Patents by Inventor Kunihito Sawai

Kunihito Sawai 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: 20190009172
    Abstract: An operation apparatus mountable to one hand of a user includes: a first operation section that is located on a front surface side and that can be operated by the thumb of the one hand; a second operation section that is located on a back surface side and that can be operated by a finger other than the thumb; and a first contact surface with which the palm of the one hand makes contact. At least one of the first contact surface and an extension plane of the first contact surface is inclined relative to a virtual plane in such a direction as to be spaced more therefrom in going in a first direction, the virtual plane being defined by the first direction from the front surface side toward the back surface side and a second direction being orthogonal to the first direction and directed from a bottom surface side toward a top surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kunihito Sawai, Yuichi Machida
  • Patent number: 10175784
    Abstract: A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Sawai, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10162594
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device technology that enables the user to know intuitively the situation in which the speech recognition processing is performed, the information processing device including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter related to speech recognition processing on sound information based on sound collection; and an output unit configured to output display information used to display a speech recognition processing result for the sound information on the basis of a display mode specified depending on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Taki, Shinichi Kawano, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20180329519
    Abstract: A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Sawai, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10031595
    Abstract: A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kunihito Sawai, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180150279
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of allowing a user to find whether speech is uttered with a volume at which speech recognition can be performed. Provided is an information processing device including: a determination portion configured to determine a user-uttered speech volume on the basis of input speech; and a display controller configured to control a display portion so that the display portion displays a display object. The display controller causes the display portion to display a first motion object moving toward the display object when the user-uttered speech volume exceeds a speech recognizable volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: YUHEI TAKI, SHINICHI KAWANO, KUNIHITO SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20180129326
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a part generation unit configured to generate a part that is suitable for a predetermined application and that includes at least a portion of any photo and is displayed on a display screen at a time of execution of the application, and an application control unit configured to control the execution of the application and at least display the part on the display screen during the execution of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: KAE OKAZAWA, JUNICHIROU SAKATA, MASAHIRO TAKAHASHI, KAZUMA TAKAHASHI, KUNIHITO SAWAI
  • Patent number: 9904433
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a part generation unit configured to generate a part that is suitable for a predetermined application and that includes at least a portion of any photo and is displayed on a display screen at a time of execution of the application, and an application control unit configured to control the execution of the application and at least display the part on the display screen during the execution of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kae Okazawa, Junichirou Sakata, Masahiro Takahashi, Kazuma Takahashi, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20170337034
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device technology that enables the user to know intuitively the situation in which the speech recognition processing is performed, the information processing device including: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter related to speech recognition processing on sound information based on sound collection; and an output unit configured to output display information used to display a speech recognition processing result for the sound information on the basis of a display mode specified depending on the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei TAKI, Shinichi KAWANO, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20170337919
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, in which a database in which unknown words are registered is able to be efficiently created, the information processing apparatus including: an identifying portion that identifies a word uttered according to a predetermined utterance method, from within utterance information of a user, as an unknown word; and a processing portion that performs processing to register the unknown word that has been identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi KATO, Kunihito SAWAI, Shinichi KAWANO, Yuhei TAKI, Yusuke NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170322639
    Abstract: To provide a technology capable of calculating a position of an image displayed on a screen more flexibly. Provided is an information processing device including: a first reception unit configured to receive a first signal from a first input device; a second reception unit configured to receive a second signal different from the first signal from a second input device; a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of an image to be displayed on a screen on the basis of the first or second signal; and a display control unit configured to display the image at the position. The calculation unit has a first mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the first signal and a second mode in which the position of the image is calculated on the basis of the second signal, and switches a mode from the first mode to the second mode when a user manipulation event is detected in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: KENTARO IDA, KAZUYUKI YAMAMOTO, SHIN SHIROMA, KUNIHITO SAWAI
  • Patent number: 9792032
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an input operating unit configured to receive an input operation from a user, the input operation allowing content to be scrolled, and a setting control unit configured to change a setting of a scrolling direction for the content on the basis of a situation in which the input operation has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Yuhei Taki, Kunihito Sawai, Yusuke Nakagawa, Keisuke Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 9769412
    Abstract: In order to provide a remote control system that is easy to use, a first displaying unit displays a remote controller side display information. Since a first operation unit is used to select the remote controller side display information and then drag towards an image display apparatus, a display position of the remote controller side display information on the display surface of the first displaying unit is visually moved towards an image display apparatus. In accordance with the movement operation of the remote controller side display information, operational information associated with the remote controller side display information is transmitted from a first communicator to a second communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsushi Nashida, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20170147805
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing system capable of making it difficult to be easily recognized as being a key at a glance by others. [Solution] Provided is an information processing system including a state acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a state of an object, and an authentication information acquisition unit configured to acquire authentication information corresponding to the information on the state of the object acquired by the state acquisition unit. According to such an information processing system, it is made difficult to be easily recognized as being a key at a glance by others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: MIWA ICHIKAWA, KUNIHITO SAWAI, YUHEI TAKI, HIROYUKI MIZUNUMA, TAIZO SHIRAI, KOICHI SAKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170139589
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Patent number: 9552071
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20160357428
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20160328372
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen, and a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Shinichi Kawano, Kunihito Sawai, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 9430132
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen, and a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Imoto, Shinichi Kawano, Kunihito Sawai, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: D827654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Saijo, Satoshi Akagawa, Kunihito Sawai