Patents by Inventor Kimu Higashimoto

Kimu Higashimoto 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: 20200252547
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 10708506
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20190174067
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 10244176
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 10033932
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20180109734
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 9536543
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an input unit to which words are input, an analysis unit configured to analyze meanings of the respective words, an image generation unit configured to generate single images corresponding to the respective words, and a display control unit configured to control the images generated by the image generation unit to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimu Higashimoto, Junko Saito, Tetsuhiro Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20160191808
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 9325904
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 9071751
    Abstract: An image processor includes a synthesis processing unit adapted to generate a panoramic image by clipping images from a plurality of captured images and connecting the clipped images together and a processing unit adapted to correct image distortions of a subject in the panoramic image due to varying distances to the subject by modifying the panoramic image on the basis of distance information obtained by measuring the distances to a plurality of positions of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150156420
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Patent number: 8970765
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150051903
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an input unit to which words are input, an analysis unit configured to analyze meanings of the respective words, an image generation unit configured to generate single images corresponding to the respective words, and a display control unit configured to control the images generated by the image generation unit to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kimu HIGASHIMOTO, Junko SAITO, Tetsuhiro SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120320249
    Abstract: An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120243746
    Abstract: An image processor includes a synthesis processing unit adapted to generate a panoramic image by clipping images from a plurality of captured images and connecting the clipped images together and a processing unit adapted to correct image distortions of a subject in the panoramic image due to varying distances to the subject by modifying the panoramic image on the basis of distance information obtained by measuring the distances to a plurality of positions of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto
  • Publication number: 20110242099
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reproduction control unit inputting single viewpoint images and multi viewpoint images and generating output data to be output to a display unit. In a case where the display unit performs display in a multi viewpoint image display mode, the reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which each viewpoint image forming the multi viewpoint image is developed at a development position of each viewpoint image defined according to a multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the multi viewpoint images. The reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which the same single viewpoint image is developed at the development position of each viewpoint image defined according to the multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the single viewpoint images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya ARAI, Yasuhito Shikata, Kimu Higashimoto