Patents by Inventor Masaru Kawata

Masaru Kawata 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: 9070333
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip, a second graphics chip, a detection unit, and a display unit. The first graphics chip has a first drawing processing capacity. The second graphics chip has a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity. The detection unit detects a request to change over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip. The display unit displays a first window prompting to close an application in execution, in a case where the detection unit detects the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kawata, Keiichi Nakayama, Asako Doi
  • Patent number: 8689019
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a first graphic processing module having a first level of graphic performance and a second graphic processing module having a second level of graphic performance, which is greater than the first level of graphic performance. The information processing apparatus also includes a controller that selects one of the first graphic processing module or the second graphic processing module by determining whether the information processing apparatus is capable of outputting data with the first level of graphic performance or the second level of graphic performance, and detects whether the information processing apparatus is provided with power via a battery or via an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kawata, Shigenobu Fukuda, Kenichiro Tezuka, Ippei Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20110261062
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a first graphic processing module having a first level of graphic performance and a second graphic processing module having a second level of graphic performance, which is greater than the first level of graphic performance. The information processing apparatus also includes a controller that selects one of the first graphic processing module or the second graphic processing module by determining whether the information processing apparatus is capable of outputting data with the first level of graphic performance or the second level of graphic performance, and detects whether the information processing apparatus is provided with power via a battery or via an external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kawata, Shigenobu Fukuda, Kenichiro Tezuka, Ippei Murofushi
  • Publication number: 20100011285
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an output section, a display screen, and a screen arrangement section. The output section outputs image information for a presentation to an external display apparatus. The display screen is capable of displaying information. The screen arrangement section arranges a first area and a second area on the display screen with a positional relationship preset for the display screen, the first area displaying an image corresponding to the image information that has been output to the external display apparatus, the second area being an area in which the image information can be edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KAWATA, Tomohiro Tsuyuhara
  • Publication number: 20100007667
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip, a second graphics chip, a detection unit, and a display unit. The first graphics chip has a first drawing processing capacity. The second graphics chip has a second drawing processing capacity different from the first drawing processing capacity. The detection unit detects a request to change over from an execution of the first graphics chip to an execution of the second graphics chip. The display unit displays a first window prompting to close an application in execution, in a case where the detection unit detects the request to change over from the execution of the first graphics chip to the execution of the second graphics chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kawata, Keiichi Nakayama, Asako Doi
  • Patent number: 7474970
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup section. The hard disk drive is capable of retracting a head to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains high frequency components from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, obtains a vibration level corresponding to the obtained high frequency components, compares the vibration level with a threshold value which has been set up, and determines whether or not there is a necessity to retract the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone. The threshold value setup section allows a user to change the threshold value and set up the changed threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide, Hirotaka Takahashi, Masaru Kawata
  • Publication number: 20070150211
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive, an acceleration sensor, a determination section, and a threshold value setup section. The hard disk drive is capable of retracting a head to a data-free landing zone. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration. The determination section obtains high frequency components from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, obtains a vibration level corresponding to the obtained high frequency components, compares the vibration level with a threshold value which has been set up, and determines whether or not there is a necessity to retract the head of the hard disk drive to the data-free landing zone. The threshold value setup section allows a user to change the threshold value and set up the changed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Miyoshi, Keisuke Koide, Hirotaka Takahashi, Masaru Kawata
  • Patent number: 6537138
    Abstract: An electrolytic in-process dressing device 10 is provided with a disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 with a surface 2a with a circular arc shape with a radius R at its outer periphery and a numerical control device 16. The disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 rotates around an axis Y, and the grindstone is dressed electrolytically while the device 10 grinds the workpiece 1. The numerical control device 16 is provided with a rotary truing device 12 that rotates around the X axis that orthogonally crosses the axis of rotation Y and trues the circular arc surface 2a, a shape measuring device 14 for measuring the shape of the circular arc surface of the grindstone and the shape of the processed surface of workpiece 1 on the machine, and controls the grindstone numerically in the three directions along the axes X, Y and Z. The numerical control device 16 moves the grindstone in three axial directions and repeats the operations of truing, grinding and measurements on-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignees: Riken, Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmori, Yutaka Yamagata, Sei Moriyasu, Shinya Morita, Katsuhiko Kada, Hidetaka Kira, Hiroyuki Sasai, Masaru Kawata
  • Publication number: 20010024934
    Abstract: An electrolytic in-process dressing device 10 is provided with a disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 with a surface 2a with a circular arc shape with a radius R at its outer periphery and a numerical control device 16. The disk-shaped metal-bonded grindstone 2 rotates around an axis Y, and the grindstone is dressed electrolytically while the device 10 grinds the workpiece 1. The numerical control device 16 is provided with a rotary truing device 12 that rotates around the X axis that orthogonally crosses the axis of rotation Y and trues the circular arc surface 2a, a shape measuring device 14 for measuring the shape of the circular arc surface of the grindstone and the shape of the processed surface of workpiece 1 on the machine, and controls the grindstone numerically in the three directions along the axes X, Y and Z. The numerical control device 16 moves the grindstone in three axial directions and repeats the operations of truing, grinding and measurements on-line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmori, Yutaka Yamagata, Sei Moriyasu, Shinya Morita, Katsuhiko Kada, Hidetaka Kira, Hiroyuki Sasai, Masaru Kawata