Patents by Inventor Takashi Tsurumoto

Takashi Tsurumoto 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: 10757492
    Abstract: There is provided a speaker apparatus that includes a pair of speaker boxes attached on both ends of an attached band having a curved surface, the pair of speaker boxes substantially facing each other, a pair of speaker units attached on one surface of the respective speaker boxes in such a way that an axial direction is directed inward or outward and a sound guiding unit that converts a radiation direction of a sound reproduced from each of the speaker units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshikazu Ohura
  • Publication number: 20200053440
    Abstract: A speaker apparatus includes: a pair of speaker boxes that are attached on both ends of an attached band having a curved surface, the pair of speaker boxes substantially facing each other; a pair of speaker units attached on one surface of the respective speaker boxes in such a way that an axial direction is directed inward or outward; and a sound guiding unit that converts a radiation direction of a sound reproduced from each of the speaker units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: TAKASHI TSURUMOTO, YOSHIKAZU OHURA
  • Patent number: 10257870
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first communication unit which performs wireless communication with another electronic device, and a second communication unit which carries out transactions of information, which is necessary for pairing with the other electronic device performed by the first communication, with the other electronic device using near field wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Satoh, Kanahiro Shirota, Takashi Tsurumoto, Naoki Sugita
  • Patent number: 9876981
    Abstract: An operational terminal device may include a control unit to control display on a display screen of at least one operation button to control a display control device, based on button information associated with the operation button and received from the display control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kazumoto Kondo, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Shiro Omori, Tatsushi Banba
  • Publication number: 20150324022
    Abstract: There is provided an information input device including an operator on which a user operates a sliding operation in a first direction, a first detection unit disposed at a rear surface of the operator detects a position and a pressure of the sliding operation operated by the user in the first direction, a second detection unit disposed adjacent to the first detection unit parallel to the first direction at the rear surface of the operator detects a position and a pressure of the sliding operation operated by the user in the first direction, a position measurement unit that measures an instructed position in the first direction based on the slide position detected by first detection unit or the second detection unit, and measures an instructed position in a second direction based on a difference of the pressures detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Takayoshi Yamasaki, Naoki Sugita
  • Publication number: 20150304590
    Abstract: A remote controller 200 serves as an intermediator relaying between a portable terminal 100 having a reader/writer 104 mounted thereon and a main device 300. After recognizing a transponder 204, the reader/writer 104 automatically performs a sequence of reading/writing NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format) data in the transponder 204. In the remote controller 200, command data is received by the transponder 204 from the reader/writer 104. Then, the control unit 201 transmits the command data to the main device 300 through wireless communication by the wireless communication unit 205.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki SUGITA, Kanahiro SHIROTA, Yoshinori SATOH, Takashi TSURUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150264732
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first communication unit which performs wireless communication with another electronic device, and a second communication unit which carries out transactions of information, which is necessary for pairing with the other electronic device performed by the first communication, with the other electronic device using near field wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: YOSHINORI SATOH, KANAHIRO SHIROTA, TAKASHI TSURUMOTO, NAOKI SUGITA
  • Patent number: 9104408
    Abstract: Provided is an image display device provided with an image display unit for displaying a still image or a moving image, an image capturing unit for capturing the image in a direction in which the image display unit displays the image on the image display unit, and a face detection unit for performing, at predetermined intervals, face detection processing for detecting a face included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, wherein the predetermined intervals are variable according to whether or not the face of a user is included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, and when the position of the detected face does not change for a predetermined period of time in the face detection processing, the face detection unit does not detect the face as the face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Yusuke Sakai, Tamaki Kojima, Kazumoto Kondo, Naoki Okamoto, Satoru Inoue, Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Masahiro Nakano, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 9093970
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an audio input unit, an amplifier unit, and a controller. The audio input unit is capable of converting audio into an electric audio signal. The amplifier unit is configured to amplify the audio signal obtained by the audio input unit and capable of performing auto gain control. The controller is configured to turn off the auto gain control of the amplifier unit when an application that uses an audio recognition is executed with respect to the amplified audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Sugita, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 9007187
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a remote controller having an input unit inputting user operations and a communication unit performing bidirectional communication, transmitting a remote control code in accordance with the user operation with respect to the input unit from the communication unit; and a host device having a communication unit performing bidirectional communication and a host function unit executing processing corresponding to the remote control code received in the communication unit, wherein the host device transmits a status response from the communication unit in response to a status inquiry transmitted from the communication unit of the remote controller, the remote controller repeatedly executes a status check communication procedure including the transmission of the status inquiry and waiting for receiving the status response after transmitting the remote control code at given time intervals during which the communication unit is in a dormant state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshinori Satoh
  • Patent number: 9001191
