Patents by Inventor Ippei Tambata

Ippei Tambata 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).

  • Publication number: 20240038108
    Abstract: It is an object of the present technology to provide an image display apparatus, an image display method, and a program that make it possible to provide a high-quality viewing experience. In order to achieve the object described above, an image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a screen and a display section. The screen is a cylindrical screen that extends in parallel with a specified axis. The display section causes a surface image and a primary-display image to overlap, the surface image being displayed on a substantial entirety of a surface of the screen, the primary-display image being displayed to look as if the primary-display image were situated in an internal space of the screen. This makes it possible to provide a high-quality viewing experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ippei TAMBATA, Kohki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10176177
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Publication number: 20160041979
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 9241022
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided for storing computer program instructions that cause a computer to implement a method of exchanging content. The method includes connecting to an information processing apparatus, and transferring a ID of the computer to the information processing apparatus when a connection to the information processing apparatus is detected. The method further includes storing content and data related to the content transmitted from the information processing apparatus, transferring the data corresponding to the content stored in the computer, and reproducing the stored content. The content is automatically transferred to the computer when the computer is judged to be a predetermined device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 8887219
    Abstract: There is provided an information providing apparatus including an ECG scenario storage portion to store an ECG scenario related to a program in association with reference ID, an ECG package storage portion to store reference IDs of ECG scenarios related to programs in association with discrimination ID of an ECG channel allocated to an ECG package in order to provide a collection of information related to programs having a relationship as an ECG package, an ECG package providing portion to acquire discrimination ID of a particular channel from a receiving terminal, extract an ECG package corresponding to the acquired discrimination ID and provide it to the receiving terminal, and an ECG scenario providing portion to acquire reference ID of a particular ECG scenario included in the ECG package from the receiving terminal, extract an ECG scenario corresponding to the acquired reference ID and provide it to the receiving terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8566785
    Abstract: An information processing device for providing a program selected on the basis of a predetermined theme among recorded programs and programs to be received to a user. A special program is generated by selecting a predetermined program on the basis of a predetermined theme such as ‘person of the today’, ‘hot drama’, among recorded programs and programs to be received to a user and the contents of the selected program is displayed on a screen as information of a recommendation program. The contents of the special program are changed according to preference of the user, a displaying time of the screen, and setting by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Narahara, Atsushi Narita, Kuriko Takeshima, Norihiro Nagai, Ryo Takaoka, Ippei Tambata, Keiichi Yoshioka, Naoyuki Miyada
  • Patent number: 8554752
    Abstract: The information receiving apparatus includes the related information receiving portion to receive content-related information, the mode selecting portion to select a link condition between the content and the related information, the related information request transmitting portion to transmit content designation information when the link condition is switched to the link mode or the content is switched in the link mode, and the display control portion to display the content, related information and link condition. The information providing apparatus includes the related information storage portion to store the related information associating with the content, the related information request receiving portion to receive the content designation information, the related information extracting portion to extract the related information corresponding to the content, and the related information transmitting portion to transmit the related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura, Asako Honjo
  • Patent number: 8522150
    Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 8510784
    Abstract: In a cooperative processing system for performing cooperative process between a portable terminal and a television terminal through a service server and a device control server, content and content information separately managed by a content server connected to the television terminal and the service server are searched based on a search condition extracted from the content or the content information reproduced and displayed by the portable terminal, and the search result of the content and the content information is seamlessly displayed on the television terminal. Consequently, the convenience of the user in content usage can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kazuto Mugura, Nariaki Satoh, Ippei Tambata, Goro Takaki, Rui Yamagami
  • Patent number: 8463868
    Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 7853650
    Abstract: A relationship initiation between devices in a network is described. According to one embodiment, persona information is exchanged between devices in a network. Based upon the persona information, a user of a device may initiate a relationship with another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Prohel, Philip McKay, Himgan Wibisono, Michael Hoch, Jeff Liu, Ravi Gauba, Sidney Wang, Ippei Tambata, Elizabeth Coppinger, Michael S. Harwayne, Rodger Lea
  • Publication number: 20100275127
    Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Ippei TAMBATA, Shin SHIROMA
  • Patent number: 7797456
    Abstract: An information processor or personal computer is provided having an operably linked terminal which checks out/in in a content to or from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the personal computer, and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the personal computer, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the read data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 7614081
    Abstract: A digital content file having user history information is received at a first device. The user history information includes an alias name of a previous user of the digital content file. A user may review the user history information of the digital content file for information of the previous user of the digital content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Prohel, Philip McKay, Himgan Wibisono, Michael Hoch, Jeff Liu, Ravi Gauba, Sidney Wang, Ippei Tambata, Elizabeth Coppinger, Michael S. Harwayne, Rodger Lea
  • Publication number: 20090265448
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an input; display a plurality of selections; detect a location of a first segment relative to the plurality of selections; highlight a particular selection from the plurality of selections when the first segment is within an area of the particular selection; and select the particular selection based on the first segment being located within the area of the particular selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, a Japanese corporation, Sony Electronics Inc., A Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Endler, Joseph Steven Herres, Ippei Tambata
  • Patent number: 7600201
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an input; display a plurality of selections; detect a location of a first segment relative to the plurality of selections; highlight a particular selection from the plurality of selections when the first segment is within an area of the particular selection; and select the particular selection based on the first segment being located within the area of the particular selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Endler, Joseph Steven Herres, Ippei Tambata
  • Publication number: 20090235302
    Abstract: In a cooperative processing system for performing cooperative process between a portable terminal and a television terminal through a service server and a device control server, content and content information separately managed by a content server connected to the television terminal and the service server are searched based on a search condition extracted from the content or the content information reproduced and displayed by the portable terminal, and the search result of the content and the content information is seamlessly displayed on the television terminal. Consequently, the convenience of the user in content usage can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicants: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kazuto Mugura, Nariaki Satoh, Ippei Tambata, Goro Takaki, Rui Yamagami
  • Patent number: RE43377
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus along with a method for displaying a list of data to be transferred from one storage area to another in conjunction with a progress status report of the data transfer, thereby allowing users to know at a glance how far the transfer of desired data has progressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tessho Ishida, Kenji Tomizawa, Nobuyuki Kihara, Shoichi Awai, Ichiro Sakamoto, Ippei Tambata
  • Patent number: RE44436
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus along with a method for displaying a list of data to be transferred from one storage area to another in conjunction with a progress status report of the data transfer, thereby allowing users to know at a glance how far the transfer of desired data has progressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tessho Ishida, Kenji Tomizawa, Nobuyuki Kihara, Shoichi Awai, Ichiro Sakamoto, Ippei Tambata
  • Patent number: D691627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Newton-Dunn, Jon Gaiser, Steven Friedlander, Travis Baurmann, Keiichi Yoshioka, Goro Takaki, Kazuto Nishizawa, Daisuke Kawamura, Nariaki Sato, Shoji Imamura, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Ippei Tambata, Kou Kusanaga, Yasushi Okumura