Patents by Inventor Nobuyoshi Tomita
Nobuyoshi Tomita 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).
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Patent number: 8452079Abstract: A reference image and a synthesis image covering an area outside the viewfield of the reference image are synthesized as one piece of display image data in a manner reflecting the positional relationship of the images at the image capturing. The display image data is displayed with a partial area thereof presented on a display screen, and the partial area is moved in response to a shift instruction.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 8396868Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search processing section for causing a transmission/reception section to execute processing of transmitting a search request including a search condition to each of one or more information management devices, causing the transmission/reception section to execute processing of receiving, as a response to the search request and from each of the one or more information management devices via a network, content information corresponding to the search condition from among pieces of content information and management subject identification information for identifying the information management device which manages the content information, and correlating the management subject identification information with content identification information and content-related information that are included in the content information received by the transmission/reception section and causing a storage section to store the correlated management subject identificatioType: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuyoshi Tomita, Yasuaki Honda, Yasuo Endo
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Patent number: 8346939Abstract: A network system that performs network connection between devices conforming to a predetermined communication standard is disclosed. The system includes client devices including first network starting units that present first identification information including an identifier decided in advance and designating a first network and start the first network and a server. The server includes a reading unit that reads the first identification information, an option presenting unit that presents, as an option of a network connection destination, a client device including the first identification information read by the reading unit, a first network joining unit that joins the first network when the option is selected, and a transmitting unit that transmits, in the first network, a communication encryption key for joining a second network and second identification information designating the second network to the selected client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 8099612Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit configured to perform predetermined data processing; a power supply circuit having a first operation mode in which power is supplied to the data processing unit and a second operation mode in which no power is supplied to the data processing unit; and a mode switching control unit configured to, upon receiving a mode switching request from an apparatus on a network via a communication protocol of a communication protocol layer higher than the network access layer, instruct the power supply circuit to switch between the first operation mode and the second operation mode in response to the mode switching request.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7886071Abstract: A configuration is provided that performs retransmission control in accordance with a processing state in which playback of received data is performed or a processing state in which playback and recording of the received data is performed. When a communication processing apparatus receives streaming data, the communication processing apparatus is in one of the following two states: (1) a state in which “only playback” is performed, and (2) a state in which “playback and recording” are performed. The communication processing apparatus determines in which state it is and changes the way in which a retransmission request for a lost packet is sent on the basis of the determined state. According to such a configuration, when the communication processing apparatus performs only a playback process, a real-time playback can be achieved. When the communication processing apparatus performs a recording process, the integrity of recorded data can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7861089Abstract: A communication device, operable to communicate with an electronic device via a network, may include a storage section, an image capturing section, and an identification section. The storage section may store device identification information identifying the electronic device and one or more face images of one or more users that use the electronic device while associating the device identification information with each of the face images of the users of the electronic device. The image capturing section may capture an image of a face of the user of the electronic device. The identification section may identify the electronic device on the basis of the device identification information stored in association with one of the stored face images that matches the captured image of the face of the user of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7860366Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program capable of generating a priority table in a straightforward manner. JPEG 2000 data 151 inputted to a table generation section 114 is held by a JPEG 2000 data reading section 161, and is provided to a JP2 packet information extraction section 162 at a prescribed timing. After the necessary JP2 packet information has been extracted in packet form, this is provided to a priority table editing section 164. Then, at the priority table editing section 164, a priority table with priority values set for all of the JP2 packets is made based on setting information 152 designating priority values for some of the JP2 packets corresponding to the JPEG 2000 data 151 provided by the setting information reading section 163 and is outputted by the priority table output section 165. The present invention can be applied to personal computers.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20100293158Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search processing section for causing a transmission/reception section to execute processing of transmitting a search request including a search condition to each of one or more information management devices, causing the transmission/reception section to execute processing of receiving, as a response to the search request and from each of the one or more information management devices via a network, content information corresponding to the search condition from among pieces of content information and management subject identification information for identifying the information management device which manages the content information, and correlating the management subject identification information with content identification information and content-related information that are included in the content information received by the transmission/reception section and causing a storage section to store the correlated management subject identificatioType: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuyoshi Tomita, Yasuaki Honda, Yasuo Endo
