Patents by Inventor Shinichi Iriya

Shinichi Iriya 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: 8015261
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a first sending/receiving means for a first information processing apparatus; a second sending/receiving means for a second information processing apparatus; a first recording means for recording normal content data and restricted content data; a second recording means for recording information required for selecting data; an updating means for updating the information recorded; and a selection means for selecting data to be sent to said first information processing apparatus from the first content data and the second content data recorded by said first recording means based on the information recorded by said second recording means in response to a request signal from said first information processing apparatus received by said first sending/receiving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kohno, Shinichi Iriya, Junichiro Sakata, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110109581
    Abstract: A digital image processing device is provided that improves operability when performing a scaling up/scaling down operation. Based on a single trajectory when a touch position on a display screen of a display portion moves, a center point and ratio used to scale up or scale down the image are set. In this way, for example, it is possible to scale up and scale down the image by an easy touch operation of simply tracing the trajectory with a single finger (namely, by a single-touch operation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ozawa, Yuji Saitou, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Ayako Iwase
  • Publication number: 20110085778
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a display unit for displaying a video image being captured, an index operating unit for inputting an instruction for an index, and an index setting unit for setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured for a predetermined time period including a time point of a user's operation of inputting the instruction for the index, in response to one user's operation on the index operating unit while the video image is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Yuji Saitou, Takashi Nunomaki, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20100321406
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a map screen generation portion that, based on image pickup position information indicating a plurality of image pickup positions of moving images picked up, generates a map screen including a map on which a trajectory line indicating a movement trajectory of the image pickup position is drawn, a display control portion that causes a display portion to display the map screen, and a position detecting portion that detects a position on a display screen of the display portion which a user specifies using an operating body, wherein the position detecting portion detects a point on the trajectory line specified by the operating body, and, based on the image pickup position information, the display control portion causes a thumbnail image of the moving image picked up at an image pickup position corresponding to the detected point to be displayed on the map screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako IWASE, Yuji Saitou, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20100316357
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to store in a recording medium a piece of attribute information specified by a user input from among a plurality of sequential pieces of the attribute information in association with a predetermined time period of a content stored in the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Saitou, Ayako Iwase, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20100310232
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including, an operating portion on which are input a recording start instruction and a recording stop instruction, a recording portion that records onto a recording medium moving images that are picked up during a recording period from the recording start instruction to the recording stop instruction, a thumbnail generation portion that generates a plurality of thumbnail images that represent each of sections obtained by time division of the moving images, and a display control portion that displays a recorded image verification screen on a display portion immediately after the recording stop instruction, the plurality of thumbnail images being arranged in chronological order on the recorded image verification screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Yuji Saitou, Takashi Nunomaki, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20100241960
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input; and a display control unit configured to control, in correspondence with a virtual hierarchical structure for classifying the predetermined data, a display of a display screen indicating each hierarchy level, and for controlling a display of a predetermined mark in the display screen. The display control unit also controls the display of the predetermined mark corresponding to the predetermined data which is played back by the playback unit in a manner different from other non-selected marks while the predetermined mark is being selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi IRIYA, Tetsuya Kohno, Takatoshi Nakamura, Junichiro Sakata
  • Patent number: 7774426
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to allow a client to make a request for music data stored in a server and to receive it and play it back. A client program 421 controls the sending of a request signal to a server 401, the reception and playback processing of music data from the server 401, and the display of a GUI performed by a display controller 426, and outputs the music data received by a communication unit 423 from the server 401 to an audio data converter 424. A server program 411 controls the sending of music data to the client 402, and registration of information in a music database 415, a link information database 416, and a ranking information database 417, searches the music database 415 for the requested music data, and sends the music data to the client 402. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer, a PDA, a cellular telephone, a desk-top playback device, a portable playback device, and a simplified playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Toshihiko Kawai, Shinichi Iriya, Junichiro Sakata, Tetsuya Kohno, Masamichi Ono, Atsushi Sakaida
  • Publication number: 20100182481
    Abstract: A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST1 that is a shooting mode. When a time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, the currently captured image R is moved rightward. A reproduced image P1 captured before the currently captured image R is displayed on the left thereof. A reproduced image P2 captured before the reproduced image P1 is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image R and the reproduced images P1 and P2 are displayed at the same time on a display screen ST2 as a co-existent state of a shooting mode and a reproducing mode. When the time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed on a display screen ST3 that is a reproducing mode. As a plurality of reproduced images, the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed along a time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Miwako Yoritate, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shinichi Iriya, Kayo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7739618
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input; and a display control unit configured to control, in correspondence with a virtual hierarchical structure for classifying the predetermined data, a display of a display screen indicating each hierarchy level, and for controlling a display of a predetermined mark in the display screen. The display control unit also controls the display of the predetermined mark corresponding to the predetermined data which is played back by the playback unit in a manner different from other non-selected marks while the predetermined mark is being selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Iriya, Tetsuya Kohno, Takatoshi Nakamura, Junichiro Sakata
  • Patent number: 7714926
