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).
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Publication number: 20240038108Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Ippei TAMBATA, Kohki WATANABE
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Patent number: 10176177Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Publication number: 20160041979Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 9241022Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 8887219Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura
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Patent number: 8566785Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2006Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Narahara, Atsushi Narita, Kuriko Takeshima, Norihiro Nagai, Ryo Takaoka, Ippei Tambata, Keiichi Yoshioka, Naoyuki Miyada
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Patent number: 8554752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Tetsuo Maruyama, Ippei Tambata, Daisuke Kawamura, Asako Honjo
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Patent number: 8522150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 8510784Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignees: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kazuto Mugura, Nariaki Satoh, Ippei Tambata, Goro Takaki, Rui Yamagami
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Patent number: 8463868Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 7853650Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20100275127Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro MORITA, Mitsuyuki HATANAKA, Kiyonobu KOJIMA, Ippei TAMBATA, Shin SHIROMA
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Patent number: 7797456Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
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Patent number: 7614081Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20090265448Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicants: Sony Corporation, a Japanese corporation, Sony Electronics Inc., A Delaware CorporationInventors: Sean Christopher Endler, Joseph Steven Herres, Ippei Tambata
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Patent number: 7600201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sean Christopher Endler, Joseph Steven Herres, Ippei Tambata
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Publication number: 20090235302Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicants: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Fukuda, Kazuto Mugura, Nariaki Satoh, Ippei Tambata, Goro Takaki, Rui Yamagami
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Patent number: RE43377Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tessho Ishida, Kenji Tomizawa, Nobuyuki Kihara, Shoichi Awai, Ichiro Sakamoto, Ippei Tambata
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Patent number: RE44436Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tessho Ishida, Kenji Tomizawa, Nobuyuki Kihara, Shoichi Awai, Ichiro Sakamoto, Ippei Tambata
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Patent number: D691627Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: 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