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Publication number: 20100046803Abstract: A reference image and a synthesis image covering an area outside the viewfield of the reference image are synthesized as one piece of display image data in a manner reflecting the positional relationship of the images at the image capturing. The display image data is displayed with a partial area thereof presented on a display screen, and the partial area is moved in response to a shift instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20090217063Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit configured to perform predetermined data processing; a power supply circuit having a first operation mode in which power is supplied to the data processing unit and a second operation mode in which no power is supplied to the data processing unit; and a mode switching control unit configured to, upon receiving a mode switching request from an apparatus on a network via a communication protocol of a communication protocol layer higher than the network access layer, instruct the power supply circuit to switch between the first operation mode and the second operation mode in response to the mode switching request.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20090207905Abstract: An apparatus and a method for realizing a configuration for transmitting and outputting captured data of a video camera to a specific device via a network are provided. In a configuration for generating a transmission packet containing the captured data of the video camera and outputting the transmission packet via a network, a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number, to which port forwarding processing of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device is set, are acquired from a memory, address information corresponding to the host name is acquired from a DNS server, and a captured image data containing transmission packet in which the address information and the port number are set as destination information is output via the network. This configuration permits data to be certainly transmitted to a specific selected device and reproduction of stream data in synchronization with a capturing timing is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20080259964Abstract: A configuration is provided that performs retransmission control in accordance with a processing state in which playback of received data is performed or a processing state in which playback and recording of the received data is performed. When a communication processing apparatus receives streaming data, the communication processing apparatus is in one of the following two states: (1) a state in which “only playback” is performed, and (2) a state in which “playback and recording” are performed. The communication processing apparatus determines in which state it is and changes the way in which a retransmission request for a lost packet is sent on the basis of the determined state. According to such a configuration, when the communication processing apparatus performs only a playback process, a real-time playback can be achieved. When the communication processing apparatus performs a recording process, the integrity of recorded data can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20080250151Abstract: A network system that performs network connection between devices conforming to a predetermined communication standard is disclosed. The system includes client devices including first network starting units that present first identification information including an identifier decided in advance and designating a first network and start the first network and a server. The server includes a reading unit that reads the first identification information, an option presenting unit that presents, as an option of a network connection destination, a client device including the first identification information read by the reading unit, a first network joining unit that joins the first network when the option is selected, and a transmitting unit that transmits, in the first network, a communication encryption key for joining a second network and second identification information designating the second network to the selected client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi TOMITA
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Patent number: 7426593Abstract: In a transmitting terminal, a first displaying section displays, synchronously with a receiving terminal, a portion of content that has been transmitted to the receiving terminal. A second displaying section displays a portion of the content that has yet to be transmitted to the receiving terminal. A saving flag setting section sets a saving flag, the saving flag specifying whether to permit or prohibit the receiving terminal to save the content after the receiving terminal receives and displays the content. An adder adds the saving flag to the content; and a transmitter transmits the content to the receiving terminal with the saving flag.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7379463Abstract: A data transmission device and a data transmission method are adapted to add an RTP time stamp accurately synchronized with the PCR when sequentially transmitting data stored in a recording medium in advance with the MPEG2-TS format or data sequentially formatted to the MPEG2-TS format by means of hardware according to the RTP.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7372858Abstract: A data transmission device and a data transmission method are adapted to add an RTP time stamp accurately synchronized with the PCR when sequentially transmitting data stored in a recording medium in advance with the MPEG2-TS format or data sequentially formatted to the MPEG2-TS format by means of hardware according to the RTP.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7366744Abstract: The present invention relates to a data recording/reproducing apparatus (1), which includes a reader (3) for reading content data recorded in a minidisc (2), and a controller (4) for generating one file by gathering a plurality of content units not continued with each other to the read contents data and executing a process for generating relative position information of each content unit when the file is generated. The controller further divides the content unit into parts at a discontinuous point if each content unit for constituting the generated file includes a discontinuous area on a recording medium in case of reading the relative position information by the reader, and generates absolute position information on the recording media of each part. The relative position information of the content unit for constituting the read file and the absolute position information of the parts are stored in a table memory (6).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7349410Abstract: A data transmission device and a data transmission method are adapted to add an RTP time stamp accurately synchronized with the PCR when sequentially transmitting data stored in a recording medium in advance with the MPEG2-TS format or data sequentially formatted to the MPEG2-TS format by means of hardware according to the RTP.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20070208916Abstract: A PC, which is a data-processing apparatus copies a file in a mini disc via a data-recording apparatus. The file is composed of a copyrighted music content accumulated in the HDD of the PC, which have been reproduced from another recording medium such as a CD, a DVD or the like. The data-recording apparatus records the ID specific to the PC in the mini disc. Not only the music file, but also the content ID specific to the content is recorded in the next-generation mini disc used in an embodiment of this invention. The music file, thus backed up, is restored when the device in which the content is to be restored is identical to the PC that has been checked out, or when this device is collated to be identical to the PC.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita
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Publication number: 20070198286Abstract: A communication device, operable to communicate with an electronic device via a network, may include a storage section, an image capturing section, and an identification section. The storage section may store device identification information identifying the electronic device and one or more face images of one or more users that use the electronic device while associating the device identification information with each of the face images of the users of the electronic device. The image capturing section may capture an image of a face of the user of the electronic device. The identification section may identify the electronic device on the basis of the device identification information stored in association with one of the stored face images that matches the captured image of the face of the user of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Nobuyoshi Tomita