Patents by Inventor Ryota Tsukidate
Ryota Tsukidate 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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Publication number: 20200250183Abstract: An information processing apparatus accesses to a plurality of databases. The information processing apparatus accesses one of the plurality of databases, and based on an access result, accesses another one of the plurality of databases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Taishi ASANO, Kenji TACHIBANA, Shunsuke SAITO, Masaharu HIROHATA, Masashi SETO, Tetsuya URIMOTO, Ryota TSUKIDATE, Tomoko ISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9183437Abstract: A dynamic area search device includes: a search condition obtainment unit that obtains information on search objects and a condition for a search scope for searching for the search objects; an on-map operation detection unit that detects a first user-specified point on a map displayed on a display; a content search unit that searches for elements associated with locations on the map, based on the information on the search objects; a display area determination unit that determines a first area that has the user-specified point at the center, and includes, among the elements searched for by the content search unit, elements that meet the condition for the search scope; and an area boundary display unit configured to dynamically display, on the map, the user-specified point and the first area determined by the display area determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keiji Icho, Yuichi Kobayakawa, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20150268828Abstract: An information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display device that displays an image, a user interface that receives a user operation, a detection circuit that detects the user operation to the user interface, and a processing circuit that causes the display device to display the image with a received display magnification when receiving a change operation of a display magnification of the image as the user operation, and causes the display device to display an image object in accordance with a drawing operation when receiving the drawing operation as the user operation. The processing circuit causes the display device to display the image object with a thickness or a size not depending on the display magnification while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the image and the image object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Tomoko KAJIMOTO, Hiroki ETOH, Ryota TSUKIDATE
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Patent number: 9098385Abstract: A content managing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit which obtains (i) a first content item held by a first user, (ii) a metadata item that indicates attribute information for classifying the first content item, and (iii) information on a sharing state, between the first user and a second user who is a user other than the first user, of a second content item having a metadata item identical to the metadata item held by the first content item; a degree of interest calculating unit which calculates a degree of interest that is an index indicating an interest of the second user on the metadata item; and a managing unit which manages the first content item based on the degree of interest of the second user.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Ryuji Inoue, Ryota Tsukidate
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Patent number: 9059882Abstract: An information presentation control device includes: an acquisition unit which acquires information items; an information total amount calculation unit which calculates a total amount of the information items; a sender importance level determining unit which determines sender importance levels each of which indicates how important a different one of senders is; an information total amount determining unit which determines whether or not the total amount of the information items is greater than a predetermined value; a filtering unit which performs, when it is determined that the total amount of the information items is greater than the predetermined value, at least one process on an information item having a lower sender importance level, among the information items, so that an amount of the information item is reduced more; and an output unit which outputs the information items after the filtering unit performs the process.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryota Tsukidate
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Patent number: 8885942Abstract: A device stores therein contents and time information pieces each indicating time at which the corresponding content was generated; categorizes, into first and second groups, objects included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within a first period and a second period that partially overlap, the first group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the first period and are similar to each other, and the second group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the second period and are similar to each other; and when a number of objects belonging to both the first and second groups is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, associates the objects belonging to the first group with the objects belonging to the second group as objects indicating a same entity.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventor: Ryota Tsukidate
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Patent number: 8725718Abstract: When registering content in a data storage unit (101), a data registration unit (102) transmits, to another content management apparatus, metadata that is assigned to the content. The content management apparatus which has received the metadata returns related metadata that is related to the received metadata. An import determination unit (105) determines whether or not each of the metadata elements included in the returned related metadata is importable. The metadata elements which have been determined to be importable, within the related metadata, are added by a metadata editing unit 106 as a part of the metadata of the content that is to be registered.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryuji Inoue, Ryota Tsukidate
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Patent number: 8505072Abstract: A network device restricts functions thereof in a special case such as theft, and comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring one or more identification information pieces corresponding to one or more local devices in a communicable state; a calculation unit for calculating an index value for each local device; a holding unit for holding, for each local device whose identification information piece was acquired in the past, the identification information piece of the local device and the index value thereof; a difference specifying unit for specifying a difference between (i) one or more identification information pieces currently acquired and (ii) the one or more identification information pieces acquired in the past, thereby specifying a local device as the difference; and a judgment unit for judging whether to restrict the access based on the index value of the local device specified as the difference.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20130138673Abstract: Provided is an information processing device for extracting a comment having additional information and posted to a program, the information processing device comprising: a program information acquisition unit; a search word determination unit which determines a search word which is a candidate for a term indicating relation between the search word and the program; a comment acquisition unit which searches through comments each having the additional information and already posted, using the search word to acquire a search result as a comment group; a search word relation determination unit which determines whether there is a relation between the search word and the program, using the broadcast time and a time at which each comment included in the comment group is posted; and an input/output unit which outputs information indicating the search result if there is the relation between the search word and the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomonori Uemura, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20130108241Abstract: An information processing device is provided with a specification unit that specifies a plurality of playback positions in a video content, an extraction unit that extracts, in accordance with the specified playback positions, a plurality of scenes each including at least one of the specified playback positions and each indicating a section of the video content, and a provision unit that provides priority to each of the extracted scenes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shingo Miyamoto, Masaya Yamamoto, Ryota Tsukidate, Ryuji Inoue
