Patents by Inventor Jiro Uzaki

Jiro Uzaki 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: 11917218
    Abstract: A server includes: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data in which a game is imaged; a storage configured to store the video data; an image determining unit configured to determine whether or not target image data, which is data of a target image indicating an advertisement client, is included in the stored video data; an advertisement setting unit configured to generate, when the target image data is included in the video data, advertisement setting data at a time when video based on the video data is displayed in an external display, the advertisement setting data being to be used for displaying, in the external display, an advertisement of the advertisement client corresponding to the target image; and a communication unit configured to be capable of sending the video data and the advertisement setting data to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada
  • Publication number: 20230132946
    Abstract: A database stores a value of an image filmed from a seat in a site where filming is permitted, mapping the value to the seat. A price variation monitoring unit monitors a variation in the value of the image filmed from the seat where filming is permitted. A price determination unit determines a price of a filming ticket associated with the seat where filming is permitted, in accordance with the variation in the value of the image filmed from the seat where filming is permitted. A seat recommendation unit recommends the seat where filming is permitted based on a density of filming persons in the site determined by a situation of purchase of filming ticket for the site or based on a condition of field of view determined by an obstacle in filming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Jiro UZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220368964
    Abstract: A server includes: a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire video data in which a game is imaged; a storage configured to store the video data; an image determining unit configured to determine whether or not target image data, which is data of a target image indicating an advertisement client, is included in the stored video data; an advertisement setting unit configured to generate, when the target image data is included in the video data, advertisement setting data at a time when video based on the video data is displayed in an external display, the advertisement setting data being to be used for displaying, in the external display, an advertisement of the advertisement client corresponding to the target image; and a communication unit configured to be capable of sending the video data and the advertisement setting data to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada
  • Patent number: 11364444
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes: a communication unit that receives game situation data indicating a situation of a game and chat data indicating a content of a chat corresponding to the game from a server that manages the game situation data and the chat data, and transmits chat data to the server; a storage unit that stores therein the game situation data and the chat data received through the communication unit; an input unit through which chat data is input; a display that displays the chat data; and a control unit that causes the display to display, as candidate data, chat data having a content corresponding to game situation data at an input point in time, for inputting of the chat data through the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11344817
    Abstract: A chat system includes a chat server and a chat terminal device. The chat server acquires input information of at least one subject among participants of a game and spectators of the game, generates situation chat data, stores, in a storage unit, the generated situation chat data in association with a time, generates, upon storing the situation chat data, excitement information based on the input information acquired at a time corresponding to a time at which the situation chat data is stored in the storage unit, stores, in the storage unit, the excitement information in association with the situation chat data, and transmits, to a chat terminal device, the situation chat data and the excitement information. The chat terminal device acquires the chat data and the excitement information from the chat server and causes a display to display the acquired chat data and excitement information in an associated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11271764
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The communication unit acquires match situation data representing the situation of a match and chat data representing a chat content corresponding to the match from a server to which the match situation data and the chat data are uploaded, the storage unit stores the match situation data and the chat data which are acquired by the communication unit, in association with upload time at which the data are uploaded to the server, and the control unit causes different areas of a display unit to display the match situation data and the chat data which are stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki, Masaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11171901
    Abstract: A chat server includes an image data selection unit selecting, when one piece of chat data generated with a chat data processor is designated in a chat terminal device, one piece of image data from pieces of image data stored in a storage unit on the basis of evaluation points set for tag ranges corresponding to the designated chat data, and transmitting the selected image data from a server side communication unit to the chat terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Naoyuki Okada, Mizuki Ohara, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210060444
    Abstract: A chat system includes a chat server and a chat terminal device. The chat server acquires input information of at least one subject among participants of a game and spectators of the game, generates situation chat data, stores, in a storage unit, the generated situation chat data in association with a time, generates, upon storing the situation chat data, excitement information based on the input information acquired at a time corresponding to a time at which the situation chat data is stored in the storage unit, stores, in the storage unit, the excitement information in association with the situation chat data, and transmits, to a chat terminal device, the situation chat data and the excitement information. The chat terminal device acquires the chat data and the excitement information from the chat server and causes a display to display the acquired chat data and excitement information in an associated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210060443
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes: a communication unit that receives game situation data indicating a situation of a game and chat data indicating a content of a chat corresponding to the game from a server that manages the game situation data and the chat data, and transmits chat data to the server; a storage unit that stores therein the game situation data and the chat data received through the communication unit; an input unit through which chat data is input; a display that displays the chat data; and a control unit that causes the display to display, as candidate data, chat data having a content corresponding to game situation data at an input point in time, for inputting of the chat data through the input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Naoyuki Okada, Shun Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200336448
    Abstract: A chat server includes an image data selection unit selecting, when one piece of chat data generated with a chat data processor is designated in a chat terminal device, one piece of image data from pieces of image data stored in a storage unit on the basis of evaluation points set for tag ranges corresponding to the designated chat data, and transmitting the selected image data from a server side communication unit to the chat terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jiro Uzaki, Naoyuki Okada, Mizuki Ohara, Shun Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10785518
