Patents by Inventor Kazunori URANO

Kazunori URANO 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).

  • Content display device, content display method and program
    Patent number: 11068151
    Abstract: A content display device includes: a display unit for displaying a content in a displayable area; a position detecting unit for detecting a touch position; a determination unit for determining whether or not the detected touch position is on the displayed content; and, a content movement control unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the detected touch position is on the displayed content while part of the content resides outside the displayable area of the display unit, performs a control so as to move and display the content in such a manner that an entire content is displayed within the displayable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Satoshi Terada, Kazunori Urano
  • CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200210040
    Abstract: A content display device includes: a display unit for displaying a content in a displayable area; a position detecting unit for detecting a touch position; a determination unit for determining whether or not the detected touch position is on the displayed content; and, a content movement control unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the detected touch position is on the displayed content while part of the content resides outside the displayable area of the display unit, performs a control so as to move and display the content in such a manner that an entire content is displayed within the displayable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyuki KOYAMA, Satoshi TERADA, Kazunori URANO
  • Content display device, content display method and program
    Patent number: 10620818
    Abstract: A content display device includes: a display unit for displaying a content in a displayable area; a position detecting unit for detecting a touch position; a determination unit for determining whether or not the detected touch position is on the displayed content; and, a content movement control unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the detected touch position is on the displayed content while part of the content resides outside the displayable area of the display unit, performs a control so as to move and display the content in such a manner that an entire content is displayed within the displayable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Satoshi Terada, Kazunori Urano
  • CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160378290
    Abstract: A content display device includes: a display unit for displaying a content in a displayable area; a position detecting unit for detecting a touch position; a determination unit for determining whether or not the detected touch position is on the displayed content; and, a content movement control unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the detected touch position is on the displayed content while part of the content resides outside the displayable area of the display unit, performs a control so as to move and display the content in such a manner that an entire content is displayed within the displayable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Noriyuki KOYAMA, Satoshi TERADA, Kazunori URANO