Patents by Inventor Kuniichiro Naruse

Kuniichiro Naruse 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: 11966657
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an input operation of a user; and a display controller configured to display, in a display area having a first area and a second area, an image. The display controller includes: an icon controller configured to display, in the second area, first icons associated one-to-one with different layouts in splitting the first area, and a first splitter configured to split the first area into split areas based on a layout corresponding to a selected first icon to when the receiver receives an input operation for selecting any of the first icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichirou Matsumura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Keita Saito, Akira Kurosawa, Hiroki Takagaki, Kiwako Miura, Yuki Kobayashi, Takehisa Gokaichi
  • Publication number: 20230362286
    Abstract: A mobile phone device includes: a display device that switches a display state between first and second display states; a communication unit that executes a call between a first user and a second user who makes a call using another phone device; an image generation unit that generates a first image indicating first information including a phone number of the another phone device based on identification information and generates a second image indicating second information related to the second user based on the identification information; a detection unit that detects a switching operation by the first user to switch the display state of the display device from the first display state to the second display state; and, a display control unit that changes the display state to the second display state and causes the display device to display the second image in a case where the switching operation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenicirou MATSUMURA, Kuniichiro NARUSE, Keita SAITO, Akira KUROSAWA, Hiroki TAKAGAKI, Kiwako MIURA, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takehisa GOKAICHI
  • Publication number: 20230334620
    Abstract: A display device is capable of switching between a first display mode and a second display mode, the second display mode having a larger display area than the first display mode. When the display mode is the first display mode in the first period, the display mode is the second display mode in the subsequent second period, and the display mode is the first display mode in the subsequent third period, an image generator (CCP_1) makes an image to be displayed at a start point of the third period to be different from an image displayed at an end point of the first period. In the third period, the image generator (CCP_1) uses a result of the processing in the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kenicirou MATSUMURA, Kuniichiro NARUSE, Keita SAITO, Akira KUROSAWA, Hiroki TAKAGAKI, Kiwako MIURA, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takehisa GOKAICHI
  • Publication number: 20230325139
    Abstract: The display states of a display device include a first display state and a second display state with a larger display area than the first display state. An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that controls the display device, an executer that executes at least one of a first App or a second App, and an acquirer that acquires a guide image. In response to the executer executing the first App when the display device is in the first display state, the acquirer acquires the guide image in accordance with a running state of the first App. The display controller causes the display device to display the guide image in the first display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichirou MATSUMURA, Kuniichiro NARUSE, Keita SAITO, Akira KUROSAWA, Hiroki TAKAGAKI, Kiwako MIURA, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takehisa GOKAICHI
  • Publication number: 20230297308
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an input operation of a user; and a display controller configured to display, in a display area having a first area and a second area, an image. The display controller includes: an icon controller configured to display, in the second area, first icons associated one-to-one with different layouts in splitting the first area, and a first splitter configured to split the first area into split areas based on a layout corresponding to a selected first icon to when the receiver receives an input operation for selecting any of the first icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichirou MATSUMURA, Kuniichiro NARUSE, Keita SAITO, Akira KUROSAWA, Hiroki TAKAGAKI, Kiwako MIURA, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takehisa GOKAICHI
  • Patent number: 9986218
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniichiro Naruse, Hisashi Hosaka, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Akiyama, Kosuke Kimura, Kazuma Igari
  • Patent number: 8300972
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Patent number: 8238667
    Abstract: A moving image creating apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates each for accommodating an image. An input device that selects any one of the template files stored in the memory. A processing unit analyzes metadata about each of a plurality of images. The processing unit analyzes metadata about each of the component templates in the selected template file. Further, the processing unit places the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates and places one of the images into one of the component templates of the selected template file, in response to a determination that none of the metadata about each of the images matches the analyzed metadata about the one of the component templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Bamba
  • Publication number: 20110116726
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi HOSAKA, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Publication number: 20100054692
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kuniichiro NARUSE, Hisashi HOSAKA, Mitsuo OKUMURA, Yukiko AKIYAMA, Kosuke KIMURA, Kazuma IGARI
  • Publication number: 20090052734
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moving image creating apparatus for creating moving image data using a plurality of images, the moving image creating apparatus including: template file storage means for storing a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates for accommodating an image each; selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of template files stored in the template file storage means; component metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of images; component template metadata analysis means for analyzing metadata about each of the plurality of component templates in the selected template file; and image placement means for placing the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Banba