Patents by Inventor Hirooki Tajima

Hirooki Tajima 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).

  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Patent number: 8249252
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for outputting a predetermined video signal from a component output terminal includes signal detection means for detecting a copy protection signal embedded in the video signal to protect copyright, setting detection means for detecting a currently set output format of the video signal output from the component output terminal when the copy protection signal is detected by the signal detection means, and changing means for changing the output format detected by the setting detection means to an alternative output format when the output format is a predetermined format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sakuma, Iori Matsuto, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hirooki Tajima, Masanori Nomura, Hiroshi Nagatani, YuHang Shen
  • Display control apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
    Patent number: 7889217
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling display in a first display device that displays a predetermined display range of an entire supplied image is provided. The display control apparatus includes an image scaledown unit adapted to scale down a first image based on a scaledown ratio that is preset in accordance with the size of the display range relative to the entire image; and a display control unit adapted to control display of the first image that is scaled down by the image scaledown unit in the first display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sakuma, Masanori Nomura, Hiroshi Nagatani, Haruhiko Sakata, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hirooki Tajima
  • Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
    Publication number: 20060072751
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for outputting a predetermined video signal from a component output terminal includes signal detection means for detecting a copy protection signal embedded in the video signal to protect copyright, setting detection means for detecting a currently set output format of the video signal output from the component output terminal when the copy protection signal is detected by the signal detection means, and changing means for changing the output format detected by the setting detection means to an alternative output format when the output format is a predetermined format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sakuma, Iori Matsuto, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hirooki Tajima, Masanori Nomura, Hiroshi Nagatani, YuHang Shen
  • Display control apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
    Publication number: 20060071949
    Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling display in a first display device that displays a predetermined display range of an entire supplied image is provided. The display control apparatus includes an image scaledown unit adapted to scale down a first image based on a scaledown ratio that is preset in accordance with the size of the display range relative to the entire image; and a display control unit adapted to control display of the first image that is scaled down by the image scaledown unit in the first display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sakuma, Masanori Nomura, Hiroshi Nagatani, Haruhiko Sakata, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hirooki Tajima