Patents by Inventor Takehiko MIZUTANI

Takehiko MIZUTANI 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method that transitions between multiple postures for controlling a display state
    Patent number: 9836116
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing, having a display section which displays information, in which the display section is reversed between a first position and a second position, a connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing, a posture detection section which detects any of the four postures of a first posture, a second posture, a third posture, and a fourth posture, and a display control section which controls a display state of the display section in accordance with a detection result of the posture detection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawamoto, Toshiyuki Shiwa, Masami Hosaka, Shunichiro Takamura, Kenichi Ono, Takehiko Mizutani, Toshihiro Kawakubo, Nobuhiro Kumae, Tailiang Qian, Naoki Ogishita, Minoru Shimizu, Yuuki Kubota, Takuya Motoishi, Takashi Sonehara, Ryousuke Tobiyama
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140292646
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing, having a display section which displays information, in which the display section is reversed between a first position and a second position, a connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing, a posture detection section which detects any of the four postures of a first posture, a second posture, a third posture, and a fourth posture, and a display control section which controls a display state of the display section in accordance with a detection result of the posture detection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWAMOTO, Toshiyuki SHIWA, Masami HOSAKA, Shunichiro TAKAMURA, Kenichi ONO, Takehiko MIZUTANI, Toshihiro KAWAKUBO, Nobuhiro KUMAE, Tailiang QIAN, Naoki OGISHITA, Minoru SHIMIZU, Yuuki KUBOTA, Takuya MOTOISHI, Takashi SONEHARA, Ryousuke TOBIYAMA