Patents by Inventor Takashi Unobe

Takashi Unobe 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).

  • Menu screen display control method and display control device for exchanging icons of a menu based on user instruction
    Patent number: 9910559
    Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinya Fujimoto, Takashi Unobe, Atsushi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Masayuki Hiyoshi
  • MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING ICONS OF A MENU BASED ON USER INSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20170192622
    Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinya FUJIMOTO, Takashi UNOBE, Atsushi OGAWA, Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Masayuki HIYOSHI
  • MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING ICONS OF A MENU BASED ON USER INSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20150160804
    Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinya FUJIMOTO, Takashi UNOBE, Atsushi OGAWA, Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Masayuki HIYOSHI
  • MENU SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140123183
    Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinya Fujimoto, Takashi Unobe, Atsushi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Masayuki Hiyoshi