Patents by Inventor Kento TAKURA
Kento TAKURA 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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Patent number: 12726563Abstract: Provided are a device and a method for determining optimal control according to a processing state of an application being executed in an information processing device and a device state based on learning data and executing the determined processing. A control unit that controls the information processing device uses learning data to determine optimal control processing according to a processing state of an application being executed and a device state, and executes the determined processing. The learning data is learning data for each application, and the control unit determines optimal control by referring to the learning data of an application that is the same as or similar to the application being executed in the information processing device, and executes the determined optimal control processing. For example, screenshots and search processing are automatically executed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Kumiko So, Fumihiko Nishio
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Patent number: 12706471Abstract: There is a demand for an information processing device capable of maintaining, as long as possible, a state in which a decrease an the processing speed of a CPU due to heat generation hardly occurs. Therefore, proposed is an information processing device including a secondary battery, and the information processing device includes a measurement unit that measures a remaining amount of the secondary battery, a determination unit that determines whether or not the remaining amount is equal to or more than a first threshold and determines whether or not a specific application is in a foreground state, and a charge control unit that stops charging the secondary battery by using an external power supply in a case where the remaining amount is equal to or more than the first threshold and the specific application is in the foreground state.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Michitomo Kouda, Masahiko Naito, Kento Takura, Kumiko Tsukahara
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Patent number: 12569770Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a control section and a communication section. The control section selects a slice according to a genre of a game for which a request for information that is necessary for game play is made by a terminal, and assigns, to the information, an identifier that indicates the slice used to communicate the information. The communication section transmits the information to the terminal through a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Tasuku Inui
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Publication number: 20250339775Abstract: To provide an extension function that permits more intuitive operations without interfering with the behavior of an external application. There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a controller configured to control functional extension of an external application. The controller causes an extended menu icon whose display position is adjustable to be superimposed and displayed on a display window of the external application, and controls a display position of an extended menu according to the display position of the extended menu icon. The controller causes an extension function icon to be superimposed and displayed on the display window with a display position of the extension function icon being adjustable, the extension function icon being associated with an extension function selected on the extended menu, and controls a display position of a sub-icon accompanying the extension function icon, according to the display position of the extension function icon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, MOTOKI SASAKI, KUMIKO TSUKAHARA, FUMIHIKO NISHIO, HYUMIN SEUL, SHO KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20250330667Abstract: An apparatus is configured to display a preset menu to preset a distribution image to be transmitted to the reception terminal before the live streaming is executed based on selections of the user. The distribution image includes a first region to be streamed the application and a second region to display other information. The preset menu includes units to preset at least one of transmission of the first region, display data for the second region, and a layout for the first region and the second region. In response to a user activation of a distribution start input, the apparatus is configured to execute the application and generate and transmit the distribution image to the reception terminal, wherein the distribution image is different from a view of the application on the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: October 23, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kento TAKURA, Kumiko SO, Tomoya KUROSAKI
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Publication number: 20250254817Abstract: A cooling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a cooling fan and a duct portion. The cooling fan is provided on a back surface of a mobile terminal that includes a display surface and the back surface situated opposite to the display surface. The duct portion is used to blow, to the display surface, air supplied from the cooling fan. This makes it possible to improve the cooling efficiency in cooling the mobile terminal without sacrificing the visibility of a display or an operation performance of an operation section including a touchscreen and keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Masaaki HASEGAWA, Kento TAKURA, Koji IZUMI, Masashi KOKUBO
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Patent number: 12377349Abstract: To provide an extension function that permits more intuitive operations without interfering with the behavior of an external application. There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a controller configured to control functional extension of an external application. The controller causes an extended menu icon whose display position is adjustable to be superimposed and displayed on a display window of the external application, and controls a display position of an extended menu according to the display position of the extended menu icon. The controller causes an extension function icon to be superimposed and displayed on the display window with a display position of the extension function icon being adjustable, the extension function icon being associated with an extension function selected on the extended menu, and controls a display position of a sub-icon accompanying the extension function icon, according to the display position of the extension function icon.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Motoki Sasaki, Kumiko Tsukahara, Fumihiko Nishio, Hyumin Seul, Sho Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12348665Abstract: An information processing device performs a process of changing, during activation of a first application, a plurality of functions of other than the first application executed by the information processing device to a state where collective restriction is performed according to a first condition, and a process of returning to a state before the collective restriction according to a second condition are executed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Keiko Hiraoka, Kumiko Tsukahara, Fumihiko Nishio, Hyumin Seul, Sho Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12075000Abstract: A program causes an information processing apparatus to activate a second application that provides an extended function to a first application, superimpose and display a menu of the second application on the first application in response to a predetermined operation at a predetermined position on a screen where the first application is displayed and the second application is not displayed, and execute processing corresponding to the extended function selected from the menu.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Motoki Sasaki, Kumiko Tsukahara, Fumihiko Nishio, Hyumin Seul, Sho Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20240187514Abstract: An information processing device performs a process of changing, during activation of a first application, a plurality of functions of other than the first application executed by the information processing device to a state where collective restriction is performed according to a first condition, and a process of returning to a state before the collective restriction according to a second condition are executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kento TAKURA, Keiko HIRAOKA, Kumiko TSUKAHARA, Fumihiko NISHIO, Hyumin SEUL, Sho KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20240176649Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to launch a second application while a first application is running, the second application being launched through an extension application that provides an extended function to the first application, and display a screen of the second application superimposed on a screen of the first application.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, KUMIKO SO
