Patents by Inventor Taku Sugawara

Taku Sugawara 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: 20230139463
    Abstract: A terminal device is caused to execute an event data management process that performs a process for storing image data received via communication with an imaging device and additional information containing at least rating information corresponding to the image data, both as event data associated with a specific event, and an update process for updating the event data according to operation input, a user interface control process that controls presentation of images and the rating information associated with the event data of the specific event, and detects the operation input, and a communication control process that controls communication for synchronizing the event data of the terminal device with event data of a server device disposed outside, according to storage or update of the event data of the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki Murata, Ayako Chiba, Haruka Kawata, Ryoko Kato, Shin Hasegawa, Ryo Suzuki, Sadamichi Bamba, Akira Inamura, Satoshi Asai, Chikako Yoshinaka, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220165307
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image processing section that generates visual information that is to be superimposed on or around a ball in a play video being a video of table-tennis play and that indicates a characteristic of the ball including at least one of a spin speed or a rotation direction of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi ASAI, Jiro KAWANO, Shoji WATANABE, Taku SUGAWARA, Hironori HATTORI, Suguru YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200409536
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a library icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro YAMANAKA, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Shigeru ENOMOTO, Taku SUGAWARA, Shinji KIMURA, Yumiko TANAKA, George ARRIOLA, Carsten SCHWESIG
  • Patent number: 10802688
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu, Shigeru Enomoto, Taku Sugawara, Shinji Kimura, Yumiko Tanaka, George Arriola, Carsten Schwesig
  • Patent number: 10621254
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20190179517
    Abstract: A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro YAMANAKA, Shuji HIRAMATSU, Shigeru ENOMOTO, Taku SUGAWARA, Shinji KIMURA, Yumiko TANAKA, George ARRIOLA, Carsten SCHWESIG
  • Patent number: 10318124
    Abstract: A screen generating unit 287 generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor 204. The screen generating unit 287 further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Motoki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Shuji Hiramatsu, Shigeru Enomoto, Taku Sugawara, Shinji Kimura, Yumiko Tanaka, George Arriola, Carsten Schwesig
  • Patent number: 10149705
    Abstract: A spine immobilization tool that can control the movement of the spine with improved safety as a spine immobilization tool that includes a first covering portion, a second covering portion, and a joint portion. The first covering portion covers at least a part of a vertebral arch of a vertebra at a head-side among the adjacent vertebrae, and thus can be fixed to the vertebra. The second covering portion covers at least a part of a vertebral arch of a vertebra at a buttock side amongst the adjacent vertebrae, and thus can be fixed to the vertebra. The joint portion couples the first covering portion and the second covering portion together while allowing changing relative positions of the first covering portion and the second covering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AKITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION
    Inventor: Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10028007
    Abstract: A home screen display unit arranges and displays a plurality of content icons indicating a plurality of pieces of content in a first area in a content zone screen. If a specific content icon is focused on by the cursor and if a preset determination operation is performed, a content playback unit starts playback of the content indicated by the focused icon. If a specific content icon is focused on by the cursor, a related information acquiring unit acquires related information relating to the content that is indicated by the focused icon that is registered in an external device from the external device without starting playback of the content. A home screen display unit displays the acquired related information in a second area of the content zone screen and displays, if related information is updated, the updated related information in the second area so as to replace the related information displayed until that moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: George Arriola, Anahi Bagu Casas, Shinji Kimura, Shigeru Enomoto, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Motoki Kobayashi, Shuji Hiramatsu, Yumiko Tanaka, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20170293692
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Susumu MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: D797752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Taku Sugawara, Ikuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D801984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D803860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Taku Sugawara, Ikuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D811430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Taku Sugawara, Ikuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D828389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shuji Hiramatsu, Taku Sugawara, Ikuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D921695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Katsuji Miyazawa, Tomohiro Ishii, Shingo Kurokawa, Yuki Shoji, Osamu Sakurai, Makoto Niijima, Taku Sugawara, Sanae Hirai
  • Patent number: D954108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Kawano, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D971947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikako Yoshinaka, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D989110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Kawano, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: D990516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Imamura, Taku Sugawara