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).

  • Publication number: 20110307726
    Abstract: A remote controller 10 sets, in step S1, a period of time Tx in which a reception mode is maintained after an instruction is transmitted. A generated instruction is transmitted to a communication module 20 (in step S3). The communication module 20 converts the received instruction into a control signal and transmits the signal to an electronic apparatus 30 (in step S4). After a process is executed in response to an instruction, the electronic apparatus 30 outputs information to be returned to the remote controller 10 to the communication module 20 (in step S5). The communication module 20 transmits information (in step S6). The information is received within the period of time Tx after the instruction is transmitted. Thereafter, the reception mode is cancelled (in step S7). After the reception mode is cancelled, the remote controller 10 returns to a sleep mode and operates with the minimum power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kikuchi, Masahiro Nakano, Takashi Tsurumoto, Takayoshi Yamasaki, Shozo Horisawa, Kanahiro Shirota
  • Publication number: 20110298991
    Abstract: The wireless communication device includes a terminal communication transition unit for sending a transition instruction for transitioning to a state in which communication with a communication terminal is possible, a terminal communication unit that transitions to a state in which the communication with the communication terminal is possible in response to the transition instruction sent by the terminal communication transition unit, a signal generating unit for generating a transition instruction signal corresponding to the transition instruction, a transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting the transition instruction signal generated by the signal generating unit to an information processing device, a reception unit for wirelessly receiving a response from the information processing device to the transition instruction signal transmitted from the transmission unit, and a terminal communication control unit for starting to control information transmission/reception between the communication terminal and
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Akashika, Takashi Tsurumoto, Kanahiro Shirota
  • Publication number: 20110285833
    Abstract: Shutter glasses include: shutters transmitting or blocking video displayed with a specified display interval on a video display device by performing opening/closing operations based on control information; a clock counter 261; a reception portion (RF communication portion 234, reception-side count value latch circuit 262, reception-side count value storage portion 464a, 464b, count value acquiring portion 263, and transmission-side count value storage portion 465a, 465b) acquiring, as a reception time count value, a value of the clock counter for when a transmission time count value based on a value of an internal clock counter of the video display device was received from the video display device; and a control portion (power control unit 443) setting intermittent reception time slots in which the reception portion receives the control information from the video display device, based on the transmission time count value and the reception time count value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshinori Satoh, Takayoshi Yamasaki, Kazunori Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110254723
    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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshinori Satoh
  • Publication number: 20110242293
    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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshinori Satoh
  • Publication number: 20110234774
    Abstract: A pair of shutter glasses includes a shutter glasses unit having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter, a wireless communication unit performing a wireless communication with an image display device, a shutter driving unit opening and closing the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter of the shutter glasses unit, a glasses state obtaining unit obtaining glasses state information by detecting one or both of the position and the direction of the shutter glasses unit, a storage unit holding a combination of the glasses state information and network address information of the image display device, and a control unit controlling the wireless communication unit to perform the wireless communication with a predetermined image display device using the network address information contained in the combination, and to obtain the shutter control signal from the predetermined image display device accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Satoh, Takashi Tsurumoto, Kazunori Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110223862
    Abstract: The risk of a third party able to conduct pairing is reduced, and operation is also made simple. In S1 the radio wave strength of a pairing signal received first is measured and retained. In S2 the message “Come a little closer” is displayed. In S4 it is determined from the radio wave strength whether or not the current distance is within a given range with respect to an instructed distance. In S5 it is determined whether or not the number of determinations in which the current distance is determined to be within the given range has reached a set number of determinations. In a second determination the message “Now move away a little” is displayed. If the second determination becomes positive, S6 (pairing registration) is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Satoh, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Kazunori Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110135114
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: 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: 7869594
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting receiving system is provided. The digital broadcasting receiving system includes an information processing device for executing a loader, a main process, and a supervisory process, a digital broadcasting receiving device detachably connected to the information processing device. The information processing device includes storage section on which the loader is developed, and transmits the main process and the supervisory process to the digital broadcasting receiving device. The digital broadcasting receiving device includes receiving section for receiving the broadcast signal to generate content data, decryption key storage section, process decryption section for decrypting the main process and the supervisory process using the decryption key, protective data adding section for adding protective data to the main process decrypted by the process decryption section, and first protective data storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20100283917