    Abstract: A calibration device including a communication section which communicates with a display device which displays images on a screen, a light sensor arranged in a position to receive transmitted light of a lens of shutter glasses, a signal processing section which processes an output signal of the light sensor, a processing section which determines a shutter opening/closing timing, and a shutter driving section which operates the opening and closing of shutters of shutter glasses in accordance with the shutter opening/closing timing determined by the processing section, where the communication section receives a standard pulse which shows a timing when images are switched from the display device, and the processing section determines an appropriate correction amount ? of the shutter opening/closing timing based on a change in the output of the light sensor when the shutter opening/closing timing is changed with regard to the standard pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshinori Satoh
  • Publication number: 20140320751
    Abstract: An operational terminal device may include a control unit to control display on a display screen of at least one operation button to control a display control device, based on button information associated with the operation button and received from the display control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kazumoto Kondo, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Shiro Omori, Tatsushi Banba
  • Patent number: 8830406
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an operation apparatus capable of achieving an improvement in operability. [Solving Means] This operation apparatus includes: a casing including two surfaces opposed in front and back directions as a first surface and a second surface; a first operation input unit that is provided in the first surface and includes a detector that performs a detection of an operation of a user with respect to a predetermined coordinate detection space on the first surface; a second operation input unit provided in the second surface; a determination unit that determines an attitude of the casing when an operation of the user with respect to the coordinate detection space of the detector is performed from a side of the second surface; and a converter that converts, when the attitude is determined, information detected by the detector into information of a coordinate system of the coordinate detection space seen through from the side of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Toshihiko Fushimi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Publication number: 20140235966
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a physical measurement apparatus measuring the body of a user and radio-transmitting measurement data; and an information processing apparatus receiving the measurement data radio-transmitted from the physical measurement apparatus, displaying information on the measurement data of the user on a screen, and displaying a notice prompting the user to conduct measurement when no measurement data is received by a predetermined time for measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Shiro Omori, Kazumoto Kondo, Tatsushi Banba
  • Patent number: 8803811
    Abstract: An operational terminal device may include a control unit to control display on a display screen of at least one operation button to control a display control device, based on button information associated with the operation button and received from the display control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumoto Kondo, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Shiro Omori, Tatsushi Banba
  • Publication number: 20140192269
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an operation apparatus capable of achieving an improvement in operability. [Solving Means] This operation apparatus includes: a casing including two surfaces opposed in front and back directions as a first surface and a second surface; a first operation input unit that is provided in the first surface and includes a detector that performs a detection of an operation of a user with respect to a predetermined coordinate detection space on the first surface; a second operation input unit provided in the second surface; a determination unit that determines an attitude of the casing when an operation of the user with respect to the coordinate detection space of the detector is performed from a side of the second surface; and a converter that converts, when the attitude is determined, information detected by the detector into information of a coordinate system of the coordinate detection space seen through from the side of the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Toshihiko Fushimi, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 8758244
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a physical measurement apparatus measuring the body of a user and radio-transmitting measurement data; and an information processing apparatus receiving the measurement data radio-transmitted from the physical measurement apparatus, displaying information on the measurement data of the user on a screen, and displaying a notice prompting the user to conduct measurement when no measurement data is received by a predetermined time for measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Shiro Omori, Kazumoto Kondo, Tatsushi Banba
  • Patent number: 8736428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a remote control apparatus for performing wireless communication with an electronic device, the remote control apparatus including: a reader/writer configured to read and/or write information from or to an information storage medium; and a transmission/reception section configured to transmit and receiving a signal to or from the electronic device via the wireless communication, wherein the transmission/reception section uses the same wireless communication system for both transmission of an operation instruction to the electronic device and transmission of information read from the information storage medium and reception from the electronic device of information to be written to the information storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Masatoshi Ueno, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 8638397
    Abstract: A communication system is provided which implements more comfortable user operation where an electric apparatus which is remotely controlled by a remote controller (remote control apparatus) carries out processing operation in which an information recording medium is used. Remote controller data, remote controller controlling commands and reader/writer commands are placed into and transmitted by command data cmdDATA in packets of the same format. Further, reader/writer command data rwDATA and a reader/writer communication footer (parity for an error check and so forth) rwFT which have a longer data length are divided and placed divisionally into and transmitted together with the command data cmdDATA in communication packets. The transmitted data are received and merged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 8622283
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus for communicating with an electric apparatus by radio communication is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a reader/writer for carrying out reading out and writing of information from and into an information recording medium; a transmission/reception section configured to transfer a signal to and from the electric apparatus by the radio communication; and a control section having a power control function for controlling the power of the reader/writer; the control section controlling the reader/writer to the low power consumption state when the power supply to the remote control apparatus is made available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto