Patents by Inventor Ikuya Sano
Ikuya Sano 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: 10430149Abstract: An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Kazuto Nishizawa, Iori Nishiuchi
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Publication number: 20150178033Abstract: An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuya Sano, Kazuto Nishizawa, Iori Nishiuchi
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Patent number: 9053652Abstract: A display control device includes a cabinet, a detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the cabinet, a display screen, and a display control unit configured to control display of the display screen in accordance with the orientation of the cabinet detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Tamura, Ikuya Sano, Yasushi Itoshiro, Yoshio Ito, Yoshiyuki Nida
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Patent number: 9013492Abstract: An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Kazuto Nishizawa, Iori Nishiuchi
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Patent number: 8520234Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication system for enabling a first communication apparatus and second communication apparatuses to communicate with one another over a network. The first communication apparatus includes: a detection device; a display control device; a transmission device. The second communication apparatuses includes: a reception device; a notification device; an instruction device; and a registration device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yomei Otani, Yoshihiro Toyama, Kenji Yokoyama, Zhongyao Sheng, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashige Hagimori, Ikuya Sano
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Patent number: 8395637Abstract: An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Kazuto Nishizawa, Iori Nishiuchi
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Patent number: 7978957Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that controls reproduction of a plurality of recorded contents recorded when distributed from a predetermined one of a plurality of distribution sources to each of which a predetermined channel is allocated, including reproduction control means for controlling so that, where reproduction starting absolute time indicative of reproduction starting time is designated by a user and besides a reproduction object channel is designated by the user, that one of the recorded contents of the reproduction object channel whose reproduction starting absolute time is included in a recording time zone is reproduced from a position thereof corresponding to the reproduction starting absolute time.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Yomei Otani, Yoshihiro Toyama, Kenji Yokoyama, Zhongyao Sheng, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashige Hagimori
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Patent number: 7950034Abstract: An information processing apparatus for providing controls to have contents recorded in a recording medium for recording one or more broadcast programs aired in the past as data displayed on a specified display device, includes: an acquiring section to acquire program information for one or more broadcast programs recorded in the recording medium; a program table generating section to generate a first table in which columns in one orthogonal direction are allocated to broadcast stations and the other are to time zones, generate a first program table by allocating program columns for the broadcast program on each of one or more areas identified with the one or more program information acquired by the acquiring section in the entire area constituting the first table, and outputting the first program table as first image data; and a display control section to control, while the control is executed, a background image for second image data displayed on the specified display device, data constituting each of the oType: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Ryoji Amemiya, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroshi Nagatani
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Publication number: 20100239228Abstract: An information processing system serves to input a timer record setting of a content. The system includes a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record the content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a plurality of second timer record settings each designed to record the content corresponding thereto, which is expected to be delivered for the predetermined period; a change unit that determines whether the content corresponding to each of the second timer record settings satisfies a predetermined condition, and changes a predetermined setting of the second timer record setting to record the corresponding content which has been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition using a change process preliminarily correlated with the predetermined condition; and an input unit that inputs the second timer record settings to record the corresponding contents, respectively, including the second timer record setting having the changed predetermined setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Ikuya Sano
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Patent number: 7756396Abstract: An information processing system serves to input a timer record setting of a content. The system includes a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record the content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a plurality of second timer record settings each designed to record the content corresponding thereto, which is expected to be delivered for the predetermined period; a change unit that determines whether the content corresponding to each of the second timer record settings satisfies a predetermined condition, and changes a predetermined setting of the second timer record setting to record the corresponding content which has been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition using a change process preliminarily correlated with the predetermined condition; and an input unit that inputs the second timer record settings to record the corresponding contents, respectively, including the second timer record setting having the changed predetermined setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Ikuya Sano
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Publication number: 20100171693Abstract: A display control device includes a cabinet, a detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the cabinet, a display screen, and a display control unit configured to control display of the display screen in accordance with the orientation of the cabinet detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Kenichi TAMURA, Ikuya Sano, Yasushi Itoshiro, Yoshio Ito, Yoshiyuki Nida
