Patents by Inventor Shunichi Sugiura
Shunichi Sugiura 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: 11941322Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
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Publication number: 20230401030Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a control unit that performs a process of searching for one of a channel and a content on the basis of a phrase that is recognized from an uttered speech of a user, a process of selecting one of a single channel and a single content from among a plurality of channels and a plurality of contents obtained through the search process, a process of displaying, on a display unit, one of the selected content and a content that is being broadcasted on the selected channel, and a process of displaying, as options, item images representing a plurality of channels or a plurality of contents that are obtained through the search process on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventor: Shunichi SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20230328319Abstract: An information processing device (100) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a control unit (160) configured to perform a process of acquiring content selection information about a user; a process of determining a display content and content selection candidate information based on the content selection information; and a process of outputting the display content and a first display image corresponding to the selection candidate information of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventor: SHUNICHI SUGIURA
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Patent number: 11748059Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a control unit that performs a process of searching for one of a channel and a content on the basis of a phrase that is recognized from an uttered speech of a user, a process of selecting one of a single channel and a single content from among a plurality of channels and a plurality of contents obtained through the search process, a process of displaying, on a display unit, one of the selected content and a content that is being broadcasted on the selected channel, and a process of displaying, as options, item images representing a plurality of channels or a plurality of contents that are obtained through the search process on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Shunichi Sugiura
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Publication number: 20220057989Abstract: Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
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Publication number: 20220043627Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a control unit that performs a process of searching for one of a channel and a content on the basis of a phrase that is recognized from an uttered speech of a user, a process of selecting one of a single channel and a single content from among a plurality of channels and a plurality of contents obtained through the search process, a process of displaying, on a display unit, one of the selected content and a content that is being broadcasted on the selected channel, and a process of displaying, as options, item images representing a plurality of channels or a plurality of contents that are obtained through the search process on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Shunichi Sugiura
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Patent number: 11112940Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of improving manipulability for a user while efficiently displaying menus on a screen. Provided is an information processing device including: a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulating object; and a display control unit configured to cause a menu to be displayed on a screen according to the position of the manipulating object detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Sakai, Teruya Kaneda, Anna Ariga, Shunichi Sugiura, Hiroyuki Mitsubori
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Publication number: 20190227679Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of improving manipulability for a user while efficiently displaying menus on a screen. Provided is an information processing device including: a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulating object; and a display control unit configured to cause a menu to be displayed on a screen according to the position of the manipulating object detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: TOSHIYUKI SAKAI, TERUYA KANEDA, ANNA ARIGA, SHUNICHI SUGIURA, HIROYUKI MITSUBORI
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Patent number: 10289271Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulating object, and a display control unit configured to cause a menu to be displayed on a screen according to the position of the manipulating object detected by the detection unit. The display control unit causes, when the detection unit detects that the manipulating object is positioned on a first icon serving as a base point, one or more second icons corresponding to a main menu to be opened and displayed, and causes, when the detection unit detects that the manipulating object is positioned on one of the second icons, one or more third icons corresponding to a sub-menu subordinate to the main menu to be opened in a direction orthogonal to an opening direction of the second icons and displayed by using the selected second icon as a base point.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Sakai, Teruya Kaneda, Anna Ariga, Shunichi Sugiura, Hiroyuki Mitsubori
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Publication number: 20160139741Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of improving manipulability for a user while efficiently displaying menus on a screen. Provided is an information processing device including: a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulating object: and a display control unit configured to cause a menu to be displayed on a screen according to the position of the manipulating object detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: TOSHIYUKI SAKAI, TERUYA KANEDA, ANNA ARIGA, SHUNICHI SUGIURA, HIROYUKI MITSUBORI
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Publication number: 20140306976Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: memory configured to store local data associated with content and to store network data associated with the content, wherein the local data comprises real data associated with the content, and wherein the network data comprises metadata associated with the content; and a display control unit configured to control display of the local data and the network data on a display unit based on time information associated with the network data and the local data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shunichi Sugiura, Toru Iwamoto, Aya Takechi
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Publication number: 20110055281Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which includes a content collection unit which collects content, an output control unit which simultaneously provides main content and sub-content, and a content group creation control unit which sets a creation logic and an algorithm by using the algorithm based on the creation logic, a content group in which content to be recommended for the user is assembled from a plurality of content collected by the content collection unit. The content group creation control unit creates a plurality of content groups. The plurality of content groups include a content group created based on a creation logic related to the main content and a content group created based on a creation logic related to the sub content. The output control unit causes the plurality of content groups to be displayed to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Keisuke Tanaka, Hirotaka Takahashi, Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Shunichi Sugiura, Takuya Uemura