Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Okumura

Mitsuo Okumura 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).

  • Publication number: 20160357428
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Patent number: 9496005
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation reception unit that receives a switching operation for switching between a list display screen where index images for selecting content items belonging to one or a plurality of groups are disposed on a display surface of a display unit, and a group display screen where the index images are disposed on the display surface, and a display control unit that displays one of the list display screen and the group display screen on the display unit based on the switching operation, moves the index images with content item units from predetermined positions on one screen of the list display screen and the group display screen, displayed at the time of receiving the corresponding switching operation to predetermined positions on the other screen displayed after the corresponding switching operation is received, and displays the index images by animation during the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Minamino, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20160306537
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes circuitry that displays a user interface screen including device information that identifies a plurality of output device groups and a plurality of input device groups to control connection between one of the output device groups and one of the input device groups; and receives an input that designates a combination of said one of the output device groups and said one of the input device groups, the user interface screen includes a matrix comprising a plurality of cells in a row direction and a column direction, the input designates the combination by designating one of grouped cells corresponding to the combination of said one of the output device groups and said one of the input device groups in the matrix, and the grouped cells are grouped such that the input designates the combination as a group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hirofumi HIBI
  • Patent number: 9430070
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20150356715
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a first housing, a second housing, a first display device, a second display device, a video input terminal, a video output terminal, a storage unit, a video combining unit, a configuration control unit, a first GUI control unit, a second GUI control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuro NAKATA, Mitsuo OKUMURA, Jo WADA, Tetsuro MIYAZAKI, Kenji OTSUKA, Naomi EGASHIRA
  • Patent number: 9189136
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit that records predetermined information about a first user and a second user registered by the first user; a data control unit that generates a video signal that displays objects corresponding to the first user and the second user in a two-dimensional display screen at a distance calculated based on the predetermined information; and a display control unit that displays the video signal in the two-dimensional display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Masanori Katsu, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8935636
    Abstract: To present the operating state of a tracing operation in the event of performing a tracing operation to scroll objects of display. Upon a tracing operation being performed as to the operating face of an input detection device (i) provided on the display face of a display device (5), coordinate information indicating he instructed position corresponding to the tracing operations is output from the input detection device (I). A user interface control unit (2) detects the operation direction and amount-of-operation with the starting position of the tracing operation as a reference, based on the coordinate information from the input detection device (i), and effects control so as to change the display mode of operating symbols displayed on the display screen of the display device (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Saito, Ryoko Shimokawa, Shinya Miyoshi, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20150002418
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20140376888
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke MOCHIZUKI, Kazuto NISHIZAWA, Mitsuo OKUMURA, Takaomi KIMURA, Tomohiko GOTOH
  • Patent number: 8897625
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: reading means for reading still image data from a recording medium on which the still image data are recorded in a predetermined order; display control means for displaying the still images read by the reading means; and still image accepting means for accepting commands regarding display of the still images, wherein when a command for a slideshow of the still images has been accepted by the still image accepting means with one of the still images under display, the reading means reads pieces of the still image data successively, starting with the still image data next to the still image data corresponding to the one under display, and the display control means displays still images corresponding to the still image data read by the reading means successively, following the one under display, whereby to make the slideshow display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Tabuchi, Takeshi Harada, Yuji Saitou, Masahiro Takahashi, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8891909
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Mochizuki, Kazuto Nishizawa, Mitsuo Okumura, Takaomi Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh
  • Patent number: 8768097
    Abstract: To easily understand the contents of a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus. An image conversion block 150 converts a taken image on the basis of conversion information. A transparency conversion block 160 converts the transparency in the converted taken image. A image synthesis block 170 synthesizes the taken image with the transparency converted with a log image and holds a resultant new log image in an image memory 180. An index image extraction block 190 extracts a new index image from among the converted taken images on the basis of the coordinate position and size of an index image in an image taking space. A selection block 270 selects an index image on the basis of the position of a selected representative image when the position of a panorama image displayed on a display block 292 is selected. A display control block 291 displays a panorama image on the display block 292 and displays the selected index image, overlapped on the panorama image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: QiHong Wang, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Masatomo Kurata, Shingo Tsurumi, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20140112641
    Abstract: To easily understand the contents of a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus. An image conversion block 150 converts a taken image on the basis of conversion information. A transparency conversion block 160 converts the transparency in the converted taken image. A image synthesis block 170 synthesizes the taken image with the transparency converted with a log image and holds a resultant new log image in an image memory 180. An index image extraction block 190 extracts a new index image from among the converted taken images on the basis of the coordinate position and size of an index image in an image taking space. A selection block 270 selects an index image on the basis of the position of a selected representative image when the position of a panorama image displayed on a display block 292 is selected. A display control block 291 displays a panorama image on the display block 292 and displays the selected index image, overlapped on the panorama image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, Yasutaka FUKUMOTO, Masatomo KURATA, Shingo TSURUMI, Mitsuo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20130335613
    Abstract: The total imaging time period and recorded volume of each image is displayed in association with the imaging date and time of the image. Information on the imaging dates and times and recorded volumes of images is acquired. A period setting part sets the period of a period display. An imaging start position deciding section decides the position corresponding to the imaging start date and time of each image in the period display. An imaging time length deciding section decides the display range of the imaging time length of each image in the period display. A recorded volume length deciding section decides the display range of the recorded volume length of each image. Based on these decision results, an imaging position display is created in which the imaging start positions, and the imaging time lengths or the recorded volumes, of the images are displayed relative to the period display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Saitou, Mitsuo Okumura, Tatsuhito Tabuchi, Takeshi Harada, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130305168
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit that records predetermined information about a first user and a second user registered by the first user; a data control unit that generates a video signal that displays objects corresponding to the first user and the second user in a two-dimensional display screen at a distance calculated based on the predetermined information; and a display control unit that displays the video signal in the two-dimensional display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Masanori Katsu, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: D697928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Motoki Higashide, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: D703694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Tomohiro Ishii, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D712433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Tomohiro Ishii, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Kenichi Yoneda
  • Patent number: D736254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Goro Takaki, Satoshi Akagawa, Nobuki Furue, Satoshi Asai, Hidehiro Komatsu, Koji Arai, Makoto Niijima, Shigeya Yasui, Youko Masubuchi
  • Patent number: D776139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Motoki Higashide, Masahiro Takahashi