Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Jikeya

Mitsuru Jikeya 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).

  • REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210195711
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is a reproduction apparatus capable of executing synchronous reproduction of audio content with a different reproduction apparatus, the reproduction apparatus including: an illumination unit; an acquisition unit; a generation unit; a transmission unit; and a synchronization control unit. The acquisition unit acquires audio information. The generation unit generates illumination control information associated with the acquired audio information. The transmission unit transmits, to the different reproduction apparatus, synchronization control information that includes the audio information and the illumination control information. The synchronization control unit executes synchronous reproduction of the audio content with the different reproduction apparatus and synchronous control of the illumination unit, on the basis of the synchronization control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro HONDA, Yasunori NAGATOMO, Mitsuru JIKEYA
  • Display method and information processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8930854
    Abstract: A display method executed by an information processing apparatus having an operating section, a display section, and a control section exercising display control over the display section, wherein a folder having a plurality of objects stored therein includes: displaying a folder icon representing the folder on the display section; and displaying a locus associated with a dragging operation performed on the folder icon using the operating section under control exercised by the control section and deploying and displaying object icons representing the objects on the locus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Jikeya
  • DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110296328
    Abstract: A display method executed by an information processing apparatus having an operating section, a display section, and a control section exercising display control over the display section, wherein a folder having a plurality of objects stored therein includes: displaying a folder icon representing the folder on the display section; and displaying a locus associated with a dragging operation performed on the folder icon using the operating section under control exercised by the control section and deploying and displaying object icons representing the objects on the locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Jikeya