Patents by Inventor Manabu Yasumi

Manabu Yasumi 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: 20210084380
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing terminal, an information processing method, and a program by which screen display that is easy to understand can be carried out. An information processing terminal according to one embodiment of the present technology displays, in a case where an assist function for voice reading of a description displayed on a screen is on, a screen related to a predetermined description such that the displayed screen has a structure different from that in a case where the assist function is off. The present technology is applicable to apparatuses including a television receiver, a personal computer, and a mobile terminal or the like, which are used for viewing programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Yasumi
  • Patent number: 10254938
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mode determination circuit configured to determine an input mode from at least a first mode and a second mode; an input circuit configured to receive a signal based on a user input; and an image processing circuit configured to determine a subset of an image including a desired image area based on the user input of a first line in the first mode, and to determine the desired image area based on the user input of a second line on the subset of the image in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
  • Publication number: 20150205501
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mode determination circuit configured to determine an input mode from at least a first mode and a second mode; an input circuit configured to receive a signal based on a user input; and an image processing circuit configured to determine a subset of an image including a desired image area based on the user input of a first line in the first mode, and to determine the desired image area based on the user input of a second line on the subset of the image in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
  • Patent number: 8599138
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a position acquisition unit for obtaining a display position of an input area in a display area, and a display control unit for controlling, based on the display position of the input area, in the display area a display position of an input operation area in which a character to be displayed in the input area is input. The display control unit displays the input area near the display position of the input area, and makes the input operation area follow the movement of the input area when the display position of the input area is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takahashi, Manabu Yasumi
  • Patent number: 8446375
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a touch panel for inputting a command by touching a surface thereof having an oblong profile short in one direction relative to the other direction orthogonal thereto, the touch panel outputting a touch position detection data in response to a touch given to a spot on the surface thereof for locating the touch position but not outputting touch position detection data when some other spot is touched while the spot is being touched, a speaker arranged outside and near one of the edges of the touch panel running in the one direction and a microphone arranged outside and near the other edge of the touch panel running in the one direction. The touch panel provides a command input region inputting a command in at least a part of the surface thereof arranged along the other direction and close to the other edge in a talk mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu Yasumi
  • Patent number: 8392389
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus, an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information, and a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Toru Konishi, Manabu Yasumi
  • Publication number: 20110050579
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a position acquisition unit for obtaining a display position of an input area in a display area, and a display control unit for controlling, based on the display position of the input area, in the display area a display position of an input operation area in which a character to be displayed in the input area is input. The display control unit displays the input area near the display position of the input area, and makes the input operation area follow the movement of the input area when the display position of the input area is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKAHASHI, Manabu Yasumi
  • Publication number: 20100169004
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus, an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information, and a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi ONO, Tomohiro TSUYUHARA, Toru KONISHI, Manabu YASUMI
  • Publication number: 20090160802
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a touch panel for inputting a command by touching a surface thereof having an oblong profile short in one direction relative to the other direction orthogonal thereto, the touch panel outputting a touch position detection data in response to a touch given to a spot on the surface thereof for locating the touch position but not outputting touch position detection data when some other spot is touched while the spot is being touched, a speaker arranged outside and near one of the edges of the touch panel running in the one direction and a microphone arranged outside and near the other edge of the touch panel running in the one direction. The touch panel provides a command input region inputting a command in at least a part of the surface thereof arranged along the other direction and close to the other edge in a talk mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Manabu YASUMI