nishiyama, Hironobu Aoki
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Publication number: 20180232941Abstract: Methods, systems and user interfaces enhance an augmented reality experience of a user having freedom of movement within an external environment. A local user interface is created and displayed to the user in a first viewable region. A global user interface is created and displayed to the user in a second viewable region, further from the user than the first viewable region. The local user interface is maintained at a first spatial position, the first spatial position being stationary with respect to a part of the user's body; and the global user interface is maintained at a second spatial position, the second spatial position being stationary with respect to the external environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Anthony Rogers, Hironobu Aoki
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Publication number: 20180189075Abstract: According to an embodiment, a job execution control device controls execution of a job for receiving input data, applying processing thereto, and outputting output data. The device includes a job executor, a controller, a recorder, and a generator. The job executor executes a job and record a job execution history including the input and output data. The controller displays, on a display, a job screen for presenting information on the executed job to a user and for receiving a user operation for re-executing the executed job. The recorder records a job operation history regarding the user operation through the job screen. The generator generates a warning condition for input or output data of a job based on the histories. The controller appends to the job screen warning information associated with an executed job the input or output data of which satisfies the warning condition, among executed jobs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationInventors: Kenta CHO, Megumi AIKAWA, Kouji YASUDA, Hironobu AOKI
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Publication number: 20170199881Abstract: [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (51) are aligned and displayed on a display screen (50). The update information display cards (51) displayed on the display screen (50) are associated with different pieces of content data, and update information of the content data is individually arranged on the corresponding update information display card (51). Moreover, the update information display cards (51) on which the update information of the different types of content data are arranged are aligned and displayed on the display screen (50) in a chronological order of the updates of the content data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicants: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: George ARRIOLA, Kichiro KUROZUMI, Takahiro KAWAGUCHI, Jorge FURUYA, Brian JOHNSON, Takashi KAWAKAMI, Masatoshi INAGAWA, Takamasa KURAMITSU, Takahiro OKADA, Hironobu AOKI, Seigo IWASAKI, Yoshimitsu FUNABASHI, Takashi HASEGAWA, Erica KATO, Tetsuya TAKAHASHI, Makoto KAMIYA
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Patent number: 9535511Abstract: An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Kosuke Endo, Takamoto Tsuda, Yutaka Shiba, Hironobu Aoki, Hironori Suzuki
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Patent number: 9507588Abstract: [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (51) are aligned and displayed on a display screen (50). The update information display cards (51) displayed on the display screen (50) are associated with different pieces of content data, and update information of the content data is individually arranged on the corresponding update information display card (51). Moreover, the update information display cards (51) on which the update information of the different types of content data are arranged are aligned and displayed on the display screen (50) in a chronological order of the updates of the content data.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: George Arriola, Kichiro Kurozumi, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Jorge Furuya, Brian Johnson, Takashi Kawakami, Masatoshi Inagawa, Takamasa Kuramitsu, Takahiro Okada, Hironobu Aoki, Seigo Iwasaki, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Takashi Hasegawa, Erica Kato, Tetsuya Takahashi, Makoto Kamiya
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Patent number: 8836340Abstract: An assembled battery system is disclosed that includes a plurality of serially-connected battery cells; voltage detecting lines connectable at one ends to electrodes of the battery cells of the assembled battery; electric resistors serially-connected at one ends to the other ends of the voltage detecting lines; capacitors connected to the other ends of the electric resistors, each of the capacitors being configured to electrically interconnect one of the voltage detecting lines and the other voltage detecting line; voltage measuring circuits connected respectively to each of the voltage detecting lines; electrically openable short-circuiting switches arranged between the capacitors and the voltage measuring circuits and parallel-connected to the capacitors; and a monitoring circuit that detects a difference between a first measurement result and a second measurement result with respect to each of the short-circuiting switches and a failure of the voltage detecting lines, the short-circuiting switches or the vType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hironobu Aoki, Mami Mizutani, Yuuki Kuwano, Takehiro Usumori, Morio Suzuki, Takashi Morimoto
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Patent number: 8610681Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display device; pointed position detecting means for detecting a specified position by a touch operation of a pointing device on a screen of the display device; sensor means for detecting a position of the pointing device when the pointing device is not in contact with the screen of the display device; and control means for recognizing the touch operation detected by the pointed position detecting means and controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the recognized touch operation and the position of the pointing device detected by the sensor means.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Masanori Yoshimoto, Hideaki Imai, Junichi Kosaka, Yoshihiro Mashiko, Hironobu Aoki