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Publication number: 20240171671Abstract: Provided are a device and a method for determining optimal control according to a processing state of an application being executed in an information processing device and a device state based on learning data and executing the determined processing. A control unit that controls the information processing device uses learning data to determine optimal control processing according to a processing state of an application being executed and a device state, and executes the determined processing. The learning data is learning data for each application, and the control unit determines optimal control by referring to the learning data of an application that is the same as or similar to the application being executed in the information processing device, and executes the determined optimal control processing. For example, screenshots and search processing are automatically executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, KUMIKO SO, FUMIHIKO NISHIO
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Publication number: 20230367468Abstract: To further improve usability. An information processing device (10) includes a control unit (190) that executes a process of activating a second application for setting related to the operation of a first application, displaying a screen of the first application and superimposing a menu for changing the setting of the second application on a part of the screen, and operating the first application and the second application independently.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, KUMIKO SO, SHO KOBAYASHI, KEIJI SASAKI, FUMIHIKO NISHIO, HYUMIN SEUL, TAISUKE ONISHI
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Publication number: 20230118364Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing system that make it possible to play a game smoothly while using a mobile communication system. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control section and a communication section. The control section performs rendering to generate a first video obtained when a virtual space to which a plurality of users is capable of getting connected is viewed from a first point of view; assigns, to the first video, an identifier indicating that a first slice that is given a high communication priority is used for communication; performs rendering to generate a second video obtained when the virtual space is viewed from a second point of view that is different from the first point of view; and assigns, to the second video, an identifier indicating that a second slice that is given a lower communication priority than the first slice is used for communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, TASUKU INUI
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Publication number: 20230122640Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing system that make it possible to play a game smoothly while using a mobile communication system. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a control section and a communication section. The control section selects a slice according to a genre of a game for which a request for information that is necessary for game play is made by a terminal, and assigns, to the information, an identifier that indicates the slice used to communicate the information. The communication section transmits the information to the terminal through a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, TASUKU INUI
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Patent number: 11622036Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal case capable of mounting an external device thereon without detaching a case. A terminal case according to the present technique includes: a housing portion for housing a terminal in a state in which a display included in the terminal can be exposed; a mounted portion to which a gripping device including a gripping portion to be gripped by a user is mounted; and a communication portion for communicating between the terminal and the gripping device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Takura, Yoshihiro Takagi, Koichi Obana
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Publication number: 20220407334Abstract: There is a demand for an information processing device capable of maintaining, as long as possible, a state in which a decrease an the processing speed of a CPU due to heat generation hardly occurs. Therefore, proposed is an information processing device including a secondary battery, and the information processing device includes a measurement unit that measures a remaining amount of the secondary battery, a determination unit that determines whether or not the remaining amount is equal to or more than a first threshold and determines whether or not a specific application is in a foreground state, and a charge control unit that stops charging the secondary battery by using an external power supply in a case where the remaining amount is equal to or more than the first threshold and the specific application is in the foreground state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Michitomo KOUDA, Masahiko NAITO, Kento TAKURA, Kumiko TSUKAHARA
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Publication number: 20220329686Abstract: A program causes an information processing apparatus to activate a second application that provides an extended function to a first application, superimpose and display a menu of the second application on the first application in response to a predetermined operation at a predetermined position on a screen where the first application is displayed and the second application is not displayed, and execute processing corresponding to the extended function selected from the menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kento TAKURA, Motoki SASAKI, Kumiko TSUKAHARA, Fumihiko NISHIO, Hyumin SEUL, Sho KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220134226Abstract: To provide an extension function that permits more intuitive operations without interfering with the behavior of an external application. There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a controller configured to control functional extension of an external application. The controller causes an extended menu icon whose display position is adjustable to be superimposed and displayed on a display window of the external application, and controls a display position of an extended menu according to the display position of the extended menu icon. The controller causes an extension function icon to be superimposed and displayed on the display window with a display position of the extension function icon being adjustable, the extension function icon being associated with an extension function selected on the extended menu, and controls a display position of a sub-icon accompanying the extension function icon, according to the display position of the extension function icon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: KENTO TAKURA, MOTOKI SASAKI, KUMIKO TSUKAHARA, FUMIHIKO NISHIO, HYUMIN SEUL, SHO KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210344786Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal case capable of mounting an external device thereon without detaching a case. A terminal case according to the present technique includes: a housing portion for housing a terminal in a state in which a display included in the terminal can be exposed; a mounted portion to which a gripping device including a gripping portion to be gripped by a user is mounted; and a communication portion for communicating between the terminal and the gripping device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kento TAKURA, Yoshihiro TAKAGI, Koichi OBANA