Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi Sakao
Katsutoshi Sakao 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: 20170272832Abstract: The present invention propose an broadcast reception system, wherein a program reception control apparatus is connected to Internet via a network interface to which a terminal apparatus carrying by a user. The broadcast received at an antenna is selected by a tuner, A/D converted, compressed at a compression unit, and encrypted at an encryption unit. The encrypted data from the encryption unit changed to packets at packet creation unit, and transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the network interface. A User is able to view the program in real time before the end of the broadcast for the program by successively creating data based on the received data, and transmitting them.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Satoru MAEDA, Manabu ONISHI, Shinji OKAZAKI, Katsutoshi SAKAO
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Patent number: 9699511Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panel 1 shows channel buttons 2 to be operated to select a desired program, a site button 71 to be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site button 72 to be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Nobutàka Tani, Satoru Maeda
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Patent number: 8872821Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Adachi, Katsutoshi Sakao, Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
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Publication number: 20140189752Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panel 1 shows channel buttons 2 to be operated to select a desired program, a site button 71 to be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site button 72 to be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Nobutaka Tani, Satoru Maeda
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Patent number: 8695035Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panel 1 shows channel buttons 2 to be operated to select a desired program, a site button 71 to be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site button 72 to be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Nobutaka Tani, Satoru Maeda
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Publication number: 20130298153Abstract: The present invention propose an broadcast reception system, wherein a program reception control apparatus is connected to Internet via a network interface to which a terminal apparatus carrying by a user. The broadcast received at an antenna is selected by a tuner, A/D converted, compressed at a compression unit, and encrypted at an encryption unit. The encrypted data from the encryption unit changed to packets at packet creation unit, and transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the network interface. A User is able to view the program in real time before the end of the broadcast for the program by successively creating data based on the received data, and transmitting them.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Satoru MAEDA, Manabu ONISHI, Shinji OKAZAKI, Katsutoshi SAKAO
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Patent number: 8561124Abstract: In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Satoru Maeda, Manabu Onishi
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Publication number: 20120169590Abstract: In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Katsutoshi SAKAO, Satorn Maeda, Manabu Onishi
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Patent number: 8156525Abstract: In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Satoru Maeda, Manabu Onishi
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Publication number: 20110298791Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Adachi, Katsutoshi Sakao, Atsushi Koshiyama, Haruo Oba
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Patent number: 8074254Abstract: A data transmission device transmits a data broadcast using a narrow unused broadcasting band in a digital broadcast, and to record the data broadcast, which has been received, on a receiving side so that the receiving side can play back the data broadcast after a data stream is totally recorded. The transmission device generates a first data stream, which is recorded on a recording medium on a receiving side, and a second data stream including audio and video data, which is transmitted as a broadcasting program. The transmission device multiplexes the first and the second data streams and then transmits the multiplexed data stream. The transmission of the multiplexed data stream is controlled so that a transmission rate for the multiplexed data stream does not exceed the maximum transmission rate, and so that a transmission rate for the first data stream becomes lower than that for the second data stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryuichiro Hisamatsu, Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Tadashi Saito, Katsutoshi Sakao, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Hiroshige Okamoto
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Patent number: 8046807Abstract: In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Satoru Maeda, Manabu Onishi
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Patent number: 8001573Abstract: In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operation screen display function for remote-controlling the audio/video instrument (110) based on control information acquired from this server (106) are connected to each other through the Internet (105) etc. The information-processing apparatus (103) makes a request to the server (106) to deliver the remote-operation control information in accordance with this audio/video instrument (110) and, based on the control information delivered from the server (106) owing to this delivery request, performs display processing of a remote-operation screen and, based on remote-operation information input by operations on the remote-operation screen, remote-controls the audio/video instrument (110).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Satoru Maeda, Manabu Onishi
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Publication number: 20100175030Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panel 1 shows channel buttons 2 to be operated to select a desired program, a site button 71 to be operated to make an access to site A available on the Internet and a site button 72 to be operated to make an access to site B on the Internet. The present invention allows the user to watch a television program and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Nobutaka Tani, Satoru Maeda
