Patents by Inventor Shoji Imamura

Shoji Imamura 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).

  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20240028195
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 11816330
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230096630
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 11537288
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220043569
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 11188226
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 10838619
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200233579
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 10592101
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • Content output device, content output method, control device, and control method
    Patent number: 10183173
    Abstract: There is provided a content output device including a selection unit which selects content according to a user's condition and a magnetic field pattern corresponding to the content, a content output unit which outputs the content, and a magnetic field generating unit which generates a magnetic field based on the magnetic field pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoji Imamura
  • POLYARYLENE SULFIDE DISPERSION, POWDER PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYARYLENE SULFIDE DISPERSION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170145168
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyarylene sulfide dispersion which has high dispersion stability even if the polyarylene sulfide resin concentration is high, and which is coated with an anionic group-containing organic polymer compound having excellent bondability and adhesion to various base materials such as plastics, metals, and glasses. The present invention solves the aforementioned problem by providing a polyarylene sulfide dispersion which is including polyarylene sulfide particles having high stability even at a high concentration by being coated with an anionic group-containing organic polymer compound according to an acid deposition method; and powder particles obtained from the polyarylene sulfide dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Yuya Enomoto, Shoji Imamura, Shinichi Kuwamura
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20170139589
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160357428
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo OKUMURA, Hazime MATSUDA, Shoji IMAMURA, Katsuji MIYAZAWA, Motoki HIGASHIDE, Kunihito SAWAI
  • Display device, display controlling method, and computer program
    Patent number: 9430070
    Abstract: A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hazime Matsuda, Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Motoki Higashide, Kunihito Sawai
  • Display panel or screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D731502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Nishizawa, Shoji Imamura, Nobuhiro Jogano
  • Display panel or screen with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D731508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Luca Tarabini, Takuo Ikeda, Kazuto Nishizawa, Shoji Imamura
  • Display panel or screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D807378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Imamura, Takeshi Kunihiro
  • Display panel or screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D823312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Imamura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Takeshi Kunihiro, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Display panel or screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D880517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Imamura, Takahiro Yamada, Koichi Shiratori, Tomojiro Hayashi
  • Display or screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D990516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Imamura, Taku Sugawara