Patents by Inventor Takatoshi Nakamura

Takatoshi Nakamura 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).

  • Stimulus generation apparatus
    Patent number: 9566180
    Abstract: There is provided a stimulus generation apparatus including a stimulus generation section which provides a stimulus for promoting fat burning for fat or a satiety center inside a body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Maiko Saitou, Takayuki Hirabayashi, Hideki Sakai, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTENT ACQUISITION METHOD
    Publication number: 20170039495
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a providing unit configured to provide a user with a task for acquiring content related to a specific keyword; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the content acquired by the user according to the task; and a control unit configured to carry out control that notifies the user of use of the acquired content for generating an intelligent information processing unit capable of specifying the relationship between the keyword and the content. The information processing system is capable of collecting learning data by causing an alternate job to be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Kazuyuki SAKODA, Takatoshi NAKAMURA, Yasunori KAMADA, Akira TANGE
  • CONTENT LIST DISPLAY METHOD, CONTENT LIST DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT SELECTING AND PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTENT SELECTING AND PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170031549
    Abstract: A content list display method includes the step of displaying a list of private content owned by a user and public content not owned by the user on a screen by using a predetermined common attribute as a search key attribute for search and display such that a difference between the private content and the public content can be visually recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sasaki, Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuichi Abe, Mitsuru Takehara
  • COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170034679
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
  • Audio illumination apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 9544979
    Abstract: There is provided an audio illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, an audio output unit, a setting unit configured to set a parameter of at least one of illumination of the illumination unit and audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with a recognized user who is in a neighborhood, a transmission unit configured to transmit the parameter set by the setting unit to an audio illumination apparatus in the neighborhood, and a control unit configured to control the at least one of the illumination of the illumination unit and the audio output of the audio output unit in accordance with the set parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Hiroshi Okada, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Akira Tange, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20160364615
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a storage medium, and a control method, which can realize both prevention of invasion of privacy and distribution of a picked up image by distributing an image after performing processing of missing an object from which an individual can be identified from the picked up image. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including an object detecting unit configured to detect an object from which an individual is identifiable from image data picked up by an image pickup unit, a storage control unit configured to store information from which the object is restorable in a storage unit, and a communication control unit configured to perform control to transfer to a server, image data generated by missing information regarding the object from which the individual is identifiable from the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki SAKODA, Masakazu YAJIMA, Mitsuru TAKEHARA, Yuki KOGA, Tomoya ONUMA, Akira TANGE, Takatoshi NAKAMURA
  • Medical system including a plurality of capsule type medical devices
    Patent number: 9511211
    Abstract: Provided is a medical system including a first capsule type medical device, and a second capsule type medical device. The first and second capsule type medical devices operate in cooperation with each other in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tange, Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuki Koga, Katsumi Ando
  • DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160350621
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • Content list display method, content list display apparatus, content selecting and processing method, and content selecting and processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9507863
    Abstract: A content list display method includes the step of displaying a list of private content owned by a user and public content not owned by the user on a screen by using a predetermined common attribute as a search key attribute for search and display such that a difference between the private content and the public content can be visually recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sasaki, Yoichiro Sako, Toshiro Terauchi, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuichi Abe, Mitsuru Takehara
  • IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160307317
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging control apparatus including an imaging control section configured to control an imaging section to capture a predetermined area in a body cavity, a comparison section configured to compare a captured image captured by the imaging section with a reference image, and a storage control section configured to execute a control to store the captured image in response to a comparison result by the comparison section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: YOICHIRO SAKO, AKIRA TANGE, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA
  • CONTACT LENS AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160299357
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact lens and storage medium capable of adjusting light to be transmitted through the contact lens. [Solution] Provided is a contact lens including: a lens unit configured to be worn on an eyeball; an adjustment unit configured to adjust light to be transmitted through at least one of a first region that is a central portion of the lens unit and covers a pupil of the eyeball and a second region that is an outer side of the first region and covers an iris of the eyeball; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit in response to input of a trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: KAZUNORI HAYASHI, YOICHIRO SAKO, TAKAYASU KON, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, AKIRA TANGE, TOMOYA ONUMA, HIROYUKI HANAYA, MASAKAZU YAJIMA, YUKI KOGA