    Abstract: A server of a video management system includes a control unit that, upon receiving the video transmission request and the affiliation information transmitted from the terminal, determines whether the video transmission request and the affiliation information correspond to a first case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same, a second case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same for a group and are different for a team, or a third case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are different for a group, the control unit transmitting the match video data to the terminal in the first case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Patent number: 10579259
    Abstract: An electronic scorebook creation device determines a catching fielder candidate order in which multiple fielders are arranged on the basis of operation input to a displayed field image and the positions of the fielders on the field image, and displays a catching fielder selection button group in which the fielders are arranged according to the catching fielder candidate order. The electronic scorebook creation device also determines a batted ball type candidate order in which batted ball type candidates are arranged, and displays a batted ball type selection button group in which batted ball type candidates are arranged according to the batted ball type candidate order. The electronic scorebook creation device further determines a batting result candidate order in which batting result candidates are arranged, and displays a batting result selection button group in which batting result candidates are arranged according to the batting result candidate order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Patent number: 10476991
    Abstract: A chatting terminal includes: a communication unit capable of receiving match progress data indicating a progress state of a match and chatting data indicating a content of a chatting corresponding to the match from a server to which the match progress data and the chatting data are uploaded; a camera capable of capturing a match to acquire capturing data; a storage unit that stores the match progress data obtained by the communication unit in correlation with an upload time at which the match progress data was uploaded to the server; and a control unit that appends the match progress data corresponding to a time point at which the capturing data was acquired to the capturing data to generate appended data when the capturing data of the match is obtained by the camera in a state in which a chatting application is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Jiro Uzaki, Hideaki Onoda
  • Patent number: 10347297
    Abstract: A moving picture playback method including detecting a first location in a moving picture display area indicated by a user, detecting a frame at a time point at which the user indicated the first location, determining whether the first location is located in one of two divided areas of the moving picture display area or in the other thereof, generating a first number of thumbnails of frames temporally subsequent to the detected frame when the first location is located in the one of the two divided areas, and generating a second number of thumbnails of frames temporally previous to the detected frame when the first location is located in the other, displaying the generated thumbnails in the moving picture display area, detecting a thumbnail selected from among the displayed thumbnails by the user, and playing back a moving picture at a frame corresponding to the detected thumbnail and subsequent frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jiro Uzaki
  • Publication number: 20190082035
    Abstract: A chatting terminal includes: a communication unit capable of receiving match progress data indicating a progress state of a match and chatting data indicating a content of a chatting corresponding to the match from a server to which the match progress data and the chatting data are uploaded; a camera capable of capturing a match to acquire capturing data; a storage unit that stores the match progress data obtained by the communication unit in correlation with an upload time at which the match progress data was uploaded to the server; and a control unit that appends the match progress data corresponding to a time point at which the capturing data was acquired to the capturing data to generate appended data when the capturing data of the match is obtained by the camera in a state in which a chatting application is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okada, Jiro Uzaki, Hideaki Onoda
  • Publication number: 20190069002
    Abstract: A server of a video management system includes a control unit that, upon receiving the video transmission request and the affiliation information transmitted from the terminal, determines whether the video transmission request and the affiliation information correspond to a first case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same, a second case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same for a group and are different for a team, or a third case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are different for a group, the control unit transmitting the match video data to the terminal in the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Publication number: 20190066155
    Abstract: A chat system includes a server configured to manage match situation data indicating a situation of a match, chat data indicating content of chats corresponding to the match, and advertisement data relating to advertisements, and transmit the match situation data, the chat data, and the advertisement data; and a chat terminal configured to receive the match situation data, the chat data, and the advertisement data transmitted from the server, generate the chat data, and transmit the generated chat data to the server. The server transmits the advertisement data to the chat terminal based on the match situation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Publication number: 20180351894
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes a communicating unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The communicating unit obtains pieces of picture data taken of a match and pieces of chat data indicating contents of chat corresponding to the match, from a server into which the pieces of picture data and the pieces of chat data are uploaded. The storage unit stores therein the pieces of picture data and the pieces of chat data obtained by the communicating unit so as to be kept in correspondence with each other by using image taking times at which the pieces of picture data were taken and processed times at which a predetermined process was performed on the pieces of chat data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Publication number: 20180343136
    Abstract: A chat terminal device includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The communication unit acquires match situation data representing the situation of a match and chat data representing a chat content corresponding to the match from a server to which the match situation data and the chat data are uploaded, the storage unit stores the match situation data and the chat data which are acquired by the communication unit, in association with upload time at which the data are uploaded to the server, and the control unit causes different areas of a display unit to display the match situation data and the chat data which are stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki, Masaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10134439
    Abstract: A playback device includes a playback controller that sets a scene with a higher level of importance at a lower playback speed and sets a scene with a lower level of importance at a higher playback speed based on a level of importance of each scene of video data, and an image data processor that converts the video data into a playback speed set by the playback controller for each scene, wherein the playback controller plays back the video data within a preset playback time. Further, the playback method plays back video data within a preset playback time by playing back a scene with a higher level of importance at a lower playback speed and playing back a scene with a lower level of importance at a higher playback speed based on a level of importance of each scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuoka, Jiro Uzaki, Mizuki Ohara, Hideaki Onoda