Patents by Inventor Takafumi Azuma

Takafumi Azuma 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: 9008494
    Abstract: The reproduction unit includes a reproducing unit that reproduces three-dimensional (3D) content recorded on a content recording medium, and a display control unit that displays a two-dimensional (2D) image of the 3D content on a parent screen having a predetermined size within a display screen when an interlace operation is executed with respect to a 3D image of the 3D content during reproduction by the reproducing unit, and displays the 3D image of the 3D content on a child screen having a size smaller than the predetermined size within the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Tamura, Tsunemitsu Takase, Takafumi Azuma, Yasushi Ikeda, Sou Fujii
  • Patent number: 8488946
    Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product and method provide a mechanism for independently allow a user to pause the display of a video stream from a given source, while also enabling the user to operate a menu function from a data stream from the same source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: So Fujii, Takafumi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20120027376
    Abstract: A reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing section that reproduces 3D contents stored on a content-recording medium; and a display controller that displays a 3D content in 2D images during a predetermined time period after the completion of a jumping operation in the case where the jumping operation has been performed on the 3D images of the 3D content during the reproduction performed on the 3D images of the 3D content by the reproducing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunemitsu Takase, Toshitaka Tamura, Takafumi Azuma, Yasushi Ikeda, Sou Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120014660
    Abstract: A playback apparatus includes the following elements. A playback unit play backs 3D content recorded on a content recording medium. An OSD screen generator generates an OSD screen which is displayed by being superposed on a 3D image of the 3D content. An image processor generates a 3D image by changing an amount of parallax of the 3D image and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen. When the OSD screen is to be displayed while the 3D content is being played back, the image processor generates a 3D image by gradually decreasing a pop-out amount of the 3D image and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen. When the displayed OSD screen is to be erased, the image processor generates a 3D image by gradually increasing the decreased pop-out amount to the original pop-out amount, and combines the generated 3D image with the OSD screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunemitsu TAKASE, Toshitaka Tamura, Takafumi Azuma, Yasushi Ikeda, So Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120008910
    Abstract: The reproduction unit includes a reproducing unit that reproduces three-dimensional (3D) content recorded on a content recording medium, and a display control unit that displays a two-dimensional (2D) image of the 3D content on a parent screen having a predetermined size within a display screen when an interlace operation is executed with respect to a 3D image of the 3D content during reproduction by the reproducing unit, and displays the 3D image of the 3D content on a child screen having a size smaller than the predetermined size within the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka TAMURA, Tsunemitsu TAKASE, Takafumi AZUMA, Yasushi IKEDA, Sou FUJII
  • Patent number: 7743135
    Abstract: A display-screen-sharing system capable of transmitting data of a display screen appearing on a transmission-side terminal to a reception-side terminal with a high degree of efficiency in accordance with a processing state of the reception-side terminal. The transmission-side terminal includes a search unit and a transmission-side transmission/reception unit. The search unit sets an area to serve as a search object on the display screen. The reception-side terminal includes a reception-side transmission/reception unit for receiving the display-screen data from the transmission-side terminal and transmitting the ready-for-reception signal to the transmission-side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takafumi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20080304814
    Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product and method provide a mechanism for independently allow a user to pause the display of a video stream from a given source, while also enabling the user to operate a menu function from a data stream from the same source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: So Fujii, Takafumi Azuma
  • Patent number: 7443882
    Abstract: A data sharing system is disclosed together with a transmitting terminal apparatus and a receiving terminal apparatus interconnected and controlled so as to effect efficient data transfers and concomitant interlocking processes therebetween in keeping with network communication status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ohki, Takafumi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20080126993
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus for reproducing content data, includes: an inputting section to which content data, a plurality of button images, and button control information including display control information and a command to be executed are inputted. The apparatus further includes: an operation inputting section configured to accept a user operation; and a control section configured to perform display control of some state of the button by the button images based on the display control information and perform execution control of the command in response to the user operation for the operation inputting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: So Fujii, Takafumi Azuma
  • Patent number: 7346513
    Abstract: A method that allows two or more APs (application programs) to use a sound card and an AP to select an input device of the sound card regardless of a mixer device of the sound card is disclosed. A connecting module 31 is disposed among a sound card 17, a HDD 13, and an NIC 19. Switches 32 and 33 are disposed in parallel to the connecting module 31. In other words, an audio signal that is input form the sound card 17 is supplied to the NIC 19 through the switch 32. In addition, the audio signal is supplied to the HDD 13 through the switch 33. The switch 32 is equivalent to a concept of an application interface for starting and stopping a sending operation for an audio signal supplied from the sound card 17 to the network 111. The switch 33 is equivalent to a concept of an application interface for starting and stopping a saving operation for an audio signal supplied from the sound card 17 to the HDD 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Azuma, Hideharu Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20070005809
    Abstract: The multiple-network typed electronic conferencing system 104 comprises, as shown in FIG. 15, two network information processing systems #n (n=1, 2) each for processing arbitrary information and a wire or wireless communication 40 for connecting these system to each other, each network information processing systems having input operation function. It comprises, for example, five notebook personal computers PCi (i=1-5), and projectors Pj (j=1-5) for processing at least information transferred from any one of these notebook personal computers PCi and providing electric information contents including display information, thereby permitting the projector Pj to perform simultaneous display control based on the input operations of the notebook personal computers Pci. This allows multiple projectors Pj to display the same electric information contents at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Youichi Kobayashi, Fumitaka Honda, Takafumi Azuma, Takanobu Ujisato, Kazuyasu Imahashi
  • Publication number: 20040253991
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among others, a display-screen-sharing system capable of transmitting data of a display screen appearing on a transmission-side terminal to a reception-side terminal with a high degree of efficiency in accordance with a processing state of the reception-side terminal. The transmission-side terminal includes a search unit and a transmission-side transmission/reception unit. The search unit sets an area to serve as a search object on the display screen. The reception-side terminal includes a reception-side transmission/reception unit for receiving the display-screen data from the transmission-side terminal and transmitting the ready-for-reception signal to the transmission-side terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Takafumi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20040184414
    Abstract: A data sharing system is disclosed together with a transmitting terminal apparatus and a receiving terminal apparatus interconnected and controlled so as to effect efficient data transfers and concomitant interlocking processes therebetween in keeping with network communication status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ohki, Takafumi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20020156637
    Abstract: A method that allows two or more APs (application programs) to use a sound card and an AP to select an input device of the sound card regardless of a mixer device of the sound card is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Takafumi Azuma, Hideharu Fujiyama