Patents by Inventor QiHong Wang

QiHong Wang 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: 9009627
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor, and a controller. The display unit includes a screen. The sensor is configured to detect a user operation with respect to the screen and output a signal corresponding to the user operation. The controller is configured to cause a data icon and an access authority editing icon for editing an access authority of data related to the data icon to be displayed on the screen, judge a user operation with respect to the access authority editing icon based on the signal from the sensor, and change a state of the access authority of the data related to the data icon according to the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Tomohisa Tanaka, Qihong Wang, Akihiro Komori
  • Patent number: 9001051
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting section that detects a touch position of a pointing object on a display screen of a display section, a region detecting section that detects a region on the display screen which is hidden by the pointing object, and a control section that displays information associated with the touch position outside the region detected by the region detecting section, when the touch position is detected by the position detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qihong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Ryo Takaoka, Satoshi Akagawa, Koji Arai, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8988347
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an instructed-position detecting unit configured to receive an instruction operation by a user on a display screen of a display device and detect and output a position where the instruction operation is performed; a storing unit configured to store multiple image data items each including information corresponding to a search key; a search-key display controlling unit configured to cause at least one search key to be selectively displayed on the display screen of the display device; a searching unit configured to, if the search key displayed on the display screen is instructed by the search-key display controlling unit through the instructed-position detecting unit, search the storing unit for the image data corresponding to the search key to extract the image data; and a display controlling unit configured to collectively display images corresponding to the image data in a certain part on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Qihong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8949934
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device including a determination unit for determining whether authentication information presented to a user of another communication device is consistent with comparison information transmitted from the other communication device capable of obtaining and transmitting the authentication information, and an authentication unit, when it is determined that the authentication information is consistent with the comparison information, for authenticating the other communication device as an opposite communication party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qihong Wang, Akihiro Komori, Tomohisa Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8912986
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a display control unit that controls display of a reflective first display member and a self-emitting second display member that is provided in superimposition on a display surface of the first display member, has higher rewriting responsiveness than that of the first display member, and may transmit display of the first display member, wherein, when predetermined information is displayed on the first display member and the second display member, the display control unit performs predetermined display control on the first display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the second display member displays information or on the second display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the first display member displays information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Yasushi Okumura, Takuro Noda, Qihong Wang
  • Patent number: 8863017
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an input unit and a controller. The input unit is configured to detect a user operation and output a signal corresponding to the user operation. The controller is configured to cause a data icon to be displayed on a screen of a display unit, judge a drag operation with respect to the data icon based on the signal from the input unit, and cause an icon to be displayed on the screen according to the drag operation, the icon indicating a state of an access authority of data related to the data icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Qihong Wang, Akihiro Komori
  • Patent number: 8839130
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor, and a controller. The display unit includes a screen. The sensor is configured to detect a user operation with respect to the screen and output a signal corresponding to the user operation. The controller is configured to cause a data icon to be displayed on the screen, judge a drag operation with respect to the data icon based on the signal from the sensor, judge, based on the signal from the sensor, a user operation different from the drag operation for one of copying and moving data related to the data icon based on the drag operation, and execute processing for one of copying and moving the data according to the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Qihong Wang, Akihiro Komori
  • Patent number: 8773566
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing condition setting apparatus including: a display unit; an image capturing unit which generates image data by capturing a photographing object; a photographing situation determination unit which determines based on the image data generated by the image capturing unit which type of the photographing object is photographed in a photographing situation; and a display controller which displays on the display unit one or a plurality of photographing condition icons indicating the photographing condition settable to the determined photographing situation if the photographing situation is determined by the photographing situation determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: QiHong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8768097
    Abstract: To easily understand the contents of a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus. An image conversion block 150 converts a taken image on the basis of conversion information. A transparency conversion block 160 converts the transparency in the converted taken image. A image synthesis block 170 synthesizes the taken image with the transparency converted with a log image and holds a resultant new log image in an image memory 180. An index image extraction block 190 extracts a new index image from among the converted taken images on the basis of the coordinate position and size of an index image in an image taking space. A selection block 270 selects an index image on the basis of the position of a selected representative image when the position of a panorama image displayed on a display block 292 is selected. A display control block 291 displays a panorama image on the display block 292 and displays the selected index image, overlapped on the panorama image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: QiHong Wang, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Masatomo Kurata, Shingo Tsurumi, Mitsuo Okumura
  • Patent number: 8726153
    Abstract: A display device for displaying a plurality of contents in a predetermined display area. The display device includes a content acquiring unit configured to acquire the contents, a content arranging unit configured to arrange the contents based on time information possessed by the contents, a time difference calculating unit configured to calculate a time difference between adjacent contents in terms of time based on the time information possessed by the contents, a display position setting unit configured to set a position of each content along a time axis based on the time difference between the contents, the display position setting unit determining whether the time difference between the contents is larger than a predetermined value, and a content display unit configured to display the plurality of contents based on position information on the time axis along the depth direction of the predetermined display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, QiHong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Takuo Ikeda, Hidenori Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20140112641
