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).
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Patent number: 12088889Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Manabu Yasumi
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Publication number: 20210084380Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Manabu Yasumi
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Patent number: 10254938Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
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Publication number: 20150205501Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Fujii, Manabu Yasumi, Hideshi Yamada, Mitsuharu Ohki
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Patent number: 8599138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuma Takahashi, Manabu Yasumi
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Patent number: 8446375Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Manabu Yasumi
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Patent number: 8392389Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ono, Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Toru Konishi, Manabu Yasumi
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Publication number: 20110050579Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuma TAKAHASHI, Manabu Yasumi
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Publication number: 20100169004Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi ONO, Tomohiro TSUYUHARA, Toru KONISHI, Manabu YASUMI
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Publication number: 20090160802Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Manabu YASUMI