Patents by Inventor Kohei NUMATA

Kohei NUMATA 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: 11386150
    Abstract: A method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes acquiring verbal data representing a verbal expression corresponding to a sound reproduced by an acoustic device, and displaying, on a display device, motion graphics including the verbal expression corresponding to the sound reproduced by the acoustic device in a form of a text in accordance with the verbal data. The displaying the motion graphics on the display device includes selecting a type of motion graphics that relates to the verbal expression corresponding to the reproduced sound from among various types of motion graphics and displaying the selected type of motion graphics on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: COTODAMA INC.
    Inventors: Jin Saito, Kohei Numata
  • Publication number: 20200034386
    Abstract: A method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes acquiring verbal data representing a verbal expression corresponding to a sound reproduced by an acoustic device, and displaying, on a display device, motion graphics including the verbal expression corresponding to the sound reproduced by the acoustic device in a form of a text in accordance with the verbal data. The displaying the motion graphics on the display device includes selecting a type of motion graphics that relates to the verbal expression corresponding to the reproduced sound from among various types of motion graphics and displaying the selected type of motion graphics on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Saito, Kohei Numata
  • Patent number: 10186246
    Abstract: In a musical piece reproducing system, a reproduction control unit causes a sound device to reproduce a musical piece. A display control unit causes a display device to display motion graphics based on motion graphic data stored in a storage device. The motion graphic data defines, for each type of a musical piece portion, a corresponding motion graphic that the display device should display when a musical piece portion that belongs to a corresponding type is reproduced. The display control unit determines the type of each of musical piece portions contained in the musical piece to be reproduced, and controls the display device in such a way that when each of the musical piece portions is reproduced, the display device displays a motion graphic defined by the motion graphic data in accordance with the type of the musical piece portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: COTODAMA INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Numata, Jin Saito
  • Publication number: 20180047374
    Abstract: In a musical piece reproducing system, a reproduction control unit causes a sound device to reproduce a musical piece. A display control unit causes a display device to display motion graphics based on motion graphic data stored in a storage device. The motion graphic data defines, for each type of a musical piece portion, a corresponding motion graphic that the display device should display when a musical piece portion that belongs to a corresponding type is reproduced. The display control unit determines the type of each of musical piece portions contained in the musical piece to be reproduced, and controls the display device in such a way that when each of the musical piece portions is reproduced, the display device displays a motion graphic defined by the motion graphic data in accordance with the type of the musical piece portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei NUMATA, Jin SAITO