Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Kunieda

Shunsuke Kunieda 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: 9122394
    Abstract: A GUI screen image is a standard screen image, and displays a first combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the directional keys and a GUI of a joystick, and a second combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the four-type operation buttons and a GUI of a joystick, at the lower left and at the lower right on the screen image, respectively. Depending on an area in the first combined GUI area or in the second combined GUI area to which a user newly touches, which of the combined GUI to be used is determined and a screen image is switched, and if a finger or a thumb detaches, the screen image switches back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda, Brian Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150007112
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: acquiring data of a display item corresponding to content; and generating an image to be displayed on a display, including: arranging a plurality of display items side by side; displaying information related to an arranged display item; acquiring a first moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side; and acquiring a second moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side, where the arrangement of the plurality of display items includes moving the display items on the display according to an acquired moving instruction, and where, in the display of the related information, different related information is displayed for the same display item when the first moving instruction is acquired and when the second moving instruction is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu FUNABASHI, Shunsuke KUNIEDA
  • Patent number: 8866855
    Abstract: An acquisition unit acquires a content image corresponding to content. A content image display unit arranges a plurality of content images side by side in a display screen image, and a related information display unit displays information related to an arranged content image. A first reception unit acquires a first moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side, and a second reception unit acquires a second moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side. The content image display unit moves the content images according to a moving instruction acquired by the first reception unit or the second reception unit. A related information display unit displays different types of related information when the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction and when the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: 8638071
    Abstract: Reduction of wasteful power consumption is envisaged. A power supply function-equipped electronic apparatus (10) is configured to be capable of supplying power to a battery device (20) incorporating a battery (21) by use of a cable (30) connecting the apparatus (10) with the device (20). A detection section (13) detects whether charging of the battery (21) incorporated in the battery device (20) is complete through the cable (30). When charging of the battery (21) is detected to be complete, a power control section (12) turns off power of the power supply function-equipped electronic apparatus (10). This invention can be applied illustratively to gaming machines and the like each composed of a gaming machine body and its controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mizuno, Shunsuke Kunieda, Shigeru Enomoto
  • Patent number: 8554186
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device that has a short range wireless communications unit performing short range wireless communications. A personal information storage unit storing a set of simple personal information relevant to the user of the mobile terminal device and a set of contact information for the user attached to the set of simple personal information and inhibited from being displayed on a device receiving this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Usami, Mitsuhiro Nishibe, Shunsuke Kunieda, Kazunori Ueda, Takashi Kawakami, Makoto Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8401372
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus in which recording preset information, constituted by a recording start time and a recording end time, is stored for each preset program to be unattended recorded. If there is any overlap between the recording start times and the recording end times of the preset programs that are to be recorded, a warning is generated; and the overlapping preset programs are prioritized for unattended recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Toshiyuki Katsumoto, Shunsuke Kunieda, Yuji Murakami, Kae Nagano, Hiroyuki Yoshizu, Masayoshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20130031515
    Abstract: A GUI screen image is a standard screen image, and displays a first combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the directional keys and a GUI of a joystick, and a second combined GUI area, which is a combination of a GUI of the four-type operation buttons and a GUI of a joystick, at the lower left and at the lower right on the screen image, respectively. Depending on an area in the first combined GUI area or in the second combined GUI area to which a user newly touches, which of the combined GUI to be used is determined and a screen image is switched, and if a finger or a thumb detaches, the screen image switches back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda, Brian Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130024806
    Abstract: A user operates a GUI with a thumb and an index finger while holding an information processing device with left and right hands. The GUI screen image displays a directional keys input area at the lower left on the screen image, a button input area at the lower right on the screen image, an L1/L2 button input area at the upper left on the screen image, and an R1/R2 button input area at the upper right on the screen image. The L1/L2 and the R1/R2 button input areas are in the form of circle sectors, whereby the center angles of the circle sectors are at right angles of the two upper corners of the screen, and by internally dividing the center angles further so as to divide the sectors into two sectors respectively, the L1 and L2 buttons, and the R1 and R2 buttons are distinguished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: 8201104
    Abstract: Favorable visual appearance and ease of operation are required in the user interface of digital home appliances using a television screen. An array of function icons including multiple function icons representing respective types of media that can be played and an array of content icons including multiple content icons representing items of contents that can be played are displayed practically at the center of an on-screen menu such that the arrays intersect. A moving image icon, which is a function icon displayed in an area of intersection in which the array of function icons and the array of content icons intersect, is highlighted by a color different from that of the other function icons and by an enlarged view. In the array of content icons, the hierarchy of the contents is visually represented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Yamamoto, Tyler Daniel, Shigeru Enomoto, Akio Ohba, Shuji Hiramatsu, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: 8090240
    Abstract: There is provided a video data editing apparatus for making video data edition to set a frame as a predetermined edit point in video data including a plurality of picture frame groups each including a plurality of picture frames. The apparatus includes an operation command input unit (40) to accept an operation command, a data storage unit (120) to store video data compressed at every picture frame groups each including a plurality of picture frames and an edit mode controller (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Munetaka Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7937550
    Abstract: A motion image processing device for producing a representative static image based on motion image data recorded on a recording medium, comprising; acquiring image acquiring position information for specifying an image acquiring position in the motion image data, acquiring a reproduced image in the image acquiring position specified by the acquired image acquiring position information from the motion image data as a representative static image, and storing the acquired image acquiring position information on the recording medium so as to be associated with the information specifying the motion image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Morita, Shunsuke Kunieda, Shigeru Enomoto
  • Patent number: 7826792
    Abstract: A composite apparatus and associated methods are provided. The composite apparatus has a first function device section, a second function device section, and a remote controller section for remotely controlling the first function device section and the second function device section. An operation button double assigned with a remote control function of a specific second function group of other operation button, in the operation button group of the first function device section of the remote controller for remote control, the remote controlling function assigned to the operation button can be changed to further another remote controlling function. When a plurality of controlling functions are set to be switchable, all the plurality of the controlling functions are made to be available, for the operation button of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Morita, Shigeru Enomoto, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: 7712116
    Abstract: A program-display control apparatus can display information on each of a plurality of programs in a state that can be recognized by the user with ease without regard to the display configuration of the display data of the program. A display-configuration modification unit changes the display configurations of the program table of a BS digital broadcast, the program table of a ground wave broadcast, and a WEB program table into a new display configuration which increases the amount of information on the programs without regard to the display configuration of each of the programs. Furthermore, a program-table creation unit creates display data according to the new display configuration and outputs the display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Shingo Utsuki, Keiichi Yoshioka, Kae Nagano
  • Patent number: D685817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Yoshimitsu Funabashi
  • Patent number: D698806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: D698807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: D698808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: D698809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: D699259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda
  • Patent number: D705799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Shunsuke Kunieda