Patents by Inventor Osamu Ooba

Osamu Ooba 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: 11036363
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including: a control unit that performs control of displaying a plurality of representative images extracted from a search target image group, and image group information that indicates presence of an image other than the representative images in the search target image group and is displayed in a form different from the representative images between a plurality of the representative images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Ooba
  • Patent number: 10648815
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit that acquires pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit that analyzes a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit that divides the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tanaka, Ken Miyashita, Jun Kimura, Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20200110516
    Abstract: Provided is a display control apparatus including: a control unit that performs control of displaying a plurality of representative images extracted from a search target image group, and image group information that indicates presence of an image other than the representative images in the search target image group and is displayed in a form different from the representative images between a plurality of the representative images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: OSAMU OOBA
  • Patent number: 10215567
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tanaka, Ken Miyashita, Jun Kimura, Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20180347987
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: TOMOHISA TANAKA, KEN MIYASHITA, JUN KIMURA, OSAMU OOBA
  • Patent number: 9967458
    Abstract: The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tomohisa Tanaka, Osamu Ooba, Ken Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9940316
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience for a user, the information processing apparatus including: an update detection unit configured to detect update of presented information presented to a user during execution of an application; an interest data extraction unit configured to extract interest data that includes at least information accompanying the presented information whose update has been detected and is information on a target in which the user is interested during execution of the application; an input context detection unit configured to detect input context indicating a processing status of input information using the application, the input information being attempted to be inputted during execution of the application; and an input information candidate presentation unit configured to perform, on the basis of the input context, control to present input information candidates that are candidates of the input information among the interest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Miyashita, Tomohisa Tanaka, Jun Kimura, Osamu Ooba
  • Patent number: 9811349
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus including a display unit displaying an execution screen of a shared application, reflecting on a display operations performed by multiple users as operations performed on one application, where the shared application includes a function for displaying an identification object that associates each of the users with an operation result, displayed on the execution screen, reflecting the operation performed by each of the users, a function for setting, when a first user selects an identification object related to a second user and specifies a region on the screen, the specified region as a shared region that is shared by the first and second users, and a function for controlling, when the first or second user performs operation in the shared region, such that the displayed operation result reflecting the operation is not shown to users other than the first and second users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20170208246
    Abstract: The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jun KIMURA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Osamu OOBA, Ken MIYASHITA
  • Patent number: 9635249
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a client terminal, display control method, program, and system capable of supporting the user's actual image capture using a reference image based on preliminary image capture. [Solution] The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tomohisa Tanaka, Osamu Ooba, Ken Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9342921
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control information to be displayed on a display screen in a manner that a different type of information is visually recognized according to a positional relationship between the display screen and a predetermined portion of a user viewing the display screen. The information to be displayed on the display screen under control of the control unit is information extracted from information capable of being displayed on the display screen as information having an attribute satisfying a predetermined condition set for each positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Konami, Osamu Ooba, Yousuke Kawana
  • Publication number: 20160080643
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a client terminal, display control method, program, and system capable of supporting the user's actual image capture using a reference image based on preliminary image capture. [Solution] The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jun KIMURA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Osamu OOBA, Ken MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20160048489
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience for a user, the information processing apparatus including: an update detection unit configured to detect update of presented information presented to a user during execution of an application; an interest data extraction unit configured to extract interest data that includes at least information accompanying the presented information whose update has been detected and is information on a target in which the user is interested during execution of the application; an input context detection unit configured to detect input context indicating a processing status of input information using the application, the input information being attempted to be inputted during execution of the application; and an input information candidate presentation unit configured to perform, on the basis of the input context, control to present input information candidates that are candidates of the input information among the interest data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken MIYASHITA, Tomohisa TANAKA, Jun KIMURA, Osamu OOBA
  • Publication number: 20160033277
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohisa TANAKA, Ken MIYASHITA, Jun KIMURA, Osamu OOBA
  • Patent number: 8860730
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an input information recording unit for recording, when a movement stroke for an object is input, information on moving speed and movement stroke of an input tool used for inputting the movement stroke, and an object behavior control unit for moving the object, based on the information on moving speed and movement stroke recorded by the input information recording unit, in such a way that the movement stroke of the input tool and a moving speed at each point in the movement stroke are replicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Ooba
  • Patent number: 8542199
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20130241925
    Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control information to be displayed on a display screen in a manner that a different type of information is visually recognized according to a positional relationship between the display screen and a predetermined portion of a user viewing the display screen. The information to be displayed on the display screen under control of the control unit is information extracted from information capable of being displayed on the display screen as information having an attribute satisfying a predetermined condition set for each positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Konami, Osamu Ooba, Yousuke Kawana
  • Publication number: 20110078573
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus including a display unit displaying an execution screen of a shared application, reflecting on a display operations performed by multiple users as operations performed on one application, where the shared application includes a function for displaying an identification object that associates each of the users with an operation result, displayed on the execution screen, reflecting the operation performed by each of the users, a function for setting, when a first user selects an identification object related to a second user and specifies a region on the screen, the specified region as a shared region that is shared by the first and second users, and a function for controlling, when the first or second user performs operation in the shared region, such that the displayed operation result reflecting the operation is not shown to users other than the first and second users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Ooba
  • Publication number: 20100188409
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an input information recording unit for recording, when a movement stroke for an object is input, information on moving speed and movement stroke of an input tool used for inputting the movement stroke, and an object behaviour control unit for moving the object, based on the information on moving speed and movement stroke recorded by the input information recording unit, in such a way that the movement stroke of the input tool and a moving speed at each point in the movement stroke are replicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Osamu OOBA
  • Publication number: 20100097339
    Abstract: The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Osamu OOBA