  • System to provide a guide display based on a predicted action of a subject
    Patent number: 9465984
    Abstract: There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Takatoshi Nakamura, Mitsuru Takehara, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma
  • METHOD OF DISPLAYING WINDOWS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160283066
    Abstract: A method of displaying windows is disclosed. The method includes, when a first and second windows are displayed on a display screen of a display at the same time and display of the second window is changed with being interlocked with the first window by operating the first window, the steps of: forming a first data table in which input and output data forms are defined with respect to the first window; forming a second data table in which data forms transmitted from the first window to the second window are defined; receiving input to the first window from a user; performing processing of the first window according to the content of the received input; transmitting information of the processing in the first window to the second window associated in advance; and performing processing according to the transmitted information in the second window which received the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Abe, Yoichiro Sako, Itaru Kawakami, Mitsuru Takehara, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160286566
    Abstract: Communication resources are appropriately used. An information processing device is an information processing device including an acquisition unit and a control unit. Here, the acquisition unit acquires a relative priority of each information processing device in a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit performs control such that a communication resource of the network is allocated based on the priority (a relative priority of each information processing device in the network) acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, NOBUHIKO WATANABE, MITSURU TAKEHARA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MASAYUKI TAKADA, SHUHEI SONODA
  • Information processing device and storage medium
    Patent number: 9438788
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a storage control unit that causes shooting parameters to be stored, a change instruction unit that transmits an instruction to change the shooting parameters, and a change processing unit that, in response to the instruction from the change instruction unit, changes the shooting parameters without relying on a surrounding environment. The instruction from the change instruction unit does not indicate content of the change in the shooting parameters, but instructs execution of the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Yuan Wei, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura
  • Navigation apparatus and storage medium
    Patent number: 9429442
    Abstract: There is provided a navigation apparatus including an estimation section which estimates first environmental information in a movement route candidate of an object based on observation information observed in real time in the movement route candidate, an acquisition section which acquires second environmental information of a surrounding of the movement route candidate, and a guidance section which guides a movement direction for the object based on the first environmental information estimated by the estimation section and the second environmental information acquired by the acquisition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Kamada, Yoichiro Sako, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kazunori Hayashi, Takayasu Kon, Akira Tange, Takatoshi Nakamura, Tomoya Onuma
  • Information processing device and recording medium for face recognition
    Patent number: 9432581
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a face area from a captured image, a storage controller that causes a storage unit to store face recognition information indicating a face area recognized by the recognition unit, and a display controller that superimposes onto a display unit a display indicating, as a face area candidate in a current captured image captured by an image capture unit according to an external instruction, an area that is among areas corresponding to a first face area indicated by face recognition information from another captured image stored in the storage unit, but is not included in a second face area recognized by the recognition unit from the current captured image, distinguishably from a display indicating the second face area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Yoichiro Sako, Akira Tange, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Kohei Asada, Yuki Koga, Tomoya Onuma, Yasunori Kamada, Takayasu Kon, Kazunori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hanaya, Mitsuru Takehara, Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160249199
    Abstract: Disconnection from a network is easily recognized. An information processing device is an information processing device including a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit of the information processing device detects an information processing device that is disconnected from a network built through autonomous wireless communication of a plurality of information processing devices. In addition, the control unit of the information processing device performs control such that information about the information processing device detected by the detection unit of the information processing device is output as disconnection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: NATSUKI ITAYA, KAZUYUKI SAKODA, NOBUHIKO WATANABE, MITSURU TAKEHARA, TAKATOSHI NAKAMURA, MASAYUKI TAKADA, SHUHEI SONODA
  • Client terminal, server, and medium for providing a view from an indicated position
    Patent number: 9412202
    Abstract: There is provided a client terminal including a determination unit configured to determine whether an overhead view image is associated with a position indicated by a user, and a display control unit configured to perform control so that the overhead view image is displayed on a display unit in accordance with a determination result obtained by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Takatoshi Nakamura, Akira Tange
  • COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160227389
    Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda