Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi Kunou

Katsutoshi Kunou 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: 8520112
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including: a user input, which when operated causes a menu to be displayed; and display control means for displaying the menu upon press of the user input, the menu listing images representing all selectable set values in the order of being able to be selected by each press of the user input, and changing a highlighted one of the images by changing display positions of all the images listed in the menu every time the user input is pressed, wherein the display control means further displays an arrow between each of the images listed in the menu, each arrow indicating an order of being highlighted by each press of the user input between the images listed in the menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Kunou
  • Publication number: 20090027539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus, a display control method, and a program enabling a user to intuitively understand all set values selectable as setting about shooting and an operation to select a desired set value. Upon press of a toggle button, an image 51 representing “macro mode” (set value), which is a closeup shooting mode, an image 52 representing “magnifying glass mode” (set value), and an image 53 representing OFF (set value) of the closeup shooting mode are displayed while being arranged in the order of being highlighted by each press of the toggle button. An outline arrow indicating the order of being highlighted by each press of the toggle button is displayed between the respective images 51 to 53. If the toggle button is pressed once by a user, display positions of all the images are changed, and the highlighted image is changed accordingly. The present invention can be applied to an apparatus having an image capturing function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Kunou