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Publication number: 20130002575Abstract: An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Kosuke ENDO, Takamoto TSUDA, Yutaka SHIBA, Hironobu AOKI, Hironori SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20120146652Abstract: An assembled battery system is disclosed that includes a plurality of serially-connected battery cells; voltage detecting lines connectable at one ends to electrodes of the battery cells of the assembled battery; electric resistors serially-connected at one ends to the other ends of the voltage detecting lines; capacitors connected to the other ends of the electric resistors, each of the capacitors being configured to electrically interconnect one of the voltage detecting lines and the other voltage detecting line; voltage measuring circuits connected respectively to each of the voltage detecting lines; electrically openable short-circuiting switches arranged between the capacitors and the voltage measuring circuits and parallel-connected to the capacitors; and a monitoring circuit that detects a difference between a first measurement result and a second measurement result with respect to each of the short-circuiting switches and a failure of the voltage detecting lines, the short-circuiting switches or the vType: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Hironobu Aoki, Mami Mizutani, Yuuki Kuwano, Takehiro Usumori, Morio Suzuki, Takashi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20120083260Abstract: [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (51) are aligned and displayed on a display screen (50). The update information display cards (51) displayed on the display screen (50) are associated with different pieces of content data, and update information of the content data is individually arranged on the corresponding update information display card (51). Moreover, the update information display cards (51) on which the update information of the different types of content data are arranged are aligned and displayed on the display screen (50) in a chronological order of the updates of the content data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: George Arriola, Kichiro Kurozumi, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Jorge Furuya, Brian Jonhson, Takashi Kawakami, Masatoshi Inagawa, Takamasa Kuramitsu, Takahiro Okada, Hironobu Aoki, Seigo Iwasaki, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Takashi Hasegawa, Erica Kato, Tetsuya Takahashi, Makoto Kamiya
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Publication number: 20110298732Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display device; pointed position detecting means for detecting a specified position by a touch operation of a pointing device on a screen of the display device; sensor means for detecting a position of the pointing device when the pointing device is not in contact with the screen of the display device; and control means for recognizing the touch operation detected by the pointed position detecting means and controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the recognized touch operation and the position of the pointing device detected by the sensor means.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.Inventors: Masanori YOSHIMOTO, Hideaki IMAI, Junichi Kosaka, Yoshihiro Mashiko, Hironobu Aoki
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Publication number: 20080040350Abstract: There is provided an image processor having a processing unit that executes an image output process; a first registration unit that registers recording image data corresponding to an output image of the image output process in a predetermined retaining device which can be accessed from an image log record management device which manages log record data of an image output process; a viewing image generator that generates viewing image data based on the output image, the viewing image data having a reduced amount of data as compared with the recording image data; and a second registration unit that registers, to the image log record management device, log record data including the viewing image data and access information for enabling access to the recording image data registered in the retaining device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Hironobu Aoki
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Patent number: 5458523Abstract: An action character figure assembly includes a character figure, an elongated base and a control and mounting mechanism for releasably mounting the character figure on one leg thereof adjacent an end of the base. The control and mounting mechanism is remotely operable from the opposite end of the base for rapidly rotating the character figure about the axis of the first leg thereof so as to cause the character figure to perform various martial arts fighting maneuvers. The character figure includes a torso portion which is pivotally mounted on the first leg and a second leg and arms which are freely pivotably mounted on the torso portion so that they are centrifugally pivoted outwardly during a fighting maneuver.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1995Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.Inventors: Hironobu Aoki, Minoru Sugiyama
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Patent number: 5176140Abstract: In an ultrasonic probe for use in ultrasonic endoscope, ultrasonic diagnosing apparatus and other ultrasonic apparatuses, an ultrasonic vibrator is arranged in a recess formed in a cylindrical housing and is secured thereto such that portions of first and second electrodes are exposed out of the recess. First and second lead wires are embedded in the housing such that tips of the lead wires are exposed within connecting areas formed in the housing in communication with the recess. The tips of the first and second lead wires are connected to first and second electrodes of the ultrasonic vibrator with the aid of conductive members made of solder, conductive paste or conductive adhesive agent. The other end of the first and second lead wires are extended from the same end face of the cylindrical housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1990Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Kami, Masashi Abe, Masao Izawa, Takanao Fujimura, Yukihiko Sawada, Masaaki Hayashi, Shuichi Takayama, Takashi Tsukaya, Takeaki Nakamura, Masanori Hamazaki, Takahiro Echizenya, Yoshihisa Taniguchi, Hironobu Aoki, Fukashi Yoshizawa, Yoshiro Nishimura, Hiroshi Suzushima