Patents by Inventor Ken Miyashita

Ken Miyashita 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).

  • Publication number: 20160080643
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a client terminal, display control method, program, and system capable of supporting the user's actual image capture using a reference image based on preliminary image capture. [Solution] The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jun KIMURA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Osamu OOBA, Ken MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160070420
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160062407
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a housing and a display unit configured to display at least a portion of a first content to a user. A projection unit is configured to project at least a portion of a second content onto a projection surface. A detection unit configured to detect a displacement between the projection surface and a portion of the housing, the housing being configured to support the display unit, the projection unit, and the detection unit. The detection unit is further configured to determine whether the displacement falls within a threshold distance. The projection unit is further configured to project the second portion of the content onto the projection surface, when the displacement falls within the threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken MIYASHITA, Shunichi KASAHARA, Ikuo YAMANO, Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki MIZUNUMA
  • Publication number: 20160048489
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience for a user, the information processing apparatus including: an update detection unit configured to detect update of presented information presented to a user during execution of an application; an interest data extraction unit configured to extract interest data that includes at least information accompanying the presented information whose update has been detected and is information on a target in which the user is interested during execution of the application; an input context detection unit configured to detect input context indicating a processing status of input information using the application, the input information being attempted to be inputted during execution of the application; and an input information candidate presentation unit configured to perform, on the basis of the input context, control to present input information candidates that are candidates of the input information among the interest data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken MIYASHITA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Jun KIMURA, Osamu OOBA
  • Publication number: 20160033277
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohisa TANAKA, Ken MIYASHITA, Jun KIMURA, Osamu OOBA
  • Patent number: 9250791
    Abstract: A display control device according to the present invention includes a detection unit for detecting contact of an operating object on a display surface of a display unit, a position calculation unit for calculating a contact position, on the display surface, of the operating object whose contact has been detected by the detection unit, an operation process determination unit for determining, from a plurality of operation processes associated with a motion of the operating object, one operation process to be performed, according to a length of a contact time of continuously contacting the display surface within a first area including a reference contact position which is a contact position of the operating object at a time of the operating object being made to contact the display surface after a state of separation from the display surface, and an operation processing unit for changing display of the display unit by the operation process that is performed, based on a motion of the operating object that is furt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 9223443
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9218027
    Abstract: An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a housing and a display unit configured to display at least a portion of a first content to a user. A projection unit is configured to project at least a portion of a second content onto a projection surface. A detection unit configured to detect a displacement between the projection surface and a portion of the housing, the housing being configured to support the display unit, the projection unit, and the detection unit. The detection unit is further configured to determine whether the displacement falls within a threshold distance. The projection unit is further configured to project the second portion of the content onto the projection surface, when the displacement falls within the threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Shunichi Kasahara, Ikuo Yamano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Mizunuma
  • Patent number: 9213475
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a selection part selecting a parameter from graphic data, a display control part controlling an object corresponding to the parameter selected by the selection part to be displayed and an extraction part extracting a parameter having a correlation with the parameter selected by the selection part, wherein the display control part controls the object to be moved based on the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20150356840
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of segments compiled from at least one media source, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments contains at least one image frame within which a specific target object is found to be captured, and a providing unit configured to provide image frames of the obtained plurality of segments for display along a timeline and in conjunction with a tracking status indicator that indicates a presence of the specific target object within the plurality of segments in relation to time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, Kenichi OKADA, Ken MIYASHITA, Yasushi OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20150326830
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system, by which a useful monitoring camera system can be realized. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an input unit and a control unit. The input unit inputs a first image that is captured by a first imaging apparatus that sets a first imaging space as an imaging target, and a second image that is captured by a second imaging apparatus that sets a second imaging space different from the first imaging space as an imaging target and switched to/from the first image and displayed. The control unit outputs, when the first and second images are switched to each other, a switching moving image reflecting positional relevance between the first and second imaging spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, Kenichi OKADA, Ken MIYASHITA, Akemi TAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9122922
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a selecting unit that selects figures from a candidate figure group based on recognition values obtained through character recognition with respect to an input image, and a display control unit that performs control to display the figures selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 9047006
    Abstract: A method of operation of an electronic device system includes: detecting a drag performed on a touch screen, the drag having a first direction from a starting point and an ending point; detecting a stretchable cursor extendable based on the drag, the stretchable cursor having a cursor length, a cursor direction, a starting portion, and an ending portion at the ending point and larger than the starting portion at the starting point; displaying the stretchable cursor on the touch screen, the stretchable cursor stretched across a centerline on the touch screen; detecting whether a second direction of the drag is opposite the first direction; and moving a starting position of the stretchable cursor toward the centerline and away from the starting point when the second direction is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: George Arriola, Michael P. Bauerly, Brian W. Johnson, Reiko Miyazaki, Tatsushi Nashida, Ken Miyashita
  • Publication number: 20150134998
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a virtual clock controller configured to update a first virtual clock on the basis of a system clock, and a synchronization part configured to perform given data synchronization processing with another information processing apparatus on the basis of the first virtual clock and a second virtual clock that is updated by the another information processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: KEN MIYASHITA, KIYOSHI YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150128148
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including an allocation unit configured to allocate processing of tasks to any of respective processing devices on the basis of contents of the tasks and at least any of attributes and states of the processing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ken MIYASHITA, Hironori ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20150120286
    Abstract: There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Ken Miyashita, Tatsushi Nishida
  • Patent number: 8983842
    Abstract: There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Ken Miyashita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Publication number: 20150033117
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an obtaining section configured to obtain a content item to be displayed in a first display area of a display screen, and an image generating section configured to generate a display image by laying out the content item based on an arrangement of the first display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20150006174
    Abstract: An information processing system that reads a current playback time of content reproduced by an output device; controls a display to display subtitle information corresponding to the content reproduced by the output device; acquires feature information corresponding to an attribute of the content based on the read current playback time of the content; and controls the display to apply a predetermined effect corresponding to the displayed subtitle information based on the acquired feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminori Homma, Yasushi Okumura, Ken Miyashita, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 8803982
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an image pickup unit photographing a subject; a movement detecting unit detecting changes in movement of a subject photographed by the image pickup unit; a data generating unit generating first timing data relating to change timing at which the movement detecting unit detected a change in the movement; a receiving unit receiving second timing data, which relates to change timing when movement of a subject photographed by another apparatus was detected, from the other apparatus during photographing by the image pickup unit; and a determining unit determining, based on the first timing data generated by the data generating unit and the second timing data received by the receiving unit, whether the subject photographed by the image pickup unit and the subject photographed by the other apparatus are the same or a similar subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Osamu Shigeta, Akihiro Komori, Nariaki Sato, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Takuro Noda