Patents by Inventor Masafumi Hatanaka

Masafumi Hatanaka 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: 7843769
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: timing means for performing a timing action thereby to output time information indicating the result of the timing action; unit time outputting means for converting the time, as indicated by the time information outputted from the timing means, into individual unit times, as expressed by using a plurality of time units individually, thereby to output the plural unit times individually; unit-by-unit contents decision means for individually deciding the unit presentation contents of an object to be presented to a user, individually for the plural time units, on the basis of such one of the plural unit times outputted from the unit time outputting means as is expressed by a target time unit; general contents decision means for deciding the general presentation contents of the object at the time which is indicated by the time information outputted from the timing means, on the basis of the unit presentation contents for every the time units decided by the unit-by-unit co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ishida, Masafumi Hatanaka, Eiji Kawai, Eriko Takeo, Toshitake Mashiko
  • Publication number: 20070213955
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: timing means for performing a timing action thereby to output time information indicating the result of the timing action; unit time outputting means for converting the time, as indicated by the time information outputted from the timing means, into individual unit times, as expressed by using a plurality of time units individually, thereby to output the plural unit times individually; unit-by-unit contents decision means for individually deciding the unit presentation contents of an object to be presented to a user, individually for the plural time units, on the basis of such one of the plural unit times outputted from the unit time outputting means as is expressed by a target time unit; general contents decision means for deciding the general presentation contents of the object at the time which is indicated by the time information outputted from the timing means, on the basis of the unit presentation contents for every the time units decided by the unit-by-unit co
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Naoto Ishida, Masafumi Hatanaka, Eiji Kawai, Eriko Takeo, Toshitake Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7116328
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a information processing apparatus that includes information accumulating means for accumulating image motion information, display means for displaying images, and control means for detecting, from music information, a division at which tune change occurs and/or a climax section of music, selecting said image motion information on the basis of a result of the detection, and displaying on said display means a moving image in accordance with the reproduction of said music information by use of the selected image motion information in accordance with the reproduction of said music information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Kawai, Naoto Ishida, Masaaki Miyazawa, Masafumi Hatanaka, Makoto Okazaki, Nao Tazaki
  • Publication number: 20040163527
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a information processing apparatus that includes information accumulating means for accumulating image motion information, display means for displaying images, and control means for detecting, from music information, a division at which tune change occurs and/or a climax section of music, selecting said image motion information on the basis of a result of the detection, and displaying on said display means a moving image in accordance with the reproduction of said music information by use of the selected image motion information in accordance with the reproduction of said music information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Kawai, Naoto Ishida, Masaaki Miyazawa, Masafumi Hatanaka, Makoto Okazaki, Nao Tazaki