    Abstract: To easily understand the contents of a moving image taken by an image taking apparatus. An image conversion block 150 converts a taken image on the basis of conversion information. A transparency conversion block 160 converts the transparency in the converted taken image. A image synthesis block 170 synthesizes the taken image with the transparency converted with a log image and holds a resultant new log image in an image memory 180. An index image extraction block 190 extracts a new index image from among the converted taken images on the basis of the coordinate position and size of an index image in an image taking space. A selection block 270 selects an index image on the basis of the position of a selected representative image when the position of a panorama image displayed on a display block 292 is selected. A display control block 291 displays a panorama image on the display block 292 and displays the selected index image, overlapped on the panorama image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, Yasutaka FUKUMOTO, Masatomo KURATA, Shingo TSURUMI, Mitsuo OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20140112533
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit, an attention object detection unit, and a calculation unit. The input unit is configured to input a plurality of temporally continuous images taken by an image pickup apparatus. The attention object detection unit is configured to detect an attention object as an attention target from a first image which is an image taken at a first time point out of the plurality of images input. The calculation unit is configured to compare the first image with one or more second images which are one or more images taken at a time point previous to the first time point, to calculate, as a second time point, a time point when the attention object appears in the continuous plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: QiHong WANG, KENICHI OKADA, KEN MIYASHITA, AKEMI TAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140104456
    Abstract: An image search device includes: a shooting unit configured to photographically shoot a subject; a display unit; a control unit configured to display a search key for image search on the display unit according to a shooting situation at the time of a shooting mode whereby the subject can photographically be shot by the shooting unit; a specifying unit which is used for specifying the search key displayed on the display unit; and a searching unit configured to search, in the event of the search key being specified via the specifying unit, an image based on the search key thus specified; with the control unit displaying, in the event of the image being searched by the searching unit, this search result on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qihong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Ryo Takaoka, Satoshi Akagawa, Koji Arai, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8643729
    Abstract: An image search device includes: a shooting unit configured to photographically shoot a subject; a display unit; a control unit configured to display a search key for image search on the display unit according to a shooting situation at the time of a shooting mode whereby the subject can photographically be shot by the shooting unit; a specifying unit which is used for specifying the search key displayed on the display unit; and a searching unit configured to search, in the event of the search key being specified via the specifying unit, an image based on the search key thus specified; with the control unit displaying, in the event of the image being searched by the searching unit, this search result on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qihong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Ryo Takaoka, Satoshi Akagawa, Koji Arai, Shunichi Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8629847
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that includes: a display portion that displays a plurality of function buttons that respectively correspond to a plurality of functions included in the information processing device; a position detection portion that detects a position where an operating body touches or approaches a display screen of the display portion; a button selection portion that selects, from among the plurality of function buttons, at least one function button that corresponds to an operation state of the information processing device; and a display control portion that causes the function button selected by the button selection portion to move on the display screen such that the function button approaches the position on the display screen detected by the position detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Arai, Akiko Terayama, Ryo Takaoka, QiHong Wang, Satoshi Akagawa
  • Patent number: 8515256
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes moving image storage means for storing a taken moving image and conversion information storage means for storing, for each second taken image located after a first taken image, conversion information. The image processing apparatus further includes image holding means for holding a log image including each taken image located before the second taken image and feature quantity extraction means for extracting a feature quantity. The image processing apparatus also includes image conversion means for converting the second taken image, decision means for determining whether or not synthesis of the second taken image and the log image is necessary, and image synthesis means for, if the synthesis of the second taken image and the log image is determined necessary, synthesizing the converted second taken image with the log image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Fukumoto, QiHong Wang, Masatomo Kurata, Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 8458896
    Abstract: A robotic end-effector for high-speed precision alignment and assembly of of a spacer ring onto a motor-hub assembly has a holding device operable for temporarily holding the spacer ring. The spacer ring is to be aligned and assembled to the motor-hub assembly. The robotic end-effector has a course alignment device operable for locating the holding device with respect to a locating feature that is coupled with the motor-hub assembly. The robotic end-effector has a retractor operable for disengaging the course alignment device from the locating feature. The robotic end-effector has a moveable base whereby lateral compliance is provided for the holding device, enabling motion of the spacer ring with respect to the motor-hub assembly, thereby enabling fine alignment of the spacer ring with the motor-hub assembly when the spacer ring touches the motor-hub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Nagappan Chandrasekaran, Ching Keat Tay, Qihong Wang
  • Publication number: 20130010003
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a display control unit that controls displaying on a display allowing light, which is incident from a rear surface side opposite to an observation surface that is a surface of a side at which an observing user is present, to be transmitted through and to be observed by the user; and a state information acquiring unit that acquires state information representing a rear surface side state of the display, wherein the display control unit changes the displaying on the display in response to the state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Yasushi Okumura, Takuro Noda, Qihong Wang
  • Publication number: 20130009921
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a display control unit that controls display of a reflective first display member and a self-emitting second display member that is provided in superimposition on a display surface of the first display member, has higher rewriting responsiveness than that of the first display member, and may transmit display of the first display member, wherein, when predetermined information is displayed on the first display member and the second display member, the display control unit performs predetermined display control on the first display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the second display member displays information or on the second display member in an area corresponding to an area in which the first display member displays information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamano, Yasushi Okumura, Takuro Noda, Qihong Wang
  • Patent number: 8346014
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An image storing section stores a plurality of images related to time information. A feature extracting section extracts feature amounts of each image stored in the image storing section. An image selecting section that selects at least one of images included in each overlap portion set of several or all of the images, stored in the image storing section, on the basis of the feature amounts associated with the respective images included in the overlap portion set, the overlap portion set including overlap portions of several or all of the images overlapping with respect to shooting time. A digest-image generating section generates a digest image of the images stored in the image storing section on the basis of the selected images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Makoto Murata, Takashi Ogata, QiHong Wang