Patents by Inventor Masako KOMURO

Masako KOMURO 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: 11470395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content distribution system and a content distribution method capable of improving a user experience of a user who views content. A distribution server distributes content in which a plurality of high-definition partial images and a low-resolution entire image including those partial images as regions are hierarchically configured. Then, a mobile display device displays the entire image and displays the partial image in a selectable manner on the entire image, and operation of selecting a predetermined partial image is performed. On the other hand, a large screen display device displays the partial images distributed from the distribution server in high definition according to operation on the mobile display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Shimada, Masako Komuro, Kouji Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220217438
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program that enable improvement of the user experience of a user who views and listens to content. A superimposition-data generation unit generates, in reproduction of content hierarchically including a plurality of high-definition partial pictures and a low-resolution entire picture including the plurality of partial pictures as regions, superimposition data to be superimposed onto the entire picture, on the basis of metadata regarding the partial pictures. A display-picture generation unit generates a display picture in which a picture based on the superimposition data is superimposed on the entire picture. Then, a request transmission unit transmits a request for distribution of a desired partial picture selected with the display picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masako KOMURO, Hirofumi SHIMADA, Kouji OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210352344
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content distribution system, a content distribution method, and a program capable of improving a user experience of a user who views content. A distribution server distributes content in which a plurality of high-definition partial images and a low-resolution entire image including those partial images as regions are hierarchically configured. Then, a mobile display device displays the entire image and displays the partial image in a selectable manner on the entire image, and operation of selecting a predetermined partial image is performed. On the other hand, a large screen display device displays the partial images distributed from the distribution server in high definition according to operation on the mobile display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: HIROFUMI SHIMADA, MASAKO KOMURO, KOUJI OGAWA
  • Patent number: 10930317
    Abstract: An attention position detection section detects an attention position of a user to a reproduction image of moving image data. Image-related information indicating a position of a virtual division area in which the reproduction image is virtually divided and an importance level of the virtual division area is associated with the moving image data. A reproduction control section determines the importance level of the virtual division area corresponding to the attention position detected by the attention position detection section and controls a reproduction operation of the moving image data in accordance with the determined importance level. For example, the reproduction control section sets a larger number of images to be thinned in the reproduction operation as the importance level becomes lower so as to make the reproduction speed faster. The user can control the reproduction operation only by moving the attention position and easily perform the appropriate reproduction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Ogawa, Hirofumi Shimada, Yuta Murata, Masako Komuro
  • Patent number: 10845942
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device enabling performance of display that causes a user to recognize a position in a picture. Display of a screen is controlled, the screen includes a visual-field picture displaying a region of part of a three-dimensional picture, an indicator having a shape expressing a three-dimensional direction of the three-dimensional picture and a window expressing the region displayed as the visual-field picture in the indicator. The three-dimensional picture is an entire-celestial-sphere picture. Furthermore, the indicator is a three-dimensional sphere with wire frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Shimada, Kouji Ogawa, Yuta Murata, Masako Komuro
  • Publication number: 20190179511
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device enabling performance of display that causes a user to recognize a position in a picture, an information processing method, and a program. Display of a screen is controlled, the screen including: a visual-field picture displaying a region of part of a three-dimensional picture; an indicator having a shape expressing a three-dimensional direction of the three-dimensional picture; and a window expressing the region displayed as the visual-field picture in the indicator. The three-dimensional picture is an entire-celestial-sphere picture. Furthermore, the indicator is a three-dimensional sphere with wire frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a head-mounted display or the like that displays a three-dimensional picture, such as an entire-celestial-sphere picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: HIROFUMI SHIMADA, KOUJI OGAWA, YUTA MURATA, MASAKO KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190139574
    Abstract: An attention position detection section detects an attention position of a user to a reproduction image of moving image data. Image-related information indicating a position of a virtual division area in which the reproduction image is virtually divided and an importance level of the virtual division area is associated with the moving image data. A reproduction control section determines the importance level of the virtual division area corresponding to the attention position detected by the attention position detection section and controls a reproduction operation of the moving image data in accordance with the determined importance level. For example, the reproduction control section sets a larger number of images to be thinned in the reproduction operation as the importance level becomes lower so as to make the reproduction speed faster. The user can control the reproduction operation only by moving the attention position and easily perform the appropriate reproduction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji OGAWA, Hirofumi SHIMADA, Yuta MURATA, Masako KOMURO