    Abstract: A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST1 that is a shooting mode. When a time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, the currently captured image R is moved rightward. A reproduced image P1 captured before the currently captured image R is displayed on the left thereof. A reproduced image P2 captured before the reproduced image P1 is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image R and the reproduced images P1 and P2 are displayed at the same time on a display screen ST2 as a co-existent state of a shooting mode and a reproducing mode. When the time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed on a display screen ST3 that is a reproducing mode. As a plurality of reproduced images, the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed along a time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Miwako Yoritate, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shinichi Iriya, Kayo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20100026719
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an operation input receiving unit receiving a user's operation performed on the display unit; and a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OZAWA, Ryo TAKOKA, Ayako IWASE, Shinichi IRIYA
  • Publication number: 20090144661
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display a dividing region dividing a main display region into two sub regions. The control unit is configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of icons in the dividing region, to change position of the dividing region in the main display region based on user input, and to display, when an icon of the plurality of icons is selected, information corresponding to the icon in at least one of the sub regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Kenichi Nirei, Yasuhiro Habara, Makoto Imamura, Shinichi Iriya, Takuo Ikeda, Daisuke Sato, Ryutaro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20080109094
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to allow a client to make a request for music data stored in a server and to receive it and play it back. A client program 421 controls the sending of a request signal to a server 401, the reception and playback processing of music data from the server 401, and the display of a GUI performed by a display controller 426, and outputs the music data received by a communication unit 423 from the server 401 to an audio data converter 424. A server program 411 controls the sending of music data to the client 402, and registration of information in a music database 415, a link information database 416, and a ranking information database 417, searches the music database 415 for the requested music data, and sends the music data to the client 402. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer, a PDA, a cellular telephone, a desk-top playback device, a portable playback device, and a simplified playback device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Toshihiko Kawai, Shinichi Iriya, Junichiro Sakata, Tetsuya Kohno, Masamichi Ono, Atsushi Sakaida
  • Patent number: 7330874
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to allow a client to make a request for music data stored in a server and to receive it and play it back. A client program 421 controls the sending of a request signal to a server 401, the reception and playback processing of music data from the server 401, and the display of a GUI performed by a display controller 426, and outputs the music data received by a communication unit 423 from the server 401 to an audio data converter 424. A server program 411 controls the sending of music data to the client 402, and registration of information in a music database 415, a link information database 416, and a ranking information database 417, searches the music database 415 for the requested music data, and sends the music data to the client 402. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer, a PDA, a cellular telephone, a desk-top playback device, a portable playback device, and a simplified playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Toshihiko Kawai, Shinichi Iriya, Junichiro Sakata, Tetsuya Kohno, Masamichi Ono, Atsushi Sakaida
  • Publication number: 20080012954
    Abstract: A desired image is quickly retrieved from many images that have been stored. Reproduced images are horizontally arranged on time axis. Horizontal lines are displayed above the plurality of images. The horizontal lines are delimited every image group such that images that belong to the same image group are visually identified. Dots are displayed on individual lines corresponding to representative images P11 and P12 that belong to individual image groups. In addition, photographed dates and times are displayed only on representative images P11 and P21 that belong to image groups. A plurality of reproduced images are simultaneously displayed on an LCD 13. Among these reproduced images, representative images are identifiably displayed. When a desired image is selected from reproduced images, left and right feed buttons of a cross key 27 are pressed and representative images that belong to individual image groups are selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Kayo Sasaki, Miwako Yoritate, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shinichi Iriya, Motoki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070229518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a display unit; a communication unit for carrying out a communication with an external apparatus; a reproduction unit for reproducing a content; and a control unit for executing control to change a predetermined display screen appearing on the display unit on the basis of whether or not the content being reproduced by the reproduction unit is a content acquired through the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Manabu Kii, Makoto Imamura, Shinichi Iriya, Shinji Kimura, Yasuhiro Habara
  • Publication number: 20070192741
    Abstract: A screen ST1 of an LCD with which a digital camera is provided displays an icon of a folder F1 indicating that the folder F1 has been selected. Image files P11 and P12 are captured reproduced images. A display frame SC displays a currently captured picture of an object, files P11 and P12, and the icon of the folder F1. To switch the folder F1 to a folder F2, the user presses a down button of a cross key 27. When the user presses the down button on the screen ST1, the screen ST1 is switched to a screen ST3 through a screen ST2. On the screen ST2, the number denoted in the icon is changed. The screen ST2 displays a state of which the folders are being switched. An icon displayed on the screen ST3 indicates that the folder F1 was switched to the folder F2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miwako Yoritate, Motoki Kobayashi, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shinichi Iriya, Kayo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20070188646
    Abstract: A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST1 that is a shooting mode. When a time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, the currently captured image R is moved rightward. A reproduced image P1 captured before the currently captured image R is displayed on the left thereof. A reproduced image P2 captured before the reproduced image P1 is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image R and the reproduced images P1 and P2 are displayed at the same time on a display screen ST2 as a co-existent state of a shooting mode and a reproducing mode. When the time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed on a display screen ST3 that is a reproducing mode. As a plurality of reproduced images, the reproduced images P1 to P4 are displayed along a time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Miwako Yoritate, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shinichi Iriya, Kayo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20070188519
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit; an operation input unit for receiving an operation input; a communication unit for carrying out a communication with an external apparatus; a reproduction unit for reproducing a content; and a display control unit for executing control to display first information on a user owning the external apparatus in a first area of the display unit and display information on the content in a second area of the display unit when the reproduction unit reproduces the content. When an operation input is entered to the operation input unit in order to select the first information, the control unit executes control to display the first information or second information on the user owning the external apparatus in the second area in place of the information on the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Manabu Kii, Makoto Imamura, Shinichi Iriya, Shinji Kimura, Yasuhiro Habara