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Publication number: 20130094718Abstract: A dynamic area search device includes: a search condition obtainment unit that obtains information on search objects and a condition for a search scope for searching for the search objects; an on-map operation detection unit that detects a first user-specified point on a map displayed on a display; a content search unit that searches for elements associated with locations on the map, based on the information on the search objects; a display area determination unit that determines a first area that has the user-specified point at the center, and includes, among the elements searched for by the content search unit, elements that meet the condition for the search scope; and an area boundary display unit configured to dynamically display, on the map, the user-specified point and the first area determined by the display area determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Icho, Yuichi Kobayakawa, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20130022244Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of image data items; an object detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of objects from the acquired image data items; a characteristic value calculation unit configured to calculate a characteristic value of each of the objects; a cluster information generating unit configured to, when the characteristic value of at least one of the objects meets a predetermined condition, generate first cluster information indicating a first cluster to which the at least one object belongs; a selecting unit configured to select an object for which a thumbnail is to be generated from among the at least one object indicated in the first cluster information; and a thumbnail generating unit configured to generate the thumbnail of the object using one of the image data items indicating the selected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Minehisa Nagata, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20120296978Abstract: A content managing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit which obtains (i) a first content item held by a first user, (ii) a metadata item that indicates attribute information for classifying the first content item, and (iii) information on a sharing state, between the first user and a second user who is a user other than the first user, of a second content item having a metadata item identical to the metadata item held by the first content item; a degree of interest calculating unit which calculates a degree of interest that is an index indicating an interest of the second user on the metadata item; and a managing unit which manages the first content item based on the degree of interest of the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Ryuji Inoue, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20120268485Abstract: A method is provided for visualizing query results in relation to a map. The method includes: specifying a geographic location of interest around which query results are to be clustered; querying a data source using a search query; constraining entities that satisfy the search query to form a subset of entities having a predefined number of entities that are geographically proximate to the specified location of interest; displaying an indicia for each of the entities in the subset of entities in a content area of a display; displaying a map of a geographic area on the display, where the geographic area includes the specified location of interest; and designating a boundary on the map whereby each of the entities in the subset of entities reside in the boundary and other entities that satisfy the search query reside outside the boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Icho, Yuichi Kobayakawa, Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20120170847Abstract: A device stores therein contents and time information pieces each indicating time at which the corresponding content was generated; categorizes, into first and second groups, objects included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within a first period and a second period that partially overlap, the first group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the first period and are similar to each other, and the second group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the second period and are similar to each other; and when a number of objects belonging to both the first and second groups is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, associates the objects belonging to the first group with the objects belonging to the second group as objects indicating a same entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventor: Ryota Tsukidate
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Publication number: 20120154419Abstract: An image output device includes a receiving unit which receives first input information including position information indicating a position on a display image, an attribute information selecting unit which selects first attribute information corresponding to the position indicated by the position information and is one of pieces of attribute information associated with the displayed image from among the pieces of attribute information, an image selecting unit which selects images having attribute information corresponding to the first attribute information from among images including the displayed image, a display sequence determining unit which determines the display sequence of the images based on the attribute information of each of the images selected by the image selecting unit, and an output unit which acquires and outputs the images such that the selected images are displayed in the determined display sequence on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Minehisa Nagata, Masaya Yamamoto, Shunji Harada, Ryota Tsukidate, Ryuji Inoue
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Patent number: RE44970Abstract: In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for subscription. As a program information broadcasting system, program elements constituting a broadcasting program are divided into a plurality of items and are turned to data at a center, and a master data 21 of a program information to recognize the program is prepared. From the data constituting the master data, minimal necessary items for preparation of a program table are extracted, and a program basic information 22 is prepared. Said master data and said program basic information are transmitted simultaneously with the broadcasting, and said program basic information is received, reproduced and displayed before receiving of the master data at a receiving terminal unit 31 is completed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryota Tsukidate, Kenichi Fujita, Shigeki Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Takeuchi
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Patent number: RE44991Abstract: In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for subscription. As a program information broadcasting system, program elements constituting a broadcasting program are divided into a plurality of items and are turned to data at a center, and a master data 21 of a program information to recognize the program is prepared. From the data constituting the master data, minimal necessary items for preparation of a program table are extracted, and a program basic information 22 is prepared. Said master data and said program basic information are transmitted simultaneously with the broadcasting, and said program basic information is received, reproduced and displayed before receiving of the master data at a receiving terminal unit 31 is completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryota Tsukidate, Kenichi Fujita, Shigeki Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Takeuchi
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Patent number: RE45089Abstract: In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for subscription. As a program information broadcasting system, program elements constituting a broadcasting program are divided into a plurality of items and are turned to data at a center, and a master data 21 of a program information to recognize the program is prepared. From the data constituting the master data, minimal necessary items for preparation of a program table are extracted, and a program basic information 22 is prepared. Said master data and said program basic information are transmitted simultaneously with the broadcasting, and said program basic information is received, reproduced and displayed before receiving of the master data at a receiving terminal unit 31 is completed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryota Tsukidate, Kenichi Fujita, Shigeki Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Takeuchi
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Patent number: RE46451Abstract: In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for subscription. As a program information broadcasting system, program elements constituting a broadcasting program are divided into a plurality of items and are turned to data at a center, and a master data 21 of a program information to recognize the program is prepared. From the data constituting the master data, minimal necessary items for preparation of a program table are extracted, and a program basic information 22 is prepared. Said master data and said program basic information are transmitted simultaneously with the broadcasting, and said program basic information is received, reproduced and displayed before receiving of the master data at a receiving terminal unit 31 is completed.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Tsukidate, Kenichi Fujita, Shigeki Kaneko, Yoshiyasu Takeuchi