Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ozu

Nobuhiro Ozu 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: 11941322
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20220057989
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20210385539
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program that have enabled further improvement of operability. Provided is a display control device including a display control unit configured to perform control to display filter information regarding a filter and first information regarding content in a first area of a display screen, and to display, in a case where a user performs a first operation, the filter information and second information regarding the content in a second area of the display screen, the second area being greater than the first area. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Patent number: 9436289
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit content and a point of interest indicator to a second device. The content and the point of interest indicator are selected by a user of the first device using a single action. The point of interest indicator identifies a portion of the content to be highlighted by the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Komori, Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Publication number: 20140218326
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit content and a point of interest indicator to a second device. The content and the point of interest indicator are selected by a user of the first device using a single action. The point of interest indicator identifies a portion of the content to be highlighted by the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Komori, Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Publication number: 20130050518
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an image receiving unit receiving an image series from a remote control apparatus, the remote control apparatus including a camera unit enabling continuous-shooting, the remote control apparatus being capable of sending the image series to an information processing apparatus via a wireless medium, the image series being obtained by continuous-shooting by the camera unit; a display unit having a display screen; a display controller displaying the received image series on the display screen in series; an image storing unit selecting, in response to a first control signal sent from the remote control apparatus via a wireless medium, a store-target image from the displayed image series, and storing the store-target image; and a content obtaining unit obtaining display-dedicated content. The display controller simultaneously displays the obtained display-dedicated content and the received image series on the display screen of the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKEMURA, Shinya Masunaga, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Publication number: 20100235779
    Abstract: In an electronic map apparatus, an electronic map is displayed in accordance with map data read out from a DVD-ROM. Then, distance display circles which have a common center located at a point on the electronic map and each interconnect points on the electronic map at equal geographical distances from the point are drawn. As a result, it is possible to know an approximate geographical distance to a destination intuitively and easily in the electronic map apparatus which is typically used for car navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MAEDA, Nobuhiro Ozu, Ippei Tanbata, Emi Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7743337
    Abstract: In an electronic map apparatus, an electronic map is displayed in accordance with map data read out from a DVD-ROM. Then, distance display circles which have a common center located at a point on the electronic map and each interconnect points on the electronic map at equal geographical distances from the point are drawn. As a result, it is possible to know an approximate geographical distance to a destination intuitively and easily in the electronic map apparatus which is typically used for car navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Nobuhiro Ozu, Ippei Tanbata, Emi Arakawa
  • Patent number: 6687614
    Abstract: A navigation device, an information display device, an object creating method, and a storage medium, in which a display unit, which is integrally formed with a touch panel, displays a map together with control buttons, including a mark setting button and a mark erasing button, which have specific processing associated therewith. When coordinates for a desired point on the map and a mark button are specified on the touch panel, a mark creating unit creates a mark object and displays it at a position on a map corresponding to specified coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Ihara, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Publication number: 20020177944
    Abstract: A navigation device, an information display device, an object creating method, and a storage medium are provided. A display unit, which is integrally formed with a touch panel, displays a map together with control buttons, including a mark setting button and a mark erasing button, which have specific processing associated therewith. When coordinates for a desired point on the map and a mark button are specified on the touch panel, a mark creating unit creates a mark object and displays it at a position on a map corresponding to specified coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Koji Ihara, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Patent number: 5736931
    Abstract: A remote control system is provided for remotely controlling at least two electronic devices one of which is a master device and the other is a slave device. Each device has a remote control sensor and both devices are connected with each other by a bus. The master device producers a command signal for commanding the slave device to send a connection confirmation signal representing that the slave device is connected to the bus. The slave device sends a connection information signal representing that the slave device is connected to the bus and is remotely controllable in response to the command signal. The master device makes a remote control signal received by the own remote control sensor ineffective when receiving the connection information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sato, Masashi Iwasaki, Tadamasa Yamanaka, Kazuyoshi Kamiyama, Nobuhiro Ozu