Patents by Inventor Hisashi Hosaka

Hisashi Hosaka 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: 9986218
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniichiro Naruse, Hisashi Hosaka, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Akiyama, Kosuke Kimura, Kazuma Igari
  • Patent number: 8316395
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a content metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain content metadata; a determination unit configured to determine the category of the content metadata; an editing unit configured to edit the content metadata so that, when text data of the content metadata is to be reproduced on the basis of the category of the content metadata determined by the determination unit, information on a predetermined link destination is displayed in response to a predetermined operation being performed on the reproduced text data; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the text data of the content metadata in synchronization with the reproduction of the content; and a display unit configured to display the information on the link destination on the basis of the content metadata edited by the editing unit when the predetermined operation is performed on the text data of the content metadata reproduced by the reproduction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Masachika Sasaki, Satoshi Fujimura, Hisashi Hosaka
  • Patent number: 8300972
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Patent number: 8238667
    Abstract: A moving image creating apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates each for accommodating an image. An input device that selects any one of the template files stored in the memory. A processing unit analyzes metadata about each of a plurality of images. The processing unit analyzes metadata about each of the component templates in the selected template file. Further, the processing unit places the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates and places one of the images into one of the component templates of the selected template file, in response to a determination that none of the metadata about each of the images matches the analyzed metadata about the one of the component templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Bamba
  • Patent number: 8213764
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes area image extracting means for extracting, as a telop image, an area displaying a telop in contents, detecting means for detecting a scene change in images of the contents, recording means for converting an image at the time when a scene change is detected by the detecting means to a thumbnail image and recording the thumbnail image, display control means for controlling to arrange and display a plurality of the thumbnail images and a plurality of the telop images chronologically, and playing means for playing the contents from the position corresponding to the selected thumbnail image or telop image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Masachika Sasaki, Satoshi Fujimura, Hisashi Hosaka, Hiroshi Nagatani, Yuki Murata, Satoshi Akagawa, Shigeya Yasui, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Yukiko Sakata, Mitsuo Okumura, Masahide Sumiyoshi, Toshiaki Kusakabe, Masahiro Hara, Masanori Nomura, Satoshi Hiroi, Bin Lin
  • Publication number: 20110116726
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi HOSAKA, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Publication number: 20100054692
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniichiro NARUSE, Hisashi HOSAKA, Mitsuo OKUMURA, Yukiko AKIYAMA, Kosuke KIMURA, Kazuma IGARI
  • Publication number: 20090052734
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moving image creating apparatus for creating moving image data using a plurality of images, the moving image creating apparatus including: template file storage means for storing a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates for accommodating an image each; selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of template files stored in the template file storage means; component metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of images; component template metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of component templates in the selected template file; and image placement means for placing the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Banba
  • Publication number: 20080168499
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a content metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain content metadata; a determination unit configured to determine the category of the content metadata; an editing unit configured to edit the content metadata so that, when text data of the content metadata is to be reproduced on the basis of the category of the content metadata determined by the determination unit, information on a predetermined link destination is displayed in response to a predetermined operation being performed on the reproduced text data; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the text data of the content metadata in synchronization with the reproduction of the content; and a display unit configured to display the information on the link destination on the basis of the content metadata edited by the editing unit when the predetermined operation is performed on the text data of the content metadata reproduced by the reproduction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo KUROIWA, Masachika Sasaki, Satoshi Fujimura, Hisashi Hosaka
  • Publication number: 20080159718
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes area image extracting means for extracting, as a telop image, an area displaying a telop in contents, detecting means for detecting a scene change in images of the contents, recording means for converting an image at the time when a scene change is detected by the detecting means to a thumbnail image and recording the thumbnail image, display control means for controlling to arrange and display a plurality of the thumbnail images and a plurality of the telop images chronologically, and playing means for playing the contents from the position corresponding to the selected thumbnail image or telop image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo KUROIWA, Masachika Sasaki, Satoshi Fujimura, Hisashi Hosaka, Hiroshi Nagatani, Yuki Murata, Satoshi Akagawa, Shigeya Yasui, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Yukiko Sakata, Mitsuo Okumura, Masahide Sumiyoshi, Toshiaki Kusakabe, Masahiro Hara, Masanori Nomura, Satoshi Hiroi, Bin Rin