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Patent number: 7690014Abstract: An information processing apparatus with improved operatability in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet. An index panel shows channel buttons operated to select a desired program, a first site button provides access to site A available on the Internet and a second site button provides access to site B on the Internet. The user is able to watch a television program and can have access to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, which can be connected to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsutoshi Sakao, Nobutaka Tani, Satoru Maeda
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Patent number: 7542718Abstract: A wireless communication terminal is disclosed which has mass data such as stream data delivered thereto efficiently over a wireless communication network so that the overall utilization efficiency of the network is improved as well. While a wireless communication terminal (100) is receiving stream data for its use, a main controller (120) checks a radio wave reception level LB coming from a receiver unit (103) in the terminal. If the reception level is found to drop below a predetermined level, the main controller (100) causes a frequency synthesizer (105) to control reception frequencies fed to the receiver unit (103) so as to receive radio waves from a plurality of base stations in the vicinity. A search is thus made for a base station which offers a radio wave reception level higher than the predetermined level and which is delivering the stream data in question, and that base station is selected preferentially.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasunori Matsui, Katsutoshi Sakao, Hirokatsu Kimata
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Patent number: 7516203Abstract: This invention relates to a network control verification system, a control communication terminal, a server apparatus, and a network control verification method whereby a user away from a recording apparatus is notified of information such as whether the recording apparatus has completed unattended recording of a broadcast program as reserved. Specifically, a recording/reproducing apparatus 4 records a broadcast program to a recording medium in accordance with unattended recording reservation settings. The apparatus 4 extracts one picture frame from the pictures recorded on the recording medium and turns the extracted frame into a thumbnail image. The recording/reproducing apparatus 4 then transmits an e-mail including a recording start date, a recording start time, a recording stop time, a broadcast channel, and a recording mode regarding the recorded broadcast program to a mobile phone 53 together with an attachment of the thumbnail.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Takashi Kitajima, Katsutoshi Sakao, Yasunori Matsui, Hirokatsu Kimata, Satoru Maeda
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Patent number: 7493648Abstract: A data transmission device transmits a data broadcast using a narrow unused broadcasting band in a digital broadcast, and to record the data broadcast, which has been received, on a receiving side so that the receiving side can play back the data broadcast after a data stream is totally recorded. The transmission device generates a first data stream, which is recorded on a recording medium on a receiving side, and a second data stream including audio and video data, which is transmitted as a broadcasting program. The transmission device multiplexes the first and the second data streams and then transmits the multiplexed data stream. The transmission of the multiplexed data stream is controlled so that a transmission rate for the multiplexed data stream does not exceed the maximum transmission rate, and so that a transmission rate for the first data stream becomes lower than that for the second data stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryuichiro Hisamatsu, Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Tadashi Saito, Katsutoshi Sakao, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Hiroshige Okamoto
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Patent number: 7467097Abstract: A business management method, a business management apparatus and a data broadcast delivery method are disclosed which allows contents to be broadcast over an unused bandwidth in satellite broadcasting so that the contents are stored and later reproduced as needed for quick access to a desired destination recorded in the contents. A data broadcast is assigned to an unused broadcast bandwidth over a broadcast band for transmitting programs in satellite broadcasting. The data broadcast over the unused bandwidth are stored onto a storage medium in a TV set. The stored data contents are sorted out by category for selective viewing by operation of the TV set. If the selected content offers e-commerce, a virtual shop handing desired offerings is accessed as per the content.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Ryuichiro Hisamatsu, Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Tadashi Saito, Katsutoshi Sakao
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Patent number: 7360000Abstract: An information transmitting/receiving system is disclosed which includes a base station apparatus and a monitor apparatus, the system being arranged to let the base station apparatus offer more content information to the monitor apparatus than before. On receiving a content transmission request, the base station apparatus performs an authenticating process using monitor apparatus registration information in order to send content information only to the registered monitor apparatus authorized to receive the content information. The monitor apparatus may register with a plurality of units of the base station apparatus. When the monitor apparatus selects any one of the multiple units of the base station apparatus to request transmission of content information therefrom, the selected base station unit transmits the requested content information to the requesting monitor apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Taro Takita, Satoru Maeda, Katsutoshi Sakao, Mariko Nakada