Patents by Inventor Kenta Ohmori

Kenta Ohmori 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: 10061472
    Abstract: An information terminal enables a user to simply and easily confirm a plurality of pieces of update information handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. An information storage stores a plurality of different types of information. An update information storage stores a part of information updated in the information storages as update information associated with the respective types. An update information manager monitors an information update in the information storages and stores, when an information update is made in the information storages, the part of the updated information in the update information storage as update information associated with the respective types. Further, an information selector extracts the update information stored in the update information storage in time series and outputs them to display them on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Ohmori, Takashi Kawakami, Seigo Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Akitaka Kimura, Xiaoyu Ruan, George Arriola, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Kichiro Kurozumi, Brian Johnson, Jorge Furuya, Takahiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140289671
    Abstract: Information storages store a plurality of different types of information. An update information storage stores a part of information updated in the information storages as update information associated with the respective types. An update information manager monitors an information update in the information storages and stores, when an information update is made in the information storages, the part of the updated information in the update information storage as update information associated with the respective types. Further, an information selector extracts the update information stored in the update information storage in time series and outputs them to display them on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Kenta OHMORI, Takashi KAWAKAMI, Seigo IWASAKI, Hiroyuki KAWAKAMI, Akitaka KIMURA, Xiaoyu RUAN, George ARRIOLA, Yoshimitsu FUNABASHI, Kichiro KUROZUMI, Brian JOHNSON, Jorge FURUYA, Takahiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8638292
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a display displaying a plurality of display elements representing options on a display screen, an image-capturing section capturing an image of an operator who is viewing the display screen, a face position detector detecting the position of a facial image of the operator in a captured image, and a controller controlling the display to move the plurality of display elements in a predetermined direction on the display screen and to sequentially update and display the display elements when it is detected that the facial image of the operator in the captured image is outside of a predetermined range, and to stop the movement of the plurality of display elements when it is detected that the facial image falls within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawakami, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Kenta Ohmori
  • Patent number: 8624927
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit displaying information on a display screen, a distance detector detecting a distance from the display screen to the face of an operator, and a controller causing the information to be enlarged and reduced on the display screen in response to a change of the detected distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Ohmori, Takashi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8350896
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display a projection image of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display screen; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen; a changing unit configured to change a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image; and a projection image generator configured to obtain a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawakami, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Kenta Ohmori
  • Publication number: 20120036443
    Abstract: An information terminal enables a user to simply and easily confirm a plurality of pieces of update information handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. An information storage stores a plurality of different types of information. An update information storage stores a part of information updated in the information storages as update information associated with the respective types. An update information manager monitors an information update in the information storages and stores, when an information update is made in the information storages, the part of the updated information in the update information storage as update information associated with the respective types. Further, an information selector extracts the update information stored in the update information storage in time series and outputs them to display them on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Kenta Ohmori, Takashi Kawakami, Siego Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Akitaka Kimura, Xiaoyu Ruan, George Arriola, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Kichiro Kurozumi, Brian Johnson, Jorge Furuya, Takahiro Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100188426
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit displaying information on a display screen, a distance detector detecting a distance from the display screen to the face of an operator, and a controller causing the information to be enlarged and reduced on the display screen in response to a change of the detected distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kenta OHMORI, Takashi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20100123772
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display a projection image of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display screen; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an operator who is in a state of viewing the display screen; a changing unit configured to change a viewpoint position relative to the three-dimensional object in response to a position of an image of the operator's face relative to the captured image; and a projection image generator configured to obtain a projection image generated by projecting each portion of the three-dimensional object viewed from the viewpoint position onto a predetermined projection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KAWAKAMI, Hiroyuki KAWAKAMI, Kenta OHMORI
  • Publication number: 20100079371
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a display displaying a plurality of display elements representing options on a display screen, an image-capturing section capturing an image of an operator who is viewing the display screen, a face position detector detecting the position of a facial image of the operator in a captured image, and a controller controlling the display to move the plurality of display elements in a predetermined direction on the display screen and to sequentially update and display the display elements when it is detected that the facial image of the operator in the captured image is outside of a predetermined range, and to stop the movement of the plurality of display elements when it is detected that the facial image falls within the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Kawakami, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Kenta Ohmori