Patents by Inventor Ryuji Nakayama
Ryuji Nakayama 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: 11175727Abstract: A method is provided, including the following operations: capturing images of an interactive environment by an image capture device; analyzing the captured images to track motion of a user's head in the interactive environment; providing a view through a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) information space, wherein the view of the 3-D information space is defined from a perspective that is determined by the tracked motion of the user's head in the interactive environment, the perspective being dynamically updated in response to the motion of the user's head; wherein the 3-D information space includes a plurality of predefined content regions that are configured to present respectively assigned visual content, the content regions being visually accessible through the display screen based on the provided view of the 3-D information space.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Patent number: 10610778Abstract: A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned on a surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 10585531Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to initiate display of a virtual object, based on a gesture operation, starting from a point of origin and moving towards a target point; and continue to display the virtual object in display motion after the gesture operation, wherein a path of travel of the virtual object or a display characteristic of the virtual object is determined based on a positional relationship between the virtual object and another object that is a real object located in proximity to the path of travel of the virtual object.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Ryuji Nakayama, Kazuto Nishizawa
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Publication number: 20190176030Abstract: A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned on a surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 10201748Abstract: A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned along the top surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay to a social graph.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 10099121Abstract: A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a computing device is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touchscreen defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touchscreen; and a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Publication number: 20180117459Abstract: A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including the following: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned along the top surface of the main body, the button being configured to activate a sharing interface for sharing gameplay to a social graph.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Publication number: 20180021674Abstract: A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a computing device is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touchscreen defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touchscreen; and a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touchscreen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 9776080Abstract: A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a game console is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touch-sensitive panel defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touch-sensitive panel; and, a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touch-sensitive panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Publication number: 20170168651Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to initiate display of a virtual object, based on a gesture operation, starting from a point of origin and moving towards a target point; and continue to display the virtual object in display motion after the gesture operation, wherein a path of travel of the virtual object or a display characteristic of the virtual object is determined based on a positional relationship between the virtual object and another object that is a real object located in proximity to the path of travel of the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Ryuji NAKAYAMA, Kazuto NISHIZAWA
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Patent number: 9678625Abstract: A menu management unit relates items of contents received from a storage unit to multiple folder icons 120, which represent units for displaying contents. A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen 50, which includes a function icon array 70 formed by multiple function icons 52-62 aligned horizontally, and a folder icon array 72 formed by multiple folder icons 120 aligned vertically. With respect to each of the multiple folder icons, an effect processing unit receives, as a folder attachment image 122, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the folder icon array 72, the folder attachment image 122 and the folder icon 120 so that the folder attachment image is included in the semi-transparent folder icon superimposed upon the image.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Patent number: 9529493Abstract: A jacket image receiver acquires data for music to be played back and, in addition, a related image related to the music. A three-dimensional image generating unit displays the related image related to music played back in the past along with the related image related to the music currently played back, arranging the images in a three-dimensional space. The three-dimensional image generating unit flickers an image representing a water surface in order to create a visual effect that makes the related images appear floating on the water surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Publication number: 20160323534Abstract: [Object] To provide a functional module system capable of implementing various function of a plurality of functional modules sequentially connected from a power supply unit without obstructing a scenic view of a space by enabling the functional modules to be connected in different order. [Solution] Provided is a functional module system including: a first functional module configured to be connectable to a power supply unit for a luminaire; and a second functional module configured to be connectable to the first functional module. The first and second functional modules are further connectable to the power supply unit in order of the second functional module and the first functional module by changing connection order.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: RYUJI NAKAYAMA, HIROSHI SAITO
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Publication number: 20160317930Abstract: A method is provided, including the following operations: capturing images of an interactive environment by an image capture device; analyzing the captured images to track motion of a user's head in the interactive environment; providing a view through a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) information space, wherein the view of the 3-D information space is defined from a perspective that is determined by the tracked motion of the user's head in the interactive environment, the perspective being dynamically updated in response to the motion of the user's head; wherein the 3-D information space includes a plurality of predefined content regions that are configured to present respectively assigned visual content, the content regions being visually accessible through the display screen based on the provided view of the 3-D information space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Publication number: 20160228767Abstract: A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a game console is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touch-sensitive panel defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touch-sensitive panel; and, a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touch-sensitive panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 9389682Abstract: A method for presenting content on a display screen is provided. The method initiates with presenting first content on the display screen, the first content being associated with a first detected viewing position of a user that is identified in a region in front of the display screen. At least part of second content is presented on the display screen along with the first content, the second content being progressively displayed along a side of the display screen in proportional response to a movement of the user from the first detected viewing position to a second detected viewing position of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Patent number: 9381435Abstract: A controller for providing input to an application is provided, including: a main body; a first handle extending from the main body, the first handle defined for holding by a first hand of a user; a second handle extending from the main body, the second handle defined for holding by a second hand of a user; a touch panel disposed along a top surface of the main body; a translucent panel defined along a front side of the main body; and a light defined in the main body for illuminating the translucent panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ryuji Nakayama, Ennin Huang, Nathan Gary
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Patent number: 9367126Abstract: A method for providing a dynamic perspective-based presentation of content on a cellular phone is provided, comprising: presenting a first portion of a content space on a display screen of the cellular phone; tracking a location of a user's head in front of the display screen; detecting a lateral movement of the user's head relative to the display screen; progressively exposing an adjacent second portion of the content space, from an edge of the display screen opposite a direction of the lateral movement, in proportional response to the lateral movement of the user's head relative to the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
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Patent number: D802604Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Ishii, Ryuji Nakayama, Takahiro Fujii
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Patent number: D802621Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Ishii, Ryuji Nakayama, Takahiro Fujii