Patents by Inventor Shiro Miyagi

Shiro Miyagi 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: 10116990
    Abstract: This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki, Shiro Miyagi
  • Patent number: 8976193
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user's input of image selection information and map display request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8862499
    Abstract: This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki, Shiro Miyagi
  • Patent number: 8849700
    Abstract: An information distribution system including an image data processing device, a server, and a portable telephone unit having an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data with a destination address attached thereto and a display unit that displays the image data. The image data is distributed from the image data processing device to the portable telephone unit, and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit provided in the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki, Shiro Miyagi
  • Patent number: 8438222
    Abstract: An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8275236
    Abstract: An information-processing device including a recording unit configured to record a plurality of types of content-data items to be recorded onto at least one predetermined recording medium, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the plurality of types of content-data items recorded onto the recording medium by the recording unit includes at least one content-data item of which reproduction is difficult for a purpose-built reproduction device to perform, the purpose-built reproduction device supporting a predetermined format, and a notification unit configured to make a notification according to a predetermined method when the determination unit determines that the content-data item of which reproduction is difficult to perform is included, the notification indicating details on the determination is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi
  • Patent number: 8224911
    Abstract: An information distribution system 3 including a portable telephone set (70), having a display unit for displaying image data, and a communication function, and owned by a user, an image data processing device (11), having an image data processing function and a communication function, a server (12) for storing image data transmitted from the image data processing device (11), and a portable telephone base station 13 connected to the portable telephone set (15) over a portable telephone communication network (14). A list of the addresses formulated in the past is displayed on a display unit of the portable telephone set (70). The text data included in the data referenced by the address selected from the list of addresses displayed is modified and a new address is appended to the modified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Miyagi, Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki
  • Publication number: 20120110070
    Abstract: An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKAKURA, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110087727
    Abstract: An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7870190
    Abstract: An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7860821
    Abstract: In an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a content output apparatus which are connected to each other, the content output apparatus is configured to include a function identification file creation unit adapted to, in accordance with a button operation by a user, create a function identification file for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a file storage unit adapted to store the function identification file in a storage unit, and the information processing apparatus is configured to include a detector adapted to detect a connection of the content output apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and a controller adapted to, after detecting the connection of the content output apparatus, start an application program to execute the function depending on the presence/absence of the function identification file in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Kou Kobayashi, Tetsuo Morimoto, Kenichiro Imai, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Koichi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20100185742
    Abstract: An information distribution system 3 including a portable telephone set (70), having a display unit for displaying image data, and a communication function, and owned by a user, an image data processing device (11), having an image data processing function and a communication function, a server (12) for storing image data transmitted from the image data processing device (11), and a portable telephone base station 13 connected to the portable telephone set (15) over a portable telephone communication network (14). A list of the addresses formulated in the past is displayed on a display unit of the portable telephone set (70). The text data included in the data referenced by the address selected from the list of addresses displayed is modified and a new address is appended to the modified data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Shiro MIYAGI, Mihoko KAMEI, Kimio MAKI
  • Patent number: 7707253
    Abstract: An information distribution system 3 including a portable telephone set (70), having a display unit for displaying image data, and a communication function, and owned by a user, an image data processing device (11), having an image data processing function and a communication function, a server (12) for storing image data transmitted from the image data processing device (11), and a portable telephone base station 13 connected to the portable telephone set (15) over a portable telephone communication network (14). A list of the addresses formulated in the past is displayed on a display unit of the portable telephone set (70). The text data included in the data referenced by the address selected from the list of addresses displayed is modified and a new address is appended to the modified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Miyagi, Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki
  • Patent number: 7610321
    Abstract: A file transfer system includes a source apparatus and a destination apparatus connected to each other via a predetermined transmission path. The source apparatus includes a source-list generating unit generating a first list, a file storing unit, a list rewriting unit, and a file transmitting unit. The destination apparatus includes a destination-list generating unit generating a second list, a destination-list storing unit, a source-list obtaining unit, a determining unit, a transferred-file storing unit, and a destination-list rewriting unit. The destination apparatus obtains the first list held in the source apparatus, compares the first list with the second list to distinguish an untransferred file from files in the source apparatus, and obtains the untransferred file from the source apparatus while the source apparatus does not rewrite the second list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20080077501
    Abstract: This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki, Shiro Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20080046502
    Abstract: This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Mihoko Kamei, Kimio Maki, Shiro Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20070279438
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user's input of image selection information and map display request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20070282941
    Abstract: An information processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a client that executes information display processing; and a server that creates a display structure description file applied in the information display processing, wherein the client acquires image data reference information and transmits display structure description file creating data including the image data reference information to the server, the server creates the display structure description file and transmits the created display structure description file to the client, and the client executes processing for displaying a map on a display unit on the basis of the display structure description file received from the server and acquiring image data from a storage unit within the client on the basis of the image data reference information recorded in the display structure description file and then displaying the acquired image data on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20070150527
    Abstract: A file transfer system includes a source apparatus and a destination apparatus connected to each other via a predetermined transmission path. The source apparatus includes a source-list generating unit generating a first list, a file storing unit, a list rewriting unit, and a file transmitting unit. The destination apparatus includes a destination-list generating unit generating a second list, a destination-list storing unit, a source-list obtaining unit, a determining unit, a transferred-file storing unit, and a destination-list rewriting unit. The destination apparatus obtains the first list held in the source apparatus, compares the first list with the second list to distinguish an untransferred file from files in the source apparatus, and obtains the untransferred file from the source apparatus while the source apparatus does not rewrite the second list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20070150434
    Abstract: In an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a content output apparatus which are connected to each other, the content output apparatus is configured to include a function identification file creation unit adapted to, in accordance with a button operation by a user, create a function identification file for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a file storage unit adapted to store the function identification file in a storage unit, and the information processing apparatus is configured to include a detector adapted to detect a connection of the content output apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and a controller adapted to, after detecting the connection of the content output apparatus, start an application program to execute the function depending on the presence/absence of the function identification file in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Kou Kobayashi, Tetsuo Morimoto, Kenichiro Imai, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Koichi Uchida