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: 20130281868
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a case, an electrocardiogram electrode, a pulse wave sensor, an estimation portion, and a display portion. The case has a peripheral surface to be held with both hands. The electrocardiogram electrode detects an electrocardiogram signal associated with a movement of a heart through at least one of the hands. The pulse wave sensor detects a pulse wave signal associated with the movement of the heart through a least one of the hands. The estimation portion estimates a blood pressure based on the electrocardiogram signal and the pulse wave signal. The display portion displays the blood pressure estimated by the estimation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiji KAWACHI, Mitsuo OKUMURA, Kyo YAMAMOTO, Tokio HARUTA
  • Patent number: 8531575
    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. An imaging information acquiring section acquires information on the imaging dates and times and recorded volumes of images. The acquired information is held in an index table. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Saitou, Mitsuo Okumura, Tatsuhito Tabuchi, Takeshi Harada, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8508536
    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: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Masanori Katsu, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8487886
    Abstract: An information input device is provided, which may perform highly-convenient processing in response to input of information with an external proximity object. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object, to be used in a state of being placed on a display panel; a position detection section detecting position and area value of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating display data to be utilized to display an image including a display object, in such a manner that size of the display object displayed on the display panel at the detected position of the external proximity object is allowed to vary in accordance with the detected area value of the external proximity object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Nobuki Furue, Mitsuo Okumura, Shingo Kurokawa, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Harada, Mitsuru Tateuchi
  • Patent number: 8434015
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display element; an indicated position detection means whose manipulating face is placed on a display screen of the display element and which accepts an indicating manipulation performed by a user, and detects and outputs information on coordinates representing a position indicated with the indicating manipulation; a detection means for detecting the indicated position on the display screen and the style of the indicating manipulation on the basis of the information on coordinates fed from the indicated position detection means; and a display control means for dividing the display screen into a first area, in which at least item shifting operating pieces are disposed, and a second area in which display items that are objects of item shifting are displayed, and implementing control so that pieces of display information will be displayed in the first area and second area respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Megumi Nozaki, Mitsuo Okumura, Shinya Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8378967
    Abstract: A wearable input device includes a pair of ring-shaped signal electrodes and a current sensor arranged in parallel in the direction of the axis of a finger. The current sensor is provided outside an area sandwiched between the signal electrodes. An alternating current signal is applied between the signal electrodes. When the top end of the finger with this device worn thereon is brought into contact with any other body site, a current flows through the current measure point of the current sensor. When the top end of the finger is not in contact with any other body site, no current flows through the measurement point of the current sensor. Based on the measured current, it is determined whether the finger is in contact with any other body site. A command is outputted to an external device according to the result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saori Noda, Kyo Yamamoto, Mitsuo Okumura, Ichiro Akahori, Koji Hamada
  • Patent number: 8300972
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Patent number: 8238667
    Abstract: A moving image creating apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates each for accommodating an image. An input device that selects any one of the template files stored in the memory. A processing unit analyzes metadata about each of a plurality of images. The processing unit analyzes metadata about each of the component templates in the selected template file. Further, the processing unit places the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates and places one of the images into one of the component templates of the selected template file, in response to a determination that none of the metadata about each of the images matches the analyzed metadata about the one of the component templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Bamba
  • Patent number: 8213764
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes area image extracting means for extracting, as a telop image, an area displaying a telop in contents, detecting means for detecting a scene change in images of the contents, recording means for converting an image at the time when a scene change is detected by the detecting means to a thumbnail image and recording the thumbnail image, display control means for controlling to arrange and display a plurality of the thumbnail images and a plurality of the telop images chronologically, and playing means for playing the contents from the position corresponding to the selected thumbnail image or telop image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Masachika Sasaki, Satoshi Fujimura, Hisashi Hosaka, Hiroshi Nagatani, Yuki Murata, Satoshi Akagawa, Shigeya Yasui, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Yukiko Sakata, Mitsuo Okumura, Masahide Sumiyoshi, Toshiaki Kusakabe, Masahiro Hara, Masanori Nomura, Satoshi Hiroi, Bin Lin
  • Publication number: 20120162251
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori MINAMINO, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8074520
    Abstract: A transmission probe and a reception probe for transmitting and receiving a wideband ultrasonic wave are provided. Each time when the locations of the probes and are moved, a received wave Gj(t) is obtained. Based on a spectrum Fj(f) corresponding to the received wave Gj(t), a narrowband spectrum FAj(f) is extracted. A component wave GAj(t) corresponding to the narrowband spectrum FAj(f) is found by inverse Fourier transformation. A longitudinal wave primary resonance frequency f1 having a relationship with a thickness W (mm) of an inspection target and a primary resonance frequency fS1 of a transverse wave generated by mode conversion are calculated. A comparative display of the component waves GAj(t) is presented using f1, fS1 and sizing coefficients ns1, ns2, ns3 and ns4 for high precision inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: H & B System Co., Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hirose, Masashi Kameyama, Yukihisa Hasegawa, Nobuki Dohi, Hong Zhang, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 7978225
    Abstract: An image recording/playback control apparatus includes a moving image capturing section capturing a moving image and generating moving image data; a still image capturing section capturing a still image and generating still image data; a still image information generation section generating still image information in which the moving image data and the still image data are associated with each other by an image-capturing time; moving and still image coding sections coding the moving and still image data, respectively; a recording section recording the coded moving and still image data; a separation section separating the coded moving and still image data; moving and still image decoding sections decoding the coded moving and still image data, respectively; a still image information indication section indicating the moving or still image data; a selection section selecting the moving and still image data; and a display control displaying the moving or still image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Tabuchi, Yuji Saitou, Takeshi Harada, Masahiro Takahashi, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Publication number: 20110116726
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi HOSAKA, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
  • Publication number: 20110102421
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an image generator that generates a first image representing a content and one or more second images from the content including the first image, and a display controller that displays the one or more first images on a first plane in a depth direction as seen from an image display screen, aligns one or more second images on an axis three-dimensionally perpendicular to the first plane on which the first images are displayed, and displays the images as a first screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori MINAMINO, Mitsuo OKUMURA
  • Patent number: D661703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    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: D662108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Keishi Tsuchiya, Nobuki Furue, Shigeya Yasui
  • Patent number: D665417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Keishi Tsuchiya, Nobuki Furue, Shigeya Yasui
  • Patent number: D681053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Tomohiro Ishii, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Kenichi Yoneda
  • Patent number: D682312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    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: D688676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Keishi Tsuchiya, Nobuki Furue, Shigeya Yasui