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Patent number: 7730511Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus includes: a display control section which controls to generate a table with days of the week allocated in one of first and second directions and time zones of a day in the other direction and displays the table on a specified display device for showing setting status of recording reservation on a specified tuner; an acquiring section which acquires first information, second information, and third information, respectively indicating a specified broadcast station, a specified day of the week, a specified time zone of a day, inputted by a user; and an setting section which makes reservation for recording the contents that the broadcasted contents specified with the first to third information acquired by the acquiring section are received by the specified tuner and the received contents are recorded as data in a specified recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Ryoji Amemiya, Hiroshi Nagatani
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Publication number: 20090278997Abstract: An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Kazuto Nishizawa, Iori Nishiuchi
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Publication number: 20070124759Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication system for enabling a first communication apparatus and second communication apparatuses to communicate with one another over a network. The first communication apparatus includes: a detection device; a display control device; a transmission device. The second communication apparatuses includes: a reception device; a notification device; an instruction device; and a registration device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yomei Otani, Yoshihiro Toyama, Kenji Yokoyama, Zhongyao Sheng, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashige Hagimori, Ikuya Sano
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Publication number: 20070061843Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that controls reproduction of a plurality of recorded contents recorded when distributed from a predetermined one of a plurality of distribution sources to each of which a predetermined channel is allocated, including reproduction control means for controlling so that, where reproduction starting absolute time indicative of reproduction starting time is designated by a user and besides a reproduction object channel is designated by the user, that one of the recorded contents of the reproduction object channel whose reproduction starting absolute time is included in a recording time zone is reproduced from a position thereof corresponding to the reproduction starting absolute time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuya Sano, Yomei Otani, Yoshihiro Toyama, Kenji Yokoyama, Zhongyao Sheng, Hiroshi Oryoji, Masashige Hagimori
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Publication number: 20060222329Abstract: An information processing system serves to input a timer record setting of a content. The system includes a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record the content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a plurality of second timer record settings each designed to record the content corresponding thereto, which is expected to be delivered for the predetermined period; a change unit that determines whether the content corresponding to each of the second timer record settings satisfies a predetermined condition, and changes a predetermined setting of the second timer record setting to record the corresponding content which has been determined to satisfy the predetermined condition using a change process preliminarily correlated with the predetermined condition; and an input unit that inputs the second timer record settings to record the corresponding contents, respectively, including the second timer record setting having the changed predetermined setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Ikuya Sano
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Publication number: 20050259961Abstract: An information processing apparatus for setting a recording reservation for a specified tuner and controlling record according to the recording reservation, having: a first acquiring section to acquire at least first, second, and third information indicating a specified broadcast station, a specified day of the week, and a specified time zone, respectively, from information inputted by a user; a setting section to set reservation in which the broadcast contents specified with the first to third information are received by the specified tuner and the received contents are recorded in a specified recording medium as data; a second acquiring section to acquire program information for one or more broadcast programs to be aired on the specified day of the week indicated by the second information in the specified time zone indicated by the third information from the specified broadcast station indicated by the first information; and a recording control section to control so that the broadcast contents specified witType: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Ikuya Sano
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Publication number: 20050259962Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus includes: a display control section which controls to generate a table with days of the week allocated in one of first and second directions and time zones of a day in the other direction and displays the table on a specified display device for showing setting status of recording reservation on a specified tuner; an acquiring section which acquires first information, second information, and third information, respectively indicating a specified broadcast station, a specified day of the week, a specified time zone of a day, inputted by a user; and an setting section which makes reservation for recording the contents that the broadcasted contents specified with the first to third information acquired by the acquiring section are received by the specified tuner and the received contents are recorded as data in a specified recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Ikuya Sano, Ryoji Amemiya, Hiroshi Nagatani
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Publication number: 20050259963Abstract: An information processing apparatus for providing controls to have contents recorded in a recording medium for recording one or more broadcast programs aired in the past as data displayed on a specified display device, includes: an acquiring section to acquire program information for one or more broadcast programs recorded in the recording medium; a program table generating section to generate a first table in which columns in one orthogonal direction are allocated to broadcast stations and the other are to time zones, generate a first program table by allocating program columns for the broadcast program on each of one or more areas identified with the one or more program information acquired by the acquiring section in the entire area constituting the first table, and outputting the first program table as first image data; and a display control section to control, while the control is executed, a background image for second image data displayed on the specified display device, data constituting each of the oType: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuya Sano, Ryoji Amemiya, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroshi Nagatani