Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Hiroura

Masayoshi Hiroura 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).

  • Information processing device, display control method, and computer program recording medium
    Patent number: 10126914
    Abstract: An information processing device facilitating easy specification of a display position of an operation screen of each software application when a plurality of software applications are executed at a same time. The device includes a display control unit configured to display a plurality of arranged icons on a display screen; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire input position specified on the display screen; and an identifying unit configured to identify a plurality of software applications associated with the plurality of icons in accordance with positions of the plurality of icons displayed on the display screen and a plurality of input positions simultaneously acquired by the position acquisition unit. The display control unit is configured to display one execution screen of each of the software application identified by the identifying unit on each of a plurality of partial areas, the partial areas constituting the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayoshi Hiroura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140325433
    Abstract: An information processing device facilitating easy specification of a display position of an operation screen of each software application when a plurality of software applications are executed at a same time. The device includes a display control unit configured to display a plurality of arranged icons on a display screen; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire input position specified on the display screen; and an identifying unit configured to identify a plurality of software applications associated with the plurality of icons in accordance with positions of the plurality of icons displayed on the display screen and a plurality of input positions simultaneously acquired by the position acquisition unit. The display control unit is configured to display one execution screen of each of the software application identified by the identifying unit on each of a plurality of partial areas, the partial areas constituting the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayoshi Hiroura