Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Sano

Tadayuki Sano 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).

  • Publication number: 20070053246
    Abstract: The invention provides a recording/reproducing, including a display control performed such that when a reproduction mode is a shuffle reproduction mode, a predetermined number of pieces of selection candidate information of a plurality of pieces of selection candidate information are displayed on a display portion so as to be sequentially replaced with one another over a predetermined period of time. In the shuffle reproduction mode, the pieces of selection candidate information are displayed on the display portion so as to be sequentially replaced with one another, a user can readily and reliably recognize that the current reproduction mode by such sequential display. In addition, it is possible to make such direction as to perform random selection. Also, such sequential display is performed during the shuffle reproduction mode, whereby it is possible to further enhance the amusementability of the shuffle reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Sano, Tomomi Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Ito