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).

  • Patent number: 11941322
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20230401030
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Shunichi SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20230328319
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: SHUNICHI SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 11748059
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Shunichi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20220057989
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Watanabe, Nobuhiro Ozu, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shunichi Sugiura, Naoki Saito
  • Publication number: 20220043627
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Shunichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11112940
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sakai, Teruya Kaneda, Anna Ariga, Shunichi Sugiura, Hiroyuki Mitsubori
  • Publication number: 20190227679
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI SAKAI, TERUYA KANEDA, ANNA ARIGA, SHUNICHI SUGIURA, HIROYUKI MITSUBORI
  • Patent number: 10289271
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sakai, Teruya Kaneda, Anna Ariga, Shunichi Sugiura, Hiroyuki Mitsubori
  • Publication number: 20160139741
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: TOSHIYUKI SAKAI, TERUYA KANEDA, ANNA ARIGA, SHUNICHI SUGIURA, HIROYUKI MITSUBORI
  • Publication number: 20140306976
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Sugiura, Toru Iwamoto, Aya Takechi
  • Publication number: 20110055281
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Tanaka, Hirotaka Takahashi, Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Shunichi Sugiura, Takuya Uemura