Patents by Inventor Ryouichi Kawanishi

Ryouichi Kawanishi 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).

  • Publication number: 20110154196
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an information display device for easily changing a scrolling speed and a display mode. The information display device receives an instruction for displaying a plurality of contents, via a move operation on a two-dimensional plane defined by first and second axes; determines a moving speed for moving the contents, based on a motion component of the move operation along the first axis, and determines a display mode for displaying the contents, based on a motion component of the move operation along the second axis; and displays the contents in the display mode on a screen, by scrolling through the contents at the moving speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Keiji Icho, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Teruyuki Kimata
  • Publication number: 20110069201
    Abstract: An imaging device of the present invention comprises: an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; and a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Ryouichi Kawanishi, Tsutomu Uenoyama, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Keiichi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100277496
    Abstract: A data display device for displaying, on a display unit, a group of images related to a plurality of pieces of file data comprises: an operation unit operable to receive, from a user, a display operation pertaining to the group of images related to the pieces of file data; a storage unit storing cluster information on clusters that are generated by grouping the pieces of file data according to a grouping condition; and a control unit operable to display, on the display unit, the group of images related to the pieces of file data so that the user can distinguish between clusters, in accordance with the display operation received by the operation unit and with the cluster information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Ryouichi Kawanishi, Keiji Icho
  • Publication number: 20100128058
    Abstract: Image browsing device and method for displaying a list so that the viewers can efficiently grasp the contents of a lot of images. The image browsing device includes an image classifying unit, a representative color extracting unit, and a representative color layout unit, and further includes a shooting date/time obtaining unit, an ordinary/extraordinary setting unit, a display mode managing unit, a representative color switching unit and the like. The image browsing device, with this structure, extracts a representative color for each image group which has been obtained by classifying images in accordance with a predetermined criterion, so that the representative color represents the image group. This enables viewers to grasp efficiently and panoramically the contents of a large number of images which are displayed in a display area of a limited size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiro Kawabata, Meiko Maeda, Takashi Kawamura, Kuniaki Isogai, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Katsunao Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100097483
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus acquires images captured by cameras. A data processing apparatus 2 calculates relative positional relationship between the camera that captured an image and a camera that is captured in the captured image, by image recognition of the captured image. The data processing apparatus 2 aggregates positional relationships calculated for the captured images, respectively, and by having one camera as reference, calculates the relative positions and directions of other cameras. Based on the calculated results, a user interface for supporting selection of the captured image by a user is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Keiji Icho, Masayuki Misaki, Takashi Kawamura, Kuniaki Isogai, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Jun Ohmiya, Hiromichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20100094633
    Abstract: A sound analysis device comprises: a sound parameter calculation unit operable to acquire an audio signal and calculate a sound parameter for each of partial audio signals, the partial audio signals each being the acquired audio signal in a unit of time; a category determination unit operable to determine, from among a plurality of environmental sound categories, which environmental sound category each of the partial audio signals belongs to, based on a corresponding one of the calculated sound parameters; a section setting unit operable to sequentially set judgement target sections on a time axis as time elapses, each of the judgment target sections including two or more of the units of time, the two or more of the units of time being consecutive; and an environment judgment unit operable to judge, based on a number of partial audio signals in each environmental sound category determined in at least a most recent judgment target section, an environment that surrounds the sound analysis device in at least the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Ryouichi Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20090058611
    Abstract: A wearable device is worn by a person participating in an event in which a plurality of other people are participating and wearing other wearable devices. The wearable device includes a request unit for transmitting a request signal to other wearable devices that are in a predetermined range, and receiving a response to the request signal from each of the other wearable devices, and a communication unit for determining, with use of the received responses, one or more of the other wearable devices to be a communication partner, and performing data communication with the determined one or more other wearable devices. The data received in the communication is data collected by the one or more other wearable devices determined to be communication partners, and the data is used as a profile component when creating a profile of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Masayuki Misaki, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Masaki Yamauchi