Patents by Inventor Katsuya HYODO

Katsuya HYODO 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: 10817243
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction part configured to extract, when an output destination is changed to a recipient candidate device, a change in a screen layout determined in accordance with an output environment of the recipient candidate device, and a notification controller configured to perform control to execute notification of the change in the screen layout extracted by the extraction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Torii, Kosuke Yoshitomi, Hikotatsu Chin, Katsuya Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10802811
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including circuitry configured to receive a notification that includes information of an application related to the notification; subject the notification to filtering based upon a filtering condition set in advance of receiving the notification; and automatically install the application on the basis of the information of the application received in the notification
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Yoshitomi, Daisuke Nakata, Takahiro Okayama, Katsuya Hyodo, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 10805574
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. If the movement speed exceeds certain speed, a plurality of pieces of information is displayed in a time-division manner for a certain amount of information each with which amount a recognition rate is not decreased, whereby a plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in the recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Katsuya Hyodo, Daisuke Nakata
  • Publication number: 20200310602
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, a computer system determines a user context indicating a likely user interest in applications. Upon a user request for a menu, windows are added to a dynamic area of the menu based on the user context and correspond to the applications. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window be shown in a glanced state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. When the user focus shifts to a window, that window is presented in a focused state to also provide a selectable action that can be performed. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a selected state to further provide additional performable actions. The window can be pinned to the GUI and user control can automatically switch to another application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Kohichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Publication number: 20200310603
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, a computer system determines a user context indicating a likely user interest in applications. Upon a user request for a menu, windows are added to a dynamic area of the menu based on the user context and correspond to the applications. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window be shown in a glanced state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. When the user focus shifts to a window, that window is presented in a focused state to also provide a selectable action that can be performed. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a selected state to further provide additional performable actions. The window can be pinned to the GUI and user control can automatically switch to another application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Kohichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Publication number: 20200310610
    Abstract: Techniques for better information sharing and control switching in a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. In an example, a computer system determines a user context indicating a likely user interest in applications. Upon a user request for a menu, windows are added to a dynamic area of the menu based on the user context and correspond to the applications. The menu is presented in the GUI and each window be shown in a glanced state to provide quick information about the corresponding application. When the user focus shifts to a window, that window is presented in a focused state to also provide a selectable action that can be performed. Upon a user selection of the window, the window is presented in a selected state to further provide additional performable actions. The window can be pinned to the GUI and user control can automatically switch to another application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Kohichi Aoki, Robert E. Brown
  • Patent number: 10789476
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Katsuya Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10732808
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of presenting information in a suitable mode according to a positional relationship between a display region and a user, the display control device including: a calculation unit configured to specify a first region in which a user is a reference point; and a display control unit configured to control display of a display object on a display unit according to the specified first region and a second region occupied by the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Fukazawa, Kuniaki Torii, Katsuya Hyodo, Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Koichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10695612
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. In a case where the movement speed exceeds certain speed, displaying is performed with a unit or a label in a plurality of pieces of information being omitted, whereby the plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in a recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Tsukahara, Jun Kimura, Katsuya Hyodo, Daisuke Nakata
  • Patent number: 10684707
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hyodo, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Naoyuki Sato, Koichi Kawasaki, Akihiko Izumi
  • Patent number: 10599296
    Abstract: Provided is a menu display apparatus that displays a menu of a plurality of applications, including an acquisition unit that acquires display data of content information representing content to be displayed in the menu of the content managed by each application from each application and a display controller that controls a display of the content information in each area according to setting conditions for the area provided for each of the applications in the menu and the display information of the content information acquired from each application. Accordingly, the display of the content information to be displayed in the menu in each area is controlled according to setting conditions for the area provided for each application in the menu and display data of the content information acquired from each application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Yoshitomi, Daisuke Nakata, Takeo Tsukamoto, Katsuya Hyodo, Junichirou Sakata, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20200067996
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an acquisition section configured to acquire display information for displaying a state of collaborative editing in which a plurality of editors collaboratively edit a same editing target, and a display control section configured to cause an editing screen to display, based on the display information, the state of the collaborative editing performed on a not displayed part not included in a display range displayed when the editing target is displayed on the editing screen referenced to by a first editor among the plurality of editors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya HYODO, Shuichi KONAMI, Tomoya NARITA, Akemi TAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10505999
    Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including an acquisition section configured to acquire display information for displaying a state of collaborative editing in which a plurality of editors collaboratively edit a same editing target, and a display control section configured to cause an editing screen to display, based on the display information, the state of the collaborative editing performed on a not displayed part not included in a display range displayed when the editing target is displayed on the editing screen referenced to by a first editor among the plurality of editors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuya Hyodo, Shuichi Konami, Tomoya Narita, Akemi Tazaki
  • Publication number: 20190303675
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. The information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: NAOYUKI SATO, AKIHIKO IZUMI, KUNIAKI TORII, RYO FUKAZAWA, KATSUYA HYODO
  • Patent number: 10360453
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method according to the present disclosure link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application. The information processing apparatus includes an appearance information acquisition unit configured to acquire appearance information indicating a feature of appearance of an own device; and a sending unit configured to send the appearance information to communicate with another device that has imaged the appearance of the own device. According to such a configuration, it is possible to link devices by recognizing the appearance of a device, such as an unknown application or a dynamically changing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Akihiko Izumi, Kuniaki Torii, Ryo Fukazawa, Katsuya Hyodo
  • Patent number: 10359867
    Abstract: Information processing apparatus and method to provide a technology for enabling UI disposition in a plurality of cooperation apparatuses to be controlled in consideration of a plurality of users. The disclosed information processing apparatus includes a disposition control unit configured to control UI disposition in a plurality of cooperation apparatuses performing a cooperation operation among a plurality of apparatuses on the basis of at least one of attributes of a plurality of users and a positional relation between the plurality of users and the plurality of apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Izumi, Naoyuki Sato, Kuniaki Torii, Katsuya Hyodo, Hikotatsu Chin
  • Patent number: 10129442
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a sound information obtaining unit, and a sound synthesizer unit. The sound information obtaining unit is configured to obtain a plurality of sound information items, the plurality of sound information items being on sounds indicating a plurality of user-selectable candidates, respectively. The sound synthesizer unit is configured to synthesize the plurality of sound information items such that output sounds indicating the plurality of candidates, respectively, at least partially overlap one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kudo, Katsuya Hyodo, Daisuke Nakata, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20180307762
    Abstract: Systems and methods for social-based management of content are provided. Information regarding a plurality of users may be stored. The stored information for each user may include include a library of content titles available to the user and one or more other users identified as social contacts. A library of content available to a social contact may include at least one content title in common with the library available to the user. Activity of each social contact may be tracked in relation to the respective library available to the social contact. The library of content titles available to the user may then be filtered based on the tracked activity of the social contacts. A customized display may be generated to include content titles selected from the library available to the user based on the filter results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kohichi Aoki, Sneha Singh, Katsuya Hyodo, Yumi Kataoka, You Asakura, Daniel Morales
  • Publication number: 20180280762
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to decrease reduction in a recognition rate corresponding to the amount of exercise of a user wearing a wearable device. Acceleration information is acquired as exercise state information, and movement speed is calculated. In a case where the movement speed exceeds certain speed, displaying is performed with a unit or a label in a plurality of pieces of information being omitted, whereby the plurality of pieces of information is displayed while reduction in a recognition rate is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa TSUKAHARA, Jun KIMURA, Katsuya HYODO, Daisuke NAKATA
  • Patent number: D855629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emika Arai, Daisuke Nakata, Katsuya Hyodo, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Kimura, Yasuyuki Suki