Patents by Inventor Kotaro Shima

Kotaro Shima 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: 20230015454
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a screen portion in which unit panels in which a plurality of pixels formed from light-emitting elements is disposed are arranged, in which a first pixel-to-pixel pitch that is a space between two outer end pixels adjacent to each other across outer peripheries of the unit panels is equal to or larger than a second pixel-to-pixel pitch that is a space between each of the outer end pixels in each of the unit panels and a pixel adjacent to the outer end pixel, and the pixel-to-pixel pitches adjacent to each other in the array of the pixel-to-pixel pitches in a direction in which the first pixel-to-pixel pitch and the second pixel-to-pixel pitch are arranged in the unit panel are set to be P(in)?P(out) where P(in) denotes the pixel-to-pixel pitch located on a central side of the unit panel and P(out) denotes the pixel-to-pixel pitch located on an outer peripheral side of the unit panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: NORIYUKI HIRAI, HIROSHI TOBITA, NOBUTAKE IWASE, SHUTARO KUROKAWA, KOTARO SHIMA
  • Patent number: 11222875
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to improve visibility. [Solution] A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display body device including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-emitting elements as light source elements; and an irregular structure formed on a front surface of the display body device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tazawa, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 11177244
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to improve visibility. [Solution] A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display body device including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-emitting elements as light source elements; and an irregular structure formed on a front surface of the display body device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tazawa, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 11073966
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Publication number: 20210191006
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of arrayed light output sections 21 covered with a laminated structure 30; the laminated structure 30 includes a plurality of laminated layers, a light output surface 30A is flat, and plural recessed and projected sections 52 are formed on an interface of at least one layer (recessed and projected section forming layer 51) positioned in the laminated structure 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: MAMORU SUZUKI, KOTARO SHIMA, SHUTARO KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200089377
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Publication number: 20200066688
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display apparatus that makes it possible to improve visibility. [Solution] A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display body device including a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-emitting elements as light source elements; and an irregular structure formed on a front surface of the display body device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI TAZAWA, KOTARO SHIMA
  • Patent number: 10534501
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 10503369
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Publication number: 20190212884
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 10268346
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Publication number: 20170357112
    Abstract: A display unit of the present invention includes a display section (10) that outputs a first linearly-polarized light as image light, and a display switching section (20) that performs switching between an image display mode and an external light reflection mode. The display section (10) includes a first absorption-type polarization member (11) that allows the first linearly-polarized light to pass through and absorbs second linearly-polarized light. The display switching section (20) includes a reflection-type polarization member (21), a switchable transmission polarization axis member (22), and a second absorption-type polarization member (23). The reflection-type polarization member (21) allows the first linearly-polarized light to pass through and reflects the second linearly-polarized light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Shibahara, Seiji Hayashimoto, Kotaro Shima, Kazuaki Kameshima
  • Publication number: 20170083193
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 9547926
    Abstract: [Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 9411794
    Abstract: A method for facilitating selection of an object on the display screen, an apparatus for implementing the method, and a program for causing a computer to function as the apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of selecting a specific object on the display screen in response to a user input, extracting any of a plurality of objects displayed on the display screen that overlaps the selected specific object as a selection candidate by following a tree structure of the objects, and displaying a selection switching view including an element representing the selection candidate in the vicinity of the selected specific object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 9195378
    Abstract: To provide a method, a program and a system for supporting the input of one or more execution parameters of predetermined software in an input field. The method includes: receiving input of a text character string including one or more execution parameters in the input field displayed on a display device; displaying one the display device one or more execution options of the predetermined software in such a manner that a user can select the options in response to selection of a part of the text character string by the user; and transforming the text character string so as to include at least one of the one or more execution options selected and displaying the transformed text character string on the display device. The one or more execution options displayed can vary with the type of selection of the part of the text character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: International BusinessMachines Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Kumagai, Kotaro Shima
  • Publication number: 20150116319
    Abstract: An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 8988460
    Abstract: A display apparatus configured to move a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer. The display apparatus can include a detection unit configured to detect a target object on the screen, the target object being a destination of the drag object, and a display control unit configured to display the drag object in a position closer to the target object than a display position of the pointer moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Kotaro Shima
  • Patent number: 8915606
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display of which a display surface is displayed with an image; plural light sources which output light toward the display, and configure a backlight; a diffuser plate arranged between the display and the plural light sources, and diffuses light output from the light source; and a support pin arranged on the opposite side to the display by interposing the diffuser plate therebetween, and holds the diffuser plate by being in contact with the diffuser plate. A plate shaped unit formed in a transparent plate shape is provided at a portion located on the diffuser plate side in the support pin, the plural light sources and the support pin are arranged in line in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the display and the diffuser plate are aligned, and the plate shaped unit is caused to face the light source in the shortest distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Shima, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Patent number: D941815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kameshima, Seiji Hayashimoto, Yuji Nakahata, Kotaro Shima