Patents by Inventor Kimitaka Kawaguchi

Kimitaka Kawaguchi 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: 9310965
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9235430
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit to store reference parameter information made up of a plurality of pieces of parameter information and associated with each program, an acquisition unit to acquire the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, a specifying unit to specify a program associated with a reference parameter similar to the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, and a display control unit to create a startup menu screen containing a startup display of a program according to a specified result by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140101603
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8631345
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8244109
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication block configured to execute communication with an external device; a storage block configured to store content; a compression block configured to compress the stored content; a reproduction block configured to reproduce one of the content before compression by the compression block and the content after compression by the compression block; an operation input block configured to enter an operation signal corresponding to a user operation done for the reproduction; and control block configured to control the communication block to transmit the content before compression to the external device for storage therein and, if the operation signal for reproducing the content after compression is entered, receive, the content before compression stored in the external device corresponding to the content after compression from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100272418
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication block configured to execute communication with an external device; a storage block configured to store content; a compression block configured to compress the stored content; a reproduction block configured to reproduce one of the content before compression by the compression block and the content after compression by the compression block; an operation input block configured to enter an operation signal corresponding to a user operation done for the reproduction; and control block configured to control the communication block to transmit the content before compression to the external device for storage therein and, if the operation signal for reproducing the content after compression is entered, receive, the content before compression stored in the external device corresponding to the content after compression from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100031194
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit to store reference parameter information made up of a plurality of pieces of parameter information and associated with each program, an acquisition unit to acquire the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, a specifying unit to specify a program associated with a reference parameter similar to the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, and a display control unit to create a startup menu screen containing a startup display of a program according to a specified result by the specifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090164936
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimitaka KAWAGUCHI