    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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 7752643
    Abstract: An information search system is provided. The information search system is capable of searching a target content based on meta information provided by a broadcast station, in which a reception device makes an inquiry toward a directory service server based on a meta information reference ID accompanying meta information coming from the broadcast station so that a meta information group is derived for reference by the meta information reference ID. Also, another inquiry is made toward a content service server based on address information or a keyword of the content included in sub meta information in the meta information group so as to perform a search for any desired content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Ito, Tetsuo Maruyama, Kazuhiro Fukuda, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20100107029
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a transmitting side equipped with a microcomputer for control, for transmitting data and also includes a receiving side for receiving data. To prevent the receiving side from receiving identical data more than once, a sequence number is automatically incremented every time a frame of transmit data is transmitted. The sequence number is transmitted together with the data. The next process is performed if it is determined that transmission is correctly performed, or the data is transmitted again without incrementing the sequence number if it is determined that the transmission is not correctly performed. The sequence number is returned to an initial value when the microcomputer for control is reset, and dummy data is transmitted together with the initial value immediately after a reset. The data is transmitted together with an incremented sequence number after transmission of the dummy data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Kikuchi, Yoshinori Satoh, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20090213278
    Abstract: A remote control method for a device under control which selects one of an information signal of the device under control and an information signal from at least one external device is disclosed. The device under control is inquired about an information signal selection state when a key in common with the device under control and the external device is operated on an operation section. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the device under control when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the device under control. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the external device when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Akira Katsuyama
  • Publication number: 20090195407
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is disclosed, which radio transmits a control command from a remote controller to a reception apparatus connected to an electronic device which is an apparatus under control. The reception apparatus stores a first identification information which represents a destination remote controller. When the remote controller issues a pairing start command, the remote control apparatus transmits a pairing request containing second identification information of the remote controller itself. The reception apparatus extracts the second identification information from the received pairing request and decides that the remote controller is a pairing party if the first identification information matches the second identification information. The reception apparatus transmits a pairing response containing third identification information of the reception apparatus itself to the remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakano, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20090184161
    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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20090185081
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a remote control apparatus for communicating with an electric apparatus by radio communication, including: a plurality of operation keys; a transmission/reception section for transferring a signal to and from the electric apparatus by the radio communication; and a control section having at least a power control function for controlling the power of the remote control apparatus; the control section controlling the transmission/reception section to a normal power state until a predetermined period of time elapses after a signal is inputted thereto by an input of any of the operation keys to enable transfer of a signal from the electric apparatus by the transmission/reception section, the control section controlling the transmission/reception section to a low power consumption state after the predetermined period of time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20090147151
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic device. The remote control apparatus including: an operation section having a plurality of operation keys; and a reader/writer configured to read and/or write information from or to an information storage medium, wherein in said operation section, at least one of the plurality of operation keys is arranged so as to overlap a read/write portion of said reader/writer, the read/write portion being used for the reading and/or writing of the information from or to the information storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masatoshi Ueno, Akihiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20090147150
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi KABASAWA, Masatoshi Ueno, Akihiro Kikuchi, Takashi Tsurumoto
  • Publication number: 20090060515
    Abstract: A remote controlling system is disclosed. An infrared remote controller generates a first serial signal containing a command corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the first serial signal by infrared communication. A radio remote controller generates a code signal containing a key number corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the code signal by radio communication. An electronic device includes a light receiving section, a radio receiving section, a selecting section, and a controlling section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Akira Katsuyama, Yasuhisa Ikeda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Kazunori Kikuchi, Takayoshi Yamasaki
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    Patent number: D635865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yukari Fujita